Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-08
SHE FOUND THE LITTLEFLAT

81 have found the cutest little fiat!' she
exclaimed alphabetically to her young
husband. whe had only recently come to
town from the broad. ample west, to claim
| his government job Five rooms and q
bath-and such good cupboards and It'll
be all our own. you know. Jack!"
Good thing" said he. "Go ahead and
rent 1t, them Any old thing'H beat this
boarding house business"
''Of course" shes went on. 1.-The fiat is
small-all flats aressmall, aren't they?-bu'
there are only two Of US, you see, and I'm
| sure there VIII be enough room. We
couldn't expect to get a fat with rooms as
big as those in our western homes, could
we. especially for the rent we are able
| to afford"
Sure thing not" he replied. Go on and
rent 1t. It's all up to you. you know.
don't know the. first thing about this NAT
renting business. anyhow. Anything that
suits you will suit me-"
But I'd be SO sorry IL you would ma II
too small" she continued. You are such
big, lubberly old thing, you know, and
I'm afraid you'll make fun of the fiat when
you see 1t. it's so-er-tiny. you know-out
think of the big cupboards it has,!
Certainly the big cupboards." said he.
pulling comfortably at his pipe. III we
can't turn around in the main rooms, why,
we can poke parts Of ourselves into the
YOU
you're making fun Of 1t already, before
you've even seen it," she SAID, pouring
"and-"
mo, I'm not, honest Injun." he pro-
| tested Il don't want to see 1t before 1t
all fixed, moreover. I'm going to let you
fix it all up first
"That'll be jolly" said the little woman,
Frightening up. IT can pick out all the
furniture and kitchenware and stuff at
one of the installment establishments, ana
spend whole week fixing 1t up, ana you
needn't even see the fiat at all until you
just walk in and find it all ready. ana as
cute as it can be- But / shall simply die
| right in my tracks, / know l VIII, II you
| make fun of it on account OF It's Delng SO
| small and call it a canary blro cage anu
all that"
who, me?' said he mot much will l.
| Wouldn't do anything like that for worlds
| Too anxious for home. I'd De Wiling u
| live in a cave, for that matter-any oio
| pitch in and get the little plant ready, and
| I'll be tickled foolish when you give me
| the word that it's all fixed and waiting.
So the little woman was fuil OF business
| during the following week. she picked out
| all of the furniture and rugs and mating
| and chinaware and kitchen utensils and
| other gear necessary for housekeeping pur'
poses, and spent several hours every day
| at the fiat hanging the pictures and drap'
| ing the mantelpieces and getting IL all snip
shape for him to Just walk in. She pic
tured his delight when he should stand al
| the door of his new home and look 1t over
| and before the day arrived she quite for
| got her fears that the fiat would look small
| to him. used as he had been most OF his
| life to a big, rambling, wide-porticoed house
| in one of the western cities.
The day when they were to take forma
| possession arrived, and the trunks were
moved from the boarding house to the fiat
| and the young couple boarded street cal
| that carried them near their new home
| The
| Well, the fiat was small. for fact. The
| little woman looked up at him expectantly
| when she preceded him and opened the
| door and waited for his EXPLANATIONS OF
| delight. Now, he wasn't mean man. al
all. He was simply very much of male
person. Instead of an expression of delight
his countenance looked blank as he gazed
up and down the private hall OF the little
apartment.
"Well?' she inquired.
Say, 1t looks like an observation car
doesn't it?' said he. with grin.
Then he made funnel with his hands.
"All aboard for Painted Post!'' he yelled
Then she sat down in the brand-new Nor
ris chair and wept. while he called himself
a brute. and comforted her by swearing
that If he had his way about 1T he'd spend
his whole life on an observation car and
enjoy 1t.