Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-10-15

the institute. We will call your sal.
AIRY i've hundred dollars when you
board yourself"
walked on air. straight to Widow
Blounts. who agreed TO rent me hall
her tiny cottage for eight dollars
month. drew a hundred dollars from
the bank and fitted up our little nest,
beginning with a snug kitchen In the
rear. then a cosy and tasteful sitting
room. where we also should dine and
have tea, and finally our spacious
room. where | set up two white beds,
a pretty dresser and chiffonier.
handsome screen. and all the personal
belongings that we two had.
You might have thought our nest
cheap and bare. but never did two
prouder housekeepers take possession
OF their establishment. My hundred
dollars was Foae for furnishings, and
had to draw out twenty more
when | paid for the screen and our
forget not tea service. This left
only eighty dollars In the bank for
AAAt fanny hAg AAAaA AAAnhA 'FAtAN NNH
/ stoutly set out TO keep house and
dress as both within my salary. and
stlll put aside n little TO educate Kitty
on. We kept no maid. only paid a
woman ffty cents for every Saturday
mornings cleaning. I did the rest OF
our work. with Kitty's help. and my
part indeed was easy. with her little
feet trotting ioyously after me.
The table cost Us fifteen dollars a
month. We might have lived ON even
less az that time In our little college
town. where gardens and orchards
abounded: but II was Kitty's growing
time. and close care and some extra
expense were required for her food.
by much study and contriying.
achieved the feat OF dressing myself
and my little one on a hundred dol
lars a year while she was so small.
How the old dresses were refash'
Toned. cut down. each scrap saved.
everything made to do duty twice or
thrice over. Il was not easy. for a
teacher has 70 appear we'll at all
times. yet ! found n certain relish
and sweetness In the small sacrifices
and the contriying and planning.
Now. ont Of balance Of a hundred
and fifty dollars a year had 10 pro
vide for the unemployed summer
months. meet Incidental expenses OF
various sorts. and pay for fuel and oc'
o.-E,v.T .f..Fnrfv hfffa Tho faftar
were rare. as I naturally was strong
and exercised utmost care with my
small charge. Out OF my salary the
first year after Kitty's advent was
able 10 put only twenty dollars In the
bank. but I had not drawn on the
eight dollars left there before.
but with the new interest In my
life. the pleasant stimulus and the
new unselhshncss. | had begun TO
work as never before. and 70 my sur.
prise soon found a JOY In teaching
and heights beyond me that | might
aspire 20 climb when. therefore. In
our second years home keeping ven
ture. good fortune came 10 me In the
form OF promotion to a higher grade
In the institute. was elated no less
over the recognition OF my better
work than over the increase OF salary.
which | needed so much for Kitty.
They gave me her tuition az the In
stitute too. and she and danced for
Joy. she now was nine years old,
aud strong enough 20 begin her cdu.
cation. And she should have music.
she should inherit" my art, We
were as happy as two princesses.
Five dollars a month OF the add.
tional ten had 20 90 for a piano now.
Kitty had her practice morning and
afternoon. sang often In the
evenings for b long time / did
not sing. after my old schoolmate
wrote me from the city that John
Archibald was going TO marry an
ho.rcss there. his employers only
daughter How can a man forget so
easily? Wei. had Kitty!
When the third year OF our house.
keeping was closing. ! thought that
must celebrate the anniversary by
giving a little supper 10 two OF Kitty's
friends and two OF mine | was deep
in the preparations Tor this party the
day before our happy date. and scarce
ly noticed when the bell called Kitty
Then curious thing happened To
this hour nobody knows how the
child made that famous mistake OF
showing the caller into our snug
kitchen instead OF 10 the sitting room
adjoining. Perhaps Il was that her
citation over the approaching party
had run too high. perhaps only her ex-
element over something she OWNED
In the strangers face and manner.
At any rate. when looked up from
my pic pInking and frilling found
John Archibalds good. honest eyes
fixed on me. might leave you to |
guess the rest. Anyway. he had not |
married the heiress. and he had not |
taken my forever to mean longer than
three years.
But | think II was Kitty that
brought me back, he said mean
hearing Of Kitty. and the little home
YOU had made for her. How else
should I have known that you really
had a heart? II ! a dear little home,