The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-12-15
4 Piece Of Luck.
ax ARsIE RANSOM.

"Will," she said, suddenly break
ing a long silence, I'VE are to be
married in six weeks"
"a happy fact which has occupied
my mind to its fullest capacity" ne
answered. "I sometimes wonder
that Barnes & Co. don't fire me for
lack of attention to business"
She gave little laugh. "There
is danger, isn't there?" Then, after
a pause: 'How much money have
you in bank, will you tell me?'
"Got hold of another fellow and
want to size up our respective peck
etbooks? Mine doesn't hold very
much; / told you that some time
ago."
She arranged the last violet to suit
her taste, examined the completed
boquet critically, brushed the reject
ed leaves from her lap and then held
the flowers under her nose. There
that's your answer to that question,
Mr.. Green Eye. You don't mind
telling me, do you? Then you may
know why l asked.
He shifted his position the, better
| to see her face. s'Well," he said, his
tone woebegone as tenant staving
off landlord with hard luck story
of no work and trust prices, ''if we
don't drink too much ice cream and
swallow too much soda at the picnic
next week, / tcallate' to make my
deposit an even $500 by next Sat-
urday noon. Does that strike your
mercenary highness as too mean to
be considered ?"
i "Oh, Will have you got all that ?"
Gail that? Just wait until you
try to make it include everything,
from a gas range to a parlor set;
then you'll cry instead: That all ? I"
"You never asked me if had .
bank account" she said in reply.
"What in the world" He
stopped and looked at her curiously,
then he reached out his hand and
turned her face toward him.
"What kind of a cur do you think
/ am? ?" he asked. "What business
is it of mine whether you have one
or not? Maybe you have rich
uncle or bachelor grandfather who
will die and leave us family Bible
OF worm eaten copy Of Shakespeare
worth its weight in copper cents"
She ignored his banter. II have
nearly as much as you," she said,
"and do you know what I want?"
sMan wants but little here below,
nor wants that little long but WON
an wants it all, you know, and wants
it mighty strong" he solemnly re
sponded.
"You don't deserve anything
she cried, "after such parody, but
if you'll be good I'll tell YOU"
He folded his arms, seated himsel1
more comfortably on the. hillside ant
heaved sigh. "My goodness is lik'
Abraham Mastovichs' profits whel
he says: 4 buys for one dollar and
| sells for two, and that gifts mi
, shust one per cent? and that is ais
the size of my want-to-know."
'l cts the want-to-get that vii
floor you. Do you know that I jus
abominate living in fatY'
His face lost its gay, bantering ex
preston. For a few moments he wa
silent, then he said very gently:
aBut, Margaret, you know l toll
you I was not rich. / have only m
salary, and that isn't very large. T
take house will cost far more tina
we will be able to afford, and" b
stopped.
Listen, WILL" she responded
: "Why can't we buy place of on
4 own?"
Q He shook his head. 81 wish "
e might, but it will take all the cas-
2 to furnish that yet-to-be-discovere
; and abominated fiat"
Q She fished down into the purl
e suspended from her belt. Gust rea
:, |. that" was her command, producin
q newspaper clipping.
he obeyed. It was an adsertis
:. ment.
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