La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-08-18

Bss father was dsaA-had sssa
kHlsA . the railroad yards while sDaS
pltng ears n go per month. Hss
Aothae also was dsaA-hAvtnS spsnt
ID 0n0ll life insurance money b Q
hsaFt-brsaking drsssmaking .vsaturs
fog VAich she vas emineotly united.
Al then succumbsd TO pneumOntA-
80 Nina was left alone to work out
thA psoblsm Of life-and In its work
tng eat she bad finally landed In Q D.
partmsnt store a. "saleslady." True.
the AAlaTy was not much-onIy four
dollass psr veek-but 10 her Il vas
untOld riches. especially when she re-
nsctsd upon the status of the other
girls-Jsssis. Maud and Ethel and
countless Others Who were getting only
three collars for work much more ab-
horrent. For b It known Nina vas
IN tAs stAttoosry dspartmsnt On the
hrst door. which vas comparatively
we'll ventilated. and abe served people
who had soAe sort Of an idea - to
what they wanted. while Jennis and
Maud wero In the bargain notion de-
partment In the stu6y. il-smslling
. basemcnt. where women shopper,
knowing not what they wanted. ell
bowed and fought for . vantage
ground from which To paw over the
stock: and Ethel was under the side
walk In . sort OF tsdheI which the
store kad stolen fruIn under the strsst.
vhs&s sAs4Asehsninaliy handsA cut
taclD - lalls = paopls who haA psr-
sued tAem b this Ersvsome lair.
In the meantime Nina was living
with, . half-slstsr whose hnahand re-
esivsd go pr nosth for mailbag COW
sn - bo0s = ~ sAippine dspaft-
1aa4 - asosunt uAa6ssaio Anoso. O
this income hs supported his wife and
four rsilid chifdFen. who never had
sssa green ,ehinGs Grov sor snellsd
fresh cc11try ali.
fhey charsed Nina two dollar. .
week for her board and cot under the
stairway-and thought It was great
luck To get II. Then she paid. 60 cents
week car fare. ten cents q week for
ten cents per week to the Mod1cAl Aid
and Burial association as . aDFt Of m
surance against sickness or death. She
was driven to this latter extravagance
by the gloomy forebodings Of her half
sister and her husband regarding her
possible. indeed probable impending
~sickness and death, the query bsang,
where's the money coming from to
take ccre Of you and bury you?''
Tho astute mathematician can easily
figure that Nina had S1.10 per week
with which to clothe herself and buy
ics cream sodas and chewing gum. It
was Eot . hilarious life.
In the meantime she was growing
thiansr and paler and more tired every
week. II would have bsen plain TO any
Intelligent person, were such interest
Cd in her. that she would not last long
in such environments. About this
time there was another addition to her
sisters family. apd her bfosAer-in-la
being presssd to sxtremitloa, informed
MA tAat -. woula Aavs - fsiss the
pSsss 81 her E6ard b tAsss collars per
week. TAi1 vas . stAgEsginS blow to
the giri, Already cafsying far more
]. tAaA hsr lais shass q bsrdens.r
An day SoAS h the hot. stiling store
she bsooded ovss r. Woadsfing vaguely
huv = u yorio -, ~ % ~ aloaS
G IN r shs hanAD1 thrss pF0eioos dol
lAss TO her brothsr-in-law sach week.
And then there was <Ast muslin dress
she hal bsen cossttns % Aescsiy for -
many rsonths--and nearly attained. too.
OF ooafss that must BE- givea up. and
~ ths Other lies tAinss Of life. Shs
must hereafter toll on enduringly with
oaly u hops' Of paying her brother