The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1908-11-13

ooppcTy sky. had long since ceaseu 10
,bine down upon the narrow street and
hung lazily upon the line of the west
arm sky rs though reluctant 10 leave a
battlefield where he had been mighty
,etor. The pavements and even the
hnfdiprs gave out their scorching heat
lae Il lake oven from which the fires
have been newly drawn.
Here and there some one watered the
str.et with Il hose or turned the stream
npon the tiny grass plots in front of
Tho houses but the heat quickly dried
mn tbe flood. and the humidity served
only TO add to the general discomfort
II was II long street OF old fashioned
high stoop houses. once the home of
fashion laitcrly society had been
driven out hy the resistless march of
the citys progress. and the district
was given over Ia the boarding house
mistresses until such time rs the needs
m the growing city should require the
spaee for factories.
still retaining somewhat of its old
fashioned Gi.nity. The street was he
coming shabby genteel. Here and
there - bfoNnstone front had been re-
placed 10y Il brick tenement masquerad
pg as flatbouse and here and there
the squllor Of the poor became appar-
ent Already the street marked the ex-
IRENE edge Of the residential district
iatp
10 term II. and lis chief recommends
tlan was the fact that the boarders
eonld reach their places Of employment
h walking and 81 save the tedious
ears Hu.l lie 80 cents ear fare that rep
resented m important item In their
Weeiily expenditure.
Tie boafders thronged the high
sionps, gasping in the hot alr. not dar-
lng To seek their rooms until the heat
Should ahaie "A little. Al Mrs. Marcy's
dudley rhearle shared the top step
with Mande Hyerson. Ever since he
had come Ia Marcy's. two weeks be
fofe. hr had sought II place beside
Mandc until the other boar,lcrs had
come to regard the top step as the
john prnusfiy of he two.
rre.oulH ihny would make jests on
the luulr assorted pair and Thearlc's
loYc affair would share. with the
weakness Of the coffee and the
strength Of the butter. the humorous
attention Of The other boarders The
coffee was not weak and the butter
a.
tradition Is mighty and has decreed
that these jokes shall endure while
boarding houses exist. Generally. too.
there Is some mismated pair. lost In
their own happiness. to offer a third
butt OF ridieulc.
AMI surely never was there such
an oddly assorted pair. Thearle still
wore the snnburn and ruddy coloring
which proclaimed him a product of
field and farm. The fortnight which
had passed since he had taken a posi-
ton offered him by one OF last sum
mer's hoarlers at the farm had not
faded the flush of health. nor had the
elty's burdens bent the strong shoul-
ders
Miss Ryerson was commercial
nun, welded To the work which took
her youth and beauty and gave naught
IN return save the pttance which per
mlted n mere existence with none of
the pleasures that are the heritage of
youth. Size was only twenty-one. but
she looked thirty. for since her six
teenlh birthday she had been working
fart or that time she had been the
support of younger sister. and the
story of privations endured for her
sisters sake was written large on
The colorless skin and In the weary
eyes and bent carriage
Yet 10 Thearle she seemed beauti-
fnl. for She represented knowledge
knowledge Of ways and manners that
We're strange and new To him-and he
worshiped dumhly II not from afar.
Her greatest charm he found In the
fact that she did not laugh at his
bltnders, as the others did. She seem
ed to him some Lady Gracious. wo-
man vastly different from all others. a
woman most greatly to he desired.
As they sat there In silence, unwill-
ing TO make even the exertIon that
conversation demanded. there came
The shouts Of children. the complaining
grind Of heavy motor ears, and pres
entity there rolled. past a line of delly-
cry trucks loaded with children as
cargo
ITS the city fresh air fund" ex-
pllned the girl In answer to Thearle's
mluiring glance. The real fund sends
llle children 10 the country. This Is an
hea OF the Evening Spark. The parks
are too far for the little feet to walk,
ahu car fare IL not for the children of
,lie tenements. The merchants lend
'lelr trucks In the evenings, and the
ehii'ifen are taken out TO the park TO
run on the grass and get breath OF
iresh air. 1t is a wonderful charity"
wish some one would start fresh
au iund for people like me-" unused
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