Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15

T~-1 HEY sat at the ead able, drinking tea "a man and maid. Behind them II was the partition that divided the -A smoking room from the general room" in which they sat; in front was TT desert of marble top tables, bleak III and dreary in their cold whiteneS HI and emptiness.
 For the time was Saturday after II III noon, and the city cafe was nearly empty Only other customer II Il was visble-a pale, middle aged dys- II peptic who sat munehing a rusk like COW chewing the cud. It was be - cause of it's quietude that Fred
 Moore and Etta Bemrose had come so far East from the big drapery store in Ox- ford street where they worked
 The human ehewer-of-the-cud presently rose, wiped his moustsche, whisked crurne from ms were alone. They looked at one another and smiled.
 Fred edged percsptibly nearer, and drew some thing from his pocket.
 Eve bought it, Eta Try it on, darling; the waitress can't see, and there's no one else about.
 pretty blush colored the girls cheeks; her eyelids dropped as she shyly drew of her left glove.
 Fred took the small hand. and over the third finger slipped ring-s plain gold band. Under his breath he murnured reverently and solemnly;
 ''With this ring thee"
 s'Oh. Fred, desr' the girl broke in, mortified, '+you mustn't say that before the day; it's un- lucky!'
 ''Very we'll then, sweetheart. Just try 1t on. Fits beautifully, doesn't its And looks lovely. There I'll put it back in the case now. Thank goodness, it won't be long before I put inc ring on in real earnest. Only next Thursday, Eta, and we shall be husband and wife"
 The blush on her face deepened. Love shons in her eyes. Yet tear began to gather there.
 kS~od oulned hack Eph.
 "Of course darling, know what you're think. ing of" he said tendery. 1t won't be the kind of q wedding you've hoped for. No church. no pres- 'ents no bridesmaids, honeymoon. Only just make an excuse to get hour of So that we can slip round to the registrars, and then back again to the shop. without anyone knowing. Poor lit tie Ettsi It seems very unromantic, but it isn ( really dear After all, we shall be husband and wife then % what does anything else matterf'
 "No, Fred, dear,' she whispered, with happy smile; nothing will matter then"
 ''We shall, of course, have to keep It profound secret" the man vent on thoughtfully; 'Hbut per haps later on, I msy be able to get hold of a little capital Co start small shop of our own. That's the thing we've got to work for, Etta- dear" Despite his hopeful words, there was & touch of bitterness in him as he lspsed into si- lence.
 They were assitants at Jsrbury's, the great Or ford street drapers, and their lot was hard. The lot of all Jsrburys assistants was hard.
 Ordinary civilization demands obedience to ten commandments, which embody perfect moral code. Jsrburyis made commandments of their own which entailed fines and penalties on those who dared to break them. One commandment pone the less stringent because unvritten-wss, ''Thou shalt not marry"
 Jarbury's paid small salaries, such a man could not support family upon If he tries. he quickly recognizes the difficulty, and clamors for a rise" .Jarbury's didn't believe in giving "rises" Whatever money they had to spare went to swell the profits. Now, extra profits are blessed things. They make rich man richer: they enable him to keep four motor cars instead of three: to add another thousand acres to his shooting preserves and to possess rnore of those ter+i6cates which stand for stocks and shares