The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-30

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"a II handlCS apartment houses :,
common now in all parts o.
New York ard must have sat M ,nnn>
nights working out how tn eXtii ut
the maximum 1T :rnt revenue frun
the area cli which he had to tit the
structure.
If there were any flats in Harlem of
smaller Dimensions than the one OF
% four rooms occupied hy Mr. and Mrs
. Joseph Brooks he most experienced
ard persistent hunter after IL lace III
- whi"li 10 lodge Ills ia mly with rel,
tive economy ard some Srmhnnrp oI
comfort would have had The time .:
his or her life finding Il Ana If u;hr
fl"'s there W"r" more !uSrrin,.sy IL
ted up us easily might have been
f"': certainly must have been III.
ease. At least there was uutr. ~ hat.
ever its size that was E";;t ;lean or
ne;tpG or in wh!rh more effective u>t
Of available ;na,rriai had been made
than slt over which Mrs. EMlln:l
Brooks presided as mistress, and iar.
iutun.
And Mrs brooks herself how Sh.
Eracru il. altogether uuruilSs lousy
As the elder OF two daughters OF Stan
ley Harris. who. white not rich. had
uern well to do. She had hprn hruuyh,
III in The comfort Of il good home and
had enjoyed the advantage at an rdu
cation ut a private seminary. lIpr fiji
Their. whose constant companion Sht
had been Hnd whose sense of drmur
racy in the matter of association Sh.
had Inherited had adorstl her. Hnt
when she had given her heart to 10
i seIh Brooks. eiecting him from anon.
numerous SuitOrS. including james
y Smith. he gave his consent to lhei!
union against his own Judgment and
in face Of the strenuous opposition o,
his wife. eSteeming the girls happi
ness superior to all other conSidera
lions.
Brooks. who had been III the employ
of the Lat merican Steamship com
pnny for one year and had been
brought into relations with the family
by virtue Of his selection as secretary
to her father, the general manager
had no means whatever of his own
and his salary. then $50 month. was
desperately small income on which to
begin housekeeping for girl reared as
she had been. But her father helped
them. and the young couple counted
upon his influence to procure the ad
vancement of his son-in-law to more
remunerative post.
Unfortunately for them. however
MIR. Harris had died a few weeks after
their wedding. and they found them.
selves thrown upon their own re.
sources. Mrs. Harris. selfish. shall.
low. unfeeling woman with social pre-
tensions. who regarded her daughters
marriage with the young clerk as a
mesalliance and Brooks himself will
diSdain. left them to shift for them
selves and with her other daughter.
Beth. who was seven years younger
than Emma and shared her mot hers
views. as she initiated her hauyilti-
ness settled down to the enjoyment of
the modest fortune her husband had
left her and the indulgence of the os-
tentation she loved. but which during
Mr.. Harris lifetime she had never
been able to crafty to the top Of her
bent. She did not for this. however.
withdraw altogether from association
with Emma aud Brooks and continued
on more or less amicable terms with
them. Now and then she condescend-
ed to call upon them with Beth. but
her visits. as rule. We're a good deal
of trial to the young couple. for she
regarded Brooks failure to get on in
the steamship company as vindica-
ton of her opinion as to his ability
and the righteousness Of their mar
riage and was prone to condone with
her daughter. assume an exasperating
l-told-you-so attitude and lament what
might have been.
During the four years Of their mar.
ried life Brooks salary had been
raised only $50 a month. although In
addition to his work as accountant. to
which he had been assigned after Mr..
Harris death. that of collector had
been thrust upon him. 1t had been a
hard. bitter experience for pretty little
Mrs. Brooks. this unaccustomed drudg.
cry OF homework. this continuous
securing OF greasy pots and pans and
washing OF dishes. which she loathed
this deprivation of comforts and luxu-
ries that she had known all her life:
this privation Of many personal things
considered indispensable by the dainty
woman; this necessity of perpetual
reid economiztng. which barely suf.