Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-11-19
| Always Some
= Charles and His Love
thY1lfr Could Live on
UuIlS So Little


hitabel, if he were not your father,
would say
Hush she whispered.
For two cents. he groaned again,
Il would quit college and so to work
and
Hush, she whispered again.
Think OF your career,
After all. he said. love can get
along on very little money
Yes. Charles? Yes?" she breath
lessly exclaimed
Yes" said he, y have been study
ing the natter
And as he emphasized the word he
| coughed modestly behind his hand and
drew memorandum from his pocket.
Now, in the first place" he said,
I'VE must have a house. In the sub
urgs. you know Say ten rooms, vines
on the porch and all that sort of
thing
And little conservatory she
breathed
And little conservatory said he.
And pergola, Charles?' she asked,
clasping her hands.
"A pergola, of course" said he.
Wont that be beautiful" she
sighed. And signing again she added,
But, CharlesI The remit"
NO. said be. the furniture comes
first
Dear Charles, she whispered, how
clever you arel"
Yes said he, "the furniture comes
first; and so looked over the adyer-
tisements of the installment people;
but-well, they all want a deposit
down and-and-"
Il know, Charles" she whispered.
patting his hand
But all at once" said he, ut came
TO me like FASH Like 1ash.v He
made a gesture with his hand to show
her how flash comes, and continued:
Il said to myself, We will rent a fur
nished cottage and there's the house,
and there's the furniture both proyid-
ed for with one stone."
"Of course she hesitated, there's
still the rent"
Forty dollars month";" he said.
Ten rooms. Wen sublet five of the
rooms to five really nice people and
charge them two dollars week each.
There's company for us, if we want it,
and there's the remit"
Whereupon she clasped her hands
and languished.
Next" said Charles, there's the
food
I'm an awfully light eater she
exclaimed.
Take eggs said Charles, ignoring
he interruption What is more SIM
pie and what is more nutritious than
IN egg?"
Il can boil them, tool" she cried.
ind she looked around as though for
In egg to boil.
Simple" said Charles in a learned
manner. and nutritious. Various, as
veil You can boil them-soft or me-
Iium, or hard; you can poach them,
ry them-one side or two; scramble
hem make them into omelettes-
erb omelettes, Spanish omelettes,
orned beef omelettes; you can use
hem to trim the hash and the spinach
nd the salad. Give me an egg!' cried
'harles, making grand, reckoning
esture for that absent egg, land I
ely the world" And after emotion
ad spent itself, he shortly added;
Chickens, Charles?g she asked.
Yes" said Charles, well keep
"Why. Charles,' she exclaimed.
Why, this is wonderful Why"
Watt said Charles, holding up
is finger. Chickens eat corn"
Her countenance fell
We'll grow it," said Charles, BEAM
g with triumph, and silencing her
imiration he resumed: Next comes
lie milk"
She looked at him expectantly.
1.-The milk he said, in all due mod
ty, bothered me for a time. Yes,
n willing to confess that the milk
,thered me at first, but here is how {
lived that: In every suburban section
any size the residents are always,
a certain extent, going away and
ming back. Now. many of these
nst have cows-cows that have been
ng in the families-cows to whom
e families we're attached In a word,
t COWS. Well. then, We will keep
csc pet cows for their owners when
er they go away. And there" he
ed in trembling tones, land there's
e milk and butter and cheese and
gs and chickens and fricassees and
ltimore style and fried and soup.
everything else you want"
How will the cows be fed,
arles?' she asked.
On our grassl" he beamed
And the vegetables"
Well grow themi''
And the fruit. too. we could" she
ghed.
And the fruit. tool said Charles.
DIV as for clothes" he began.
wning