The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-04-13
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Howard shook his head for all re-
spouse and look Of disappointment
crossed the young wife's face.
Say. that's tough. Amt itgs she
exclaimed. The janitor was hero
again for the rent. he says they'll
serve US with . dispossess. ] told him
to chase himself, l was that mad"
Annie's vocabulary was emphatic,
rather than choice. Entirely without
education, she made no preteuse at
being what she was not and therein
perhaps lay her chief charm. AZ
Howard stopped to hsa her, she said
reproaehfully:
You've been drinking again. How.
ard. You promised me you wouldn't"
The young man made no reply.
With an inpatient gesture he passed
on into the nat and flung himself
down in a chair In the dining room.
From the adjoining kitchen came .
welcome odor OF cooking.
Dinner readyf" he demanded. .Tm
devilish hungry"
Yes. dear. lust minute" replied
his wife from the kitchen. There's
some nice IRISH stew, just what you
like"
The bo1-llke hole where Howard
sat awaiting his meal was the largest
room in fiat which boosted Of Eve
and BATH" There was bedroom OF
equally diminutIve proportions and =
parlor with wall paper SO loud that ie
talked. There was scarcely enough
room to swing a cat around. The
thin walls were cracked, the rooms
were carpetless. Yet 1t showed the
care OF good housekeeper. Floors
and windows were clean. the cover on
the table spotless. The furnishings
we're as menger as they were ingen-
ious. With their slender purse they
had been able TO purchase only the
bare necessIties-a bed. chair or
two, a dining room table, few kitch-
on utensils. When they wanted to sic
in the parlor they had to carry a
chair from the dining room; when
meal times came the chairs had to
travel back again A soap box turned
upside down and neatly covered with
chintz did duty as dresser in the
bedroom. and with a few photographs
and tacks they had managed to i'm.
part an aesthetic appearance TO the
parlor. This place cost the huge sum
OF SIS month. It might Just as well
have cost 500 for all Howard's ability
to pay It. The past months rent was
long overdue and the janitor looked
more insolent every day. But they
did not care. They were young and
life was still before them.
Presently Annie came In carrying
a steaming dish of stow, which she
laid on the table AS she helped How.
ard to plate full she said: $50 you
had no luck again this morning."
Howard was too busy eating to an.
swer. AS he gulped down huge piece
OF bread, he growled:
Nothing, as usual-same old story.
nothing doing"
Annie sighed She had been given
this answer SO often that It would
have surprised her to hear anything
else. 1t meant that their hard hand.
to-mouth struggle must go on. She
said nothing. What was the use? Il
would never do to discourage How.
ard. She tried to make light Of 1t.
"of course 1t isn't easy, l quite
understand that Never mind. dear.
Something will turn up soon. Where
did you go? Whom did you see? Why
didn't you let drink alone when you
promised me you would?"
That was Coxe's fault" blurted
out Howard, always ready to blame
others for his own shortcomings.
You remember Coke! He was at
Yale when was. A big. fair fellow
with blue eyes. He pulled stroke in
the varsity boat race, you remem,
ber?"
4 think I do" replied his wife. In
differently. as she helped him to mora
stew. What did he want? What's
he doing In New York;"
Hes got fine place in brokers
Office in Wall street. felt ashamed
TO let him see me low down like this.
He said that could make good deal
OF money II only had little capital
he knows everything going on IN
Wall street. If went In with him ID
be on Easy street"
How much would It require?"
Two thousand dollars"
The young wife gave a sigh as she
answered:
I'm afraid that's day dream. Only
your father could give you such an
amount and you wouldn't go to him,
would your"
Not II we hadn't another crust In
the house." snapped Howard savage
ly. You don't want me to, do youg''
ne asked looking up at her quickly.
No. dear" she answered calmly.
'I have certainly no wish that you
should humble yourself. At the same
time am not selfish enough to want