Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-26
Married Life the Second Year
Helen Loses TenDollar Bill and breads to Tell Warren
About It.

closely. 1t was all she could do to man
age before, and-oh 1t was not fair that
this should have happened now. A sense
of bitter resentment possessed her.
II only she could put IT out of her
mind. She had so much work, so much
planning to do the few days that re-
NAMED before Christmas-and she knew
this loss would be constantly in her
thoughts.
She remembered having heard some one
say that when one lost dollar they
usually spend ten dollars worth Of time
in worrying about 1t. That 1t was not
the actual loss that counted so much,
but all that was thrown after it" in
worry And Helen realized this was what
she was doing now, and would do-and
that she could not help it.
Then suddenly she found that she had
gone four blocks beyond her street.
Clutching her packages she left the car
and hurried back almost ready to cry
with vexation. And then as she waited
to cross the street, a taxicab whizzed by
so deliberately close to her that il almost
brushed her dress. As she jumped back.
the driver grinned maliciiously and
sped on.
This is common occurrence that tends
to irritate any one, however benign their
mood, and just now it made Helen furious
With an indignant glance after the speed
ing machine she hurried across to be al
most run over by another car which
whirled Unexpectedly around the corner
with a startling. fiendish snort.
The final straw came when she reached
home and threw her packages on the
couch. One was missing! Oh, what else
was going to happen on this dreadful day!
1t was only a Decent pair of wooden
gloves for the laundress, probably left on
the car in her hurry--but 1t was just that
much more, That was only one of the
things thrown after" the $40 through
needless worry.
When Warren came home. she longed
to tell him. 1t would be such a comfort
could she be sure of his sympathy. But
she knew he would only make some sar-
castle remarks about her carelessness-he
was always doing that,
Whats gone wrong today?" he
asked, as he crumbled a cracker in his
soup
I've been shopping all day, you know
IAN through now?"
mot quite" hesitatingly, wondering
desperately how she could sc through
without that money.
'Jove, this soups hot!" taking a hasty
drink of water.
why, I thought you always wanted II
hot dear" glad to change the subject.
Hot, yes-but not scalding!"
And so for the time the conversation
was steered into safer channels.
1t was after dinner that Pussy Purr
new knocked from the sitting room
couch Helen's muff, which, contrary tc
all her habits, she had not yet put away
Look at that cat!" said Warren. as tn,
kitten nosed its way through the muff
and with just its little head in view
looked up at them with bright, mlschiev
Gus eyes.
Helen laughed isn't it dear? It look,
like a picture that used to hang in my
nursery Of two kittens playing with
muff."
Just then the kitten wriggled through
leaping after something which it pushed
out OF the muff before ii with it's littl,
paws.
What's it got now?" demanded War
rem.
1t was a green bill tightly rolled Wit
a cry of JOY Helen caught it up and un
folded II. The ten dollars!
"Oh-oh" with a sob OF relief. TT wa
in the muff all the time"'
$50 that was ~ That's what you'v
been worrying about Oh, well, II yol
throw money around like that
: But Helen had taken the muff and tn
bill into the bedroom to put them away
: And she was too happy just now to min
the sarcasm in his voice.