The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30
| Always Some
Charles and His Love
fhVn~ Could Live on
0A111E So Lille

For two cents" he groaned agair
4 would quit college and go to wor
and"
Hush" she whispered again
Think of your careeri"
>Aster all he said. love can &c
along on very little money"
Yes. Charles? Yes?" she breath
lessly exclaimed.
Yes" said he. Il have been study
ing the matter"
And as he emphasized the word ht
coughed modestly behind his hand and
drew a 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, vine.
on the porch and all that sort Of
thing" - .-xsR avrASs eczsesz>
And little conservatory" she
breathed.
And a little conservatory" said he
And pergola, Charles?" she asked
-iasping her hands.
"A pergola. of course" said he.
wont that be beautiful" she
sighed. And signing again she added
But, Charles! The remit"
NO." said he, "the furniture comes
first"
Dear Charles, she whispered. how
clever you arei"
Yes" said he, "the furniture comes
first; and so looked over the adver-
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, 1T came
to me like fash Like a FASH" He
made a gesture with his hand to show
her how fash 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 provid-
ed for with one stonew
''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
breathlessly exclaimed
TAKE eggs said Charles, ignoring
the interruption what is more SIM
pie and what is more nutritious than
an egg?"
Il can boil them, tool" she cried,
and she looked around as though for
an egg to boil.
Simple" said Charles in learned
manner, "and nutritious Various, as
we'll. You can boil them-soft or me-
dium, or hard; you can poach them,
fry them-one side or two; scramble
them; make them into omeIettes--
herb omelettes, Spanish omelettes,
eorned beef omelettes; you can use
them to trim the hash and the spinach
and the salad. Give me an egg!" cried |
Charles, making a grand, beckoning
gesture for that absent egg, and
iefy the world" And after emotion |
lad spent itself, he shortly added:
'Chickens!"
Chickens, Charles?" she asked.
'Chickens?"
Yes" said Charles, "weIl keep
,hickensl"
"Why, CharlesI" she exclaimed.
Why, this is wonderful Why"
Watt" said Charles, holding up
IFS finger chickens eat corn"
Her countenance fell
We'll grow it," said Charles, beam
ng with triumph, and silencing her
dmiration he resumed Next comes
he milk"
She looked at him expectantly.
The milk" he said, in all due mod
sty, bothered me for time. Yes,
m willing to confess that the milk
othered me at first, but here is how
olved that In every suburban section
I any size the residents are always,
, a certain extent, going away and
oming back. Now, many of these
lust have cows-cows that have been
ing in the families--cows to whom
he families were attached. In a word,
ct cows. Well, them We will keep
lese pet COWS for their owners when
yer they go away. And there" he
ried in trembling tones "and there's
he milk and butter and cheese and
ggs and chickens and fricassees and
altimore style and fried and soup,
nd everything else you want"
How will the cows be fed,
harles?" she asked.
ION our grass!" he beamed.
And the vegetables"
We'll grow them!"
And the fruit, too, we could" she
ughed.
"And the fruit, tool" said Charles.
Vow as for clothes" he began,
owning.
"oh, have lot of clothes" she
i'd
so have l." said Charles
Somehow" she breathed, II always
lew that love could get along on
'ry little, but l never thought"
Tomorrow" he said, cor next day,
shall begin looking for a house, and
hen all the arrangements are made
} win find a minister and--I wonder
w much the minister's fee ~" he