The Marshall republican., 1912-07-05
Cod Storage

why haven't you been out TO see
~" inquired Anne Of Evelyn. whom
enc had met downtown By accident.
III you knew how busy ! am you
would o ask" replied Evelyn. with
all my once WORK. I hardly have time
to keep neat. ! came out today to
buy a new gown which I should have
bought a month aso, Come With me
and well take . look at the shop
windows"
Really, ! dare not. Windows are
| fatal to me. II ! look I am lost. I
ion't need a thing and M hates to
waste money. I 90 seldom go any
where that my gowns last forever.
evelyn. you cannot realize how curl
ously dull II 10 to have no occupa-
| Ion"
"If you understood the discomforts
Of working for a living you would APP
preciate your blessings better. Lone
some, are youf Why not make friends
In the apartment house where you
| liver"
o"Of course. that bit Of advice Is well
meant. Evelyn. but In the circum-
stances It happens to be absurd"
II fail TO . why. II you were not
so d~ifident-"
my dear girl. I'm not In the least
dinident; I am merely afraid Of being
frozen TO death II I should try to
make friends with my neighbors."
II don't understand what you mean"
said Evelyn.
'1f that building were q cold storage
warehouse" declared Anne. "the So
ciai atmosphere could not be more
frgid. Mother and I have lived therc
a year and n half and not q soul out
Of all these apartments has. made our
acquaintance"
Have you called on your neigh.
| bofsY"
"Of course not. I would not be 90
forward az TO make advances"
Then II seems to mo you are a.
bad "a the others."
Indeed, I am not--at least, I do
not annoy others. Why. the man In
the apartment above ours plays his
plano ut all hours Of the night. He
does not even make music, but thumps
out some monotonous tune which 10
10 dreary ~ the moaning Of . lost
soul. Then there II . woman across
the hall with Q baby that bowls morn
Ing. moon and night. Mother went
In one day and told her that all the
child needed was . little peppermint.
Tho woman replied that tho baby was
not III. but was Just lonesome when
ever she was out Of it, sight"
Didn't she come to call after thatf'
asked Evelyn.
rs that q joksf" inquired Ammo.
You cannot laugh me- into liking
them. There II q horrid old creature
In tho apartment below ours who
knocks On the ceiling with q broom
handle every time ] U sewing
machine. We are disguised with the
building and mean to move ~ soon ~
lease expires"
you do not need to wait. because
I'll take the lease on your hands ~
SOC ~ you like. ! Am going TO 90
to housekeeping with another girl be-
fore long and your apartment would
suit 40 exactly. When you get ready
TO move let me know"
A few weeks later Evelyn received
a note from Ammo saying that she and
her mother were about to take another
apartment. 70 Evelyn called to zee
about transferring the lease. During
the interval she learned Anne's moth
or. had suffered o fall and was con
fined TO her couch with . dislocated
hip. During Evelyn's call "a many
persons dropped In that she had 70
remain an hour before she could have
Anne to herself.
IT thought you said you knew no one
In this building" exclaimed Evelyn al
last. II never saw more warm
hearted people. Yet you called this
place . cold storage warehouse"
THAT wal before mother was hurt
explained Anne. THE moment the
people heard OF our trouble they
rushed in to sympathise and tell M
their troubles in turn. That woman
with the baby has lost the poor Iittls
darling and every day she comes In
and talks to US about II and tells o.
the flowers she lays on Its grave"
what Of the lost soul above 20,
who thumped the pianof" inquired
Evelyn.
~ please forget the cruel remarks
nude about him." cried Anne. "H'
had q dear mother who died. and b,
played the piano because II reminded
him Of her. He Is not a musician. ye
he could not bear to have the instru
ment stand silent and neglected
When he heard that mother was hur
he came to inquire II the noise Of tn
plano annoyed her and he has beef
40 kind. I don't know how we coul'
have managed without him."
! "C~onnidsring the beautiful Va
these people have behaved don
see Why ypu want 20 move" said nDys
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