Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-30
THE EVENING STORY.
Rainbow Chaser.
Copyright, 1919. by W. Werner,

NSops'' eh'' 1910, ny ". Vfihci'f
When Olivia Fuller walked to the par
sonage one evening with Jason Waite
and was married to him people said that
she had made a great mistake.
Jason Waite had come TO Westmore out
OF nowhere. He had been there seven
months and in that time he had changed
his Job four times. his boarding place
twice. had Tilted one girl and married
another. Cora Fraser was the girl he
Tilted. Jason's fickleness was all the
more dangerous because It was combined
with a charming personality. He was
dark and slender, and when he talked
about the things he had done and the
places he had seen his dark eyes shone
like lamps and he fascinated one. It was
no wonder Olivia fell in love with him,
but 1t was a wonder that. with her COM
mon sense. she married him
Her people would have none of JASON
SO she simply went to the parsonage with
him. The day after she was married
Olivia hunted up a few rooms and pro-
ceeded to make a home out of them. It
was wonderful what she managed to do
with a secondhand cook stove and a few
sticks of furniture. She was very happy
about 1t, too. Westmore had rarely seen
gayer bride. She asked no favors from
her old friends or her relatives-the aunts,
uncles and cousins who had looked after
her since her mothers death.
AFTER SIX months or SO Jason began
to get restless. He was keeping books,
and he did not like the man he worked
for. Finally he gave up his job. Olivia
steered him to another, but she was be-
ginning to understand by this time that
Jason was not much more dependable
enough to keep them from actual want.
Another half year passed. And then
Olivias daughter was born. Jason was
not working at all He had given up his
last job and had not yet found another
to his taste He had even gone SO far
as to advertise for position as a travel
ing salesman. They were living just
where they had begun together. Though
the rent was little enough, with Jason
out of work there was no longer the
wherewithal to meet 1t. Besides, a doc
tors bill and a nurses bill We're accumu-
lating, with other expenses which long
illness brings Olivia had a great deal
to think about.
had achieved new position as travelling
salesman. He was very happy. He
started on his first trip equipped with his
new sample case SO confident in himself
so at humor with all mankind, that he
almost hypnotized Olivia into feeling as
he did.
I'm sure this will suit JASON" Olivia
confided to the baby Barbara when they
were alone. He likes change: he likes
going about Why. it's just splendid"'
But in the back of her head Olivia con-
tinued to arrange and rearrange certain
plans of her own. Jason sent her some
money and she gave most Of 1t up to
their debts. Before they were anywhere
near satisfied Jason lost his job.
He had failed to make good, as he
expressed it. He came home in such a
depressed condition that Olivia forgot her
own anxieties in worrying about him.
They were still In the rooms over the
harness shop, and Jason found them very
narrow and the fare of their frugal table
very unsatisfying after living at good no.
tells. He was more restless than ever.
And there was no money coming in.
1t was some time before he got an
other job as travelling salesman. The
new position was offered just as Olivia
was beginning to despair She would sit
at her window with Barbara in her arms
and gaze drearily at the shops across the
street. One of them she noticed was al
ways busy. 1t was a news store, and it
was run by an old couple, who had had
1t for years. The display window of the
little shop was dusty and badly arranged,
but whenever a group of new magazines
appeared people went in to buy.
Il believe" thought Olivia. that they
sell more If they made 1t attractive. But
perhaps they don't know how