The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-21
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spouse and aHlook OF disappointment
CROSSED the young wife's. face.
"Ssy, that's tough. amt IL" she
exclaimed. THE janltOr was. here
again for the rent. He says they'll
serve uS with . dibpossess. told him
TO chase himself. i Was. that mad"
Annie's vocabulary was emphatic,
rather than choice, Entirely without
education, she made. NO pretenses at
being what she was, not and therein
perhaps lay her chief charm. AS
Howard stopped TO kiss her she. said
reproachfully:
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 hat and flung, himself
down In chair in the dining room,
From the adjoining kitchen came .
welcome odor OF cooking.
Dinner ready?" he demanded. I'm
deNIlish hungry"
Yes, dear, just r. MINUTE" replied
his wife from the. kitchen. There's
some. nice Irish stew, just what you
like"
The box.lIke hole, where. Howard
sat awaiting, his meal was the largest
room In fiat which boosted OF i've
aud bath" There was bedroom OF
equally dImnutiYe. proportions and u
psrlor with wall paper. SC, loud, that it
talked. There MAS scarcely enough
room to swing II. cat around. The
thin, walls were cracked, the rooms
were carpetless. Yet 1t showed the
care Of u good hOusekeeper. Floors
and windows were Clean the cover on
tue table spotless, The furnishings
were. az, meageE as they, we're, ingen.
iOus. With their. slender purse, they,
had been. able, to, purchase. only. the
bare necessities-a. bed, q, chair Or
twe, dining. room table, aiew kitch:
ea utensils. When. they wanted to sit
in the parlor they, had to. carry q
chair from the dining room: when
meal times came. the chairs had. to
trAyel back again. 4 soap box turned!
upside down and neatly. covered With
chintz did duty as a dresser in the.
bedroom, aud with 4 few photographs
aud lacks they had managed to i'm.
part an aesthetic appearance to the
parlor, This PLACE cost the huge sum
Of $26 q month, 1t miEht just Us, well
have. cost 500 for all HoWard'A ability
to pay it. The past mpptb.S 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
Steaming dish OF stew, which she
laid OIL 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 ahuge piece
Of bread. he growled:
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