Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-03-11
Cold Storage

al my omoc "ofhs nAIdly lave tina
TO keep neat. I came out TODAY n
buy Q new gown which should bavs
bought month ago. Come with ma
and well take n look at the shon
windows"
Really. I dare not. Windows ana
fatal to me. II look I am Lost,
don't need thing and one hates IA
waste money. 90 seldom 70 any.
where that my gowns last forever
Evelyn. you cannot realize how cub.
ously dull It 10 to have no occupa.
ton"
III you understood the discomfort,
Of working for living you would an
preciate your blessings better. Lone
some. are you? Why not make friend,
in the apartment house where you
liye?"
"0f course. that BIT Of advice Is well
meant. Evelyn. but in the clrcum.
stances 1t happens to be absurd"
Il fail to see why. II you were not
20 difident-"
my dear girl. I'm not In the least
difident: am merely afraid Of being
frozen to death II ! should try to
make friends with my neIghbors."
y don't understand what you mean"
said Evelyn.
IL that building were a cold storage
warehouse" declared Anne, the 90.
cial atmosphere could not be more
'rigid. Mother and I have lived there
year and a haH and not a soul out
Of all these apartments has made our
acquaintance"
Have you called on your neigh.
borsf"
"Of course not. ! would not be 90
forward as to make advances"
Then It seems to me you are as
bad as the others"
Indeed. am not-at least. | do
not annoy others. Why. the man In
the apartment above ours plays his
piano at all hours OF the night. He
does not even make music, but thumps
out some monotonous tune which is
as dreary as the moaning Of lost
soul. Then there IS a woman across
the ball with baby that bowls morn.
Ing. noon and night Mother went
In one day and told her that all the
child needed was little peppermint.
The woman replied that the baby was
not Ill. but was just lonesome when.
ever she was out Of its sight"
Didn't she come TO call after that,"
asked Evelyn.
is that ioke?" inquired Anne
You cannot laugh me into liking
them. There Is a horrid old creature
In the apartment below ours who
knocks on the ceiling with a broom
handle every time ] run our sewing
machine. We are disguised with the
building and mean 20 move as soon as
our lease expires"
You do not need TO wait. because
Ill take the lease OF your hands 40
soon as you like am going to 10
to housekeeping with another girl BE-
fore long and your apartment would
suit us exactly. When you get ready
to move let me know"
A few weeks later Evelyn received
a note from Anne saying that she and
her mother were about TO take another
apartment. 50 Evelyn called to see
about transferring the lease. During
the interval she learned Anne's moth.
er had suffered 4 fall and was con
nned to her couch with 4 disloca,ed
nip. During Evelyn's call so many
persons dropped In that she had 10
remain an hour before she could have
Anne to herself.
i thought you said you knew no one
In this building" exclaimed Evelyn at
last Il never saw more warm.
hearted people. Yet you called this
place cold storage warehouse"
That was before mother was hurt, "
explained Anne. The moment the
people heard OF our trouble they
rushed In to sympathise and tell US
their troubles In turn. That woman
with the baby has lost the poor little
darling and every day she comes in
and talks to Us about II and tells OF
Tie flowers she lays on its grave"
What Of the lost soul above you
who shumped the piano," inquired
Evelyn.
Please forget the cruel remarks
made about him. cried Anne. He
had a dear mother who died, and be
played the piano because Il reminded
MIN OF her. He Is not a musician. yet
ne could not bear TO have the instru.
ment stand silent and neglected.
when he heard that mother was hurt
ne came TO inquire n the noise Of the
plano annoyed her and he has been
20 kind. I don't know how We could
have managed without him"
Considering the beautiful way
these people have behaved. don't
see why you want 70 move.- said Eve
Ign.
oh. we have no insension Of ieav.
ing the building; We shall taxa a lars
90 apartment. which win leave this
for you.
Way demanded Evelyn.
az y bit too soon TO tell said
anne. oiushing. yet. since sou are de-
ssmined to know, am to BE- married.