The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-23
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For two cents" he groaned again
81 would quit college and go to work
and"
"Hush!" she whispered again.
Think of your career!''
After ALL he said, love can get
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 he
coughed modestly behind his hand and
drew a memorandum from his pocket.
Now, in the first place." he said,
I'VE must have house. In the SUBJ
! urgs, you know. Say ten rooms. vines
on the porch and all that sort of
thing"
/ And little conservatory" she
breathed
And little conservatory" said he.
And a pergola. Charles?" she asked,
clasping 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 are!"
Yes" said he, the furniture comes
first: and so | looked over the adver-
tisements of the instalment people;
but-well. they all want deposit
down and-and-"
II know, Charles" she whispered,
patting his hand
But all at once" said he, lit came
to me like flash, Like a flash" lie
made gesture with his hand to show
her how flash comes, and continued:
Il said to myself, We will rent fur
nished cottage and there's the house.
and there's the furniture both provid-
ed for with one stone"
! 'Of course" she hesitated there's
i still the rent"
Forty dollars month";" he said.
Ten rooms. Well sublet five of the
rooms to five really nice people and
! charge them two dollars a week each.
i
and there's the rent"
Whereupon she clasped her hands
and lang,ished.
Next" said Charles, there's the
food
I'm an awfully light eater" she
breathlpssly exclaimed
Take eggs" said Charles. ignoring
| . ,,,tA ..u1 I;
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 a learned
/ manner, and nutritious. Various, as
well. You can boil thcm-soft or me-
! dunn, or hard; you can pOach them,
/ fry them-onc side or two; scramble
| them; make them into omelettcs-
herb omelettes, Spanish omelcttes,
corned beef Omelcttcs; you can use
them to trim the hash and the spinach
and the salad Give me an egg!" cried
/ Charles, making a grand, bcckoning
/ gesture for that absent egg, land
defy the world" And after emotion
! had spent itself, he shortly added:
"Chickens,"
"Chickcns, Charlcs?" she asked.
"Chickcns?"
! Yes" said Charles, "wen keep
] chickcnS!"
why, Charlcs," she exclaimed.
I why, this is wonderful Why"
Watt" said Charles, holding up
his finger. chickens eat corn"
Her cOuntenance fell
wen grow it," said Charles beam
ing with triumph, and slencing her
the milk"
She looked at him expectantly.
The milk" he said. in all due mod
esty, "bothered me for time. Yes,
I'm willing to confess that the milk
bothered me at first, but here is how
solved that: In every suburban section
of any size the residents are always,
to certain extent, going away and
coming back. Now, many of these
must have cows-cows that have been
! long in the fanilies-cows to whom
the families were attached. In word,
pet cows. Well then, We will keep
these pet cows for their owners when
ever they go away And there" he
cried in trembling tones, "and there's
the milk and butter and cheese and
eggs and chickens and fricassees and
Baltimore style and fried and soup,
and everything else You want"