The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-07-20

were lucky. Marty nerg Ile man
that found himself tied up to that
girl"
Terrible funny. terrible funny
said Roscoe, with sarcasm. Its so
funny | broke a cut glass decanter
and spilled n quart Of"
"Waiti" she begged. you'll see. |
saw a big wagon drive up and some
men go into the house. Well, |
thought I'd see. so l slipped overland
it vas their piano! They'd sold it and
were trying 10 sneak IL out after dark.
SO nobody'd catch onl' Again she
gave way 10 her enjoyment. but re-
sumed, as her husband seemed about
to interrupt the narrative, "Wait a
minute, can't you? Yes, they'd sold It.;
and / hope they'll pay some OF their
debts. They W everybody, and last
week a coal dealer made an awful fuss
at the door with Mr.. vertrees. Their
cook told our upstairs girl, and she
said she didn't know when she'd seer
any money, herself! Did you ever
hear of such a case as that girl in your
life?"
"What girl! Their cookr'
THAT Vertrees girl! Don't you see
they looked on our coming up into this
neighborhood as their last chance:
They were just going down and out,
and here hobs up the green, rich Sheri-
dan family! SO they send her out to
get a Sheridap-she's got to get one.
And she just goes in blind; and Jim
was landed-there's no doubt about
that! But Jim was lucky; he didn't
live to stay landed, and it's a good
thing for him." Sibyl's mirth had van.
ished, and she spoke with ~virulent ra-
pidity. Well, she couldn't get you,
because you were married, and she
couldn't get Jim, because Jim died.
And there they were, dead broke! Do
you know what she did? Do you know
what she's doing?'
mo, DON'T" said Roscoe, grufly.
SibyPs voice rose and eliminated In
a scream Of renewed hilarity. "Bibbsl
She waited in the graveyard, and drove
home with him from Jim's funeral!
Never spoke to him before! Jim wasn't
coldg"
She rocked herself back and forth
upon the divan. "Bibbsv' she shrieked.
"Bibbs! Roscoe. think of 1t! Blbbsp'
He stared unsympathetically, but
her mirth was undated for all that.
And yesterday" she continued, be-
tween paroxysms-"yesterday she
came out OF the ~house-iust as he was
passing. She must have been looking
out-waiting the chance: I saw the
old lady watching at the window And
she got him there last night-to play
to him; the old lady gave that away!
And today she made him take her out
In a machine! And the cream of 1t is
that they didn't even know whether he
was insane or not-they thought may
be he was, but she went after him
just the same! The old lady set her
self to pump me about 1t today. Ribbs!
oh, my Lord! Bibbs!"
But Roscoe looked grim. $50 it's
funny to you. is 1t? 1t sounds kind of
pitiful to me. l should think 1t would
to a woman, too"
"Oh, 1t might" she returned, sober
ing. "It might, IL those people weren't
such fr0zen-faced smart Alexis. II
they'd had the decency to come down
Off the perch a little I probably
wouldn't think 1t was funny, but to
see 'em sit up On their pedestal all the
time they're eating dirt-well, I think
it's funny! That girl sits up as II she
was Queen Elizabeth. and expects
people 10 wallow on the ground before
her until they get lear enough for her
to give EN- a good kick with her old
patched shoes-oh. she'd do that, all
highland then she powders up and
goes out to m~ash-Bib5s Sheridan!"
"Look here" said Roscoe, heavily
~ don't care about that one way or
another. II you're through, I got
something l want to talk to you about.
was going to, that day just before we
heard about Jim"
At this Sibyl stiffened quickly; her
eyes became Intensely bright. "what
Is itf"
WELL" he began, frowning, what I
was going TO say then" He broke
OF, and, becoming conscious that he
was still holding the wet napkin in his
hand. threw II pettishly into q corner.
II expected I'd have to say any
thing like this to anybody I married;
but I Was going to ask you what was
the matter between you and Lam
horn"
SIbyl uttered a sharp m~onosyilabis.
"welif".
II felt the time had come for me to
know about It," he went on. "You
never told me anything"
"You never asked" she interposed,
CURLY.
"Well, we'd got In a way OF not
talking much" said Roscoe. 1T looks
to me now as II we'd pretty much lost
the u of each other the way q good
many people do. I don't say Il wasn't
my fault. I was up early and down to,
work all day. and I'd come home tired
at night, and went to go to bed soon as
I'd got the paper read-unisss there
was sone coed musical show in town.
Well, Jon seemed all right until here
lately, the last month or no. I began 70
see something was wrong. 1 couldn't
help seeing It."
'wronss" she said "whst llksS'