Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-24

they're getting their comeupancey'
Lying prone. she elevated her feet In
the air. clapping her heels together re-
peatedly, In an ecstasy ~
"Come through, come throughr'
said her husband, Grossly. "What you
been up tor" Il - II III 3t
"Me?' she cried, dropping her feet
and swinging around to face him.
Nothing. It's them! Those vertreeses!'
She wiped her eyes. They've had to
sell their pianoF'
"Well, what Of it2''
"That Mrs. Kittersby told me all
about 'em a week ago." said Sibyl.
They've been hard up for long time,
and she says as long ago as last winter
she knew that girl got pair Of walk
ing shoes re-soled and patched, because
she got it done the same place Mrs.
Kittersby's cook had hersw
"Well, well?'' he urged, impatiently.
'Well, I'm telling you! Mrs. Kitters-
by says they haven't got a thing! Just
absolutely nothing and they don't
know anywhere to turn! She says the
whole towns been wondering what
would become of 'em. The girl had
plenty chances to marry up to year
or so ago, but she was SO Indifferent
she scared the men OF. Gracious! they
were lucky! Marry her? The man
that found himself tied UP to that
girl"
! Terrible funny, terrible funny
said Roscoe, with sarcasm. cts so
funny I broke cut glass decanter
and spilled a quart Of s.;
":Waitp' she begged. you'll see. I
saw big wagon drive up and some
men 60 into the house, Well, I
thought I'd see, SO Islipped Overland
it was their piano! They'd sold it and
were trying to sneak it out after dark,
so nobody'd catch ont" Again she
gave way to her enjoyment, but re-
sumed, as her husband seemed about
to interrupt the narrative, "Wait a
minute, can't you? Yes, they'd sold 1t;
and I hope they'll pay some Of their
debts. They owe everybody, and last
week 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 seen
any money, herself! Did you ever
hear Of such case as that girl in your
life?" >.
what girl! Their cook?' r.
'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 Sheridan--she's got to get one!
And she just goes in blind; and Jim
was landed-the res no doubt about
that! But Jim was lucky; he didn't
live to stay landed. and it's good
thing for him" Sibyl's mirth had van
ished, and she spoke with viruient "a
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 doingr' -.
mo, don't" said Roscoe, grufHy.
y Sibyrs voice rose and eliminated in
q scream Of renewed hilarity. gibbs!
She waited in the graveyard. and drove
home with him from Jim's funeral!
Never spoke to him before! Jim wasn't
coldy',s II r. $a /
She rocked herself back and forth
upon the divan "Bibbsw she shrieked.
"Bibbs! Roscoe. think Of it! Bibbsv'
= He stared unsympathetically, but
her mirth was undated for all that.
"And yesterday, she continued, be-
tween pafoxysms :. yesterday she
came out of the house just as he was
passing. She must have been looking
out-waiting the chance; 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 q machine! And the cream Of It 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. Bibbsl
oh, my Lord! Bibbs!', III
DuI ISOSSOc AUOA00 eAAAus ,t,ss ~ ~ .
funny to you, is It? 1t sounds kind Of
pitiful to me. should think It would
to q woman, to0."
I. "Oh, 1t might she returned, sober
ing. at might, II those people weren't
such frozen-faced smart Alexis. II
they'd had the decency to come down
OF the perch Z little probably
wouldn't think 1t was funny. but to
see 'em sit up on their pedestal all the
time they're eating dirt vwell, think
It's funny! That girl sits up as If she
was Queen Elisabeth, and expects
people to wallow on the ground before
her until they set near enough for her
10 give 'em good kick with her old
patched shoes oh, she'd do that. all
right! land then she powders up and
goes out to mash Bibbs Sheridan !;
..Look here said Roscoe, heavily:
II don't care about that one way or
another. # you're through, I got
something want to talk to You about.
II was going to- that day Just before we
heard about Jim N ;:4.,s III.
At this siby1 sti6ened quickly; her
eyes became intensely bright "What
u iti'' & " 4, HI ls. 4. Y
''Well,,. he began, ffrowning, what I
was going to say then He broke
on, and, becoming conscious that he
was still holding the wet napkin In his
hand. threw 1t pettishly into corner.
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