The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-23
ssTER ANN BUTTS N


how much q pound Of nirloln steak
cosiA" Tad ecnhded 20 Sister Ann.
And ! said that ] didn't know jus,
how much a pound u warY though I
did know that the steak we had for
dinner eost just one dollar md three
cents. He didn't IN the least mind our
haung expensive steak. In fact, I have
Il becnuse he likes II. hut he rYantrd
mo 20 know Just how much n pound
u was. And then he asked me hov
much lamb was. and I sald I didn't
know, though I know Just how much
the joint we had on Sunday cost. And
then" but here Tad's tears got the
better OF her and ahe leaned on slstef
AIMS broad yeung shoulders and
shook with sots. ~And then - and
then he said that-he said that II most
men ran their businesses ns cnrclessly
AZ women run their homes they would
all BE- ruined. on. how could he. Amir
Ann had some 10 her brothers little
bungalow after a frantic appeal from
her Sisterin-law, Tad. am In sue
trouble" she said. "and / know yJu
Gun help me out"
But I don't like 10 butt IN" pro
tested Ann. who. In spite Of the fact
that abe was four years younger than
Tad. was looked upon-perhnps be-
aus she was TAN and broad-shouldcr
ed and level headed-as the nnturj
arbiter OF all Tnd'e marital difficulties.
Il don't like to butt in, and dear
knows I don't know anything about
managing husbands"
"But what am I going to dor walled
Tad. Bert has been your brother
longer than he has been my husband.
You must know how to manage him."
Sister Ann paused for a moment.
Nerves" she said at length with
the decision OF a specialist arriving At
a dincult diagnosis. Both got norvca
What you need IL a change. Get your
mother TO ask you 10 visit her for a
while. Change would do you both
GOOD
hut suppose when I come back
Bert IL Just a. stubborn a. v soys
pose he still thinks that about the wny
women run their housesf'
Leave that 10 me-" easily promised
Ann. "rm not afraid Of Bert-because
we aren't In love with each other, I
suppose. Tell him tonight you arc 30
inE. and II he says anything more
shout housekeeping Just smile and pre-
tend TO be preoccupied with your going
away plans"
. 30 Tad went away. Sister Ann found
her brother Bert AZ the once the day
after Tad's departure. -Hhat are you
looking 70 mople aboutf~ she greeted
him, In splte Of his cheerful smile.
"Mople. mopieF' wondered Bert. "Oh.
maybe tie cause Tad's gone. though.
as a matter Of fact l wasn't sorry 10
sec her go-needs q change, ] guess"
"oh, has Tad gone 10 the shore1
Where you going to liver
Martha. the cook. Ia staying" ex.
planned Bert. Il guess we can a
age"
Goodness. can you afford that sort
OF thingf' asked Ann. Cooks nre al.
ways wasteful when you leave them TO
their own devices."
+oh. are theyf" queried Bert, mildly
interested. swell, wen see."
"But what I came In for Ia thlsi !
want a Job-want to earn some money
all my own Can't you squeeze ne IN
here somewheref III do anything for
fifteen dollars a week, and III bet In.
side OF a week I could be worth three
times that amount to you right here"
Bert smiled. hut he was used 10 TAX
ing HIS sister nj her word.
How'd you know how to run o
brokers onieef'
I'D just apply a little good house
keeping. I'd keep my eyes open for one
thing. I was Just looking IN the waste
baskets az I was waiting In the outer
ohice TO see you. Why, there wns
enough pnper thrown AWAY there by
cnrelessness 10 last q ~stenographer a
week. It's Just that men don't notice
those things. I suppose. Aud the way
the stenogrnahers waste p%cncllsi
was watching them sharpen some.
They didn't look what they were doing.
and Of course they didn't ere. But
paper IL up and % are pencIls aud
stin the waste goes on. Do you know,
Bert. ! sometimes think II mos, women
run their houses as e~xtravagantly as
most men run their businesses they'd
land their husbands In the p~oorhouse.r
OF course Bert whose ambition to
gain money by saving II as well Rs by
making II was we'll developed, accept.
cd his clever young sisters PROPOSE
ton, and within a few weeks he agreed
With her that she had saved three
times her SALARY.
Long head you've got. Ann" sald
Bert, and Ann simply Aliled and snid:
'Just a little good housekeeping. Any
woman would think OF those things n
The was given free rein. BY the way,
whom IL Tad coming backf'
"ueevrn knows" Bert was decided.
~ detected. eve asked her To come
home this week. Lot alone being lone.
Eome ms Robinson Crusoe, I'm spend.
T.. $500. A...l.- A.s... ..NtN-.s