Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-01
inns INVESTMENT
BY LOUISE OLIVER.

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cheerily, us that you, Betty?"
"Yes," answered Betty, appearing in
the kitchen doorway and drawing Off
her gloves.
"what's the matter, honey3 Tired2"
"A little"
"rm making you some ginger
cookies, the kind you like"
Betty put her arms around her aunt
and gave her tender little hug. ut
isn't my body or brain that's tired,
it's just my disposition. I'm tired of
everything, aunty."
"Surely not jim! Why, you're to
be married in month Maggie Har-
per is coming tomorrow to do the white
sewing. thought I'd hurry up and
finish here and we could go down to
McAllister's and pick the embroidery
for the petticoats."
II don't think I want Maggie to
start the white sewing tomorrow. and
can't bear the thought of Miss Gauge
| fussing over q silk dress and serge
suit for me- and dcspise the regular
| round of paities for brides where you
see the same people and the same
silver everywhere you go. don't
seem to want anything-here."
Miss Martha, who had been looking
forward to these very festivities with
childlike anticipation, stood open.
mouthed.
ITS just this way, auntie I" bright
enlng. II have plan. 1t isn't that
I'm tired of jim; I'm sure I'm not
but life i'm this humdrum old town
is wearing me as shiny as an old
coat. l need freshening up bit, and
IL I don't get 1t now l won't after I'm
married, for I'll have the house to
take care Of. We're going to New
Yorl; |"
"New York;" gasped Miss Martha.
Eyes. I've got q thousand dollars
In the trust company. That will buy
us few buds and take us to a good
hotel for n week."
"a thousand dollars for one week I"
Miss Martha sat down weakly on the
edge of chair. "Why, it's taken you
five years to save 1t And you were
going to get some things for the house,
and"
"Yes, I know" impatienty. "but I've
decided that Jim will have to take care
of that. I've made up my mind. We're
going tomorrow, auntie, and that's all
there Is to It. You'd better get ready"
That night when Jim came he heard
the news. lie took 1t quietly, so quiet.
ly that Betty was little disappointed.
q" think It will do you good, Betty.
and Aunt Martha too. If you like.
I'll send word to my cousin, Eddie
Stevens, In Brooklyn to net as handy
man. It's better to have man around
II you want to go to places In the eve
ming. It's hard getting taxis after o
show and things like that"
'Will you miss me, Jim?"
"Of course I SHALL"
"What will you do In the EVENING""
II Gun put down the linoleum In
the bathroom and kitchen Y yOu nave
time to nick them out tomorrow morn
Ing. And I can put up the shades oil
over the house. The other things can
whit until you get back. BY the way,
I'll wire for rooms. IL you like. The
New York hotels are very full. they
say"
Really Betty missed thrill she had
expected. She wanted Jim to be
crushed ut the idea Of her going away.
She sighed. Practical, matter of fact
man.
New York was a confusing whirl
from the moment they arrived, and the
prices staggering, from their twenty.
dollar-n-day rooms ut the Gilmore to
their forty-five cent cup of coffee. But
Betty had decided not to let money
worry her. The first day they bought
few clothes. After that they devoted
themselves to pleasure. or at least Bet.
ty did.
Eddie Stevens was invaluable. lie
had lived In New York long enough to
know places, and being journalist
he knew many interesting people. BE.
fore she knew II Betty had round
half dozen Of ardent admirers who
made life interesting.
There were dinners and tens and
: luncheons, matinees and skating par.
ties and dancing. Betty bought more
clothes and her stock Of money dwin.
died.
Every day there had been letter
from Jim, but In the whirl of excite.
ment Betty only half read them. "I'll
have Jim all the rest of my life," she
said, "and this will last only few
days. 1t seems ridiculous to be read,
Ing about matching the figures of oil.
cloth when the tips give the floor boy
In one day would pay man to put II
down." she added pettlshly to Aunt
Martha.
Betty was going out to dinner and
the theater. Aunt Martha, who had q
headache, was going to have light
meal In her room and then 90 to bed
The phone rang and Betty an.
swered. They're waiting for me-
Aunt Martha. i must 90 down. I've
ordered your toast and tea, so you "a
to bed and get n good rest. don't
know when I'll be home"
But It seemed only few minutes
later that Betty came suddenly Into
the now darkened room.
whats wrong dear? What's the
matter?"
IF you're able we're going right
away, auntie, There is a train in an
hour and n half. Do you think you
could make 1t If help your"
but tell me, dear! What Is itT'