The diamond drill., 1919-06-07


That startled US, and we sat and
looked into each others eyes serious
ly for . good while.
I'VE must manage better than that,
she said after a while. I'VE must
save a little from each months salary.
We cannot hope TO live lifetime
without any misfortune or mishap
We must prepare for 1t while we are
young, and We must buy home rs
soon as we can"
There was another item-insurance.
IL she thought OF II she said nothing,
but IL alarmed me because / meant to
protect this girl who had trusted her
self 10 me-and Life Insurance Is
necessity.
After while l laughed and stole 2
kiss from her serious face and gather
ed her figured scraps OF paper and
tore them up and scattered them over
the rail- wasn't going to let her be-
gin 10 worry cloud over her face
and a fear in her heart while we were
out for our first good play together.
But when we got back home and took
the trail TO find Q house, we had 10
meet the facts, and the first fact we
met was this: the quality OF houses
we had expected 20 find called toI
| from twelve to fifteen dollars pei
month more than we Had figured on
| At noon we came back for lunch and
rested an hour Lorna's mother
laughed at us and taunted US little
about the joys OF house hunting, bu
| cheered us up before she let US 90 ou
10 renew the search.
AS we turned into the street look
| ed back at the comfortable hom'
which Lorna had left to travel life
way with me, and said to myself: :"
wonder when / shall be able 70 pro
vide such home as that for this lit
tie woman who loves me and trust
me 10 take care OF her"
Well not thing did We find tha
day. About four Of the next Afternoon
we found a cottage which We liked,al
, though the rent was higher than W
had expected 10 pay and the var
needed lot of work, which ! deter
! mined to do myself.
vty.tt - -, 80, =, y,,a ~ huv furni
. ture, Lorna cut out many things fror
! the list in order 10 cover the extr
! cost OF rent for that year-but eve
, then | could not pay cash for all TIA
: furniture we needed but we meant
! live within our income and pay
: little each month on the furnitur
] account
I We spent no money for friyolou
d things We had each other and ou
love. Day after day saw new an
. beautiful things In the nature Of thi
q little woman whom ] had won. Sh
j did her own work The house was Q
r neat as a new spring hat. She 500
i learned the dishes liked best and ha
i always some surprise in store for M
i she even made her own clothes, an
a each month She would put what 81
i had saved in the Savings Bank,
9 When we had been married yea
she brought out her pass book OF
a evening and showed me what she ha
y done. She had balance Of slS
Q which she had saved by her ow
hands work-and the furniture bi
I had been cleaned up, too
= If / had loved her when we wei
: married, loved her thousand tim'
= more when looked into her hapr
/" eyes and saw there the dautnlei
: courage which good woman brinl
into his home when she marries Il
man she loves. And just took h,
in my arms and rocked her as If 81
were little girl and told her what
wonderful little woman she was, al
1 wasn't lying 70 her that time. n
!. didn't say a word, but Just lay the
: still, as II she were contented al
4 Z happy.
of After while we sat up and sai'
q "Don, II we didn't have 70 pay re-
. we would be rich In no time. DO yC
g. know how much rent we have pa
r this year? -Four hundred dollars!
,r frightens me. II never stops y
81 pay our rent at the end Of the mont
\ Next day we owe some more. II rul
,e on day and night and Sundays q
Al Holidays and when we are sick
" well, or poor or prosperous. i &
"A lows us closer than o shadow. II VI
r. follow us on and on and on to the e
ir OF life unless we can manage In son
as way 10 buy a home Of our own. Al
...6raty L. xayaufaI