The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-13
THE EVENING STORY
A FINE F~O2CETTER
tcopyHsht t9is. BY w. wsn.r,.

irishman always does ai, somcihinr
sud most uiNlfa Ifs something
pleasant. uEp hiufunY
jim 90" HE breakfast in Hfulid
silence and while % wua atit cloudy
aud The Wind WaH raw MHtildu soon
saw the three i've hutHD teams going
out 90 the noid work Shr won't about
her morning WORK drirrinEiN. I'm
too OLD 10 have ~hItthduyH SHE
sturmcd I'm going 90 give mine
away thourh Z don't know uf uny
one who'd wan ms sort uf birthday
nobody cares sun she found time
Co ran out Hud pick o. Nv Wild vro-
Gus, down hF uIs crock wher, they
came tfff The sore rtuHs was HuE
g, and wet but Matilda did not mind
that tud boz she went the wind
caught h,r thlu garments and twisted
them mylN oucu down bN Tho creek
Mntldn cried out boz sheer loN oh,
sou haven't forgotten. aFr Nuu' NoU
ylvuNH com" Tor my birthday. and
almost never before. HH she picked
carefully tho short Etommti Wild
,ruruH ur basque flower ttuchiuE
the house shr arranged The blooms in
l glass and then set 60 work about
tho dinner o. was n good dinner
mud she couldn't help calling the at
tputiuU of Jim 90 'ho flowers
Huh be grunted They most
always come this time uf year
Matilda looked at him tuminouslN
tho pink ln her checks decpcning and
hgr Eruy hair nuffiuE uut about hor
uco as though To holt out tho DO
Iusiou OF Youth and its desires She
thought Jim must surely remember.
Hut hc didn't
uuo OF The hired men brought tho
mail m from the hoN out hN the gate.
aud Matilda cuurht tt huppilt on
here's o. package from Miiircd'' She
Urnk, thr strings fHsklOHHlN ON.
Iau't it pretty" And sh, hold up "a
hand made collar uf oruuudio. trim
med with fttfed wheels Jim was
busy with his uoWFp1p'r. Matilda
looked at the collar with Say visit
mlnosT % Jim only remembered.
circulars, papers, aud q card WIN
her name on a. She read it. and
locked duEcd. aud thou she handed
~ Go jim Ito took u |uuHrcinaN
Then actor a little razod 40 % nn'
mumhlrd
= know thc thoughts depressing
liut birthdays aren't rare;
WIZ. everybody hus theW'
cheer up then don't vou caro-
Jim laid the card down wlthou|
comment After he had gone out she
sat q long time thinking Finally sh'
remarked aloud. IT'S nll true. thc'
are depressing. especially whom ONE
man doesn't remember .hVm sup
pose now ill have 10 get along with
oul ms sih,r' nut I've wanted ~ ai
M hf,' MuHt girls have silver whei
they're married. hut We Iist hHi
ceremony and no one Ca give ttiug.
to- uH' wonder how long twuul'
take 20 go without calico dresses uu'
puN for the Hlyer' wonder 90 fhcV''
soil n on nHtilmentH' The, migh
Keep II I'm it was paid fur'' Thol
SHE looked nt her blue calico uprot
she figured OF the amount OF Wntcr
ial in IL aud what could be- saved. hu
the figuring WAS not very hopeful
Tho amount saved would be- TRIVIA
She went 20 "a drawer and took ont al
envelope Of snmplcH OF wool good
OF wool. SOFT, fine, pretty hut IN
price had deferred her. Vow ha ~
fingered u I'm" piece tnupe cnlorod
lust what she needed 10 hring ut
what ilttle good looks she may nav
] hada-thc price tag took ON now W
tcreat To her. "Two-nftN u yard
Well az that price. 7 wouldn't h1'
to go without very many dresaeh 7
I count up conmdcruhlV M hu
dreamed of this dress almost nH niue
ns she had ~ the silver 'bths
! women have shoes aud hats and thini
b tn match with the drcslcHi' III
. thourht brought % thru Of eNulu
D ton. why, the cost OF hu"h an Oh