El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-17
DO YOU REMEMBER?

no YOU remember You and lisa
- belle had been married several
years IN those days You had begun
20 take your married life as a matter
OF course and had settled down 20 the
steady humdrum Of the daily routine
Your income was a modest none and
&c required considerable economy on
the part Of both Of you 20 keep things
going. After the monthly bills for
the necessities OF life had been paid.
weu there wasn't very much money
left for the little luxuries. In tact.
YOU could enjoy but little in the way
Of recreation or amusement
You were employ ed I'D "a large es-
adjustment Your opportunities Tor
advancement you feared were very
slim There were so many ahead OF
YOU. y our duties lay in the routine
Of the business. Though you Worhel
very hard, there was not mucn nance
OF your attracting the attention OF L-e
men nfgher up. You were considered
a GOOD clerk In fact you had about
reached the conclusion that you ull-l-
never have chance 70 show lnal you
would make a GOOD man IN q proaleE
Don't YOU remember how the daily
] drudEerv OF the routine would set on
I ,-orr 1ervese The future seemed 10
hold very little in store for you you
{ realized that you couldn't De very ~
] tractivs or interesting TO 4saoe-ie
when you came home in the evening
Your old cheerful disposition was
gradually undergoing a deLinlls
change Isabelle was generally llle
too. when YOU came home The chill
I dren were growing older ana between
[ her household duties and cairns -oE
the little ones. she had ABOUT an l----
she could attend TO-
Don't YOU remember that evening
after support IL had been a very haro
dav at the office Your books 1us-
simply wouldn't balance You had
worked and worked tin the 1lgures
actually were sW lnlnlln5 peLole ~
7 ewes. You finally gave up in desl an
putting the job off until the morning. :
You were not in a particularly 5000
humor that evening. were YOU A1a-
. belle had finished putting the cll-0lt en-
E 10 bed and had come into lle sll-lA=
room 20 finish some sewing gu -
not a particularly interesting or IN
3 reresrcd couple that evening were
voue You Ant found much or M
/ terest in the paper. In fact. you dldn
B feel much like reading anyway
An unbalanced set Of books az the
office. which would prooaoiy mean q
Z full DAYS tiresome cnechin5 70
I srraiEhten out, didn't tend 70 puL you
I'm much OF a humor for nylllns-
. You threw your paper aside and un-
! consciously Glanced over towards 4sa-
] belle. You studied her face for a mo-
ment You didn't like the tired, re-
! signed look in her eyes Then un-
J consciously you pictured her as YOU
first met her I'm the old days Whai
a pretty girl she had been- 50 en-
/ thusiastic about everything 50 tuu
of energy and lfei How changed she
seemed that night You realized that
this change must have been gradual
So Gradual that YOU hadn't noticed il
I before You had been so full OF your
own disapnoiutuents. Of your OWE
/ Door success up to this time that you
hadn't thought much about Isabelle
had you3
The tears almost came into your
eyes as you looked at her Poor Isa-
belief There had not been worry mucl
happiness in her life The hard
\ drudgery had begun TO tell upon her
You realized il fully as you sat look