The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-06-16
THE STORY
TEN DOLLARS.
, ccOOyrIsh,. 1919. BY W. wsrnsri'

simply a simple, quiet, faithful home
loving Woman
The day Of the auction came and
her cherished possessions were hauled
out for the buyer to appatHe md
pull TO pieces and condemn. How
Hannah lived through that Hay she
never knew She had prepared din
nor for thirty Women who had
never been there before came and
seemed To- feel perf-ctl, free tn 60
about the hous. and grounds ~ Will.
bidding now and then ON "a pis," Of
mrniturr or carpet, munching from
time 90 time The various things set
OUT. buffet stylc, on table ana side
board More han goo taEH of iunrh
had been filled for the men who did
not come TO tho table. \ boiler ~
hot coffee was Kept going an the Of
tsrnoon Friendly women helped.
but even so the work and the strain
we're more than Hannah could en-.
durc Isr thought ran over ani
around many things There WINS the
Hid.hoari she had worked and saved
- Ions TO buy. II was much coveted.
sud. although u brought out a heavy
hid. each offer seemed to wound Han
nah The poulirN were sold, and Han
nah wondered how she would ever
earn another penny fot her small
needs. She never asked Jim for mon.
ey In the earty days Of MARI NE
she had been 20 well endowed with
goods and clothes Jim nsv'r thought
OF her - needing any money FINALLY
she had hlt upon the poultrAs e
worked Tor u n.ighhor to ret u start
aud kept her flock rroNirg IN interest
rs well as need inspired
At last the dan was over The YARD
Nua lite rod with puper bags, bits OF
bread. ~duughuuts, apple cores and TN
Guns llct MS bed. her pride. bad
been trumplcd She had looked Tor.
ward eNpcctantly TO what "a would
do the coming ApriiE hut. alas, sh"
would not know Had she known In
time she would AZ" made an effort
10 farm out' her choicest things.
where she might lake them again "
svor she had roof and home yard
As II was. she went out alone aud
stared ~ the NUlluwsd leaves. Sh"
Itd not CRY. fnr Hannah had spent
her tears years before" hut her
heart felt numb and dead. Her head
was hot and II seemed every atom of
her being nchcd In agony She cr"pt
10 the house. but she could not clear
" up She knew people would be- com
Ing for DAYS ~ carry OF the things
bought. hut even this could not spur
her 60 further effort. She could do
no more.
what in hoifs Tor supper" lin
asked avidlN
u guess youli have Ia make mi on
famc beans md chicken, aud there's
coffee" Hannah spok" with utter
w0afinsss
The devil Jim responded, but sat
down and ate hungrlly n day like
THIS takes n out of q man; he need
mail fnnU aud lots Of n
ilnnrah made no reply Shc dii not
wait Tor Iim 20 finish his meal hut
started heavily toward the stairs.
'TIey. haiu't you going 20 eat some
thing HAD u hiE salc. como 20 oNrr
ten thousand Things went pretty
we'll" Jim was feeling more than
usually communicative. But Hannah
felt no interest. what va ten thou
sand tn her. when the only things she
cherished were taken away from her
7 CIumsily she went upstairs. A. last
she fell into hcd-mndc upon npringa
put - tho floor. The Old hedsiend
had hccn sold. and stood outside wait.
ing for ~ Wnor 10 take IA away.
lin finished his supper, did what Ne
had 10 do and sat long thinking OF
himself and his plans. tie would i've
an easy lite now. No more hard wOr,
for him Money enough II carefully
used 10 give him about all he might
want for the r'Ht of his life, lie was
not thinking or planning for Hannah
lie went upstairs no last. tie found
Hannah staring ~ emptiness Hei
cycA were glazed. her checks red, bel
white hall TOSSED like foam IN thu
pillow licr iace looked white an
drawn.
"IIelll" Jim murmured. "A woman