The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-30

we're going To do with All these
thinrs." sarah Trmhio snid y sup
pose the best thing 20 do would De 20
make q GOOD hig honlfc tiut do YOU
know. Katie. I hate Ia give them up.
There's that old pair OF dnrned cur
tnins. I don't suppose thoy'd get a
so cent bod at tho auction. but they
are worth q million dollars 10 mo.
You know Abels mother wovc them
and ussd them aH bed covers nE long
aH she lived. Then. Of rourae. I got
them and dnrncd them up nH curtains
They've hung in tina doorway forty
nNo ycgi- Katie. and they're pretty
good YET" She drew "a fold cf iho
stuff through her hand careHslnEly-
those delicate. ygiurd hands, with
tho thin wedding rng which were
beginning to tremhle slightly
y wouldn't aogl 'om 10 were YOU.
Katie said tcnderly Well ind %
place for EN- somewhere"
Katie had been Sarah Tumhir't
h%nndmaidon for fifteen years shs wns
% slender omnn with lUtg, rrty
eYoH fur apart, and rnilow skin ami
much rough brown hair threaded
with gray Hsr oppression wuH uno ~
Innocent surprise tIfe usually was q
gray. bleak. deiirhtiess thing Tor het
save for an impuisitc love for hcr
mistress.
IL will make t an the harder Tor
YOU. kadc, Sarah said. You know
YOU'RE nof used 10 tuckimE away
There WuH never need in this
great house and nen We get into
four rooms" Her Voice broke.
"pahnw. we'll be- as cory an bugs In
u rus Katie said chcerfuily "And
you know yourself. Mis- rrimhio.
you've rot uwful Tired OF us living
in n corner of this castle, like a
pair Of mice
a know I've said 10. Katie. safah
sighed. "hut IT'S home Tor 80 that
% turned nor back o. began 90
fold up one hy one the beloved cur-
,ulnH. white Katie watched her with
swlmmiuE eyrs.
. ri.ss ~ iuat go down aud take
re- look at the kitchen fire ~ YOU don't
mind. Mis- Tumhle,' she said. and
without wnitlnE Co hca more h %
tnurnur Of assent departed
In tho Kitchen. Katie tool OF tho
stove lid, slammed lt down hard urd
thru flung th, stove lever ON the floor
with Ercat violence There. I fol
better" sho hrcathed. but when I
Ett ls near To- smashing things ns
hat Z can't hold myself cyUn hvfors
her"
ON the floor above sounded Mr.
Trimhi''a hsuvs, uumhinr stop az
Kat. stood llHtsniur. My poor old
deur' Hho hrcathcd 10 { could do
something TO saw hcr' M ! could
buy OF that dreadful old woman who
owns her. body and soul FOR that's
what the mortgage on his houHo
amounts to-
nut Katie could DO nothing hut love
n minister. For 70 long time
had known that when She had
thrown iu her lot with Snrah Trim
A. - a...HN 49, a.AN 1900.
that OF attending her beloved Sarah
had no monty save the little theN
were iNing upon, apporuoned fruEal-
~ tu each days uses. when Katie
nrHf came 10 live with tho Wrlmhlcf
thry had hcrn wealthy people nut
soon uftor Abel Tumbio began 90
take chances with hiH money lie
lost again and aEain heavily. hut n-
stead OF stopping hla spoculatiunH
thcn aud thcro n holding fast 90
what remained he threw GOOD money
ufior bad Until ut tho umU he dirl
Dc owed whore he had nothing Co
pay. Even b dear old home in
which Suruh hnd begun her married
Ito and which was uilcd with $40
the precious accumulation uf eat
Was murtruuru tor uli "a was worth
Yet humiltutinE uH % wHH tu I've
under "a murirnEod roof. Sarah could
have borne ~ more easily tf the mort
gase had not been iu the hands of
her mortal enemy, Amanda Potter
Now, Amanda. Potter had CuntrlNod
anG connivod until she hud got hold
of tho mortrngc, hoping thereby to
grieye Suuah's soul. but aH long ur
Sarah could pas the interest Amnu-
dn could not. she know drive hrf "a
OF tho house The time nae come
however, whom Sarah could No longer
pay tho interest, however much she
aud Katie starved and sacrificed
Twice Amanda had given warning
nud tho third time she announced me-
intention To- iurccloHn at a certain
date. Whom Sarah heard that she de-.
CldUd Ia go az uuc while b still
had some shred of dignity belonging
to her.
Al this Katie knew. and when she
throw the stove lover ON the floor she
had ln her heart laid violent touch
upon Amanda Potter with an hvr
munCN. To- ic no cruvl and hpaftless,
sho thought "Td like % tell her "a
few things. on. n God only would
iuHt let me get "a chnnc" nt her ~
shame hor, anyway 10 ! couldn't 40
any more"
The clock ntruck eleven and re-
called Katie 10 the duties OF the
moment She too q moment ny
ink 10 recall what thrrc waH In tho
house 10 eat She went 10 D. foot
of the staira and called up TIN
going out to the store. MIS- rrimhlo.
It's most noon"
AN right, KATIE game q voice
mufflcd with tears.
kutie's lips uuiNerod us b pinned
90 her old hrt aud fluus ON her old
coat, She went straight Ia the httl,
corncr grocery kept hy cyrus Keen
whom D had known aH 70 hoy aud
who was "a good friend VI hers.
"llow'a things up at your house
Kntic2' cyrus asked uH he soluctc,
the Goldfish Katie asked Tor,
We're packing up" replied Katie.
Going To leave chf' snid cyrus
Well, IT'S too bad, Katie. Mas Pot
tor might have bet you stay ON there
seems To- me. She'd never miss IN
money. But I guess the womcn nevc
got along. You know what the troubl
was, don't your