El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-16


no YOU REMEMBER? Yes, I an
IL sure you do It was not long be-
fore you and Isabelle were married IN
fact at that time you really hadn t
proposed to her-yet, all things being
equal, she had no doubt given you
The right 10 feel-weH you know what
/ mean. At any rate. you knew where
you stood with Isabelle. Didn5t you?
In truth. You knew that you would
have proposed before except that a
little matter Of finance rather caused
you TO put things off a bit This
financial problem plays quite a part. /
fear, in the lives OF nearly all OF rs
IN fact. like the poor. it seems TO be
always with us-Eith most OF US
mean Of=eourse, there are a few PEG
PIE who can buy an overcoar OF get
measured for suit Of clothes with
ont figuring just how much they viii
have LETT Of that monthly pay check
after settling the bill. but You didn't
know many such Did you2 Well. at
any rate, you knew that the time had
come when II was up to YOU" in the
Fernacular TO lay your cards on the
table. You wanted Isabelle to know
just where you stood before you
asked her to leave home and mother,
Don't you remember that night
when you told her just exactly
the amount Of your salary. OF certain
obligations that must necessarily be
met of Just how much there would
remain-from which sum YOU must
pay the rent insurance, grocery bills
and everything It has rather hard
ordeal. wasn't it, You were not par
ficularly proud OF the proposition You
were forced to put up to Isabelle,
we're yOu2 Don't remember telling
he n1 If r-I-I- 4
been sending 10 your mother monthly
Tor the last five years2 You told her
you didu't see how you could honor.
ably stop sending her that check III
Iact, you couldn't see how you could
possibly reduce 1t. either. You told
her that It was because Of this obli-
cation that YOU had delayed speaking
70 her before Don't You renem Der
looking up At Isabelle after you had
given her ssfea a complete statement
81 your assets and liabilities2 ssVhv.
Bil. she said. zone would almost
think that was q bank TO which Won
had come TO make a loan, but never
theless I love you all the more for
your frankness and candor. Of course,
VIII marry you whenever you say
The word II you feel we should
marry soon, all right. or If you think
We might wait a few months. we'll
and good. but I would rather marry
you and do light housekeeping IN a
III
the president OF a shoe factory II /
we're not head over heels in love with
him
Don't you remember how proud vol
ielt OF that brave little girl. as Won
threw your arms about herr Were
you happy Well, to describe your
feelings one would have to use real
superlatives and many OF them You
cut the finance for the balance of
Tie evening. Didn't you2 Yorl
couldn't have used q lot of money
that night even II you had It. There
was nothing that could have been
desired that could have been bought
with money With your girl-your
belle-besioe you, a glorious moon
shedding its soft silver rays over
the gallery the fragrance OF the
honeysuckle in the garden waited to
YOU by the soft breezes Of a sumner
night, you didn't need any money
then Did your Let me see II yoif
could have stopped the flight of time
for a few hours with a bride of some
kind. you might have wished for the
necessary amount. but since that was
out OF the question you needed moth
lnS more Did youe You VIII never
iorget the walk home that night. viii
you7 You wished that II hadn't been
80 late. as you would have loved to
have told that dear pal" Of yours
rour happiness You took a long
walk before you went home. Didn't
you7
Don't EOu remember going TO the
office the next morning. You de-
termined to work harder than you had