South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-08

got ner on iOInBe ana oDeuea
the bead-work.
Child, says she. when she got
back 10 the world, what was IL \
raise OF rent or an income tax
just a little dinner, says i.
'Nsthing to worry about-hardly
drop IN the bucket-shop. Sit up and
take notice. dispossess notice, If
there's no other kind.
But. say. Man. do you know
IS hat Aunt Maggie did? She got
cold feet, She hustled me out OF
nat Hotel Benton at the next
morning We went 10 a room1ng-
Iouse on the lowest West Side. She
rented one roo mthat had water on
tHe floor below and light on the
aOOr above. After we got moved
all YOU could see in the room was
about 81, 500 worth Of new swell
dresses and a one-burner gas stove.
We'll. Mr.. Man. three days OF
that MISUNDERSTANDING was plenty
Tor me Aunt Maggi ewas affection
ate as ever. Shed hardly let me get
OUT Of her sight. But let me tell
lou. She was a hedger from Hedg-
erville. Hedger county. Seventy-hve
cents "A day was the limit she set.
We cooked our own meals in the
room. There l was, with $1,000
worth of the latest things in clothes,
doing stunts over a One-burner gas
stove.
AS I say. on the third day 1 flew
the coop. 1 couldn't stand for throw
ing together a 15-cent kidney stew
while wearing, at the same time,
$50 house dress, with Valenciennes
lace insertion. So 1 goes into the
closet and puts on the cheapest dress
Mrs. Brown had bought for me
it's the one I've got on now-not so
bad for SIS, is il I'd left all my
own clothes in my sisters nat IN
Brooklyn.
Mrs. Brown, formerly Aunt
Maggie. ." says I to her, 1 am going
TO extend my feet alternately, one
after the other. in such a manner
and direction that this tenement will
recede from me in the quickest pos
sible time. I am no worshipper OF
money says 1, but there are some
things / can't stand. | can stand
the fabulous monster that I've read
about that blows hot birds and cold
bottles with the same breath. But
1 can't stand gutter, says L They
say you've got $4,000, O00-well,
voun never have any less. And 1
was beginning to like you, too, says
/.
Wei. the late Aunt Maggie kicks
til 1.-The tears flow. She offers 10
move into a swell room with a two
burner stove an drumming water.
I've spent an awful lot or
money. child says she. Well have
to economize for while. You're the
most beautiful creature l ever laid
eyes on she says. and l don't want
you to leave me-
We'll, you Sc me. don't you? /
walked straight TO the Acropolis and
asked for my job back, and / got II.
How did you say your writings were
getting along? I know you've lost
out some by not having me TO type
write EN-. Do you ever have 'em
illustrated? And, my the way, did
you ever happen to know news
paper artist-oh, shut up! ! know
| asked you before. / wonder what
paper he works on? It's funny, but
| couldn't help thinking that he
wasn't thinking about the money he
might have been thinking 1 was
thinking I'd get from old Maggie
Brown. II only knew some of the
newspaper editors I'd"
The sound of an easy footstep
came from the doorway. Ida Bates
saw who II was with neE bdC h-lieiAA
comb. ] saw her turn pink, perfect
statue that she was-a miracle that
/ share with PygmaliOn only.
Am 1 eXcusable2" she said TO me
adorable petitioner that she be
came. "Its-it's Mr.. LathrOp. /
wonder If il really wasn't the money
u wonder, af after all, he"
OF course. I was invited TO the.
yvaddinP After the ceremony /
dragged Lathrop aside.
You an artist" said I, land
haven't figured out why Maggie
Brown conceived such a strong lik
ing for Miss BGtes-that was? Let
me show you"
The bride wore a simple white
dress as beautifully draped as the
costumes Of tn ancient Greeks. /
took some leaves from one of the
decorative wreaths i'm the little par
Tor. and made a Chaplet Of them.
and placed them on nee Bates shin
ing chestnut hair. and made her
turn her profile to her husband.
by jingO," said he. Isn't Ida's
a dead ringer for the lady's head on
the silver dollar2"