Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-01-08
By BOOTH HARRINGTON


using more Of your money than"
''Gy money! Fanny's chin dropped
upon her thin chest and she laughed
miserably. i've got twenty-eight dol.
lars. That's ALL"
''You mean until the interest is due
againr
81 mean that's all" Fanny said. q
mean that's all there is. There won't
be any more interest because there
isn't any principal"
'sWhy you told"
She shook her head. "NO. haven't
told you anything"
"Then 1t was Uncle George. He
told me you had enough to fail back
on. That's just what he said: to fall
back on He said you'd lost more
than you should In the headlight COM
pany, but he'd insisted that you should
hold out enough to live on, and you'd
very wisely followed bis advice"
II know" she said weakly. II told
him so. He didn't know, or else he'd
forgotten how much WiIbur's insur-
ance amounted to, and Lob, 1t seemed
such sure way to make a real for
tune out Of a little md / thought
could do something for you, George,
If You ever came to need it--and it all
looked so bright just thought I'd put
1t all in. did-every cent except my
last interest payment-and it's gone"
"GOod Lord" George began to
pace up and down the worn planks Of
the bare floor. "Why on earth did
you wait till now to tell such a thing
as this?"
Il couldn't till 1 had to-" she said
piteously. It wouldn't do any good
not any good on earth" She got out
her lace handkerchief and began to
cry. Nothing does any good, 1 guess,
in this old world Oh, how tired Of
this old world arr didn't know
what to do. just tried to go ahead
and be as practical as could, and ar
range some way for us to live. Oh,
/ knew you didn't want me, Georgei
can see that muchl You don't sup
pose want to thrust myself on you,
do you? It isn't very pleasant to be
thrusting yourself on person you
know doesn't want you-but I knew
you oughtn't to be left all alone IN
the world; &c isn't good. / knew your
m0ther'd want me to watch over You
and try to have something like home
for you'll knew she'd want me to do
what tried to dor Fanny's tears
were bitter now, and her voice, hoarse
and wet, was tragically sincere. "Oh
and now-you don't want-you want
you want to leave me In the lurch
You"
"Oh, my LordW He went to her
AMI lifted her. "For Gods sake get
upl Come, let's take the coffee into
the other room and see what's to be
DONE"
He got her to her feet; she leaned
upon him, already somewhat comfort
ed, and, with his arm about her, he
conducted her to the dining room and
seated her insone Of the two kitchen
chairs which had been placed at the /
rough table. 'Therels' he said, ''get
over It'll" Fanny's spirits revived app |
probably: she looked up with plain
tive eagerness. 81 had bought oil my
fall clothes, George" she said; "and /
paid every bin owed. I don't owe a
cent for clothes, George"
THAT'S good" he said wanly, and he
had a moment Of physical dizziness
that decided him to sit down quickly.
For an instant 1t seemed to him that
he was not Fanny's nephew, but mar
rled to her. He passed his pale hand
over his paler forehead. swell, let's
see where we stand" he said feebly.
Lets see II we can afford this place
you've selected"
Fanny continued to brighten. 'Tm
sure it's the most practical plan we
could possibly have worked out,
George-and 1t Is a comfort to be
among nice people. / think wen both
enjoy 1t, because the truth is we've
been keeping too mucl8 to ourselves
FOR long while. It isn't good for
people,"
Il was thinking about the money,
aunt uAA13s 44O AEAA - AAAAAF l5A&A Il
dollars a month; the dinner Is twenty
two and q half for each Of us, and ,
we've got to have some provision for
)ther food. We won't need any
.lOthes for a year, perhaps"
"0h, IongerT she exclaimed $50 !
7ou see"
Il see that fOrty-fve and tlnrty-sIx
make elghty-one," he said. AT the ,
owest. we need a hundred dollars a !
nonth-and I'm going to make thirty
wo."
thought Of that, George" she said
confidently, ''and I'm sure it win be all /
light. YOu'n be earning a great deal
more than that very soon" i
Il don't see any prospect Of it-not +
III I'm admitted to the bar, and that I
700 be two years at the earliest"
well, there's the six hundred dol. q
lFs fEom the sale. Six hundred ana
welve dollars It was" i
TT isn't six hundred and twelve q
ow.n said George. SITS about one q
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