The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-03-04
By BOOTH HARRINGTON

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be any more sntsrsss beczzse che-s
iAn't any priDcipzL-
why yos .oi6-
she shook hel bsad- 10. Ihavent
tod yo1 anything
Then 81 vas Cncie George. He
told ne yO1 had ezOzzh % fan hack
o. TLsrs !Bst What be aid 70 fan
hack on' He sid you'd lot more
than yO1 should IN The headlight cur
pany. bat he'd Insisted that you should
hold o1t s1Ouzt 20 live On. and you'd
veTy wisely followed bis sdTSos.-
4 know Ehe said weakly. I told
him 30. He dltnt know. or else he'd
forgotten hOs much WHbgr's inEur-
ahce amounted 70. and I--oh. II seemed
such . sure way 20 make a real for
tune oui Of q Ilttle--Snd I thought I
could DO something for you. George.
II you ever came 70 need it--and Il all
looked ~ bright I just thought I'd put
Il all In I did-eyerY cent except ny
last interest payrnent-and It's gone
Good Lord = George began 70
pace Up and down the worn pianks of
the bare foor. why on earth id
you wait til now to tell such a thing
az thlsT
Il eouldn'. ff1l I had to- she said
plteousiy. II wouldn't do any good
not any good On earth" She got out
her lace handkerchief and began 10
err. Nothing does any good. I guess.
10 this old world Gu. how tired Of
this old world I ami I didn't know
what to do. Just tried TO 20 ahead
and be as practical az ! could, and ar
range sorne way for us 10 live. Oh.
knew you didn't want me, George
can see that muchl You don't sup
pose ! want 10 thrust myself on you,
Go your II isn't yery pleasant 10 be
thrusung yourself on a persOa you
know doesn't want you-buf I knew
you Oughtn't 20 be left ell alone in
the world; II isn't good. I knew your
motberd want me 20 watch over you
and try to have something like a home
for you--I knew she'd want me to do
what I tried 10 dol" Fanny's tears
were bitter now. and her voice, hoarss
and wet. was tragically sincere. "Oh
and nOw-you don't want--you want
you want 10 leave me 10 the lurch
You"
"Oh, my LordT He went TO her
anl lifted her. For Gods sake get
uDi Come. let's take the coffee into
the other room and see what's to be
done"
He got her 10 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 In one OF the two kitchen
chairs which had been placed at the
rough table. "Therel" he said. "get
over III" Fanny's spirits revived ap-
preciably: she looked up with a plain
tive eagerness. II had bought all my
fall clothes. George" she said; "and
paid every bill I owed 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 II seemed TO him that
he was not Fanny's nephew, but mar
ried TO her. He passed his pale hand
over his paler forehead. "well, let's
see where we stand" he said feebly.
Lets see II we can afford this place
you've selected"
Fanny continued to brighten. I'm
sure it's the most practical plan we
could possibly have worked out.
George-and II Is a comfort TO be |
among nice people. think wen both |
enjoy II, because the truth is we've |
been keeping too much TO ourselves
for long while. II isn't good for
people"
Il was thinking about the money,
Aunt Fanny. The rent In thirty-siI
dollars month; the dinner is twenty
two and half for each OF Us, and
we've got to have some provision for
other food. We won't need any
clothes for a year. perhaps"
"oh. longeri" she exclaimed. $50
you see"
Il see that forty-nve and thirty-sir
make eighty-one," he said. AT the
lowest. we need hundred dollars a
month-and I'm going to make thirty
two."
4 thought OF that. George" she said
"and I'm sure II will be all
light. You'll be earning a great deal
more than that very soon"
Il don't see any prospect of it--nos
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