Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-11-19
1t Pays
to Compromise
By H. LOUIS RAYBoLD

firmly.
Two acres at most" retorted Betty
quite as firmly.
And then these two very positive.
very young people sat regarding each
olher detiantly, each secretly hoping
me other would weakly yield with
We'll have it your own way" But,
as II happened. neither id.
Inc circumstances, TO be brief were
as Follows: Peter and Betty expected
TO be married in exactly two weeks.
lheir Itinerary was planned down to
the very last railroad ticket. But
ana this was relevant 10 the subject
under discussion-they had as vet no
place to which TO return when the hon
eymoon was over.
Peter boarded, and so did Betty.
And their strongest emotion. except
their love for each other, was preiu-
dice against boarding any longer.
Betty had visions Of a softly-iighted
living room not shared with sixteen
| other roomers. while Peter had dreams
of pies not made with substitutes and
then divided Unto innumerable snail
pieces.
Out of this feeling had emerged the
desire for a real hOme-a home with
capital Fl. And gradually had grown
vision of home in the country with
vegetable gardens and COWS and chick
ems and, yes. bees and pig. AS the
! fancy grew, Peter saw himself a full
fiedged farmer. able TO look the cost
of living defantly in the face That
is he saw himself a farmer in between
times when he was not earning his
salary as modestly paid employee of
Campbell & Westcott, wholesale gro
| GERS.
Therein lay the hitch. Peter"
urged Betty, "if we gel place with
a little land il will be as much as we
can manage. Better go slow and work
small place thoroughly than have
lot of idle fields on our hands grow
ing sour for lack of crops" Betty
had not been perusing the agricultural
bulletins for nothing.
Very Well" said Peter stifiy. But.
If we are going in for this sort of
thing we ought to do il on big
enough scale TO make IL worth while,
with enough scvGG Il iNStaC Nc lel ~
feed the horses that do the blowing
that prepares the fields that yield the
crops"
ut sounds like the house that Jack
built" giggled Betty. Then. seriously.
"Well, all can say is that won't
be a party TO any such foolishness.
Besides. after saying right along that
you would be satisfied with twenty-five
acres. you are lacking il up TO fifty !
It's absurd"
And thar is the point at which the
story begins.
Peter went home very shortly and
tried to forget that he and Betty were
INDUCING in their first quarrel. But
even as he attempted TO interest him
self in an informing volume for back
to the landers Betty's piqaant little
face as She detied him danced between
the lines. 1.-TWO acres. at most" she
had insisted.
You see Peter had seen in the pa
per an advertisement of farm for
sale with considerably more tlam two
acres of land. and telephone con-
vinced him that 1t was a decidedly
worthwhile buy Hence il was up to
him, by fair means or foul, to per-
suade Betty likewise.
Next morning Betty was summoned
from breakfast by telephone call.
Peter didn't usually cali her at such
an early hour. Eight o'clock II was.
He must have just reached the Office.
"Hello-yes--thi is Betty--yes--tell
me about it."
The substance of the call was this !:
| Peter had come across an advertise
ment The didn't say whenl adyertis-
| ing farm for sale. According to Pc
| ter there wasn't much else 10 the item
| bur that simple fact. AT least it made
no mention Of stocks or tools or i'm
! provements. OF course, it might not
be at all what they wanted. but would
Betty please meet him during his noon
hour and call with him AT the agents,
in whose name it was listed?
AftA- a r,oment, Betty agreed. 1t
was true THAI Peter had departed the
| night before without his usual kiss
and she had intended 10 hold him to
account. But. after all. her interest
in securing home far outweighed any
petty desire for punishment. SO she
nromised to meet him, and hung up
the receiver.
Peter found her at the time agreed
upon and, as his eyes fell on the trim
figure in the smart little suit with the
perky hat with the mercury wings
projecting from either side. he mental
| " registered the statement that he
was a lucky chap.
A few minutes later they gazed en-
raptured at photograph OF low
| eaved farmhouse with broad veranda
and dormer windows. On either side
the land appeared TO extend indef-
niteIy. but the size Of the picture pre-
| .-o,sod oun fpll{uu tho amount If act