Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-02-13
BOBBY AND
THE H. G.. L.
Ely JANE OSBORN

10 his young wife. Lucille. Will, that
pecullar brand Of satisfaction written
on his face that comes to Il man who
..''s TIC mas been extremely liberal.
'"Ss SO long as 1t is bang.up dinner.
III not going tn consider any reason.
an'e cost. Here. Lucille" he said.
nFa"lnS forth crisp ten-lollar bill
from his bill case. here Is sOmethin-
spend the whole of it If you want
terrapin, caviar. green turtle. lobster
Whatever they have ut the nifty din
ners."
And there are to he eight of us"
,-"e.'ies words b"tokcncd WEAKNESS.
""t II was Il WEAKNESS that Bobby, the
eNnnerant young Bobby. failed 10 de-
tcct.
Yes, he agreed. you AMI lie and
my brother John and his wife and your
brother John and his wife and the Bob
Ne"'"hs---1u>t jolly party. III he
i"'n" 10y SIX. SO as TO 10 anything I can
Tor you nj the last minute. | supnose
EonH get Sally To- Wear n can and
"proh: And away went Bobby. filed
with Neasurnble anticipation Of his
h'St hiniicf party.
1t hal been settled between the
Bobby Strangcs when they We're tnor-
rled lint they would run no bills dur
ing the frst years of their married
NE. Bobby was convinced that every
housewife should 20 marketing person.
ally. taking advantage Of the better
prices that were offered to those who
paid cash. and Lucille had agreed pe,-
1ecllN. And Bobby Strange did not
mean to he parsiInOnious-
But the trouble was that Bobby had
been rather Overfed on q certain brand
or magazine article that urges young
men To save. II was his theory TINT If
young man earned sixty dollars a
week he should save Mt least fifteen.
lie felt that he was generous when he
allowed Lucille thirty-tive on which 10
run the house.
When Lucille complained meekly
and good-naturedly thar butcher bills
were amazingly Elgh Bobby s;nlingly
quoted some articles he had read about
using the cheaper cuts, but unfortu-
nately Bobby had taste for chops and
steaks and could not endure stews
"Oh. there are other things you can
get lie assured her. II cunt remem-
Der just what they call them. But
you'll lind it MI IN the books"
:" when Bobby Strange left that
morning Lucille sat looking ut the ten
dollar bin She RIM , fnSa, o,..,. ;,s
ve,,lant, fucc ofrectjonot.,v Tbora
wcr. So ,nnuy THINGS thar f. .,u,L H.,
They needed not,tocs ond n.,,, ,,,,:
day heforc irci,,o b,d fn,,,a ,,,,.,
where she couId buv eggs ,t q sn,.n1;d
price.
She had noncJ IA hc ,hIo IN ,,ot coma
IN ..nut down" ro,. yv;nt.r rho,. ,,.n,,,
CIT nf soap ana II w,s G, much .,,o,n
az huyjuy II I'm largo ,u,nt,,ias pnt
this ten ,loI,ors woc mot ror soon or
cr.rs or. uo;otocs II v,s ro, commute,
and green turt;c
Lucil,r started out o,r,v :, sho,
and she sucut hours I'm bcr ee,rch rnr
the incypcpsivc L,yurias thar she had
hoDcd for. But thrv were not IN H..
had. WHY. even ordinary harvard
fowl were fifty cents II pouud Ere
Uueatly MS she marketed shc cousuItcd
the little menu that she had made on,
for the dinner that night. and crccucu;.
~ she ran her iittc silver pcncj,
through ccrtu;n dajutlcs she had
planned to have.
il was not a!onc Il physical fatigue
that weighed her down when she re-
turned from the marketing trip.
"IOuil wear Il cap and apron. wont
you. SaIlJt' she asked when she came
home.
81 suppose so. na'am." replied Sally.