Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-28
MY OWN PLAN


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We read the letter again as though
that would make any difference. Mrs.
Taylor was annoyed. She was in
complete control of Wins money and
we had to please her.
1--WE simply have to get out of
debt this summer answered.
But how? 1t must be thousands
We owei I'd better borrow from
omeon and pay mother, then she'll
give me enough to buy a share in
the firm. Then I'll pay back"
'Win.' l pleaded. please don't.
Aunt Harriet would make sarcastic
remarks again"
1--WE no intention of borrowing
from your family" Winthrop began
with dignity. III borrow from
Gwendolyn. she's offered"
turned. then. angrier than ever /
had been in my life.
THAT is one thing you will not
do" / cried. IF you do-Ill-Iu
leave YOU. She just wants to get
"Oh, all right. Don't blaze away
like that. I'm hen-pecked by my
mother. I might as well be by my
wife, too"
That cut, and 1t wasn't true. 1t
Z was the first time that my will had
come into direct conflict with his,
tidl Ills Ildu uOl WOH. l. Idu aiWoyo
given in-and would continue to do
so, UP to this point.
l made myself stay calm, and after
a little I began cheerfully.
win, dear, here's my plan. We
only owe 5000 or so. Let's sublet
the apartment? We can do that for
enough to cover our rent on it and a
little over. Well sell my car that
will help, and will cut down ex-
penses. We neither of us need
clothes. Well go to the country,
somewhere within committing dis
lance of the city. and hire a little
house. If WI go out to real country
we can hire one cheaply. I'll do the
housework. We can live on almost
nothing, and put away every cent to-
ward paying your mother. Let's do
it,"
Win was silent, standing there by
the desk, his brows drawn up in a
scowl as he looked down at the open
letter before him. l went up and
slipped my arm through his. press
ing my cheek against his coat sleeve.
"Oh all right. l suppose We'll have
to-" he growled.
please, if we have to, let's make
the best of it cheerfully."
'I'll make the best of 1t, but I'll
bel won't be cheerful"
He jerked his arm from mine and
went out of the room. And a the
Joy went out ofeny summer.
had pictured it, for those few
minutes, as being a little honeymoon
repeated, in a place like my dear
white house in Wellsville. I pictured
the black and silver evenings, and
the fragrant air. the heavenly peace
and calm of it. Perhaps Win, separ-
ated from this roaring nerve-wear-
ing city, would also quiet down and
be more his old self.
This tiny hope persisted while /
made the rounds of real estate
offices and answered ads in papers.
Otherwise 1t was a joyless task, for
Win refused to have anything to do
with it, or even to choose one from
the three or four possible places.
Eventually I decided OIL a little
house in Connecticut. an hour on an
express and fifteen minutes on the
trolley from the station. The house
as beyond the little town, in open,
rolling country, 1t was very tiny. but
rather charming. / went gu to see
it. made notes of things to send to
it. and hired a man to dig and plant
4 garden for us.
And all the rest of the time I lived
in expectation of this quiet home. I
was so tired I was beginning to feel
Ill again. My strength had
come entirely back to me and the
winter had been mentally and physi-
cally hard on me.
"For heavens sake, If we're going
to bury ourselves alive this summer.
let's live in the meantime" Win said
night.
I thought possibly If we went
enough he might tire. He might at
least find the country restful for
awhile.
So we rushed around more madly
than before. One might Win lost
500 playing poker, and laughed
joyfully when I won back $25 of it.
I gave little dinner parties twice a