The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-12
Continued From Saturday, ;,

(Continued From Saturday.
 Tonight Julia went to sleep in her girl, accustomed to being ignored much of the time, and humoured, cver-indulged, and laughed at at long intervals. Emeline sat on and on, crying now and then, and gradually reducing herself to a more softened mood, when she longed to be dear to George again. to please and content him. She had just made up her for Ideal home life, when George, smelling strongly of whiskey, but af- fectionate and repentant, came in.
 What doing?" asked George, stumbling in the dark room.
 'Just watching the cable cars go up and down." Emeline said, rousing- She set the dazed Julia on her feet, and groped for matches on the man of block matches drifted through the room, and Emeline lighted @ gas jet.
 Had your supper?" said she, as George sat down and took the child
 Nope" he .t angwsred: ms ,s,a gc grinntng hng and I'd go to dinner somewheres, En-"
 EmeIine was instantly her better 1 clothes she told George that she knew she was rotten manager, but she was so darn sick of this darn l flat She had Just been there wondering if they hadn't bet | ter move into the country, say into | Oakland. Her sister May lived there, | they might get a house near May,with 2 garden for Julia, and a spare room where George could put up friend. l George was clumsi1y enthusiastic l Gosh, if she would do that-if she | could stand it's being a little quiet I'd get to know the neighbours | and we'd have real good times,'' said | TrOon jsfi io l be grand for Julfe!'
 Julia had by this time gone off tc | sleep in the centre of the large bed | Her mother removed the chi1d's shoes rousing her. loosened her garters, and | unbottoned whatever buttons she 1 could reach.
 Shell be all right she said con. | fident1y. ''She never wakes
 George lowered the gas, and they t:ptoed out. But Julie did walker
 half an hour later, as it happened | and screamed for company for ter l sic Miniver, young woman who had recently rented the top floor, and o1 whom Emeline and the other ladies
 of the house disapproved, came Page flat, and gathered the sobbins | little girl to her warm, soft breast | Miss Miniver sothed her With a new stick of gum and a pincushion that l looked like a fat little pink satir leg, with a smart boot at one end and a. ruffle of lace at the other, and l left Julia peacefully settled down tC sleep. But Julia did not remember l anything of this in the morning. and | the p:ncushion had rolled under the i bed. so Emeline never knew of it. She and George had a good dinner, and i later went to the Orpheun, and were 1 happier than they had been for a long l time.
 The next Sunday they went to Oak land to see Emeline's sister, and pos. l sfbly to begin househunting. It wa:
 a cold, dark day. with a raw wint 1 Blowing. Gulls dipped and screamed over the wake of the ferryboat tha carried the Pages to Oakland, ant | after the warm cabin and the heated | train, they all shivered mfserably a! they got out at the appointed corner 1 Oakland looked bleak and dreary, tn, 1 wind was blowing chaff and papers l against fences and steps.
 Emeliue had rather lost sight O her sister for a year or two, and haC | last seen her iC another and bette | house than the one which they pre-
 sently identified by street and mum Der. The sisters had married a
 about the same time, but Ed Torne,
 was a shirtless and unfortunate man
 never steadily at work. aand alway 1 mildly surprised at the diScomfor
 of life. May had four childrer