New-York tribune., 1922-02-26

S'''' w ~ '''D% ~ J'"i Da1e feet, Or M
your ears. And your father isn't n, ~. ass
going TO be late again, that's svrsD - a''
Dropping for the moment the norr;.
Of hcr fvc children. Nine Arsjn rnass '.,s 'i's
the second bedroom Of her humble a-a ' Ito
IN j bed, with the covers in disord'a Ipa''H's
tail, thin nan, With hollow cAesks and 'l
ish beard S''7.
well" he said, "what time Is 1871
Red and slovenly, her face IN r 4
tion, her hands on her APPS lookinr sna S.,.p'-
IN her faded wrapper, aia vts ssl.'@ h,"'''n s'
uith abuse. D'' ma
"Not up yeti Monsieur IS taking t. 49,
I've been up for two hours. What I'm. ~ 49,. 49,,
It's so late that you Il be ate for aor. , . !"
He got up without word and ,%' nnt
tircadbare clothes. She went Or. "a u
"This is no time p loaf in bed. Yop t,o.
that you ought - ge' little 5onD, >. ~ s's' ~
Ct Tho month. II yoa keep On being lats s.a ..a
rill never get it. Then low ere ns pain.
make ends meet Even now don't 80 s ~.
can get through Ire month. Louis. AMI 49,
have 10 shoes 70 wear. TIE co6bler 5..~
stairs isn't willing % mend he ones thew I.r.
He says there is nothing 9f. To mend -.
can't 90 barefooted haven't apv ,5o..
either. For two months I nav. h.en ust,,
20 buy pair. Isa waikng around r. -
slippers. This CAM g u much ongs-. r.,s
there's the apOthecary With hi. bin. l,a,
Ceciie IS still coughing. Size needs som. sv,,,
No; this isn't any tirae 20 take things an
Hurry Upl Swallow yoar hzeakfast and r.
Here is your bread and saasaze for lunc5.s'
II, after you're eaten T. you'll % w.sg-s
coFee, shall be pleaae5. Take xsA n 4,
noon hoar, ard # you are thirsty drink ov. Il
fountain. Thas wi.l be good for you. Cc-s'
hurry UP ard get out'7
Arsin walked to the bark maer. he W., s,.
ployed, through straets crowded with psas
going to work. L was prosperous conn.,.
cial city. He had lvad .nere for six y.sr.
and every morning he took The same roqa
This morning he thought q his monotorou
and restricted lie. He thought Of It viii !.
diagust urtempered 7y hope. The pas. ii.
tine when he was young, rhen he had z.
money, when he had had ambition, seemed r,
-leasu-ably far away. L vzs Ike the men-7
cf scre other self Po had lost everythias-
MS youth in capricious ventures wi.hou. ,s
slls or in wasteful idereas; his money
foolish pleasures and extravagant iaa..
gences; his ambition through succession '
failures. He thought o1 the Sc whom he
had rashly married ard Who had neither ie-
tune nor education. How pretty she had bs.,
and how she had changed, How strange sne
unboaraole she had become, mcrs so evsrG
ycar, during the;r liso together. And {
though with horror Of heir poverty. decel.
81 first, masked ~ the remnants Of his cT1
small fortune; then so-did, tragic and tOru
ing, until one day 3 rich relative, whc bad
cone 70 Paris on business, lad offered hin
this provincial city 8 petty employment Ti'a'
tarely AeDt caa wo,t from to door.
Ho entered ne bank. Is ha .eached a'
ora..co room where 10 Uorked TIE sssstsl'
managers doo- opened.
Us thar YOU, Arsin?' SAID Ills srporan
parsonage. Il was waiting for ycn. Valas
lie collector. IS SEX and the chief has gE
orGers chas yo1 are 10 take is placs .ods'
Tie work IS very leayy because i is the las
dsy Of the month. Come n and II sspain
YOU what you are 20 do
IArsin listened iadifFe-sntly to The trst-s
tions. Doing one thing OF srother vas all u
same to him. 1 quarter of an hour later
lett the bank, armed with lsrge porFtOl.o'
Hours passed Arzin vas getting TIN
The bundles Of currency ard the CON '"'
&c had collected meds tire portfolio bulge
~ must have 3 hundred thousand .rslS
he said 70 himself.
He thought that possibly he had sven 1'
He went to the last address on the is'
ccivcd another twelve thousand francs 9
his task was finished. He was aneed Of ~
ard now walked very slowly Sud'sI
8 thought mado him trembls Snd cuTn ~ -
Ho tock few steps and 1rea1hed na'u' ;, =
SAW that lie was near railroad station
sat down on bench Just outside IL
alt is easy" he .nurmursd 10 himself )"
/. is very easy. can buy raincoas ah1 :,
cap and shave of my beard. IN the ''A' ~ =,
can set new clothes ard have my hsn ',
passpo-ts-I'r get them some way =, =,
ssnd word to Tie bank that an delaSc' =,
TO my wife that have to work this o'..', w.
And this evening shall be far away 'h'
is 3 train within an hour. have enoasa
mako fortune. Il Is already small .0''''
enough to live on; to live again q me- =,
tie yrArs before get old, to live IN ''''S
far away" l.,
He made q movement ns If he were e0Ds ,
get NY; hut he checked himself. B"na''e -. d
ward or the bench and over the swoien ;, r
folio, which was pressed against MS o'.''
SIT thrre his head in his hands. @l.9eu' 10.