San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29
1 and George = By Nina Wilcox Putnam

Geo. Kissed me good bye he says
now dear, are you sure you want me
to take the chance and 20 in the
Dillpickle business for myself, and
you won't regret it IL ! speak to the
boss today and give him fair warn
ing? And I says no dear, go to 1t,
I'm not in favor Of your rutting
along in any rut any longer. So
Geo. went off in a burst of en-
thusiasm and 1 went back to my
homework and many dreams OF the
future and how pretty soon, instead
of busting off the furniture would
be busting off the jewels I had
pretty near forgotten about.
But somehow once the mailman
had arrove, the future didn't seem
so bright. To commence with, there
was q couple of love-notes in the
handful he slipped me, regarding
payments due on the ice-box, and
that certainly give me chilly feel
ing. Also another notice was from
the plumber about money due on the
furnace repairs, and that sure made
me hot. / begun to wonder II may
be We couldn't manage to pay both,
in part, out of Georges next
months salary. and then all Of a
sudden 1 realized where he might
Of already resigned, in order to
take on some nice easy executive
Job that might pay him twice as
much and then again 1t mightn't.
FIRST-OF-MONTH BLUES.
At noontime, in come Junior from
school for his dinner, and he told
me where he hadder have some new
books, and / could at the same time
see with my own eyes that he
needed new shoes. And while I
made a note Of this I also at the
same time commenced to wonder
just how soon the Dillpickle bust
ness would commence paying divi-
dends. In fact this idea got on my
mind to such a extent that I tried
to get Geo. on the phone and tell
him to put off leaving the Great
Am. Buttonholc Co. fiat until after
the first of the month. But no
luck, he was out to lunch when l
called.
I don't mind telling the world
that all afternoon the conviction
kept growing on me where m,ybe
we had decided too rashly, and the
rash was liable TO break out on US
at any time in some undesirable
place. Why I even looked out the
back window and seen that Mrs.
Joe Bush manicuring the glassware
on her new car, and realized where
perhaps, even in this freezing
weather, it was better for us to
have a open car with no glass to
clean. If l could OF figured out
any way to reach Geo. and stop
him from resigning I would Of done
so. And when l heard his we'll
worn footsteps coming over the
porch that night, l could hardly
wait TO hear the worst.
TIME TO WAKE UP.
Well dear, / says as soon as he
come in, did you see the boss? Yes,
he says. And did you have salts
factory interview, I says. I sure
did, says Geo. I didn't hat to ask
to see him as a matter Of fact he
sent for me. Well? i says. Well.
says George, he sent for me to tell
me that times was pretty hard, he
was conner hat TO economic lot,
and let most Of the fellers in our
office go. But he was willing to
keep me on at the same salary be-
cause ! knew the business so good.
Gee Whit says George, l wouldn't
have that mans responsibility for
the world!
And did you keep the job, I says.
And Geo. says yes. Then ] drew
a big breath Of relief. That's the
stuff, dear, says, do you know I've
been thinking 1t over and I've about
decided It amt what you do that
counts, it's how we'll you DO 81!