Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-06

IN HE house was hought before
they were married. The mo-
ment they discovered il they
! i began to feel the longing to
! possess it,
| Motoring one day through part
Of the city they might never have
stumbled upon hut for the car, they
found the house. They had heen
noticing houses and talking about
them too. ever since they became
enga ged. BEING nice Young persons
Of regular habits. home naturally
doomed large In their future. And
this house looked as il it could he
made into A real home.
II was a large old-fashioned house
in a large. old fashioned yard. and
on that wondrous June day 1t was
II looked like picture Bessie had
on her bedroom wall. Until Edward
came that picture was often the only
thing that made Bessies days posi-
BILE Now. as she looked at the old
gray structure. she sa% herself vel,
coming Edward from the front porch:
setting roses in the garden: sitting In
the bay window with book.
Edward, she easped. that's our
house.
Edward agreed. 1t cast its spell
upon him also. He stopped the car
and they got out and explored. No.
body lived in the house, and there
was sign on the front door. For
Sale by J. Ross
Next day Edward hunted up j.
Ross Then he and Bessie did some
, more exploring internally this time.
as we'll as externally, with the result
that Edward bought the house. He
had some thnusa nds. which he had
Inherited from his father. and. NJ
course. there was his salary. Once
the house was bought there would
he no difficulty about supporting It,
With house ready there was no
reason Al all why BESSIE should not
marry Edward at once. instead Of
waiting until the following October.
And so ii came about that within
three weeks after they first saw the
house they were living in il.
Summertime in house Of that
| kind Rig. cool rooms. airy porches.
! whole ward full Of delight. Ed
ward rushing home from the hot
office. would fling himself into a
! hammock and sigh with content.
| lille BESSIE. who had found release
! from a tiresome secretarNship. made
. ready the tray OF salad and iced drink.
which was always tastefully decor.
! a ted with Movers.
They were so happy. The old house
! was so good to them Sometimes
Bessie. il Ia true. thought her pretty
new furniture looked rather dwarfed
by the great. high walls which seem.
| ed 20 demand black walnut. ma ssive
| and hand-carved. Sometimes. also,
she felt rather small in SO much
space. hut still Edward did not leave
| her alone much. and II was all very
delightful.
But suddenly the gay tinted can,
! die OF Summer was blown out and
! all the world was dark and cold
Autumn came with a rush. The house
was cold. full Of drauChts and noises.
| From that point trouble hogan. The
! hardware man who came said he
could raft up the furnace so that it
would perform that Winter. and the
carpenter said he might he able to
! keep the roof from leaking. But. in
| spite Of them. the house. which had
been so friendly in Summer. became
: clowerine and Cold-hearted in Win
ter In spite Of an almost steady
! stream Of coal flowing into the fur
! mace ice formed in unexpected places
! for the roof persisted in leaking. Eve
/ ningp EaSsia and Edward huddlAd
! over an unfrierdlr register. wrapped
! IN heavy garments. They laughed
/ about il. but they were cold. never
| theless.
| But All this cost great deal. So
| Spring came. and the old house
aroused itself to be sociahle again
! This time. however. Edward vas not
! to he deceived. He realized that Win
tor time was inevitable. and he de-
! termined to prepare for 1t.
He shingled the roof during some
particularly hot weather. which hap
rened TO arrive simultaneously with
his vacation. Then he sold the old
furnace for scrap iron and had new
one installed As final touch. he
had the house PAINTED.
But all this cost a great deal. So
much. in fact. that the figures stag
cered him. His years savings had
! gone into the house. More than that,
he was in debt. for he had had 10
borrow a little money.
Bessie. too was bit disheartened
when she found they could AFFORD no
new rugs. curtains or furniture. She
WAS we'll tired Of feeling empty. shut
UP rooms overhead and about her
Really there was only one small por'
ton Of the house that was fixed up