Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30

4 7 / that separated their respcc'
tive yards.
IT'S q shame" Mrs. Tenny said en-
phatically 4 never heard of such in
justice If old Nelson Reed could just
know what people say about him he'c
tarn over in his green grave,
ITS a good thing he doesn't ]
always supposed he meant TO divide
even between those two girls Ano
then look what he did Left $500 q
Gay to Ruanna Turner and
Two dollars a day to her cousin
Martha Reed. who bore his own
name." snapped Mrs. Denny. Tive
dollars DAY! Now how is she going
to live on that?"
Mrs West sighed and shook her
head. Next instant she gave warn
tng. "Sll--Shi"
Across the grass came small mid
6lc-aged woman in a crisp little law
ender frock, made and laundered by
her owr hands. She had gray hair
pink checks and sparkling black eyes
y know what you're talking about
she began. 1T does look funny, doesn
it? Eut all the same Uncle Nelson
knew how he wanted things to so.
I'm satisfied with my s. a day"
The two women who had been dis
cuSsing Martha Reed and her affairs
flushed,
OF course, we know you are salts
fed" Mrs. West said. That's you.
You never did find mite Of fault
with anything, But it doesn't LOOK iair
To your friends, Martha. If he'd have
divided even between you and Ru'
anna"
But he didn't" Martha laughed,
RUS got her two hundred day and
I've got my two. And as / say I'm
satisfied. Two dollars She
paused. Well, it's quite a nice bit
coming in regularly that l haven't got
10 work for, That's the way look az
il. I'm going downtown now ON the
strength OF it and get some new cur
tains for my kitchen windows"
, She moved away, Sprlghtly, cheerful,
dainty and the two women stared alVeF
her in wondering silence.
Old Nelson Reeds will had startled
the whole place. Dying without any
relatives save his two mlddie-aged
nieceS he had left 10 the one the in
come from the bulk OF the fortune and
to the other a mere remembrance. In
the ewes of her neighborS Ruanna
Turner was Just about the luckleSt
person that ever lived.
Ten minutes after Martha Reed had
vanished around the corner Ruanna
Turner came down the street. Ruanna
was stout and pretty. She clutched az
the fying garment of departing youth
with desneTation. Her hair was dyed.
her COMPLEXION touched up, her large
feet squeezed into high-heel shoes.
She went by without seeing the
women at the hedge.
First time that ever happened,
Mrs. West said in tone Of surprise: :.
That afternoon Mrs. Denny looked
out of the window 70 see Ruanna
struggling along the street with high
powered car. while a sweating instruc-
tor sat beside her.
she got something before her" the
woman thought.
Ruanna did have something before
her. Having no more idea OF machinery
than a hen the Stylish SIX was alto
getiaer beyond her powers of conlpre-
henzton. Day after day she Wocniea
through Spruce street with the paelent,
persD.ring instructor beside her. The
ems ca-ne in collapse. Ruanna went 10
bed exhausted.
.'2uannas trying to do too much,
Mrs. Denny said to Martha. Learn
ing TO drive and do the social stunt az
the same time is too big a tax on her
nerves. She isn't as young as she
might be and she's too f1eshy for tennis
and hard exercises of that kind Be-
sides living i'm the hotel that way she
don't get proper rest
EVERYBODY is running after Ru; she
can't help It." Martina answered. She
might have added that nobody ran
after her. She had ell the leisure she
had ever had in her tiny white mouse
that she had earned for herself. i've
taken . aoarder" she turned the SUD-
icc1. Clara Dart She was SO I'M
comfortable at Mrs. Cnggs, / told her
she could come. and live With me. /
had to do something. Mrs. Denny, now
that ave given up working in the store
I'm having the incest time cooking Tor
Clara. she's gained two pounds al
"WeI. I neveri' calculated Mrs.
Den1v. But she could see what sucn
kindness meant to little Clara Dart,
w1o rad earned her own way since
she was Is. especially as Martha
charged her only about half what she
was paying Mrs. Cliggs. Two can
live about as cheap as one" Martha
replied when this fact was mentioned
TO her - 80, a,,a,o. :.
Mrs. Denny said TO Mrs. West. i
yeser saw anything like it. neyeri On
oI!y 81 a day! Yet she is adding all
sorts q little comforts to her house,
SIZE has new dress, she gives gener-
ously when any need arises and Clara
Dart says they have chicken every
SUNDAY. don't see how she does it,"
she gets lot out Of life" Mrs West
said Didn't you notice at the wom-
ans club when they we're talking
about that book how quickly Martina
saiG sI7e had bought il? And she Of
fered 10 lend it TO Mrs. Simpson.
Things CT that kind take figuring. my
dear
'sRu. Martha loves it and thriVes on
it. She's getting prettier every. day.
That gray hair and her sort Of fresh
ness refnes her face. / think. And
Clara Is improving, too. They say
young Or Perry IS going with her
STEADY. That's Martka's hand again.
Martha is wonderful"
What about Ruanna?" liked hrs.
DENIM.
Ruanna had turned her back on all
her old associates. She was spending
q month al the seasb0re recupeTating
When she returned she had some
startl1ngl, seautifuI clothes in which
she tlsplayeo herself. leading a fluffy
: elcy by q silver chain. She had given
up trying u drive and had hired a
chauffeur
"She's eating too much" Mrs West
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