Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-22

She couldn't very well put SIGN on
the front gate.
She knew that the town had hos
pisal. a struggling little affair With
a SIGH. she turned from economies to
pilila ath-opy. She went to the tele-
phone. Yes. the hospital would BE- de-
| lighted to have temporary donation
of extra milk and cream And butter.
added Vida. fiercely don't forget th'
butter"
Il suppose" she told the dust-mop
even forced benevo.snce Is credited to
US In heaven"
Shr felt better though. when tbs
hospital man came and the rcfrisoT-
ator vas empty. save for one lone querl
o. milk and pound OF butter. She
felt sa much sitter that she tackled
the icanisn boldly and re&uced hei
ration OF ice to so pounds.
Peter ccEle home in the reuaireo
6evil-pup that night. Tfc garss. man
| had charged SIP.
We're beginning to get organized.
said Vida, and she thrust the thought
of the towering expense eT'Hv from f"r
no use grouchsnc at Pet.r-it wasn't MS
fault.
For a time. il seemed cs though they
we're organized. indeed. The detil-pup
behaved admirably. The hospital man
sgers sent th2m note OF THANKS. Two
OF the nssghbors called and turne1 out
to Be agreeable and hospitabie. They
had LII TownSend and her mother cut
for one week end end tv-o men from
Peters efice for another. Friends WHO
had cars drove out to see them occa-
sicrai.y. All of these we're loud IN
prpsse CT their soft snan. their great
Iuek in getting such q bcautiftif place
for nothing.
But Andrew Brown absolutely re-
fused 10 be organized With q mild
end radGening onstinacy. he worked
In the garden every DAY End sil day
and presented tn. bill for services
weNiy. Noting Peter said made ans
e.fference. To argue With Antrrv
Brown vss to sink In q rc,entless q,,ic<-
send Of conversation that ended In
Andrew placidiy continuing his way
or~r the submerged srgrer.
Mercifu.ly, Mrs. Sand~rs got their
letter Mt Newport and the dairy COM
pany was authorized to sbide by Mrs.
Jennings crdsrs FRS. Sanders wrote
sisa to Vida. fun Of regrets. but sem
ing to And the incident rather amusing.
"Thsv've got 81 much money they can
imagine how Just that little expense is
going to crauen US" thought Vida. And
We can't tell: thcm."
When the: first OF the month cam
snd she and Peter sat down to do their
sccaunts. the facts they discovered were
sn~Se: Andrew Browns garden SUD-
cii>s end attendance had eaten up al
/. most to q csrt the 500 in rent they
hid received from the ToTnS,nds: tn.
bill for ice. The svaoilan dairy account.
tn. increased c>ss of food. end thu
various repairs ana gasoline for thu
fievii-pup had taken $50 more;
Peters communication vas S3S. and he'd
have tn haze ancth-r ticket for Au-
gust. They had. therefore. spent almost
si99 more than thsy would have spent.
tsa they stayed In town.
Cali 1t q hundred and seventy-fire. !"
said Peter. ''we might have used SIS
on movies and sndas end such"
August wes fearfully hot and The
i~s-Sox rcslly had to have more than
50 n1un-is q day. Reluctantly. Vida
let thu a-sn al 1t up wen on Saturday
Ans again on the foilowins Tuesday.
And. even So the wrstcked b~hem1th
II shall ciws-s after this look o gift
hnrs> in the refrlseretor" declared
wise.
To Offset the rsfrigerator's greed
h,vcv.r. Andrew Brown was laid up
with sciatica and couldn't work more
'hen an hour or two q tisy. Neither
petsr nor Vida could sylnpethizs prop
erly with his Suderincs II" didn't
Svmrs thru With ours" vas thsir YER
dict.
Even thu fact tibet the dc:il-pup re-
nuireti > rev inner tubs and. after
that, deVrln9>d p so-t 1T internal canker