Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-11-28

ROMANCE
FOR JILL
OF ALL
TRADES
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dead. TOW she viii 80
hack TO the city TO worS-~
But widow Bindiey~ did not leave
tie little village Of MsatV1Eccr.
TxcttuIIy but firmly she refused the
efers OF various well-paid iohs In the
city.
NY work Is cut cut for NE right
here ST home she said as she gath
cred her two little children close IN her
arms
But What will you live O1r~ iupa-
tisntiy exclaimed the weaIJhiesS Of her
~fn-lSwS-
-ru manage replied Ruth
well. Of course snapped Patricia
Bindley. If yoa are not willing to
help Yourself yea can't expect Is 70
help you
I don't expect you 20 help ne.
calmly rsserted Ruth
Yet for all her Independence Ruth
BindIey bowed her head in discourage
ment as she went over and over her
budget snd stin could not bring the
figures Of the necessary expenses down
to meet the size Of her income
Move into furnished rooms In
town suggested some one
And have Sister Betsy and Sonny
Boy lose their lovely country color
inS.- thought Ruth. No. Indeed. We
will manage TO keep the house.
You couldn't possibly let NY moth
for few monthsr- inquired neigh
Dor. Mother Brown wants to be near
Is while the baby il little. but she
doesn't believe In living right in the
same house with US
Yes instantly replied Ruth
your Betsy has such lovely
esOthes.- sighed q neighbor- I wish
knew how to do fine smoking
-TIl Snock dresses for your Jeanne
Marie replied Ruth. and they won't
cost as much as though you bought
them in store
Seldom week passed that Ruth
did not manage TO crowd In time for
at least one lovely little dress. Five
sometimes more. That paid
the milk butter-egg bill.
what wonderful luck you have
with plants," commented 8 casual
visitor TO the pretty little garden that
surrounded the Bindley bungalow
ssT1l sell you thrifty young plants
for what the greenhouses charge for
seedlings offered Ruth And when
dig my giadiola bulbs in the fall
III sell you some Of those
At $3.50 dozen II is surprising how
soon ones purse Is filed when one
sells perennials. Ruth triumphantly
counted over the price Of two tons OF
coal when the last plant she could
spare had been delivered
You wouldn't let me leave Tommy
with you while run into town for Q
wave snd a hair cutT' eosxed a
neighbor
Any time you like replied Ruth
And at IS cents for each Of the first
two hours, p cents for each hour
afierward. more dollars mounted up
in the course OF the months
Penny saved is penny earned
smiled Ruth to herself. as she stopped
over the washtub and rubbed out the
grubby little overalls and play dresses.
"Ruth is such an idiot" exclaimed
Patricia Bindley. six months after Jim
Bindley died There she goes on
Shaving away in that little suburban
village. actually doing every bit OF her
own work. taking In sewing and tend
ing other peoples children when she
might just AS well he back at an
office desk earning a decent income.
She never meets aaynne-the chances
are she will never get even chance
of another husband
The chance of another husband
meant nothing to Ruth who was too
busy mothering her adOred children
to be lonely. Yet sometimes, when
the children were tucked into bed and
Ruth sat in the quiet little living
ruom alone. she would put down her
sewing for a momen, and think how
much more homelike Is a house which
shelters some one who comes home
and throws the evening paper down.
lights his pipe and asks "How's tricks"
II was really because she was lone
~. though too busy to admit II. that
she agreed TO care for Dagmar. the
huge Harlequin Dane dog belonging
to Patricia Bindley
Patricia. having bought the dog to
satisfy a passing within. had grown
tired Of having the big animal In her
smart little apartment hotel snite.
"You might just as well get tile SIS
q month AS for me TO pay II to n ken
mel for Dagmar's hoard," briskly an.
nounced Patricia. And II she has
puppies you can have half 81 what
they hiring"
Eagerly Ruth read various books
ON the care of dogs listened atten.
lively to the advice given by the head
~ n kennel ~ Danes. And tenderly
she cared for the awkward affection
ate creature
Souny 10y and let were enchanted
with the puppies when they came.
And WHEN the little dogs were all sold
Ruth fund her half Of the profits
would permit the purchase Of wash
lrg machine and bread mixer. two
things she had very ruch wanted to
simplify her wms