Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
gic1arse and Endless W1um-By Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

was only pleased when told TO keep the
change.
"Ansen ran up the stairs to his room, in
a sort of ecstasy. His knees felt weak; lock-
ing the door, he sat down on the bed laid
the watch beside him and got to work at
once Now that he had spent some OF the
money the last doubt left him.
Later in the afternoon he wrote a letter
10 Marie, the aforementioned girl. in which
he was obliged to lie. He said he had been
out of town and had just got her letter, and
he accepted the invitation to the wedding.
Except for meals, he remained locked in
his room for the next three days, until he
had sum of $3.50. He had figured that
he would buy new suit, wedding present,
redeem his watch and cigarette case and pay
a few bills. He nesded respite badly; his
nerves were on edge from the long confine-
ment and his concentration upon the
wallet; when he went into the street his
knees trembling; he walked for some
time to recover himself.
And he had troublesome problems to solve
He could not go into shop to buy a suit
with a bag1ul of 50-oent pieces. He did not
want to take the money to his bank. for he
ovCrdrawn and not ready to settle yet
lie stopped at a newsstand to buy a paper
and he managed to exchange 10 of his coins
for five-dollar bill. He took a taxi for the
sake of repeating the process. He succeeded
in getting SO in a cigar store. And at
Consadine paused and slipped his drink
"Ansell arranged things badly" he continued,
'but he was a bit overweight and not think
ing lucidly. He had enough money in bills
now to pay for his suit and he did so.
And regretted it; he should have sent it home,
c. o. ID. For, the next day being a holiday,
he obliged to buy the wedding present now.
1t seemed to him necessary to go to a place
with well known name, and he suffered.
He stood there in that supercilious place,
surrounded by diamonds and pearls statesmen
like Prime Ministers-you know the tone
$50 dollar gift paltry enough in their
eyes, and when he had to pay almost half of it
IN 5O-cent peces-like mser who'd emptied
the old stocking. You can see how it
was
Well, he went TO the wedding. but he didn't
enjoy himself. Marie got a little annoyed
with him.
I wish you'd keep your hands out Of your
pockets she said. Even in the church
Her complaint was well founded. He couldn't
bear TO waste the purse. He'd keep his hand in
his pocket, and every time he felt new CON-
he'd take it out. OF course, his pocket would
get so heavy that he'd have TO go up TO his
room and empty it into his suit case. And
naturally he would want to count it. And all
this made him preoccupied. You can't blame
the girl for feeling little disappointed in him.
"INHEN when the time came for him to 60
home, his suit case was so astoundingly
heavy The others made jokes about it-said he
must be bootlegging threatened TO open 1t. He
was in cold sweat. Because If they had opened
1t, and seen all those coins, how would he ex-
plain?
He got home safe with it. and he bought
some glnny sacks. And he set to work to
get enough money TO marry on. He didn't
think Of looking for job. What was the use?
He simply stayed at home and took money out
Of the purse until he had 81 600, which ne de-
cided would do for a start.