The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-12

AG US me W34tners" Martin re piiees and vent out.
 KiHe weather wAs alI he waited | fer now. He waited no longer for his nillions, nor even for . letter
 ~Tvs got something to tell you. Herr Hell" Veai whispered two days letter, as she pulled him into A dark pamsage behind the dining room. "The landlord has made a fuss. He won't give you any more credit. I ain not to serve you any more tiil you've paid up."
 "Oh, I see. Yes, of course. Right'' Martin said, standing there absent | mihdediy and hunched up little to ease the cramp in his stomach. 'Td be so glad to help you" she said shyly. But Martin went away with out answering.
 | He returned to his hut. Through the rain, he took his medal of real silver and went with 1t to the vil-
 lage silversmith behind the square. But he could not even get an offer for 1t. For 8 long while he stood
 in front of butchers shop and sharpened the bangs of hunger by | gazing at the sausages. Then he asked Herr Birndl for an advance. But Herr Birndl was in a bad hu- mor--aud with reason. He had the new twins to provide for He had l mortgage interest to pay. He had had the bathing establishment painted in hope of a hne summer. Now the rain was washing off the paint before he had paid the bill. | The season was nearly over. The visitors were melting away. Every evening there were fresh depar- tufes.
 "Good. Very we'll" said Martin. In the evening he turned lip his collar and went to the station to wait for the bus that brought the visitors down from the mountains. "Can carry anything for your" he asked two elderly ladies. The litdies consulted long while in the rain before entrustihg him with their baggage. Martin carried 1t as far
 as the platform barrier. He was not allowed farther. The ladies
 grumbled their disappointment. They put a wet groschen piece into the automatic machine at the sta slabs of chocolate which he cram med hungrily into his mouth. His arm throbbed strangely. If he had the money he would have bought some todin. Three days later he crept to Schwoisshackers and called Vest out to the dark passage where there was smell of beer barrels. His
 knees shook with hunger and ex- haustion. He felt no better than miserable tramp. He explained the situation he was in owing to the irl- cessant rain. He could stand 1t no longer. He told her about his pros-, poets and the letter he expected from Herr Meyer and the millions to come from the non-inflamnabl film. He felt the like a swindler while he did so. He put himself be- tween vesi and the door and held her fast and implored her.
 vesi found his excitement infect ious. She comforted and consoled
 him and stroked his hair. She was nearly as tall as he was, a big, strong girl who could kiss him right on the mouth when she stood in front of him. Suddenly she came to an impulsive resolution.
 s"I can't manage it in the dining room. The landlord is on the lock- out. But if you could wait in my little room I'd bring you some thing there," she murmured, and guiled Martin round a corner of the passage. Vesi's powerful legs pre- ceded him up Q. ladder. It was pitch dark at the top, and he was push- cd onto a bed that smelled of the fresh straw of a peasants mattress. Vest lighted Q candle stuck in a bottle. Outside the window there .. was ,murmlr of rain, and it could be heard, too. on the shingle roof. stealing down in an inceSsant whisper.
 "I'll bring you something to- eat in a moment" she said, as she vanished down the ladder. Soon she re-eappeared laughing all over, and laden with great plateful of fried sausages. She had brought 8 bottle of beer too, and she Set it all out tidily on a small table which she pushed up to the bed where Martin sat bolt upright. Vesi watch ed him eat, and this was rather dis | dressing, because he swallowed the fod 50 voraciously.
 When he had drank all the beer, his head felt dazed and heavy. It
 seemed almost as if the sausages.
 and Vesi too, were only a dream like the market place and all the rest that he had dreamed of for nights past, He had strange feel-