Hyder weekly herald., 1932-07-30
THRIFT SAYS IT
By H. LOUIS RAYBoLD
e by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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 X life in general and marriage in par ticular, as young men will "A man should not marry" said Giles Harring- ton, until he is drawing Ut least sev- enty-five week, can show bank bal ance of four figures. and Is prepared to finance his own home."
 Tn my opinion," retorted Dick, who was the soR of old Doc Winters. notably loved but thriftless person, he should marry when he finds the right girl"
 And I maintain" insisted the other, that unless conditions that l outlined are met, she will not remain the right girl but prove the truth of that old saying about love flying out of the window when poverty comes in at the door,"
 Now 1t is possible that, at the time of this conversation, both young men had already become interested in Martha Endicott. Martha was a very pretty girl who had various suitors, but when Giles Harrington and Dick Winters entered the lists, people made no bones about saying Martha would ultimately choose one of the two.
 However, 1t was not very long after the above discussion on life in general and marriage in particular, that both young men saw fit to call upon Mar tna. Not together, nor on the same day, yet near enough so that possibly the discussion had something to do with 1t.
 Martha was seen out driving one day with Giles, the next at the thea ter with Dick. On Sundays, both Dick and Giles would drop in at the Endl- colt home.
 But they were rivals, and each man knew it. In between calls on Martha, each man was hustling for all he was worth, trying to make himself worth more, for the sake of the woman he wanted to marry. If 1t was going to be case of the better man winning it was to be nip and tuck between the two. A tremendous boom of business in the town increased Giles law busi- ness and brought more practice to Dick, who was taking over his fathers medical work. Giles bought piece of property 50 far out of town that wise old ladies winked and said. Hell be building q house on it for himself and Martha Endicott" Then a nationally known firm put up factory nearby and Giles sold out for double what he had paid. Dick took rundown two-famiiy house in payment for bad debt and before the year was up it was wanted badly by the owners of the apartment houses on either side, so that Dick turned & penny he had not expected to turn.
 Dick was inclined to be free with his money, yet no one ever accused Giles of niggardiness. One merely spoke of him as "a thrifty man" with suspicion of admiration in the say ing of 1t. While of Dick one said, smiling, and shaking ones head bit deprecatorily, Easy come, easy go. Dicks good spender."
 He would have lavlshed gifts upon Martha had she allowed him to. But she was singularly fastidious in her treatment of both men, and what she did not permit Giles she did not per- init Dick. Fortunately, perhaps, their invitations seldom clashed so that she. was forced to decide between them. Dick did not invite her to the few intellectual affairs that came to town, as did Giles. He was more apt to run In unexpectedly as he was on the rounds of his morning calls with some thing impromptu.
 AS, for instance, "Pm taking the kids in the ward out to the circus this afternoon. Want to come along and feed the animals?"
 And Martha would go as lively as any of the youngsters.
 AS chance would have 1t, both chose to propose the evening of the annual bazaar given by the entire town for the hospital. on the lovely grounds of the hospital itself. It was always a busy day for Martha, and when eve ming had come and the strain was a bit over, she was glad to slip into one of the stone seats backed against a mass of shrubbery and listen to the sweet strains of the entertaining vio- linist
 Giles came first and plunged into his declaration without preamble. i've loved you for years, Martha, but would not speak until I had what seemed to me adequate possessions to offer you. Some people accuse me of being overthrifty. but what have