Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1933-03-16
Come In Handy
By CORONA REMINGTON
@ by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service

IOuuteO the iitu hioHifu hihit w NA'NS
eight of them. all trying to get the
same job@=z== -
AS the moment approached for the
doors to open. Jlm's tension grew. II
he failed this time he would have to
beg or steal. for Sally had 10 have
food and warmth; there were exactly
thrty-three cents left In the worn
pocket of his trousers and he had had
no breakfast
They had been neighbors back home
and had fallen In love as naturally
-afay-ather- denizens of the forest
and had spent blissfni month plan
Ming their future. Then Sally .hau
suddenly developed streak of rest
lessness.
aJust seems like | couldn't settle
down till got a chance TO see big
city,. she had told him Il Amt never
seen q street car nor any big nne
houses or nothin'. They say they got
houses down there twenty or thirty
stories high. Just piled one on top OF
the other. II must be sight.
Jim had tried to dlssnade her, puf
| In vain Sally was determined Inc
adventurous spirit of her pioneer an
| cestors had seemed to crop out In ner.
| On a bright fall morning she had
taken wings unto herself and mad
| flown away. carrying with her crash
covered telescope" full OF home made
clothes and $3.50 In her cheap little.
purse Jim Ind heard from her reg
ularIv. hui the letters ind brought
little news: few Iaboronsfy written
/ lines of stlted sentences: II am well
and hone you are the same. like 1t
here fine. but do miss you heap
Hone nil the folks are we'll Then
/ nj last had come Il note: Il am oad
off sick. Can you conner Don't tell
Mommy and Poppy"
Half frenaied With terror lest she
should be desperately I'LL, Jim hah
drnpped his work and rushed to town.
After a bewilderlng search he had
/ found her in an unspeakahly dfeafy
rooming house. In an nnheated ROOM
Her face was pinched then and her
cheeks flushed with fever. When ne
first saw her he was so shocked
that he could not speak, but ne car
rfed In his heart for years afterWard
the memory of her face as 1t lighted
up at sight of him.
When the people In the roomlng
/ ga1Iuiu# frtpRd4 had
arrived they helped him find the things
he needed They directed him where
70 get food and where to buy fuel for
the empty CRATE. Almost Immediately
the girl began to show Improvement
Jim spent his few dollars with Joy
then suddenly found his pockets near
" empty and the search for work be-
gan. Day after day he allowed him
self only two meals day then only
one meal until finally. he did not dare
permit himself even cup OF coffee
II he didn't get this job
The doors In front Of him opened
noIseessy. A well-dressed man stood
at the entrance.
Sorry, boys, out we hreu maj
yesterday afternoon"
The crowd turned away growinl
down the unfamiliar street. Al bl
store window Jim was attracted by
display of homespnns. These ar
woven back In the hills by the noun
) tain folk" q card Informed him.
would be warm inside. and he fel
that he could not endure the cold ar
, other minute. so he turned In tn
: door.
!. Can wait on your" mans voic
! inquired.
0 i was just lookup at the home
t spun you got In the window. Momm
t used to make me weave that stu
Q when | was youngun."
i "Can you still do t?'
!. Jim nodded lIstlessly.
d aWe've got loom and spinnln
0 wheel and we're thinking Of putin
d on a window display for a wee
It Could you find a mountain girl
y spin?"
y SUIlElHIIS hhL Ga ~sS~NAA~
r swept through Jim as he grasped u
4, import OF the others words.
t. "Sure could he answered eagerl
II "All right Tomorrow's Saturda
. You come on down and get the loo
r set up and well start the display
s. Monday"
SO the Sunday papers carried an
10 vertisement to the effect that Sal
n Lane and Jim Allen Of Bear Wallo
r. would give a demonstration or Wea
"A ing and spinning at Whlttington's
n the following week.
ri BY the time the store opened Mo
ID day morning people were alrea'
t. crowded around the biz window,
IT watch the mountain girl and man
70 work. Every hour they came out
the show window and talked TO I
customers In the store.
J "They're the quaintest things | ev
20 saw and you ought to hear them talk
= saId one customer to anofher. n
- Wilmington says he's going to ke
- Sally TO sell the goods because s