The Washington times., 1938-07-28

lOT OI1CS forgetting 10 DC defensive
about her love for old furniture.
Before the morning was over,
they found they weren't doomed to
complete solitude. Old Mrs. Dur
ken trotted across the meadow to
welcome Uncle Henry's younger
folks" home.
She brought a chicken pie to
save them the trouble of getting
lunch. The rural free delivery
man grew quite chatty and gave
them tips on what and where to
buy. Cap Sam, an old crony
of Uncle Henry's, invited Peter to
go hunting when the season
started.
TIRING HOME CLEANING
The house had to be scrubbed
down first Of all and they started
that afternoon. BY night they
were too tired to dress up and
argue about a country inn to dine.
Simple as the meal was, after all
these years of dining out, home
cooked food tasted good.
In the city, an evening alone
together would have meant q
quarrel, but here they were much
too exhausted to do anything but
go sleepily to bed at $3.50.
Their city muscles certainly
ached and toughened with the
hard work they did. They swept
and scrubbed and polished. Wash.
ing windows wasn't so difficult,
with Peter on the outside and
Margot within.
After Mrs. Durken showed them
the rooms she had papered, they
decided to do the paperhanging
in the house themselves. It took
both of them to do it, but the
old rooms certainly looked marvel
Gus afterwards.
We'll get a lot of money for
this place." Peter figured. After
we are through with it."
We'll be able to get our divorce
in STYLE" Margot laughed. And
therell be enough over for you to
buy into some business"
PUSH LOVERS ASIDE
They were so busy they had no
time to argue over the letters and
kilograms from Dorothy and Jules.
Cap Sam taught Peter how to
scytSs and it was remarkable how
Soo@ he got the hang of it. Mrs.
Durkin gave Margot some bulbs to
plant-and plant them she did
even though she would. be on her
way to Reno when they bloomed.
Mrs. Durken gave them kitten.
Cap Sam presented Peter with a
puppy to train into hunting dog
The rural free delivery carrier
brought the most amusing addi
ton of all two fluffy haired
children, Johnnie, aged 6, and
Della, 4.
The postman explained that he
was taking them on his round in
his old car because their widow
mother had been taken sick. I'm
pulsively, Margot offered to keer
them for lunch and the afternoon
That evening, the postman brought
word that the widow had beer
taken to a hospital for an opera
ton, SO the children just stayed on
Because Of the children, they
had to be careful not to joke about
their divorce openly. Because o.
the children, they warded off q
Self-invited visit from their city
friends.
A member of the Community
House, hearing of Margot's kind
ness to the widows children, in
Vited her to serve on the Commu
nifty House board.
Cap'n Sam took Peter to towr
meeting to help battle for village
water. Margot felt very prouc
Of the speech he made and rather
amused at the way they were
drawn into village activities, just
like permanent residents.
ENJOYING RUSTIC LIFE
1.-The gang in town would Ger
tainly get a laugh out Of me beinG
a volunteer fireman" Peter re
marked one evening as they restec
lazily before the fire after thu
children had gone to bed. Blu
the boys down there don't play {
half bad game of pinochle."
TT seems silly when we are leav
ing so soon, but I've Joined thu
Garden Club" Margot confessed
THE boys seem to think I diC