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. you excuse me,” he said, 1 think § will dispense with going through the form of eating breakfast.” *Too bad,” she taunted, “that your family costs you so much.”
“The litthe move, and how much i 32"
Tioe little less, and what worlds asay!™
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just Bke the others. Sarabh Boyd had almost
hated ber kind relative when she had predicted
this, and she haed burst out in an indignant protest.
* Aust Lucy!” she had exclaimed. “Why need
you say such things as that! You don't seem 1o
understand that the only reaon that Robert and
1 are marrying is becawse we bve each other,
brecause our tastes are congenial. asd that all we
ask of lie is the privilege of Nving topether.
You cannol jodge us as you woull judee the
conples who marry for money, of bof conveniencon,
or for 2 home' ™
Her aunt had replied with & genthoness that
Bl made the git! alenost acharmed of et brusegas
speech: “1 am not suggesting that you are
marrying for anything but bove. dear. Al that
lam teying to do b 1o warm you that marrisge
s not & paradice, and that your experience will
probubly be that of other young people who
fancy that it s
“And you, & widow, can say that!” Sarah
marvelel. “A widow whoe budhand was =
pood to hor that his frionds «till speak of b
devotion even after all these years since his
death, & widow who schnonledacs that when
the man she boved dind. her bt nearly broke!
Yo were happey with bim coreds
The obler woman sniled sy “Ye" she
replied, “as Bappy % was pusdble when oo
comsiders that | was always booking for hapgi
sess. Coud | Bive my married Ble over sguin
wow, | would have mere joy, for | woubl stop
think ing abwest it "
Sarah Boyed coubd oot enderstand How ol
she she, I 8 Jove with handsme Robert Ran
ey Tle and she tobd onch other over and
over that their Ble topsther would be ane wn
beken state of Slss. OF course they would
have thele wpe and downs, for Rabert was &
pont man and Sarah had o money Vet dnor
ey boved ench ather, they woubd be gurietly
content ext upen & desrt islend with only &
evat & day to eat ¥ ooy they might share Bt
et aorn 1l
e they mearvbed and Bved tagether huggily
THE LITTLE LESS
By Virgina Terhune Van de Water
Hlustrated by G.Clyde Squires
forever aftermands’™ How eaily the obd phrase
slips from pen and lips! As casily as many other
maxims unworthy ther bongevity, soch s “Every
man for bimeli” and “The end justies the
means.”
And now, after theve yesrs, Sarah Kandolph
was Just where bundreds - yos, thowands of
other wives find themabves after the firsd ragtare
of bove has passed. The diamonets of her life were
pate, the food of the gods bad tarmal to ades,
snd the pectar of romance had become vinogar
that set ber tewth on e,
Vet, she mused on this falr Spring mernioe,
her hahand had not dove anything actually
wickel. She felt that perbags she coubd more
wasily forghoe bim ibe had She hoew that he
was, after sl just a sebinh, commenglace man. Bhe
the other hudhands a 1 whom she had soretly
sowered, asd abowot whom shee bl sabd that theie
wives were foolish to continne 1o Bve with them,
Why shunb she salunit smow tos this i of treat
ment from ber bushand? She woubl have bim
remember that she was his wife, not his hired
b wikequs
OF comrse it all came fromm the lack of enough
money to make things run smothly Many of
the tragedies of married lile have that as their
starting pobnt -sos 8 i mot easy ot feogle to be
happy when they have 1o pinch and wrew 1o
i the achievement o juerfect hapgincss. In the
Tughnning, the Brtke Rat had spyeated as on deal
spot; while they were furmbding it every cormer
somed 10 evade sontioent. 11 wes Vhen that
Body bl called Sarah b “Berke howsewife,” his
“Hutle hoomemaber” 1t had ol somnded
sweet and ws mach Bhe o chapter oot of & dest
ol Gpshbnend bove stary the Rined of bove story
. Wflflwh%m.fl
: ok day. Sarab A ot ke that she
s o sentimenbaliet, but dhe was She had gone
et By Sy home, siuging while she chawned,
| dusted, wnd swept, thinking of “the bve that
mwww 7’0“*““““
© b sbl of work. She wis n orphan ond
wntil her marriage had Hoed with ber widowed
aunt, This aust had kept a mabl and had
albowed Sarah to go to Normal Schol alter she
had it Wigh School. Before her course was
completed the girl had fallen in bve with Kolent
Ramdolg,
For a whike, kevpaing bowse in ber own domain
seemed delightfal. She had always hated the
thought of —as ohe put it “doing things with
her hamde” ler aunt bad spoben of this when
her miece had tobd her that she and Robert
wonidd met be able 10 heep & madd for the fire
sow sl of thelr wedded Ble, as Robo s salary
woull mot permit it “OF coure later we will
e able to affond i, the bride bad added hastily,
wving an expreshon of sarge sl fegret come o
boer sumt’s eyes.
“Yeu, dear, | hogw %0, Aast Lucy vestured,
“hor yoou know you didile houwework, sl you
Buave mever dooe that isd of thing in my home
“ g 0 for one's huadhand and one’s own
home b very different from duing it anywhere
elie,” the girl bad scerted “When & women
l&wflcm*hflaufiumm»*k
The st came back to het pow as eol
gasing wretohelly st of the simbow down the
mlnates agn, 3ot bie wile ol esntly where
eBl bewn when be disappeared fromm her
sight ot the cormer of the sveme. She had
of his shesadders pod eveed carvinge of his head
that e almays had whon be was anery For be
was very angry this weorning. indeed, Bt had
wemed of lute that he had been vitable every
wornbeg. Ws wite had called bis ettention o
i suet ot thee Boree ket table, and e bond 7o
miaded her that ~the baby kot bim awake &
00l deal thowe wights
“f supguese i doosn't oeoer to you that be
1*“”‘*““
c wyes bl Bachod, yot dhe saw B ke
wn oot ot ol comtrod, sl b seplied calewly,
o f Baaee wwo ol Dhat he dare, iy Dot Bt yoms,
a 1 beast, can Bie down and take 2 nap
in the day time. | cannot ™
“Much time 1 have to e down
and take a sap!” she ewclaimed.
W woubd take care of the balw 7"
“Phe haly goes 1o deep for several
Bosirs of each day,” he remsinded ber,
“Yes, wned when he doos 1 have to
do the work 1 cannot do while he s
awske You men wem to forpet how
moch 3 woman hae 1o do’’
He labl down his koife and fork
and hooked acress the table st ber.
“Phere bs 5o noed of that martyt tone, Sarah,”
he ohjected. lam sorry that |am st able to
do mote to make you comfortable. |am still
what | was when you marsied me, & poor hook-
Kevgur on a salary of fiteen hundred. With that
1 puy for this apartment: 1 drews you and the
chibd; |gy for & woman to come in and do the
washing and most «of the ironing asd to swcrub
and chean oome & week. 1 Bave sometimen lately
bt you hire & woman of young girl for an hour
o twn 3 day to take the haby out in his carriage
w that you might get s e rest. | Lave pabl
our bills when they came in. 1t takes ol my
effort and striving to do all thew thisngs, bt |
have dose them. Pardon me i 1 addd that this
B » preat deal more than medt men in my o
cummtances woakd do
When Sarah Barb dph's tomper was atoused
dhe grew very pale, Only one who was familiar
with ber onlisery manoer woull have known
mow that she was ntensely angry. She guided
buersell om having @ Magical mind and replied to
ber budund's ounts s follows: “You will
phense Fomendae, Rob, that when you aded me
o marry you you sabl that whle we wonkd he
gunt ot s Bitghe while, we woubd after s bew months
® yout ot mwet Do able to keep a mabl; you
quak of payine for this apartment as i Ot
wwamtmm-mmhflufl
Bk 0o 00l your attention to the fact thst mest
s Ao pay bt the sgurtments in shich they
Do Vet families. that they ab chthe thow
carme Gamailies, anel Thiat when & womman has betoe
& man ooM the beast e can do bs 1o pay w
cudomally for some ape to do the beavy wwik
foor bor, enpueially ae he mever bl ans o
work wntil dhe marvied Bien Under the ciroam.
stances, you say Wt wen would net do this
MMS;M)*&M
i b the bewst any sl posperting mom o] be
esgweted to oo
There was & dosd sllonce. Then the wan
skl Wl you oo my coffer, plosse. o
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