Show 1 The Evening Telegrams Telegram's r Daily Short F f 0 Story Story Fl l SPENDING SPENDING MONEY MONEY 3 fc By By ELLA LLLA RANDALL BANDALL 1914 b by the Newspaper News News- t F paper ap r r. r Mr Jr r. r Lemuel Wallace kissed his wife z In his hla ui usual al a gallant early carly mornas morn morn- I as g manner walked J Jauntily as 38 far tar as asi asit it i T the tho iti door door und and turned tinned with a 3 Ii t i t pave P you sou QU a a 2 hlll didn't J I Christie hIIM ho lie Quel How flow Ho much h wa was the gas GAH tubing T y Mr Mrs Mn Wulla o anew m u what whal wa was y r of her lia l She he quickly produced a aT 7 T of or small ISmail ch change front from bar bor b r bill bah J S 'S cents cent change fihe i the tie money into hi hll hia ready rl palm lalm und and stood Mood 8 at t him a a. a little wistfully Id 11 Ifa to Keep a quarter Lcm Lem m What for torr Inquired h her r husband 1 With eyebrows Youre not going out No NJ o. No o. o Rut But Id I'd Ike to la e have O n a little rh use e. e h handy nd Her taco face was waa and and- nh she look looked away Oh never rind mind Go i on Lemuel l eloi loI Iy dropped the coins In his pocket I I 1 i u fat cant can't Dee ee e w why why youre you're our ae R tI for money money he raid paid peevishly Its lt's Its its it's Irritating AI Always as asking his Ws wife stuns stung to vexation Then her eyes brightened bright bright- ened ned and she bhe start stared mutinously at the man before her Well ell if sr I am always asking I asking I never got et 11 it H. But what do you jou ou want wan money mone for pursued the surprised hup hus- band nd I pa pay all tho the blue bille dont don't I And bil buy bury jou ou OU good clothes And take you jou OU out whenever cr I 1 can dont don't I I Y Yet t youre you're harping on change lately lately lI what do you ou want with my change My N y change mimicked Chrls Chrissie I in to thel childish h way 3 that e her gentle anger more moro II than anything anything else Oh go along J J Lemuel V Wallace allate Silo Sho pushed him across the sill alii and shut the hA door Then with tears teara leaping to h her hor w eyes eI she fell lell into her chair at the table Hell JI never understand never under understand ne cr never never And I cant can't make him I was wag hoping hed he'd forget about that 2 bill I wanted to lice soe e bow hO hOIt it would d seem to have hav a Ie few pennies In ill my pun o. o JI Up thinks Im I'm jU Suet t Joking or set ft t on on having my own way Il And lAms Lems awfully stubborn himself about some Iome things thing Within a q wecH eeK th the tho dl disagreeable matter matteri i came up a again aln r. r Lemuel rising from th thI the I Continued on paA paga ll 11 I DAILY SHORT STORY Continued from page 4 breakfast breakfast- table counted out cut with which t the e laundry bill was tras to be paid Tin Im going to your Another's herB for lunch lunch- eon on remind reminded 4 t le Another dime was nas a carefully laid on tho table Chrissie glared blared at It with eyes full fult fultot of ot extraordinary resentment enough for or your our carfare eald said her husband Then hen the tho long Ions brooding storm broke Lemuel Wallace allace I dont don't want ivanti your money A dime dime dime-a a single stingy BUngy dime dime dime- and I had to ask for that thaU Chrissia l choked as she ho wInked back baek the tho tears Suppose I lost my last nickel and had to walk homel home Suppose I wanted to make mako a small smaIl purchase on the tho way ay Or your our mother asked me to go bO out with willi her orto orto or orto to donate to one of ot her p pe pot t I wont won't bo be humiliated In this wa way And AndI And And- I wont won't ever a ask 1 you OU for money again Its It's Its awful awful Her husband re regarded her with an ex expression ex- ex In which astonishment and hauteur han hau t ur worn wore blended blendell You have very strange Ideas and Chrissie and foolish ho said coldly I suppose that cornea comes of ot your our having been a age waa earner carner before your marriage e. e r am m willing to give you all you nf ne need d d. d but hut this Idea of ot spending money as an you ou call It wh It-wh It why It Is ts becoming becoming be be- coming comins a veritable bone of ot contention between be be- tween us It Is la spoiling our lives Chrls Chris sio Then why wh dont don't you vou O J let me l keep my self re respect asked Chrissie se pitifully You rou pa pay my mr hills Mils You give o me pennies when hen I ask for them them but but you jou make me mo feel a a. pauper pauper and and a beggar Lm m. m Lam Lorn think jt jt it over Try to bo he fair tall with T rn me tuel Other nh wives i i crave 0 dresses I Jewels entertainment for or their friends s but I 7 J- J a a 1 She Bhe- l laughed u hed hysterically and her tones were shrill Why 11 Lem the tho hap pleat mom moment nt of my life would bo be when wIlen I could hear m my husband say Keep Keen the change chungo Chrissie lel The speech with Its provoked sarcasm stung dc deeper deeper per than the RP speaker had In In In- tended L Lemuel mu l Wallace flushed angrily and stiffened with unexpressed ed lire ire ChrissIe flung h herself Nf lt upon him halt In InI laughing I Sh I nl half halt crying If lt you Ou would only tI un Lcm Lem I didn't t mean to hurt you Oll But Im I'm right I know Im I'm rl ht He lie firmly thrust her a aside ld and w-i w went nt out nut out a figure flUre of righteous Indignation and offended majesty But words rankled J d Of all she had said I on that de de- tested d subject tho the ridiculous remark about ket keeping the change struck deep deep- est et It showed him up liP p as a man of miserly Instincts and petty pett exactions Ot Of co tr It was all course e. e nonsense that a n married mar mar- ried rel woman needed a regular allowance that t. with her material want provided pro for sho ho should Aho have any use for monny money But perhaps perhaps it would b be worryIng worry worry- worryIng In Ing to a a. woman of spirit to have havo to aek asic for such lIuch trifling slims a na as her occasional am small ill needs ml might ht rt quire IJ Though Thou h I never refused Chrisle reflected d Lemuel Lem uel defensively And Arid she ehe certainly is most unreasonable Peace r reigned in iii the Wallace home hom but the shadow of discord vaguely lingered lin Un The fact Itself of oC si silence si- si lence lenco on the subject of spending money y produced In iii tho tle mind of her husband After Arter a 0 while there seamed to bo ho something wrong with tile the little mIstress mIs- mIs tress Ues of or tho the house She Sho wa was lC less i animated ant ani mated mate less playful than usual She be became be- be came truo given Ivel to lo periods of meditation and sometimes l refused erf to go abroad evenings pleading fatigue or a headache Chrissie I Iwho IWho who had ulua always s been so 80 keen for pleasure pleas ure uro aud awl active When Lemuel questioned her she sho asserted as that she ho was quite well and there vas WIH nothing the matter malter nothing at all Lemuel became t so o concerned that ho talked tho the nl mutter over with his hh it mother who virn was never nover antagonistic to les le's interests Interest Finally ono OHO afternoon being fr free 6 from duty at it an earlier hour than usual ho ran Into a u largo large storo store with the intention of ot buying t-omo t delicacy with which to his hiff dispirited little wife ChrIssIe was e especially fond of crystallized fruits Passing the tho line lino of or booths presided over O by agreeable and diplomatic saleswomen the Image Imago of or his loom loomed d large Jarg In his hIli mind for lor Jt t had bad been from th the thi confines of ot a similar booth that he had taken when ah she 1 up her position as a dispenser of ot Gaillards Gaillard's Gall Gall- lards lard's cocoa to become Mrs Irs Lemuel Wallac Wal Vial lac lace Therefore when he Ito t aw ZaW the Gaillard sign Ign with a familiar taco face bonea bout alb h It It he paused ed abruptly with a of or meetIng meet meet- ing lug a n phantom of ot Ills his own vivid fancy Then he stepped d swiftly forward Chri ho lie uttered hoarsely to the young oun woman at t the en end l both What are jou doing here I I SlI Slid flung him a look of ot warning and I defiance over n. n tow row of tiny blue blut and I white cocoa cups hut but nor her voice W was S appealing appealing appealing ap ap- ap- ap pealing soft eon and ana nna coaxing Dont make a fu s Lent Lem Im I'm d demonstrating demon demon- mon cocoa again Mr Ir lr Gailiard was glad Iad to get me mo hack on my own terms Ive I've simply Sol got ot to have mine Imo money of oC m my mr own If I have havo to earn It ft But But why lasle I wh why no wonder joure yoUre tired out all nIl the tho time lime You look fit Ot to drop now I ha haven't nc neglected jou rou or my lIlY home hOlne Lem Lam She spoke proudly Ive o been heen liars here four our weeks The demonstration dOMes closes tonight And Ani now OW Mr Gaillard wants me to go 0 on the tho road road I I guess noU Lemuel was waa doln doing some Rome quick thinking There was was it Alel gleam m in hl hit his wits wife's eyes eyE'S he lie did not like Yet noy had she sho seemed lovelier 10 to him lie IIo was feeling somewhat dazed and uncertain but the Iho sight o of ChrissIe bravo bravely serving ing lag a sample cup of or hot cocoa to a B matron Oil on the tile other side of the booth helped helle him liIn to a I decision IIo Ho beckoned to her a as the lie matron moved cd a away WO Ill Ill I'll take a pound box ho he said Then he re reached ched into his pocket and fished out a 5 bill crackling It between between be be- be tween his 1118 fingers His Ills eyes hypnotically held in inquiring In- In quiring glance au at he lie pressed the bill into her outstretched trembling hand the change Chrissie he whispered whis pored pere vibrantly And toll old Galliard tonight youve you've served fd your jour last Jast customer cus cus- tomer Now hurry dear for lor Ill I'll bo be waiting waiting- for lor jou ou outside |