Show awl or IF ia harmonious harmonious union n by 1 richard ill il willis wilkinson n WAS incredible that tony and IT lean leah cranston should have quarreled over so small a thing the neighbors would have been horrified tor for the neighbors thought no two people were more ideally suited the neighbors wore were right too tony and leah were harmoniously un united I 1 ted they w were re deeply in 0 mn minute love there was perfect perfect u n d e r fab fa clr action tinn standing between them then one day tony came home from work and went into the bedroom to freshen up for dinner and found two five dollar bills and some change lying on the bureau ile he scooped up the money iley hey he said good natu we cant afford this I 1 found this money lying on the bureau it might have blown away dont be so forgetful get full 1 leah smiled oh she said did I 1 leave the change from the grocer there A week later tony disco discovered verva a a dollar bin bill where it h had a d been idly dropped on the living room t table able and forgotten listen honey youve got to be more careful money is pretty important tant to us right now im sorry said leah but its only a dollar we cant afford to lose a dollar or even a part of a d dollar 01 tony said smiling the next time the time tony toiv discovered three dollars on the kitchen tables and one on the floor where it had blown he smile good gosh woman show a little more consideration will you if I 1 noticed that dollar on the floor it would have been lost darling she said altogether too precisely ive never lost a penny of our money how do you know asked rony fony a bit smugly because said leah just as smugly 1 I can account tor for every dime youve ever given me ilal hal said tony lets see youl so leah got a pencil and paper and sat down and figured out her expenditures to the last penny well said tony that mean you wont lose some if you continue to be careless after its gone well youve heard the crack about locking the barn door after the horse has been stolen ive heard said leah icily a lot of cracks it occurred to tony S SUDDENLY that this was their first major crisis somehow hed have to break leah of her habit without a quarrel it was the next saturday noon when he came home from work that tony discovered three ones and a two dollar bill on the bureau where it had been absently dropped by leah while she rescued the roast al k OV 0 AN 1 tony and leah cranston were harmoniously united the neighbors would have been horrified it they thought there was trouble between them from burning furtively tona ton scooped up the money and stuck if in his pants pocket sooner or gatei leah would discover it was missing shed become concerned shed ask him to help hunt hed make a pre tense of hunting and then pretend to find the money where it had ha blown into the bathroom that afternoon tony went playing golf all the w while hale he was gone while he was in the locker locher r room 0 om and on the course and later in the showers he kept thinking of leah hunting for the missing money ile he came home an hour earlley than he had planned the momen he saw leans face he knew she had ha discovered the loss darling I 1 laid some money at 01 the bureau have you seen it it must have blown oft off sale tony boy I 1 hope we can find it ills his face wore a look of grave con cern as he began hunting wi wf cant afford to lose a cent he kep saying tony walled waited until leah looked w a though she were on the point a 0 bursting into tears remembering remember ln in she had been saving for or a new ha and knowing she t have t unless they found the money he ambled into the bathroom and chuckling to himself reached inti anti his pocket A startled look came to his face he reached into his other pockets packets they were all empty |