Show r rooms for rent R 0 by yd dorothy 0 thy so boys kilia n to ONEY YOU DONT really think you can rent these rooms tor for the summer do you dick shipley pley still in his greasy coveralls cover alls frowned browned as he found his pretty young wife sitting on the wide board floor floo in an upstairs bedroom mending a faded blue rag ru rug g mar margaret garet stood minute nu I 1 0 up slowly and planted a kiss 01 fiction tio n on his smudgy cheek we want to have a race nice crib and other things tor for our first baby dont we darling and that takes money more than weve got to spend maybe I 1 could take another job in the th evenings or so something methin g why dick youre exhausted when you come home from the garage and lots of times you dont even get here until eight or nine yeh I 1 know starting a new business means no money and no free time tor for a while well this house your mother left us has more rooms than we need tor for ourselves but just look at the furniture dick waved an arm at the room in general you sit in that wooden rocker tor for ten minutes and those slats make a prison bar pattern on your back the beds so high you need a pullman ladder to climb into it and that wash stand 1 I 1 think its it all kind of quaint margaret marcaret said placidly dick snorted people on vacation v want to be comfortable not quaint and besides beside think where were located practically out in the country the opposite end of town from the lake and all the amusements its nice and quitt quiet though margaret insisted dick shrugged 1 11 I give up but I 1 hate to see you slaving away up here oh well the doctor says say I 1 need plenty of exercise margaret said soothingly theres neres the doorbell ill get it dick still looking troubled started downstairs A portly pink cheeked checked old gentleman stood on the porch this to I 1 the shipley residence why yes dick looked goggle eyed past him to the long shiny black car parked in front ot of th the house may I 1 speak to mrs mr shipley im mrs shipley margaret called irom from the top of the stairs stain 1 I am mr frost of big rapids you have some rooms for or rent yes please come up and ill show them to you margaret answered DICK stayed downstairs down stair and listened glumly to the toot loot steps overhead he winced as he ha heard the bathroom door squeak and imagined mr air frosts first view of the old tub standing high on its iti claw feet there was a of voices in the upstairs hall then down came mr frost a hand band on margarets elbow and she accepting the little attention as the most natural thing in the world well its all settled then mr frost was saying well take the two rooms room tor for the summer yes ye 4 I 1 act Al margaret argaret stood up slowly put her arms around his neck and od planted a kiss on bit hi smudgy cheek sir this advertisement hit us in the right spot he fingered a little piece of newspaper advertisement dick stared at the paper your wife used a good psychological trick she mr frost chuckled playing down a thing so much that it excited your curiosity uh yes yea dick laughed we weakly s kly lets see that agian he said aid trying not to look too astonished for rent he read for the summer season eaon two rooms la in ancient frame house home able ble part of resort village very few modern conveniences convenience no recreational facilities nearby mrs mr richard shipley 1203 stanley road R od Wee bagen michigan yes ye mr air frost said my wife saw w at that and rid said it made her thing of a currier and ives ive print he handed banded margaret some bills put on his bis grey homburg and stepped briskly out the door garet your greatest triumph honey Is 13 that youve managed not I 1 to look triumphant |