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Show I.' 1 Woman's Page ll I1 . I HIED LIFE ON 5180 A MONTH i' JJflf , ifiii t'ffl Mrs. Eva Leonard's Story of Married Life on $80 a Month " ffl Attractive Handiwork Dried Sweet Clover Flowers Are j ' m Delicious Scent for Chest Recipe for Baked Plum tV . Pudding and Devil's Food. ' Kir n I JIM. "-" "m """" -' llw '(' litt "Something has gone wrong In ,' jljl JTulia Osgood's affairs," said John 'Yi III Sutner one evening after the boarder 't nk na(i Sn to her room. - Bjf "Why?'' asked Molly, looking up Jill- from her sewing. IHt "she ls comIn5 back t0 "work'" h0 fill announced. ; Vm "You don't mean it!" Molly laid " R down her work in great excitement j vm "That is what she told me herself 1 IHl tnis afternoon. She came into the Wjk office and said. 'Well, the great strain ' tt iB to end next Monday.' I did not , Ifjl catch on, of course, so she proceeded H to explain. flft " i thought it would relieve you to llilE know that you would not have to get lIHt along without my delightful company lni after next Monday.' Her tone was ' liili li2ht and l thought she was joking. lHJI " 'Please explain,' I said. 'My brain " Bill s on a vacation today.' Him Tf -miiot Via if von ran't under HIJ stand straight English,' she replied. M'. 'I havo withdrawn my resignation, KM. and Mr. Jaynes has reinstated rae.J H "I was awfully stupid and made it lll' very hard for her. I said: tHJl " 'Oh, the wedding is to be post " IBK poned? She flushed to the roots of i her hair and turned away as she re- HUl Plied: lljjf '"Yes, indefinitely.' Of course I llI came to then and tried to patch up IHf mY bungling by telling her how glad llfl I was she was coming back, but it Ifll was a bad quarter of an hour for both If of us." John wiped his forehead in Mr f memory of his discomfort. vf '. Molly did not reply, but sat with Hi ',;. her hands idly holding the stocking. ' IB ; "I wonder what can have happen- " Hi e(" sae sa ater a long silence. "I can't imagine, but It must be I infernally hard to ask for her place If and come back after everybody knew & If of her engagement. Why, the day ' II was almost set, wasn't it?" asked 7" jf ' John. If r "Not exactly the day, but their l : plans were very well matured. I ill should almost have thought she would Mf have gone away and found another it k job." Molly's tone was full of pity. If - "She was sensible enough ,to see H that she had to face the music and I she might as well do it first as last," If ?aid John. "Everyone would know : '- it if she did not marry Cane, and be- K I cause she has had to give up her Wu plans of marriage she needs her fit- home all the more." ft -t "Yes, I suppose that is so." Molly ( '" slowly raised her work and began to R , weave her needle back and forth, w making an artificial knee in little H Jack's stocking. $ "Poor Julia," she sighed. "How 1 l sorry I am for her." Ha "I know Julia Osgood enough to I know that pity Is the last thing she l wants from anyone. You must be KfH careful not to let her see anything 11(11 of the sort. It will be hard to act l as if nothing has bappened." John Rll- leaned back in his chair and stuck his H bands in his pockets. ' pll "If I am very tactful she may tell fit I me the Btory. I had so much to do Hi l with It and was so fully in her con- B 1 fldence. Oh, she was so happy over HI the whole thing." Molly passed her HI) I hnnd over her eyes. J j "She may, but Julia was never a Jhand to air her troubles. I am going go-ing to have a time of it myself to I) (I keep the sympathy under the sur- face." John rose to wind the clock, and Molly folded up the last pair of stockings. "How I wish I could help her," said Molly earnestly. "She did so much for us." "Indeed I do, too," answered John. (To be continued). |
