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Show lv; ' ; j ,1 , Mr. Eva Leonard's Story of Married Life on $80 a Month H 'J Good Table Linen and How to Care for It To Remove B jj If j Fruit Stains From Linen Nut and Olive Hf' h Sandwiches Delicious. I MARRIED LIFE ON $80 A MONTH H I' H f H M'R John'Sutnor tolls the stenographer H Ijj 1 that he suspects the new cashier and J CRTs ho will lose his' job if Tyler I' r hears of his many creditors. 1 "Do you like Tylor?" asked John 1 Sutner as. Julia. Osgood, returned from i taking a dictation. ': "Is that the new cashier's name? j I have not given, him a thought, have ' 'i scarcely seen- him. Why? 'Sho-scat- i( ed herself and " ; . rapidly adjusted 10PMNHHB1 her typewriter to ' ilPXHl n off the letters." ) liUflEM "l havc an un ' SIPSiSIHN cannv dislike for ; IH hInj.Jcan.not tell f!H ' SySB "rh-v do vou HM ' ' WW'PI s a ' uncanny?" K II e4MPKSII8 asked Julla gIanc iP! 1 SlltlB scribe the feeling M Hi , MifeB ne gives me. All H ft' I ysr8&lBb J knoff Ja J am j H f i?&?w.H u n c o m f o rtable B ' 1 vhen he- is 1&J?sfcjfl Hko a man mark- i m t Ct ' - for trouble. HLj -JVfV "How absurd!" H,, ; 'scoffed Julia. "I did not think you Ha: ' "That ls where you are wrong, T H, 'jr i' am too sensitive to atmosphere noL Hi j) to believe in good and evil spirits." KiJ "What do you mean? Has Mr. Ty- Hj 1 . ler the evil eye?" laughed Julia, j M I "I suppose that Is what it would H (i, I have been called a hundred years ago. H & ' Does no one affect you that way?'" H m "Disagreeably? YeB. People talR H j? r I to me when I am in a great hurry to H H f I get some letters off." Julia smiled. H fjj ' ;' archly at the discomfited young man H j ij opposite her. H:,i "Nutt sed." John relapsed into Hf3 i i silence and the keys of the typewriter Hlf J rattled noisily for the nest two hours, ffiii ? Just before noon the door opened and HS Tyler entered. He had a message H' I or Julia and having delivered it left, W;) casting a sharp glance in John's dl- gn I rcctlon. $4 y "Do you see what I mean?" asked Mi' John when the door closed behind H'jj him, "I am halt tempted to believe Huh 3 he' knows some of my creditors, for HjgJ ' I owe him nothing though he acts as H 1 , j i If I had refused to pay a debt of long H li: l standing." H ma Ij "You worc your imagination over- H W time. I am begiiining to believe jtou H m imagine half the- exasperation you at- H MJn tribute to your creditors," H i John groaned. "Read that!" he ex- H r claimed, passing a letter across the H;l t table.. Julia read: Hl f "Mr. John Sutner, Bjly' I "Fairport, Kans., H) "Dear Sir: H Si) j "I regret that It Is necessary for mo Mi li, 3 to write again about the little mat-I mat-I ter of fifty dollars still due' mo on acco'unt. If the account Is notjsquar-ed notjsquar-ed on the first of next month I shall be obliged to proceed to collect by ; law. "Hoping .that, .all .unpleasantness may be avoided by an. early settlement,' settle-ment,' I am very tmlj yours, s "G. E BARSTOW." "Well, they -can't -draw blood out of a turnip." remarked Julia, staring at the letter. "No, but they can crush the turnip ' I think Jaynes Is the kind of a man to give a man his walking papers If he had to have his wages garnisheed. To .lose my job just now would be tho' finishing blow." As it was 12 o'clock he stuffed tho letter in his pocket and rose to go. "There Isn't any one you can borrow bor-row from to tide you over?" asked Julia. "Not a soul. I am as much alone financially as if Barstow and I were alone in the world. There is absolutely abso-lutely no place to turn." Julia put on her hat and they silently si-lently walked down the steps together. to-gether. "Goodbye," she said as ho tipped his hat at the corner where they separated. |
