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THERE ARE WAYS
“Jasper,” said Angela Pierce, “Phil- merita of using an iron on the eighth brick Brothers are holding a sale to hole of the country clubs, when he morrow of shoes, I've been planning felt a nudge on his elbow. He looked on buying a pair of shoes for ever up and was astonished at finding so long. Do you mind if I take ad- Angela standing near.... vantage of the astonishing bargains. they are offering?" ..
"Angela! What in the world are you doing here?”
"It's about Philbrick's sale. I still think I should take advantage of the wonderful bargain they are offering- if you'll let me have the money."
Jasper Pierce grunted and rustled his newspaper.
It's "Suit yourself. your money.”
Angela bit her lip. Colour flooded 'into her cheeks.・・ "You know very
well I haven't any money.
The al-
Jasper glanced around at his fellow lowance you give me is barely enough Tiger members. He knew from many for household expenses.
You'll have previous conversations that each of to give me some extra."
them had the same domestic problems to contend with. He knew they were Jasper slammed the paper into his entirely in sympathy with him, and lap. His lips twisted into a snarl he decided that here was a good "So that's it! Always money, money, chance to teach Angela a lesson by money! Why can't you stop hound embarrassing her. ing me? Do you think I'm made of money? Shoes, hats, dresses! Good "Angela, you're unreasonable. Only lord! You must throw away the yesterday I gave you fifteen dollars to money I give you every week. Barely use in running the house. What in the enough for the house, my eye! You world have you done with it all? There ought to be the best dressed woman should be enough left over after you've in Pleasantville, if you had any sense paid your trilling bills to buy six of management.”
pairs of shoes."
Jasper winked at his fellow Tiger During this tirade Angela's face members. The Tiger members grin- went white, then red, then white ned appreciatively. Angela flushed. again. Her fists clenched and un- "Very well," she said. "But the clenched. Before Jasper had quite money's gone for food and electricity finished, she turned and left the room. and gas and insurance and a dozen Jasper grinned smugly to himself, other things. By the way, your long
By Richard Hill Wilkinson
and went on reading his paper. There underwear arrived to-day CO.D., but was only one way, he told himself, I had no money to pay for it.. to handle a money-mad, wife. Be Jasper stared. “What?” brutal.
"Your long underwear, The red Upstairs, Angela cried softly. Pre- flannel things you wear in winter," sently she lifted her head and her Jasper's eyes darted around the expression became grim. Something, table. The Tiger membera she thought, passionately, had to be staring at him curiously: Jasper done. Things, couldn't go on like coughed. - "Look here, Angels, must this. It had been happening for seven you"
bought
ware
exercise. It
years. SHe had suffered so many "Also," Angola went on, “I'd like indignities and humiliations that she to know what I'm to do when... your was getting used to them. Her sense reducing belt arrives. I won't be of pride had, almost, vanished. Why able to pay for that either.” couldn't Jasper see that she didn't "Angela, if you don't mean to be unreasonable? Why could-¦ "I mean the-belt you n't he understand that all she want- wear under your underwear becausé ed was to be treated fairly, to be your stomach's getting `so big and spared the indignation of having to you refuse to diet or ask him for money when she needed it? will cost fifteen dollars." Couldn't he see that she was shabby? One of the Tigers · snickered. The Couldn't he understand that he had re- others grinned. – Colour rushed, into”, duced her to nothing short of a beggar Jasper's face. He looked beseeching- and that it was, killing, her?
ly at Angela, and a feeling of horror. She got up and crossed to, her beset him. He knew,
as well dressing table. She reached for her though she had spoken, that she powder box and had to scrape the was going to mention the normatei lum bottom in order to get enough to wore at the last dress, ball in ord erase the effects of her crying A to keep his waist line, looking ten-cont box of powder!. She couldn't Sweat broke out of Jasper. even afford that Her cheeks burned head. Desperation came into with humiliation
eyes, for Jasper was a prou At, 12:30, the next day Jasper left vain man. his office and walked to the Pleasant- "Angela," he cub ville Hotel where he joined other Angela opened her mouth, merchants and business, men for the "perhaps. Ier-perhap weekly luncheon of the Tiger's Club. get yourself's pairs of There were about thirty in all. They all. Herol, he said, thrust divided into groups and, sat down at of bills into her hand. round tables in the dining-room, fat, along w
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contented, well-fed gentlemen with Outside in the lobby Angels smiled smugness, and false importance walt smugly, the sobered, ten in their every expression and thinking what an idiot the va gesture.
to have thought, of“, such Jabper was in the middle of a plea thing to do long before. Bant argument, with Harry: Bridge," (Copyright;:1988; By The the local jeweller, concerning t the ed Newing