16
Marriage on Three Dollars a Day
Can a Man and Woman Be Happy on a s2l
Weekly Salary?
By Beatrice Fairfax
"Can a man afford to marry on
a salary of s2l a week? I am
twenty-one years of age, have a good
position, with a splendid outlook for
the future. The girl I admire does
not appear to be extravagant—still
I do not wish to take the step unless
I secure the advice of some one who
is in a position to figure out if I dare
marry on my present salary?
HENRY."
Henry, I appreciate your faith in
asking me If you can live on s2l a
week and Include in your schedule
the maintenance of a wife and home.
But you have come to the wrong per
son for advice this time. The only
one who can give you a really satis
factory answer is the girl you want
to marry!
Whether you can marry and be
happy on twenty-one dollars a week
depends largely upon her.
On general principals, I will assure
you that a man who is earning your
present salary, and who has the prom
ise of a bright future, has every right
to ask a girl to share his life with
him. His position Justifies him in
taking unto himself a wife—but it
also requires that he inform the girl
he loves of his financial condition.
Unless she is so blinded by the glamor
of love that she will promise any
thing, she will in all probability stop
and gauge two things—her manager
ial ability and her ability to "go
without."
When a woman loves a man In the
full sense of the word, she is general
ly happy to make sacrifices for him.
Washing and baking and cooking and
scrubbing are not drudging when
they are done for some one a true
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Came Home in Worse Condi
tion Than When He Left
Mr. Theodore Ackerman Tells a Few Things
About Hot Springs
Mr. Theodore Ackerman, a prosper
ous farmer, who lives near Gettys
burg railed on the Health Teacher at
the drug store and said:
"I venture to state that I had suf
fered from rheumatism for over twen
ty years. The pain scattered to all dif
ferent parts of the body, My general
robust health and constitution enabled
me to bear these pains for many years,
but finally my knees and ankles be
gun to stiffen. This frightened me and
as all medicine I had taken refused to
help me, I then concluded that I
■would take a trip to Hot Springs, Ark.,
and try the famous baths there. When
I arrived there I found that-I had to
consult a doctor. He furnished medi
cines and advice at an outrageous
price. Then I had to pay for baths
and hotel, all of which cost a small
FRIDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 4, IVI4.
woman loves.
Climbing the ladder of success
together brings a closeness of interest
through its very "togetherness." Go
ing without, so that your beloyed may
have most of the things he wants, has
in it an element of happy martyrdom
and is likely to appeal to the great
"maternal instinct" that all women
have.
So even an extravagent and worldly
woman may be willing to marry a
man in moderate circumstances and
happily take hor place at his side as
partner and helper and sweetheart
and wife—an ideal companionship,
truly!
And then there are the prospects
of a "brilliant future." What woman
would not glory In a chance to have
some part in making her husband's
dream of success come true and in
feeling as it did come true that he
had done better with her at his side
than he could otherwise have man
aged to do?
You must not selfishly go in search
of pleasures while your wife is at
home stretching both ends to the
meeting point. You must cheerfully
keep up your end of the burden and
not feel that when you "provide" to
the best of your ability you have
done your share.
By all means marry on s2l a week
—and prospects and ambition and de
termination—if you bring to rein
force them love and patience and un
selfishness and common sense and
understanding and mutual forbear
ance. But if you have this sextette
of aides, your marriage will not go
astray no matter what the contents
of your pay envelope!
fortune, yet I did not get much relief,
I came back home in worse condition
than when I left and more discouraged
than ever. I was persuaded to try a
treatment of Quaker remedies. I did
not call on the Health Teacher, but
ordered three bottles of Quaker Ex
tract and two bottles of Oil of Balm by
mail. I am glad to relate that these
remedies commenced to help me at
once. I Improved from day to day
and now I atn free from all pain, 'i
therefore consider it a pleasure and
duty to report my cure to the Health
Teacher so that others may follow my
example." If you suffer from rheu
matism, catarrh, kidney, liver, stom
ach or blood troubles, call at W. H.
Kennedy's, 30 South Third street.—
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THE MASTER KEY
By John Fleming Wilson
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COPYRIGHT. 1914, BY JOHN FLEMING WILSON
"Yes. Wllkerson; but there Is anoth
er secret I lost the location of the
mother lode In a wreck at sea. The
chest slipped overboard; but find the
wreck and somewheie near it Is that
old carved chest md when you open
the chest"— The old man suddenly
staggered forward Into Dorr's arms.
"1 killed him once," he muttered fee
bly, and then the silence which pres
ages the wordlessness of eternity over
came him. John gently laid him down
on the bed and called Ruth.
"Father!" she called softly as she
knelt by the bedside.
Thomas Gallon stood on the great
divide, but he turned back a moment
to gather his strength. Then he mo
tioned with his gnarled hand for John.
The young man stepped quietly for
ward and stooped over.
"My will. John! I leave Rnth 'The
Master Key.' In my desk—bring it!"
When the desired paper was brought
he whispered:
"Read it!"
John Dorr opened the document and
read it aloud:
" • • • I leave all my property to my
daughter, Ruth, to come Into her fuil
possession on her eighteenth birthday. I
direct her never to let go of 'The Master
Key,' which will make my little girl
happy."
So ran the last words. The old man
lifted himself still farther up and call
ed for a pen and ink. Then, muster
ing his falling powers, he wrote in a
firm hand the further words:
I direct that my daughter keep Harry
Wllkerson as superintendent until she Is
eighteen. I appoint as executor of this,
my last will and testament, John Dorr.
THOMAS GALLON.
The pen fell from his Angers, and he
lifted his trembling hand to his throat
and tore at the string that held the
golden key. It broke, and he put the
key in Ruth's lap.
"That is the secret" he muttered.
"John knows—and Wllkerson. Trust
John." Again he opened ills eyes and
motioned toward the desk. "The let
ter!". he croaked.
Ruth's quick Intuition led her to the
desk again. and she found In the same
drawer that had held the will a sealed
envelope addressed:
John Dorr:
To be opened on Ruth's eighteenth
birthday. Sooner It her welfare Is threat
ened.
Gallon turned his dimming eyes to
Ruth, who took both his chilling hands
In hers.
"Child! 'The Master Key' keep al
ways near you. Sotue day"—he choked
—"lt 'will bring you riches, happiness
and love?'
When ho first heard that Gallon was
dead Wllkerson was appalled. He
thought of the woman in New York
and his courage. This was a
case where lie must win by brute force.
He must Immediately show his author
ity. He who struck first wquld win.
he thought; yet in the back of his con
sciousness was the realization that he
did not know what disposition Gallon
had made of the property. And where
was that rich vein of gold that would
buy him Jean Darnell, with her velvet
ways and her dark eyes of topaz?
Perhaps because for several years ho
had not handled other men, but been
himself a mere cog In a great machine.
Wllkerson mistook the spirit of the
miners. He did not understand that
they had a profound respect for Thom
as Gallon.
"I must, get these people In hand,"
thought Wllkerson, "and do it quick."
He spent the afternoon in making a
schedule for a sweeping reduction In
wages. Then he sent for Bill Tubbs,
the engineer. When he had come,
gross, liquor sodden and half insolent
the superintendent laughed at him.
"Tubbs, what do you know about
this mine?"
"Well," Tubbs answered, "the ore
panned out pretty good for awhile, but
they lost the mother lode. There ain't
a carload worth a dollar come out of
here In three months, and that .little
girl up on the hill won't have noth
ing at all unless she takes the advice
of some of us old timers and fires that
young squirt of an engineer, John
Dorr."
Wllkerson leaned over and his face
suddenly grew white In Its intensity of
expression.
"I'm the superintendent of this ailne.
Now go I"
Tubbs looked astonished at the tone,
but obeyed.
Wllkerson smiled to himself. One
man, and be one of the most Impor
tant in the camp, was his absolute tool
and slave. Ho took bis pen and rap:
Idly wrote out an order:
"After this day all wages in this
mine will be reduced 25 g,er cent"
He called one of the bookkeepers and
curtly ordered nlm to post it on the
wall of the office outside. A surprise
awaited him, however, in the attitude
of the miners. They paid no attention
to the notice be had posted on the office
wall, nor did they seem to recognize
the presence of the new superintend
ent He questioned Ed Mayer, the
loading boss.
"Miss Ruth is running 'The Master
Key!'" Mayer replied.
After the passing of Thomas Gallon
things at the mine went very quietly
for a few weeks. John Dorr had ac
cepted the subordinate position un
der Wllkerson and was faithfully de
voting himself in the Intervals of his
duties to soothing Huth's grief. The
girl had #really been enormously de
pendent upon her father. She was
only a child, but now in her Bolitari-
npsn she turned to John and old Tom
Kane with impulsive trust and affec
tion. She tried hard to be brnve, but
the days were long and the nights long
er. The cook bouse bloomed with fresh
roses every day, an excuse for her go
ing down to talk with old Tom. and
in the evening, when the shadows fell
across the gulch, John and she would
water the flowers together, and he
would tell her of his life in college and
in New York.
"I'd love to see New York!" she said
a dozen times, and on each occasion
John would smile at her and say. "You
shall."
Neither of them realized that circum
stances would shortly take them both,
though separately, to New York, for
there was piling up in a secret drawer
in Wilkerson's desk letters written in
a woman's script Some of them In
scented envelopes on embossed paper.
Each one of them was signed "Jean
Darnell." When the seventh letter
came the superintendent reread it,
many times:
Astor House, New York, May 15. 19—,
Dear Harry—Prom what you say and
from what I learn from George, 1 think
that I would bo willing to put up the
money to buy control of your "Master
Key" mine, but you must be sure about
this. I know that old Gallon made money
out of It. but I'm also sure that he was
concealing something, as you think. -Make
the mine worth while and—well, I remem
ber my days In that camp—l'd like my re
venge. George Everett will handle tlio
stock end of It very quietly when you say
the word. Don't let your ugly temper get
away from you and look out for Dorr.
JEAN DARNELL.
"Now," thought Wllkerson exultant
ly, "I can put the screws on Dorr. I'll
Are him."
At this moment the man he was
thinking so bitterly of appeared, and
Wllkerson, whilr/t his courage was still
fresh, said insolently: "1 see you are
spending a good deal of time out of
your office. The mine can't nfford
such extravagance. I guess we'll have
to have a new mining engineer. I've
sent for one, so you better pack."
For the moment John did not speak.
They confronted each other for a mo
ment; then Dorr turned on his heel
and walked off. As he did so he brush
ed into old Tom Kane.
"The miners won't stand any more
of Wilkerson, and they ure going to
strike tonight, when the day shift
conies off," Tom croaked. "Lots of
them are packing their duds now to
get out D —n him; he has ruined littlo
Ruthie's property!"
John looked out of the window and
realized that the various groups of
miners, tired, sullen, as if waiting for
something, made an ugly picture.
"I'm afraid it's up to them, Tom,"
he said, a little huskily. "I have been
discharged, and I am leaving myself
tonight"
He was perfectly amazed at the ef
fect of his words. Dropping the coffee
pot with a crash on the top of the
range, Tom Kane dashed out of the
door and Into the nearest group of
miners, gesticulating and laughing hys
terically. He said two words and then
rushed back, his bright eyes gleaming
fiercely.
"That saves the mine for Ruthle,
John," he gasped. "The miners were
Just going to quit quietlike. Now they
will make Wilkerson take you back.
and you can make him straighten mafc-l
ters out with them."
lie peered anxiously up Into the
young man's face. "You won't desert
her, will you, John?"
With an inarticulate growl John
Bwung out Into the sunshine and el
bowed his way through the streaming
throng of miners just coming off shift.
Aheud of him he saw Wilkerson talk
ing to an old rnlnet, who seemed to be
arguing earnestly. He saw the super
intendent and tho miner re-enter the
office, and a moi'-aent later Ruth ap
peared.
Ab John came to the office door be
heard the sound of a scuffle within.
He kicked open the frail barrier and
stood inside Just in time to see Wilkes
nofl draw a gun on the old miner.
"Drop that gufi, you dog!" be bellow
ed, oud witb one leap was at Wilkets
Bon's throat
Wllkersou ww no pigmy In strength
and as agile i>s a panther. He man
aged to land two stinging blows on
John's eye bffore Dorr drove him up
against the wall, laid his powerful
hands on him and thrust him to the
floor In absolute helplessness. His fist
was lifted to give the final finishing
blow when he caught sight of Ruth's
white face. He Jerked Wilkerson to
his feet, flung him Into the corner and
strode silently out
"John, John! What is the matter?"
demanded Ruth.
"That hound in there discharged me!
I am going to leave tonight"
Her ey«!s slowly filled with tears.
"You are not going to leave The Mas
ter Key' mine, are yon, John? Ajid—
and"— Before he could answer her
appeal th words there was a wild roar
down the street and the tramp of boot
ed feet
"Get the dynamite and blow the fel
low wp!" bawled a couple of hoarse
voices.
"Get a rope and hang him to the
hoist!" yelled another. Then a full
chorus of angry cries rose into the
evening air nnd filled the valley with
raucotm sound.
[To Be Continued Monday.]
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DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am nineteen and deeeply in love
with a girl of my own age whom I
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W hlle out with friends I overheard
a young man I do not know speak
very disrespectfully of this girl. I
struck this fellow ,which caused con
siderable trouble. I am much in
doubt as to whether I should continue
my friendship with her, as I love her
very mudh.
J. M. T.
Don't be uncharitable to the girl
for whom you fought—don't you see
you would be about as bad as the
man you so hashly struck? You can
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ing her friend and trying to have a
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I am a widow, fifty-two, and have
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me, instead of my daughter. When
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for not taking advantage of'his youth
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