Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1912 — ON THEIR SLENDER INCOME. [ARTICLE]

ON THEIR SLENDER INCOME.

On bls way homeward from where he toiled at his dally vpcatio® Mr. Bllllger McSwat, carrying into feet a stem and sinister purpose h«‘ bad cherished for months, stopped at “ a barber shop and had a portion of hi» beard removed. Half an hour later he entered the ® humble dwelling whfch, in defiance of newspaper style cards, hes called his home. Mrs. McSwat was sitting in an easy zM chdlr and gazlnz pensively at thefird that burned cheerfully, but, eoonopslo- y ally, in the grate. ’ "Lobeilia, my dear," he said, "loolr at me.” \ “/Will She arose to her feet and looked; at him. Then she sank back nervelessly into the easy chair. During the 20 years of their married . y life, as it may be necessary to explain, sinking nervelessly Into cbairttWg had been one of Mrs. McSwat’s leading specialities. ’ , . “Billlger,” she gasped, “we hever “5 can live up to that pair of side Whie-*J'. kers”