She and Carter then proceeded joyfully to waste his three thousand
dollars with that contempt for money with which on a honey-moon it
should always be regarded. When there was no more, Dolly called
upon her mother's lawyers and inquired if her father had left her
anything in her own right. The lawyers regretted he had not, but
having loved Dolly since she was born, offered to advance her any
money she wanted. They said they felt sure her mother would
"relent."
"SHE may," said Dolly haughtily. "I WON'T! And my husband can give
me all I need. I only wanted something of my own, because I'm going
to make him a surprise present of a new motor-car. The one we are
using now does not suit us.
This was quite true, as the one they were then using ran through
the subway.
As summer approached, Carter had suddenly awakened to the fact that
he soon would be a pauper, and cut short the honey- moon. They
returned to the flat, and he set forth to look for a position.
Later, while still looking for it, he spoke of it as a "job." He
first thought he would like to be an assistant editor of a
magazine. But he found editors of magazines anxious to employ new
and untried assistants, especially in June, were very few. On the
contrary, they explained they were retrenching and cutting down
expenses--they meant they had discharged all office boys who
received more than three dollars a week.
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