Joe and Della were a new couple. They were both interested in art--one in painting, the other in music. They lived in a small flat. They loved each other and they were happy.
But one day they found that they had spent all their money. One afternoon Della told Joe that she had found a 1 and was to give her three music lessons a week. For that she could get fifteen dollars a week. But Joe was not 2 because he didn't want to stay at home, playing with his art while Della was at work. He wanted to earn some money too.
Every day they parted in the morning and 3 in the evening.
A week 4 , Della brought home fifteen dollars, but she looked a little 5. Joe took eighteen dollars out of his pocket. They were both 6 to have so much money at hand.
The next week, Joe 7 home another eighteen dollars but Della came home with her right hand in a bandage (绷带). Joe asked Della what was the 8. Della said, "It was because of an iron-- I mean a plate of soup spilled on my 9."
"What do you do every day, Della? Do you 10 give music lessons?" Joe asked. "Tell me the 11!"
Della cried. She told Joe that she was working in a laundry (洗衣店), 12 shirts. A girl accidentally 13 an iron on her hand and she got a 14 burn. But Della asked Joe how he had guessed that she wasn't giving music lessons.
Joe told Della that he worked in the engine-room of the same laundry where she worked. They both let out their 15 and laughed.
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