Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-09

ing, What's he cap II Oh, eAc'''iii
Grace"
"Grace is eap'n. them" said her
grandfather
Il can't tell where Grace got her aln"
bilious sperrit," said her mother
.Oh. | do know" said her HUSBAND.
81 was mos crazy to go to sea. 1ust
wye. But one good wreck cured me-
an p'r'aps twill them
Yes" said the old grandfather,
laughing half to himself Il guess hel!
he glad to git back on to the land
ag'in.''
Il wouldn't wonder if it all turned
out for the hest" said Louisa. Who tad
come down from the hill with Eer sew
ing.
But Captain Harding had no doubts
Oh the subject First thing. some
Clothes" said he. I've heard say
there's Hotl1in. succeeds like success,
an SO you've yptter look succesSful
All HI sa,e one thiHg-if there's any
body tl;.t'lI lie Il credit to fire clothes
it's ny v:fe::
And yes. !, Lis vile "alke@. through
the corridor Il The Fifth .kVeHue hotel,
after returning is':l the far west.
little awey by i..s velvet carpets. the
satin cll....,.ii!.. Ike gliding. Tie Mir-
rcrs lIe sii.elH.s,.' & lie o;H"r W1ineil.
she was -. Ii 4 :.,s...e=,..i.- all
hes. IN; - i; ts::,s e. 70, l.
baAt. :v..S al Wei c..):.=., q -. i...,,
ready :. Il -. :.sa>; il :. ~; re
suit. But c.;iier j., ha.i "a t"s I,';e!.
or she dt.i4 -, IL u l&t il ":i.
She felt Size Wa, tMi.Ne tiie'r gdli,.e>
danes who t;ilkts. AID !a3.ga'd az
moved at case. Her iall,.e n'oliip..'.
her and made Ter Ul.re...:: .,'f,i;,.s h5I
hair lacked the touci. Iut stu sic
knew it was Only IL Hs"tier of tiu4e:
she would catch oh. Clllie. anyway.
looked at her with ;idinirns eyes whel
he had any time to 10 ,k at her at ali.
She was more lUllesol.e tH;tn at hrst.
for her husband had become entirely
absorbed in his scheA!es
Meantime she WAS seeing the world.
1t went by her in the beginning like a
panoralna: it almost maze her dizzy.
Yet, although at last she was Il part
of it and as eager in the rush as any.
she was never quite at home III it.
CAPTAIN Harding had inueei had
sualc measure Of the luck he had hop
e,i for. aud he was floating the shares
Of the NiEhie Dollar mine in Il way
that nItte bis Wife hold her breath
Wien he reported lis successes to her.
y" ha,. been on the ground, be had
ste:l tie mine. he knew What lie was
taxing about, he WIS lot anxious for
t0a a3'se a price. and he came out of
the transaction with Il small fortune.
NOW" he said. IF | did What my
folks and your folks would approve
of shonld lay this down to e'..s.-:s=
that means interest-anG GO hone ana
build Il house with bow wiI.ders and
q French roof and be the rich H,4n of
the region
Yes said Grace.
But YOU believe in me, don't YOU"
asked he anNieusly.
Yes" said Grace
You'd like to see me one of the mil
iionaires: Eve as good a right to big
money as the best of EN-, and I'm goln'
in for it. I'm go.n' into Wall street i'll
earnest.' And Captain Harding had a
sense of assured success which made
him the happiest, best natured and
busiest man alive. "'Taint luck he
said to his wife Its long head Ed
look pretty hidin' such d knack of busi-
ness in the corner store, wouldn't l?
And as for you, I'm proud of you ev-
cry day.
But Mrs. Harding was not proud of
herself. She would NOT let her hui band
know it, but she felt herself wholly
unequal to meet the women of society
with whom her husbands affairs
brought her into some association. in
vitcd now and then to their I.ol.ses. t,
their opera boxes who had ac-
quaintance with each other. with for
eign life, who knew what to do and
how to do it and who without the least
i'll feeling often overlooked and ignored
her and made her feel herself out Of il.
She sent home boxes Of gowns and ell
or things 10 Louisa and her mother (,f
" i' II III Nv II IL ~ tttt tdlhN llItN ST
they would have preferred her own
things 70 make over for themselves
without dreaming how unsuitable they
would bcl, and she sent grandma Il
cray silk wrapper in VIII lq..fp3 ANA
lace Size would look like little Oh.
flower, as Grace pleased herself by
thinking. and she sent her grandfa-
th@r 4 fur coat and a wonderful merr-
Sehaum pipe. she had Il feeling that
such things We're. rs her husband
lhrased it, so much to the good Now
and then she sent her father Il littIn
money, bat she Gii not have much
money. Captain Harding needed al
his ready money. but She hal generous
rredit-and bills. pile it on" said
her husband. "One must look success
ful In ordar to he successful. Won
know.
They still lived at the hotel. where
they had what seemed to her roval
rooms. although she never grew used
10 them, and. although entertaining
fhere those who accepted their Invita-