The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-08

the way. why amt they satisfied
with things rs they are the store an
the place an nllf don't b'llcve Charlie
Harding 70 ever grow up- Cap'n Hard
lngl WHATS he cap'n OF, exceptin' it's
Gracef"
"Grace is cap'n. then" said her
grandfather.
Il can't tell where Grace got her am
bilious sperrlt' said her mother
"Oh. / do know" said her husband.
"I was mos crazy to go to sea, fust
v'y'ge. But one good wreck cured me,
an p'r'aps twill them7
Yes" said the old grandfather,
laughing half to himself, 81 guess he'll
be glad to git bsok on to the land
ag'L."
II wouldn't wonder II It all turned
out for the best" sod Louisa. who had
come down from the hill with her sew
ing
But Captain Harding had no doubts
on the subject First thing some
clothes" said he. 1--WE heard say
there's nothin succeeds like success,
an 50 you've gotter look successful.
An III say one thng-if there's any
body that'l be credit to fine clothes
it's my wifer
And yet, as his wife walked through
the corridors of the Fifth Avenue hotel,
after returning from the far west, a
little awed by the velvet carpets, the
satin curtains, the Sing, the mir
rors the splendor Of other women,
she was conscious of something about
herself not as il should be- Her hrs-
band was all well enough, blun and
ready man Of business in business
suit But either she had Oh TOO much
or she didn't know how to put it on.
She felt she was unlike these grandes
danes VIII, talked and laughed and
moved at ase. Her hands troubled
her and made her uncomfortable; her
hair lacked the touch. But stll she
knew it was only a matter OF time.
she would catch on Charlie anys,ay.
looked at her with admirhg eyes when
he had any time to look at her at All.
She was more lonesome than az first,
tor her husband had become entirely
absorbed IN his schemes.
Meantime she was seeing the world.
II went by her In the beginning like a
/ panorama; It almost made her dizzy.
/ Yet although at last she was part
Of it ana as eager in the rush as any
She was never quite at home in it.
Captain Harding had indeed had
some measure OF the luck he had hop
1 ed for, ana he was floating the share.
OF the Nimble Dollar mine IN q way
/ that made his wife hold her breath
when he repo-ied his successes to her
! re had been on the ground. he had
seen the mine he knew what he was
/ talking about. he was not anxious fol
too large a price, and he came out OF
the transaction with small fortune,
'Now." he said, "if ! did what my
folks and your folks would approx,
of | should lay this down TO grass
chat means interest-and go home anf
build house with bow winders ant
a French roof and be the rich man oI
the region"
Yes" said Grace. K
"But you believe in NJ d youY
asked he anxiously.
"Yes." sal Grace
YOU'D Ike to see me one of the mil
lonaires? I've as good right to biz
money as the best of EN-, and I'm goin
in for it. I'm goin into Wall street il
earnestg And Captain Harding had !
sense Of assured success which made
him the happest, best natured an'
busiest man alive. 'Taint luck" hi
said to his wife Its long head II
look pretty hidln' such knack Of bust
ness in the corner store wouldn't
And as FOR you, I'm proud Of you ey
cry dayr
But Mrs. Harding was not proud o
herself 81 would not let her HUSBAND
know It, bu she felt herself who'll
unequal TO meet the women OF soclet
with who her husbands affair
brought her into some association. 10
vlted now and then TO their houses, +
their opera boxes women who had q,
qualntance with each other with foi
elgn ife, v-1o knew what to do an
how to do II and who without the leas
~ feeling often overlooked and ignore
ber and made her feel herself out OF =
Shc sent home boxes OF gowns and or
ct things to Louisa and her mother 2
which IA their private talks they sal
: they would have preferred her OK
! things to make over for themselve'
: without dreaming how unsuitable the
= would bel. aud she sent grandma
gray silk wrapper IN whose rutiles an
lace She would look like little ol
) flower as Grace pleased h@self b
, thinking. and she sent her grandfi
I ther a fur coat and wonderful NEE
, schaum pipe She had a feeling the
such things were, as her hushau
5 phrased it, so much to the good No
{ and then she sent her father a HIT
3 money, bul she did not have niue
I money. Captain Harding needed a
) his ready money, but she had geuerot
e credit-and bills "Plle II ON sal
/, her husband zone must look success
Z ful in order to be successful, ye
! know"
They stiH lived at the hotel whel
they had what seemed to her roy
: rooms although she never grew use
c to them. and although entertainlr
: there those who accepted their inyit
Z tlons. she always had a sensation thi
e one day those people would and her ol
e for a fraud
t She laughed sometimes when she sa
e herself in the glass. with her ba
/ shoulders and jewels, her satin m
8 lace aud marabou. with a kind
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