The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-09-24
TRYING TO
SAVE HIM

ing DOllle OF champagne, anu onCe
he caught me by the arm, squeezing
lt gently His wife and daughters are
Europe, aud | suppose he Is begin.
ling to long Tor the society Of ladies'.
I never realized before how pleasant
ne could be
Sunday the 7th--Met Mr.. Sproggle-
con at The garden again last night. He
insisted on bringing me home in cab.
Seemed 10 be worried about some
hing ! am afraid he has been losing
3eaylly on horse races. ! must save
him. Think of the wrong that would
be done to the many poor people who
lave put all their savings in his bank
! { he should become a defaulter.
Monday. the Sth--Mr. Sproggleson
,alled on me last night He said /
ought to have a better place than this
o live In. and told me he needed a
ady In his of6ce at a large salary. He
s such a splendid man. must use
my influence to have him quit playing
he races
Wednesday. the 1Oth--Willam has
lust left He is going to rent a lovely
little fiat for me, where J can be much
! More comfortable than / am here.
yonder II his wife would object If she
new o.? But. of course, there Is no
eason why she should know She is
Europe I must be kind to him and
teep him from going wrong There
me so many temptations for a man IN
Ms position
Saturday. the 13th--I am to have a
place In his private office at a lovely
alary He says there will not be
much tor me to do The new Hat Is
harnns / shall be so happy there
William and ] will have house warm
ng in It next Monday evening. He
las ordered a case Of champagne and
a lot of other good things for the occa-
sion
Tuesday, the William con
fessed to me last night that he had
lost SIG, 800 on horses during the past
two months II is too bad. ] must
save him. not only for his own sake
but for the sake of the poor depositors
He has bought me a lovely ring. To
morrow am to begin working In his
office. lt will be so nice TO be always
near him
Friday. the 18TH am awfully up
set to-day He told me last night that
| was the only woman he ever really
loved | can hardly believe that It Is
true. still. why shouldn't it be? 1t
was so nice Of him to make that place
in the bank for me. / have nothing
at all to do except paste the stamps on
the letters that he writes. Sometimes
it seems almost too good to last.
Sunday. the 2lst--William confessed
to me last night that he had taken
large amount of money from the bank
and fixed the books so that the d.
rectors wouldn't know It, He is ter
ribly worried and | must be kind to
him, Perhaps he has some of it left.
he seems to love me with all his soul
[ am so glad his wife and daughters
have decided to remain in Europe all
summer. | don't know what I should
do IL they were &C. return and take him
away from me, so that | would lose
the chance to save him.
Tuesday the 23d-The dear fellow
IS going to buy me a lovely automo-
bile. suppose the poor depositors
will have to pay for f.. but as long
as the directors don't know anything
about il there viii be no harm. And
u he didn't get the auto he would
probably lose the money playing the
ponies. anyway He seems to love me
more and more every day. / am so
happy | wonder If / shall really be
able TO save him?
Thursday. the 25th-He has agreed
to cut down the allowance he gives
his wife and daughters and let me
have that much extra. | am almost
sure that | shall save him yet. II he
would only give the money to me and
let me play the races awhile | might
have better luck than he has. Life
seems SO pleasant since he and have
become such warm friends l never
could stand Il to go back to the old
ways OF living Sc / must do all can
to save him. for my own happiness as
we'll as his.
saturday, the 27th-We have quar-
relied The fool wanted me to give up
he automobile because he was afraid
TO take any more money. He said the
bank examiner was expected to look
over the books some time during the
next month or two and that it was
necessary to be very careful Pooh!
| wonder II he thinks he can put me
on in that way? Bank examiners
never examine tin afterwards. won
der II he can be a quitter. after all?
sunday the Everything is
lovely again. He came last night and
begged to be forgiven. He promised
@ DO anything ! wanted him to. II
,hink / shall be able to save him yet.
What shame it is that he can't get
d divorce. Oh, well, what Of It. as long
as the money holds out2
Thursday the 1st-It's all OF. The
IDIOT has al owed himself to be caught
rhe banks closed and the papers saw
lc took hue reds Of thousands of dol.
ans won er where it an went 10
Nen ] have the things here in the
iat and the automobile and the dia.
nonds he bought me. anyway. Butt
hnk ne n ,ht have given me moro
han he did as long as he was taking
II ! ha only got into his life
earlier miclt have saved him. Poor
1inny / L0pe he'll have the good
aste TO poison himself before they
get him in the sweatbox and make
him tell about me.-Chieago Record.
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