Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-15
THE
SPENDERS |
A Tale OF the Third Generation
By HARRY LEON WILSON
Copyright. By Lo,hrop Publishing Company.
CHAPTER xxII.-coSrrNuED.

CHAPTER XXII.--CoNTrNUED.
.And If you want to, you can be the
same with me. l amt ever held any
thing against you, and maybe now I
can do you favor"
"It's right good of you to say So"
Nov, look here, ma'am, let's you
and me get right down to cases about
&his society game here in New York"
Mrs. Wybert laughed charmingly
and relaxed In manner.
tim with you, Mr.. Bines. What
about 1t. now?"
'Now don't get suspicious, and tell
me to mind my own business when I
ask you questions"
II couldn't be suspicious of you
really feel as If I'd have to tell you
everything you asked me, some way"
well, there's been some talk of
your marrying that young Milbrey.
Now tell me the inside of it,
She looked at the old man closely.
Her intuition confirmed his own pro-
aestations of friendliness.
81 don't mind telling you in strict
confidence, there was talk of marriage,
and his people, all but the sister, en-
couraged 1t. Then after she was en-
gagged to Shepler they talked him out
OF 1t. Now that's the whole Gods
truth, If 1t does you any good"
''If you had married him you'd "a
had a position, like they say here,
right away"
"Oh, dear, yes! awfully swagger peo-
ple-dead swell, every one Of them.
There's no doubt about that"
Exactly; and there amt really any
reason why you can't be somebody
here"
well. between you and I, Mr.. Bines,
can play the part as well as a whole
lot Of these women here. don't want
to talk. of course, but-well!"
Exactly, you can give half of 'em
cards and spades and both casinos,
Mrs. Wybert."
"And LII do 1t yet. I'm not through
BY any means. They're not the only
perfectly elegant people in this town."
"Of course you'll do it, and you
could do 1t better if you had three or
four times the stake you got"
Dollars are worth more apiece in
New York than any town I've ever
been In"
''Mrs. Wybert, I can put you right
square into good thing, and I'm go
ing to do It. Heard anything about
Consolidated Copper"
''I've heard something big was doing
IN 1t; but nobody seems to know for
certain. My broker is afraid of it."
Every well. Now you do as tell you
and you can clean up a big lot inside
Of the next two months. If you do as
] tell you, mind, no matter what you
hear, and IL you don't talk"
Mrs. Wybert meditated.
''Mr. Bines, limits natural that
I'm little uneasy. Why should you
want to see me do well, after our lit.
Gle affair? Now, out with it, What are
you trying to do with me? What dc
you expect me to do for you? Get
down to cases yourself, Mr. Binesi"
81 will, ma'am, in few words. My
granddaughter, you may have heard
is engaged to an Englishman. He's
next thing to broke, but he's got title
coming. Naturally he's looking fur
money. Naturally he don't care fur
the girl. But I'm afraid she's infat.
uated with him. Now then, If he had q
chance at some one with more money
than she's got, why, naturally, he'd
Jump at It."
Aren't you little bit. wild?"
"Not little bit. He saw you al
Newport Last summer, and he's seen
you here. He was tearing the ad.
Jectives up telling me about you the
other night, not knowing, you under