The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-05-09

900 shares had cost less than ours and
Bob figured to leave her capital Of.
100000 intact, we felt some comfort.
Beulah Sands had watched the figuring
with the keenness of an expert, and
when Bob announced the final figures,
which showed that she still had what
sne started with, she drew the sheet
containing the totals to her. II was
willing to accept your assistance" she
said, when the deal promised profit
TO all OF us, because appreciated your;
goodness and knew how much it would
nurt your feelings if were churlish
about the division; but now that we
all lose must stand my fair share; II
must" She said this in way that we
both knew precluded the possibility
OF argument. 1--WE owned together
10000 shares. I was to have had the
profits on 10000 shares. Our total loss
Is $2,775,O00, of which I must bear my
just proportion. Mr.. BROMLEY, you
will see that $4,000 is charged to my
account. I shall have $50, 900 left. II
our cause is as just as we think, God
in His goodness will make this ample
for our purposes"
Though Bob and I were in despair
at her determination to strip herself
of what Bob had worked so hard to
accumulate, we could not help feeling
a reverence for her faith and her
sturdy independence. She now showed
us in her delicate way that she wished
to be alone; as We went she held out
her hand to Bob. ''Mr. BROMLEY,
please, for the sake of the work we
have to do, look on the bright side of
this calamity, for it has a bright side
You wanted me to send word to my
father that We were abont to grasp
victory. Think If we had sent it-then
you will know that God is good, even
when we think He is Christening us
beyond endurance"
Bob took me into his Office. "Jim,
you see what a woman can do, and we
are taught women are the weaker sex.
Now listen to what you must do. Ac-
cept my notes for the whole loss, less
one hundred thousand which have to
my credit, and which I will pay on &C
count. I won't listen to any objection.
The deal was mine; you came in only
to help us out, and I ought never to
have tempted you. If remain in my
present busted condition, the notes
will be blank paper. Therefore you
do me no harm in taking them. If
should strike it rich, I should never
feel like a man until I made up the
loss"
1t was no use arguing with him in
his inf1exible mood so I took his de-
mand notes for $2,4O5,OOO 1 begged
him to go home with me to dinner, but
he insisted that he could not face my
wife with his last nights break still
fresh in her mind. Next day he did
! not turn up. Along In the afternoon
I received telegram from him, saying
that he was on his way to Virginia,
that he needed a rest and would be
back In week. I was worried, ner-
vous. It takes until the next day and
the day after, and the week after that.
to get down to the deepest misery Of
an upset such as we had been through.
1 did not feel easy with Bob out of
sight while he was sounding for new
footing. I went to Beu1ah Sands in
hope we might talk over the affair, but
when told her that b was to be
gone for week and lat 1 was I'M
easy, she said in her calm, confident
manner: II don't think there is any
thing to worry about, Mr.. Randolph
Mr.. BROMLEY is too much of man to
allow an affair of dollars to do any
thing more than annoy him. He will
be back all the better for his rest"
She dropped her long lashes in a this,
conversation-is-closed way that we had.
come to know meant going time.
CHAPTER w.
The following week Bob returned to-
the Office. He had not changed, and
yet he had changed greatly. Rest had
apparently done much for him. His
color was good, his step elastic as Of
old, and his head was thrown back as
if he were buckled up for the fray and
wanted all to know It. Yet there was
something in the eye, in the setness of
the jaw, in the hair-trigger calm, yet
f1ercely savage grip in which he closed
his strong hands on the arms of his
chair, that told me more plainly than
words that this was not the optimistic,
soft-hearted Bob BROMLEY I had
known and loved. I could not help
feeling that if I had been a leader of
the Russian terrorists, and this man
who now sat before me had come to
my ken when I was selecting bomb
throwers, should have seized upon
him of all men as the one to stalk the
car or his marked minions Surely
the iron that had entered Bob's soul
week before had affected his whole be-
ing. I think Beulah Sands had some
such thoughts. For I saw a shadow
of perplexity cross her broad, low fore,
head after her first meeting with him,
shadow that had not been there
before.
For days after Bob's return I saw
| little of him. I think Beulah Sands
saw less During stock exchange hOyrc