Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-18
CopyriSh1. 1906. by Dodd. Mead "a Company

| BAH She's like the rest. II Har.
bert doesn't get In his nasty work,
she'll give in like all the Others"
Il thought you said you'd do moth
! ing to mar the happiness of Graydon,"
| sneered broom.
| II don't intend to. you old fool. This
| affair Is between Mrs. Gable and me
/: If she wins, I'll give up. But. under
stand me, I'm perfectly capable o,
knowing just when I'm beaten"
II only know your financial valor,"
said Elias dryly.
That's all you're expected to know,
| sir"
| "Then We won't quarrel about it."
said the other with his sweetest grin.
| "Umph. Well, pleasantries aside, we
| must look ourselves over carefully be-
| fore we see our New York friend. He
must not find us with unclean linen.
| Elias. I'm worried, I'll confess, but I'm
not afraid Is there anything that we
| have bungledT
| II have always been afraid of the
chorus girl business. don't like
chorus girls" Bansemer at another
| time would have smiled
1t was past midnight when the two
left the stall and started in separate
| ways for their north side homes. The
master felt more secure than when he
left the home Of David Gable earlier
in the night. Elias broom said at
parting:
II don't like your attitude toward
Mrs. G. It's not very manly to make
war on woman"
my good Elias" said Bansemer.
complacently surveying himself in the
small mirror across the stall, "all men
| make war on women one way or an
other"
He did not see Droom's ugly scowl
as he preceded that worthy through
the doorway.
The next morning Bansemer walked
| down the Drive. 1t was a bright, crisp
day. and the snow had been swept
from the sidewalks. He felt that a
visit from Harbert during the day was
not unlikely. and he wanted to be
fresh and clear headed. Halfway
down he met Jane Gable coming from
the home Of friend He never had
seen her looking SO beautiful. SO full
Of the Joy Of living. Her friendly.
sparkling smile sent momentary.
pang OF shame into his calloused heart
but II passed with the buoyant justifi.
cation Of his decision to do nothing in
the end that might mar his sons hap
i'piness.
I She. was walking to town and as
sured him that she rejoiced In his dis
J tinguished company. They discussed
the play and the supper party.
Nov that I'm engaged. to Graydon
I'm positively beginning to grow sick
Of people," Miss Gable declared-and as
they all declare at that age and stage.
) well. you'll soon recover" he smiled.
Marriage Is the convalescence of q love
affair, you know"
"Oh. but most of the men one meets
are 20 hopelessly -tiresome." she
went on. ITS strange too. Nearly
all Of them have gone to college-Yale
or Harvard"
my dear Jane. they are the unfortu
nate sons Of the rich. You can't blame
them. All Yale and Harvard men are
not tiresome. You should not forget
that large sprinkling Of the young
men you meet ut the pink teas were
sent to Yale or Harvard for the sole
purpose Of becoming Yale and Harvard
men: nothing more. Their mothers
never expected them to be anything
else. The poor man sends his son to
he educated: the rich man usually does
1t to get the boy away fras.. home, SO
that he won't have to look at him all
the time. I'm happy to say that was
quite poor when Graydon got his diplo-
ma"
'Oh. Graydon isn't at all like the
others. He Is a manv cried Jane, her
eyes dancing.
Il don't mean to say that all rich
mems sons are failures Some Of them
are really worth while. Give credit
unlimited to the rich mans son who
goes to college and succeeds in life in
forget that Graydon's chief ambition
. ut one time was to hunt Indians"
He couldn't have got that from his
mother" said she accusingly. Banse-
; mer looked at her sharply. He had
. half expected on meeting her to OBJ
serve the first sign that the Cable fam
lily had discussed him well. but not
favorably. Her very brightness con.
: WINGED him that she at least had not
been taken into the consultation.
Il am afraid 1t came from his horrid
father. But 0raydon is a good boy
He couldn't long follow the impulses
Of his father. l dare say he could be
n sinner II he tried. too. l hate an i'm.
beetle. An imbecile. to my mind. is the
: fellow without the capacity to err In
: tentionally. God takes care OF the
fellow who errs constantly. Give me
' the fellow who is bright enough to
D do the bad things which might admit
him to purgatory in good standing
D and I'll trust him to do the good
Q things that will let him into hoa ven