Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-09-24
? LID in FULL
John w. Harding
Copyright. 1908. by G. W. billing
ham Co.


rhlp CompHuy. and this gentleman nad
offered him $40 week 10 render. when
required. certain little services in the
matter Of cullectiou~ which he was
able 10 do without interfering 10 any
extent with the duties the Latin
American lue paid him for perform
ing IL was just the amount of the
advance hr had asked for and which
CAPTAIN Williams had refused Ia give
him. and ii represented the difference
between very painful >parius ana com
paratIve ease. And that WAS not all.
one thing leading To another. Joe was
enabled now and then to earn an extra
s. or so from other sources
With this prosperous turn In his az
fairs the self confidence and assurance
that long had abandoned him under
his repeated dlsappointments and fail
ure TO make Roadway returned. Mo
rose supineness gave way TO vim and
energy. His old optimism had revived
In most extravagant form. He began
to be interested in the price of real es
tate and automobiles.
His wife. with the SOLDERING recollec-
ton OF the gulf between talk and
achievement. OF desire and possession.
was careful to build no hopes upon
these fabrics OF vision. though she was
too wise to seek to restrain the ardor
Of his Imagination. She did. however,
take with gratitude what the gods had
given. pending the bestowal Of posi-
bly, greater favOrs. The substantial
addition TO their means enabled her to
hire 4 woman who (when she felt like
IT. did the dirtier work OF the house
hold that had been such tax upon
her. Little toilet necessities and acces-
series made their appearance. Brooks
when he had made an extra good
week. insisted on laviShIns his nddi-
tiOnal earnings upon her. New and
suitable clothing restored her self re-
spect and the pleasure that every wo-
man feels or should feel I'm making
herself attractive.
Mrs. Harris and Beth could not fall
to notice the change and II had n
gradual but marked effect on their ut
tltUde toward Brooks. which became
more civil and cordial. Emma de-
clined to crafty their inquisitiveness
beyond admitting that Joe was get
ting on" To all leading questions she
returned evasive answers. one reason
being that deep resentment ranked in
the heart Of her husband for the lofty
disdain under which he had suffered
for so long and that he objected EN-.
phatically to the revelation OF their
private affairs to anybody. even to
Jimsy. Besides. az he had pointed
out, 1t would not be to their interest
for the intelligence that he was doing
outside work to reach Captain VIII
liams' ears. He would either be
dropped or so much would be given to
him to do that there would be no
time In which to devote his energies
SO lucratlvely elsewhere. The force OF
this could not fail to be seen by Mrs.
Brooks. and. thus placed on her guard.
she was all discretion.
Soon Joe was doing so well that they
decided TO take larger Hat and en-
gage regular servant.
Another piece Of luck came to Joe.
so unlocked for. In form so amazingly
substantial. that 1t almost made Emma
crazy with JOY.
Looking out Of the window about
supper time and wishing that her hus-
band would come. she noticed a cab
drive up to the door and. to her sur
prise. saw her husband leap out Of 1t.
He bounded up the stairs two Mt n
time. breathless with excitement. and
emptied from his pockets on to the
table heap Of notes and gold. Then
he seized hold OF her and forcibly
waltZed her around the room.
Finally he sat her. painting and be.
wildered. In n chair and pushed the
money toward her.
There. little woman" he gasled,
that's for you. all Of it-every penny
OF II: You know that three days ago
when Jimsy started on that trip Of In
spection to our South American ports
of call Williams went too and that
they are 10 be gone for two or three
months. Well. I'll give you million
chances and you'll never come near
guessing the decent thing Williams
did. He recognized my services to the
company ut last by promoting me to
head new exchange and collection
department with salary OF $500 a
month. the raise to date from six
months back. Here's the six months
back pay-$1,S0O."
1t was Emma's turn to get up and
waltz when she had recovered some
what from her establishment
They decided ut her suggestion to
celebrate their good fortune forthwith
by banquet royal for two ut one Of
the fashionable restaurants. Hastily
she donned her prettiest costume, and
they set out. Never had she been SO
vivaciOus, never more charming.
Now" she said joyfully. you'll be
able to get dress suit. and I can
have a piano"
The lack OF plano always had been
cause for keen regret.
Then she began to consider how they
might live more comfortably than they
had been doing. Joe proposed that
they should avoid the housekeeping
and servant problems altogether by
living In an apartment hotel. He
thought this would be within their
means II they furnished the apart
ment themselves. He did not think 1t
would cost more than living in a flat.
Emma fell In with this view with ca
ger enthusiasm.
Investigation proved the plan little
more expensive than they had bar
gained for. but they had what up.
peared to Emma to be n fabulous sum
OF money on hand. and they found an
apartment which so pleased them in a
hntAl yr-h no