The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-04-14

Sara seemed to hesitate a moment
before she answered quietly: IL have
heard that there are people who live
on very much less and yet manage to
be comfortable"
Gladwln said nothing more. But tho
next day he asked the same question
OF friend who had recently become
engaged.
Fifteen hundred a year," More
laughed. Why, man alive, that
wouldn't buy provisions. TO say moth
ing OF paying for house rent and cab
hire and theater tickets and clothes"
He tripped merrlly over the list at
the conclusion OF which Gladwin
looked quite downcast More caught
him by the shoulder. Thinking OF It
seriously--are you. old MANI"
"No-oh no." Gladwin shook his
head. "No, indeed" But he was
II was soon after that that Gladwin
began to speculate In stocks, A few
trifing things came his way and he
thought he had found an easier road
to making money than grinding out
the law At so much n case. He be.
gan to study the papers more and his
law books less. Two or three times
Sara had to remind him OF things he
had left undone.
Gladwln gradually became alb.
sorbed. n little preoccupied Of man.
ner. He sometimes caught Sara look,
| ing ut him bewilderedly. One day he
suddenly became buoyant, almost gay.
He whistled softly, he even tried to
! sing-he who could not produce two
consecutive notes tremendously. That
morning y. K e Y. had gone up four
| points and there was every indica'
| tlon that II would rise still higher.
! Two or three times that day he was
on the point of telling Sara about his
success and asking her to share It;
then the thought came: mo, I'll wait
n little. There's time enough"
Alas! Two days later when Sara
came In after lunch she found Glad
win doubled up across his desk. He
looked like either n dead man or n
very sick one. She went to him and
| shbbh HiHl W NhN oH'H'h''' ."''
! Gladwin,"
He looked up at her His face was
one rigid pallor. Sara" he said
DULY. 1--WE played the fool bought
more n. K. & Y. and It's going down
down" He gulped I'm ruined"
She took her hand from his shoul.
der She did not seem surprised.
How bad is IT." she demanded
He drew paper and pencil toward
him md began to flgure. She looked
on thoughtfully.
Pretty bad isn't it," he queried.
yes. it's pretty bad"
And the worst OF 1t U.s." Gladwin
went on. recklessly piling up his trib.
ulation. rive neglected my business
lately TIL It has fallen on. No, that
! isn't the worst Tho worst Is that
that had something to say to you
which I can never say now, In the
hope Of being able to say It | went
into this deal-you understand"
Her face burst into JOY as with
flame. Her hand went to his shout
der again. Yes, ! understand now.
hut didn't before | thought you
were doing It for-somebody else You
see. suspected what you were up to-
She spoke breathlessly. III only you
had told me-"
TOO late now. Sara"
NO, It isn't too late Nothing is
ever too late. Tell me now"
And she made him tell her. as she
listened she became almost beautiful.
She was altogether different Sara
by the time he had finished.
And now I'll tell YOU something
she said when he had ended Il don't
have to run typewriter. ! took 1t
up after father died because | was
lonely and had to have something to
do. He left me $4,000" As GIadwin
stared at her In amazement she bent
and laid her cheek to his "Ill get
you out OF this scrape. dear" she
whispered, but don't you ever fool
with stocks again as long as you liye!