New-York tribune., 1910-11-20

made = magnificent gesture. and dropped
her voice into a masculine KEY, 80 1t Is with
great regret that | call Your attention to the
necessity for further retrenchment. etc,
etc She broke off with another laugh
Cant YOU SEE him, with the threadbare
muStache in the middle Of his forehead:
He's really very tiresOme old man
Brooke smiled at her imperSonatlon; but
was grave again. The items he had been
reading in the morning paper had not been
calculated to inspire amusement Don
bother about the letter now. Let's put OF
the evil hour as long as we can.
It's impossible \OrthrOp refuses TO be
put off He holds me like the Ancient Mari
ner. with a kind of death1y fascination. You
see can resist him.
She tore the envelOp abruptly and read:
DEAR MADAM-I am again advised by the
trust company or an oVerdratt of the Dank
account OF Brooke e'arrlott and \ata1e o1ar-
riott As am informed that Mr. Garrlott
has previously signed a number OF the checks
in this account III blank, | assume that he
has no present knowledge of Your business
affairs. and must therefore call the facts %
Your attention. | beg to notify YOU that the
condition of business Is such that banks. will
ing in usual circumstances to overlook slight
errors on the part of large depO>itOrS are re-
III ing to grant faVorS and VIII nor IN any cir
cunstances honor overdraftS OF this size. |
and must earnestly urge that in future YOU
make more careful computation OF your
check account. | will be in my office on We'd
nesday. and hope
She laid the letter down with q sigh. You
see HIS giving me the usual verbal spank
ing. What can one DO with such man?
Did YOU know you've We're over
drawn asked Brooke quietly.
No; | hate figures. / knew | had been
-f,apIir-,f GOOD la-41 Af money hut Mr.
Ha1;hu-ton at the trust company always
kept ne straight
fancy Halliburton has all he can do
keeping himself straight"
She turned to him in alarm. Are things
as bad as that
Il don't really know; but H1liburtou'~
name was mentioned in the papers this
morning. He's mixed up in lot of deals
that don't seem to be coming out righr
- But ne Is one of my-Our executors
Uncle Oliver had the greatest confidence, IN
him. You don't really think that anythng's
wrong. dr you?"
oh. | don't say that" He paused un
certainly.
Well, what do you mean then3 feel So
helpless!'
do YOU really want my advice?"
Yes. vtsl"
HE turned in his chair toward the window
and looked down the lawn where he
could see the maSonS working on the new
swimming pool. He made no reply for
sometime. and She watched his face in
alarmed appreciation of the cause of his re
StraInt.
Wont YOU speak? she urged.
= don't want to make YOU unhappy. and
perhaps there is NO cause for anxiety: but
I've known for sometime that YOU were
spending more money than YOU ought To
spend. | don't want To preach. either: but
if you'll remember | spok, to YOU about IL
several times IN the early davS ot our mar
ragc- | WAS afraid YOU had no very definite
ldca OF Your income or what sacrifice adj
dltlonal expense might entail al this time.
The greater part ct the estate. a. YOU know.
IS IN the stock ct th trust company, which
pays a regular income; but the money for
the Alrcra and thcsc improvements came
from the sale OF some otnrr securities it
was foolish to sell those. suppose should
have opposed IT for Your sake. If not for my
own. | wish had. now. Of course there Is
the railroad stock. enough To- give. YOU a