The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-13
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ALBERT PAYS0E TERHUNE

! ALDLR1 EAISOiS aEhIIUNE
she IS" he ended in half-shamed rI-
Umph-
And I-your own brother-never
guessed it, was all I could say. my
heart sick as my beautiful air castle
crumbled to ruins
Nor he asked in some surprise Il
faucied sometimes you must know. and
that that was why you were so nice
and attentive to her whenever you two
met thought It was all a part OF
the white, splendid way you are always
doing things FOR me-
Don't let's talk Of THAR I inter
posed IT has nothing TO do with"
With the Vaughn AFFAIR." II has
everything to do with it. Vaughn IS
head ove- heels in love with Hnda He
makes no secret Of 1T
That Cad2 surely She
That isn't the point. He knows how
I feel I don't know how he found out
But he knows. He's shown it in
dozen ways That's what he meant Just
now when he
STILL" I broke IN, at was at most
an awkward. yelled reference that no
one else would understand. It didn't
justify you IN throwing wine IN his
face
TT wasn't only that" he declared in
angry self-defense. 1T was chiefly what
he said about the safe
The safey-'
About my not being Trustworthy
in spite Of my uHhapplness 1 laugh
cd aloud.
Marx cried. love has turned
your brain. Do YOU really think any
one would even j0ktngly accuse = Lee
ri dishonesty For two centuries our
name has stood IN Baltimore for all
that IS best and most honorable. Mil
lions in trust money passed through our
fathers and grandfatEer-s hands. and
never a dollar stuck TO them. II fl
hadn't been for his glorious impractical
honesty our father wouldn't have left
US penniess. with nothing but the
grand family name as an asset. You
wouldn't be receiving teller and I nay
ing teller in the Aaron Burr Company
! We'd be miIIiOnaines, as rich as Frank
lin Graves himself, instead OF being his
employees"
The lads eyes gIovved al my some
what blatant boast OF family honor. At
my last words, however. they cIouded
over with q swift fear that / had more
than once read in them OF late"
As rich as Franklin Graves he re-
peated, under his breath. The very
thought that has been IN my heart for
months, Ever since I began looking
TO- way to make myself worthy OF
. Franklin Graves daughter -
Worthy I sccned- Few living
men are worthy Of ITTda, but you're enc
OF them, though IN the matter Of FAM,
hers IS uOr on the same plans as our
and you know it,
FANNY he sneered. What is fam
ily, nowadays, without money! That Is
why 7 did what 7 did Il wasn't easy,
! but 7 stl believe # was justifabIe- II
ali goes weII-if ali goes as Il must 20.
I shall soon have something besides
mere family name TO offer her, some
; thing besides which even the Graves
fortune viii not loom UP too large It
/ isn't speculation It IS a certainty. G.
( O. @ y is sure 10 rise as soon as the
MERGE
He had ramb.ed on in a lovers rhsp-
s3ty, forgetting, 7 verify believe, that I
was there But 7 quickly recalled my
{ presence TO his mind II was with no
loving hand now that I whirIed him
around 10 face me
What are you talking abOUt2' I de-
manded. IenseIy. DO You mean to say
you have been specializing AGAIN.
You hurt my arn,' he snaried. try
/ ing 20 shake of my grip, and I wish
you'd mind your own business"
This is my business" I snapped
T You've been specializing again
1T isn't specializing he protested
Z ITS a safe investment in
Don't quibbie," I broke in. you've
been specializing You've broken your
word TO me. You've lied You-a
/ Leev'
/ You have no right to speak 50 10
me- he clustered, weakly 7 for
bid
shut up.7 Z ordered, rudeIy. 1T is
no time for heroIcs- When you threw
away nine hundred dollars IN that
+ Washington bucket shop, two years ago,
. 7 made good the loss on your solemn
3 promise not to speculate again I am
not given 10 pra1ing Of my few sacri-
/ fees but to make up that sum I went
/ for two years without vacation, wore
I old clothes, and ate no lunches. ] didn't
grudge IL But 10 have you break your
word
/ 1T was for Hilda1' he muttered, and
/ didn't really break NY
Don't drag her name into this ]
man into a thief IS not the sort OF
7 love a girl like HiIda Graves wants