Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-21

see you sitting on the bench with the old
ladies'. knitting socks. II would not be-
come you, Addie. IL the worst comes
you would go out like brave little
woman and support your husband
She flashed a frightened look at himi
she had no idea that her husbands diff
cultie1 were serious. though she assumed
he might be temporarily embarrassed. as
men often We're. without finding IL neces.
sary to change their manner of life. She
remembered that the roof over her head
belonged to Wayne. and she sought 10 re.
assure herself as to the pcrmanence of
the arrangement by which Col. CraiShil
had the use Of H.
You wouldn't let them turn me out-of.
doors. would you. Wayne"
We'll, IL father went broke il would
hardly be up to me to carry on tie
house here: it's an expensive establish.
SELF
Yes. l suppose your interests and youi
fathers are identical. What hurts him
would hurt YOU"
Not at all. Our interests are anythipa
but identical We belong'-he said, with
an irony that was for his own satisfac-
tion-'we belong to different schools II
finance. Fathers plunger without
knowing it; I'm Wayne. and the
Waynes were always true Scots and keqt
what they had and sat or e. Father
likes TO be director OF things. and the
things like to have him. He's been used
good deal bait-thats what q
amounts TO. He's just paid about two
hundred thousand dollars for the privilege
of sitting with lot of solemn gentlemen
up at Boston who organized a big cor
poraton to raise bananas grape fruit
or something in the torrid deserts Of
Mexico. You know father well enough
by this time to understand how that idea
would appeal to him-irrigation Ia water
the desert and make il blossom a the
rose. 1 went in for few thousand and
so did Walsh: but we quit and TO-DAY
when | told father [ had sold out he was
wounded. Tom Walsh is about the
shrewdest old party there is around here.
We sold out at the same time and both
made money.
He laughed softly TO himself and slap
ped his knee.
IF you knew your father had got into
bad thing you ought TO have told him
don't you think sou
Yes" he Knocked her. still chuck,ing
I'VE ought to have told the colonel he
had bought dead horse-and been gently
kicked for our trouble. We know the
colonel Tom and i. You notice that Tom
bought out the mercantile house. Tom :
wiser than serpent: he knew IL was the
best thing father had. Tom likes me-
Isn't it funny? He's always settled al
claims for damages against me when We
ripped things loose-and done il econ
omically and quietly-never said anything
but just asked later for my check and
said I'm when / thanked him. 1 caught
the old rascal once giving an organ TO a
church somewhere - Vermont or New
Hampshire; l guess it was Vermont
come to think of IT. He was terribly
bored when the bill strayed I'm to my
desk. 1t was in memory of his father
and mother. and he growled fiercely be-
cause l got on to il.
Hes a strange man: l don't under
stand him. remarked Mrs. Craighili,
carelessy.
by the way. how did you come out
with your drive with Tom? OF course
you told father you had been out riding
with another man. / don't know just
how he would have taken it: you see
Tom was only a sort of clerk in father 8
office; father never knew him socially.
I'll wager you didn't tell the colonel
mo. ! didn't tell him. He was so
angry about mother having spoiled his
visit to the Brodericks' and threatening
to come here for visit that i couldn't
have told him If had wanted to-
"Ah. l suppose you'll wire her not 70
come, like q good little girl
Go be continued tomorrow)