Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-28
fOr a mInute. gentlenen!''

for a minute, gentlernenH'
II assure you. Mrs Graybill," said Mr.
Craighead, that when / say we are de-
lighted, we mean the word in its descrip-
tive sense, rather than its conventional
nonsense"
"Oh, thank your replied Mrs. Graybill
looking about the den. This is an unfav-
orable-looking place for convehtionalities.' %
Finding you here" went on Mr.. Craig.
head as they entered the parlor sis dis
covering an unexpected rose IN a patch
devoted to the harmless and unornamental
oauliflower. delight oil the more danger.
Gus to a sensitive organism because Of its
suddenness."
"Oh, 1 dare say youth racover-a great
many people have. And we'll strengthen
that sensitive organism with supper"
"And thus increase the pleasurable
strain! Theodore. 1t looks dellciously dan
gerous!"
And I may as we'll explain about the
condition of this house." she went on.
Papa is reverting to type. that's ALL"
"Ah, yesl" replied, Craighead. II seel
mo, you don't" protested Mrs. Graybfll,
though it's polite to say So When 1 say
reverting to type, I don't mean printing
or anything like that. He's going back ia
the ways OF his youth, and the youths OF
bis progenitors. I dare say we shall all
tend to do the same at his age. don't you
think so. Mr.. Carson?"
Theodore bashfully answered that he had
never thought OF It, Craighead quoted the
melancholy Jacques on second childhood
but denied the application to Mr.. Waddy
"oh, don't mean that" said Mrs Gray
hill. But papa got rich. and we imposed
on him gradually q life unlike that in
which he was nurtured. Now, he elopes
when he can. and sets up establishments
with seed corn, and cream separators. and
COWS and harrows on the lawn, and works
at any job he can find and enjoys draw
ing wages more than anything, except
teaching calves to drink. It's cruel of me
TO come and break up the idyl; but its
so absurdr'
"If that be cruelty said CTaighead
''then-to coin an expression, martyrdon
for minei"
Supper" said she. smiling, will b
served very soon"
The long dining room was gloomy Will
decayed gentility--hlack beams, dark walns
eoting. and a broad plate-rai bearing
wrenohes, clevises. oil cans, and baskets
of eggs labeled as to breeds and dates
During the meal Craighead came gu
amazingly in his encounters with Mrs
Graybill, to whom, as it seemed to Theo
dore, he was making violent love. MI
Waddy, deaf to the badinage whcl
screened this eourtship. sat buried L
thought. save when he questioned Carso
concerning the aeronef, and was answers
in occasional outbursts OF eloquence, durn
which Mrs. Graybill ignored CraiGhea
and watched Theodore absorbedly.
There's no cinch in It," said MT Waddy
mo monopoly; an as soon as it's public
everybodyll build 'em. l do business o
einches."
oh hut the patents, Mr. Waddy!" erie
Craighead. you forget the patents!"
They expire In a few years" said Nj
Waddy. IAN then where are yeh9 LAM
now-that / made my money in-land's q
eternal cinch."
Mr.. Waddy said Craighead, this ma
ter OF securing exclusive control Of m
air is a part of our plans. II Is one OF m
specalties. The law affords ample justit
} cation for the assurance which her
, and now give you. that that will be a
=. tended 10. Our present task lies with II
D uneompleted seronet down by the shoI
( OF the blue gulf TO get the motors inl
3 her, and start business"
= Carson was amazed. for he would hay
wagered that Craghesd had never hefoi
e thought of any monopoly except n
9 patents; yet here he was assuring NJ
Wsddy OF exclusive aerial dominion. NJ
a Waddy grunted as II lightly impresse'
e as no doubt he was,
G How long will II take YOU" said h
!, ITO kind OF draw out your plan q
4 clenchin' the control Of the air legally?''
e "oh, a very brief time" said Craighea