The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-21
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 "I}u. AEno~." protested Bobby at the ElNstgn home roNt day. T could not possibly help if"
 "No?" she inquired iucredHlously. T don't imagine that any one strongly advised you 10 have any thing 'o do with Mir. Sharpe 1t was through him that you met her. Perhaps it is just as well that f happened. however. because f has shown you just how yCu We're about Q become involved
 l Bobby swallowed quite painfully. ] His tongue was little dry
 Well. the fact of the matter is,
 he admitted reddouing and sam mcring. that I have already become i iuyoly.d' if that's the way EOu l choose -o pat f; far-fCr-I have signed 2n agreement with Sharpe. | and an application for increase of ! tcapif81ilati0u this morning. You don't mean it'" she gaEFcd How could t0u2'
 Why ro'2" he demanded. Agnes.
 if seems impossible for yOu to di-
 vorCe business and social affairs. tell you thCy have absolutely noth- ing to do with each other The Op- ip0rtunilv Sharpe offered nc is a 1 splendid one Chalmers ani Johnson i investigated il thoroughly and both 1 advised me that # is quite an mus tuallv good chance"
 You didn't seem ,o be able 70 di- vorcc business and social affairs last night" he reminded him rather sharply. returning 10 the main point at issuc and Ignoring all else TFerc was the rub She coul1 net get f cut os her mind the picture If Mr-. Sharpe chatting saylv with
 him smiling upon him and all hut favung upon him, in full view of any number of people who knew 1 both Aeue- and Bobby
 You have made deliberate choice of your companions, Mir Durnif, af- ter being warned against them from more than Cne source" she told him adamc with indignant jealousy. but sneakins with the rieijity com mon in such guarrels. and yeu may abide by yogr choice.'
 "Agnes'' he protested "Eou don't mean"
 ! T mean just this" she interrupted him coldly. that cer.aju'v can
 not afford t0 he seen in puhlic ar1 , don't particularly care ta entertain in private. anyone who permits himself to he seen in public with, or entertained in private by, the no- -er,ous Nrz Frank T.. Sharpc."
 They were both of them pale,
 both trembling. both -'ifeEel hy
 hurt and rehellious pride. Bobby { sazed at Ter momcnr in a panic and saw no relcuting in her eyes, in her pose. in her compressed las.
 She was still thinking If the wav Mrs. Sharpe had looked at him.
 Very well" said he quite calm k; since our arrangements for this evening are on I presume may as well accept the invitation 10 dine at 1 Sharre's." and with his petty threat he left the house.
 At the Idlers he was met by . succession of erins that were more iagErayating because for the most part they were but scan,ily explain , cd. Nick Allstyne indeed, did take him into a corner, and, with q vast show of secrecy, requested him to have an ordinance passed, through his new and influential friends. turn ing Bedlow Park into a polo ground; while Payne Whitney added insult to injury by shaking hands with him and most gravcly conRratulatinG him but upon what he would not say. i Bobby was half grinninG and vet 1 half angry when he left the club 1 and went over for his usual half hour a the gymnasium. Professor Henry H. Bates was also grinning -;+1, swell mOb," observed Mir. Bates cheerfully. Getting your name in the paper, ain't you, along with the fake and before Bohby's eyes ha thrust a copy of the yellowest of the morn ] ing papers, wherein it was set forth i that Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Sharpe { had entertained a notable tOX party at the OTpheum, the night before, consisting of Samuel Stone William Garland and Robert Burnit, the lat 1 ter of whom. it was rumored. was soon to be identified with the larg i CT financial affairs of the city. hay l ing already contracted to purchase "a controlling interest in the Bright i light Electric Company. The paper had more to say about the signif- canoe of BObby's appearance in this ! company, as indicating the new pO- 1 litical move which sought 10 ally 1 the younger business element with the progressive party that had been so long in safe, sane and cOnserva- 1 tive control of municipal affairs ex- | cept for the temporary setback of 1 the recent so-callcd "citizens' move ment"s shysteria. Bobby frowned more l deeply as he read on, and Mir Bates grinned more and more cheerfully 1 Heres where f happens" he oh- served, "On the level, Bobby, did ! thev hook you up on this electric l deal?"
 i What's the matter with it?" de- manded Bobby. After thOrough in vestigation by my own lawyer and my own bookkeeper, the Brightlight proves 10 have been a profitable enterprise for great many years 1 and is in as good condition now as | it ever was. Why shouldn't I go 1 into it?"
 1 Riff winked.
 1 Because it's no fun being the goat" he replied. Say. tell me, did | YOU ever earn a pull with this | hunch?"
 "NO."
 Well then. why should they hand you anything but the buzzer? 1 If this is a good stunt don't you suppose they'd keep it at home?