The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-06

announced decisively. And there's
no time to lose. Wen drive over
| to Uncle Hardings."
Now that she had extracted the
worst from her husband she rose
to the situation calmly, without eX
clamation or wasteful emotion. But
her husband made no responsive
movement.
Come" she called back from the
door where she was drawing on heI
gloves. There is no time to ,ose
We may have to go into the city to
night"
Parry shook his head without
stirring.
Il will manage This thing" he
said almost arrogantly. IT'S no use
to see your uncle. Even if it could
be fixed up don't want it done
that way. Don't you see-my blufi
is called. I've gone too far
You mean there is something
more you haven't told me?" she de.
manded with knitted brows. You
have taken more money"
mo- Sixty thousand odd-that's S
all the ealing so far"
That's enough" she remarked
with the air of discussing the un-
eXpectedly large bill. well, what
do you mean to do?"
81 mean" he shot out his voice
almost at shrek, that III have
no more patching up. have bluffed
the whole damn thing ell my life,
from the start-tred to put up a
great front. Oh, You know, got
married to you when / was a clerk
on a hundred month, and you,-
well, look a. this Place here, and
what we've done. We've been living
at Penmarsh five years, ever since
your mother gave us the house. at
eight thousand a year. My salary is
five. The proportion is wrong" he
ended in feeble irony.
Mrs. Parry listened to his outburst.
then replied uneXcitedly.
I'VE have been over all that. Wal
ter. 1t was best for you to have a
position TO be somebody Mother
helped us. And think we have
done very well on what we had"
She looked complacently about the
room.
Too well,' he agreed ironically.
When this trouble is over you'll
see it and agree with me-
'Nita!' he called hopelessly. you
cant understand The bluff has been
called and | am glad-yes, glad"
His wife looked at him coldly.
Don't be coward" she whis-
pered. 1T will come out all right
if you don't lose your nerve"
"Yes, / knew how you would take
it; what you would want me to do
| knew you'd say just this-go and
get help from some one. Go and
bluff some more. But that won't
do any longer. It's over"
We'll, what do you mean to do?"
she asked, sitting down.
I've thought that out. coming
home on the train. I'm going to
see old Holder the first thing in the
morning-he's the most human one
of the crowd-and tell him the
whole story from A to u. Poor old
boy 1t will break him up, more
than just losing the cash"
And them she prompted
After that whatever he says, per-
haps he'll give me a chance to pay
it up"
His wife's lips move impatiently,
as if she were calculating the
chances of their saving sixty thous
and dollars.
But they may turn me over to
the surety company" he continued,
and then it would mean" But
he hesitated at the word.
Her face contracted 1t was large
handsome face, with a broad serene
brow, and ordinarily it seemed in
ert even dull. But the last unsaid
word had touched the quick.
You don't mean that you would
let it come to that" she demanded
fiercely.
How could l help it? They must
decide" he replied gently.
And that for me, for the child
rem" Her look of horror and con.
tempt tod the man unutterable