The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-07-25
Damon,
Puthias Go.
How 1t Became Corporation
With Limited Capital and
Unlimited Dividends
By F. A. mitchell
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation, 1911.

He showed you the letter, Mrs.
FieldT
Certainly. Do you suppose men can
receive letters that their wives are
not permitted to readr
"But-but WIN is only just married,
you know"
Certainly. The day before marriage
and the day after marriage are very
different. During the first he Is single;
during the second he is double"
Good graciousI did not know that
marriage turned an honorable man
into dishonorable one"
IF we can't be honorable toward
two persons we must decide In favor
of the one to whom we have made
definite pledges-that is the wife. How
ever, i will do Will Justice to say that
he did not show me your letter. learn
ed of its contents In another way"
"How?"
81 am not prepared to make that
clear just now. But enough Of my hav-
ing become aware of your feelings to-
ward the woman who has robbed you
of your friend. can understand those
feelings and have proposition to
make will divide VIII with you
Instead of you and he being Damon
and Pythias. we will make the firm
Damon. Pythias & Co.. to be the
company"
1.-TWO men and a womanw
'Why not2 Will loves you, and you
love Will VIII loves me. and love
Will 1t only remains for me to love
you and you to love me to make de-
lightful trio"
Clarkson drew few short breaths
and looked about him like one fearing
to be caught in a trap.
"Oh. but Willr' he rejoined. Would
such an arrangement please him?"
HE will be delighted with it."
How do you know thatY'
Before he went away
Went away7 Has he gone awayi"
"For a month"
Clarkson looked more frightened than
ever. The lady continued:
1--WE had talk about this letter Of
yours In which you mourn your friend
as lost to you and speak so bitterly Of
the woman who has taken him away
from you. 1t was decided between us
that we should take you into the Co
partnership
Take me inY'
The tone and expression on his face
when he said this were SO comical that
the lady failed to repress a smile.
Eyes, take you in." she repeated.
An idea seemed to strike him, and
he frightened There's an advantage
in that" he said. Another woman
couldn't He checked himself.
Right will see that no other WON
an gets you away from u.s."
II rather like that But tell me about
VIII. Don't newly married men usual
ly go away on honeymoon tripsr'
"They do"
"Well?"
She thought a moment before reply
ing. willis affairs are now in his
wife's keeping. and some of them
this one particularly-are not to be d.
vulged."
But I thought was admitted into
the firm"
$50 you are But there is reason in
all things. am to know Wills secrets
and yours. You are not to know Wills
nor VIII yours"
"Weh, l like that! Do you call it
reason?"
Certainly. What else would you cali
itT
"Oh. I suppose It is-since you say
So"
Now / propose to make up for lost
time. You and viii have loved each
other since boyhood. VIII and have
loved each other for several years.
The chain between you and me is
alone wanting. 1t was agreed between
VIII and me before he left that was
to take you in and form this bond
between u.s.
Mr.. Clarkson started and again look
ed wildly about him.
II don't know" be said, "that l ever
heard of an arrangement like this"
There's always a first time for
everything"
There's one advantage in It," mus
ingly, that | have already mentioned
To be frank with you. I'd rather steer
clear Of women-matTimonia mean
It's all right for VIII to go In for that
sort Of thing, but l don't. This ar
rangement viii be barrier for me,
won't itT
I'm guarantee that no woman shall
come near you. To facilitate matters
we will let them all know that you be-
long to the firm of Damon, Pythias
& Co. by making yourself at home
here. For starter VIII left a pair of
tickets to the theater for tomorrow
evening. Have you any engagementsY
''N-n-o."
"Oh. If you don't care to go / can
dispose Of the tickets" She looked q
trife miffed
Il shall be delighted"
Every well Now we will talk Of
other matters. 1t has been quite warm
lately, hasn't itY
"Yes-no. l haven't noticed. How
long did you say Will is to be absentY'
"A month"
wont you miss him very muchr
"Of course. l love him dearly, as he
loves me. But here comes in the ad-
vantage of trio. shall have you"
Garrison started as If a bomb had
fallen on the floor before him and was
suffering ready to explode. If he had
been looking at his companion he
would have seen very animated ex-
preston on her face.
81 was not aware, didn't know"
he stammered, 'that.a lady married to
the man she loves could let him go
away a few days after the wedding
and be contented with the company Of
his best friend"
you forget that this is tripartite
arrangement, wherein three persons
are made one. But cease to bother
yourself about that. The secret of re-
manning comfortable In this world Ia
not to worry. By this arrangement
Will and have endeavored to obviate
the necessity of you and he loving each
other 1t behooves you to accept the
situation and be content"
You have both certainly been very
kind. l shall endeavor to prove myself
worthy Of your confidence and con-
duct myself
Conduct YOURSELF OF course you
will Now don't trouble yourself any
more about trifies. Just fall into the
situation naturally and all win be
we'll"
He left her. wondering what 1t all
meant Surely there was some mistake.
Was this woman SO innocent that she
supposed such partnership as, she
proposed could endure without dangerf
The head Of the firm Of Damon, Pyth-
las & Co. remained away quite long
enough to produce a volcano in the