Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-02
IAN HAY,
AUTHOR OF 1.-THE RIGHT STUFF"

be sure you order preference shares. Mr..
Aarrable. They are the best sort to get.
That Is all; but ought not to have to
| point these things out to you"
| Hughie surveyed his preceptress in an
| undecided fashion. Was it worth while
the first principles OF finance. or would 1t
be simpler to grin and bear It? He de-
clded on the latter alternative.
The shares" continued Miss Harbord.
having evidently decided to follow up her
whips with a few selected scorpions,
should be bought as cheap as possible.
They, go up and down, you know. like
Monkey on a stickr' suggested Hughie,
with the air Of one anxious to help.
! Miss Harbord smiled indugently.
No, no! Like IA barometer, lot US
say: and you have to watch your OPP
portunity. There Is a thing called par
| which they go to-anybody will tell you
what 1t is-and that is a very good time
to buy them"
''Hughie. fighting for breath. rose and
joined Joan in the window recess. while
Miss Hartford, with much ostentatious
cracking. folded up the newspaper and
put 1t away.
'.Huehie," said Joan, under cover OF the
noise, you are angry"
mot at ALL" replied Hughie. w1ping his
eyes furtively. "a bit flummoxed-thats
all No idea your friend was so UP in
these things"
She is clever, isn't she?" said Joan,
with unaffected sincerity. But. Hughie.
dear, don't bother about 1t If it worries
| YOU My affairs must be a fearful nui-
sance to you, but Ursula was SO keen that
l should come
I'm glad You did. Joey. 1t was worth
It, said Hughie. simply.
"Of course" continued the unlearned
Miss Gaymer Ito people like Ursula these
but for you and me. who know nothing
about business. they're pretty stiff to
tackle. aren't they?"
Quite So" agreed Hughie. meekly.
! But look here, Joey" he continued, are
you really In want Of money!
"Of course, she is!'' said Miss Harbord,
overhearing and resumng the offensive.
Il could do with a few moro frocks
III 1t wouldn't be bother to change
those investments about bit. as Ursula
advises. Still. if 1t can't done We'll say
no more about it.
use to you?" said Hughie, suddenly.
"Oh, Hughfe, L should think SO! Can
1t be managed without fearful upset?'
cried Miss Gaymer. her eyes already
Frightening over a vista of blouse lengths
and double widths.
Yes said Hughie, shortly. "rll-Tn
make the necessary changes and see that
the cash is paid into your banking &C
count"
You DEAR said Miss Gaymer, with
! sincerity.
| "A hundred pounds? 1t might be more"
observed the daughter of the horse leech
on the sofa. Fourteen per cent still ran
killed. In her Napoleonic brain
| Hughte crossed to the writing table and
tore up a telegraph form.
| Capt. Leroy" announced Mr.. Coolies
voice in the doorway.
| That easy-going paladin entered the room
and tntimated that his wife had sent him
along to say that she would arrive in ten
minutes.
sula, we have just time to run round and
! see that hat we thought we'd better not
decide about until we had heard from
Hughie about the thing we came to see
MN about Now l can try 1t on with a
clear conscience. Back directly, Hughie."
She fitted out. the prospective hundred
pounds obviously burning a hole in her
pocket Cor wherever woman In the present
era of fashion keeps her money!. followed
by Miss IIar bord.
Hughie turned to Leroy.
Take cigarette, old man. he said,
and sit down with a glass Of sherry
while l do myself up for lunch Been
down at Putney.'
Leroy obeyed When Hughie returned
from his bedroom a quarter of an hour
later, he found that Mrs. Leroy had ar
rived She and her husband were en-
gagged IN low-toned conversation, which |
they broke off rather abruptly on their
hosts entrance.
Hughie shook hands. and. sweeping some
d.,
arrived guest a seat
NO, thanks, HuShie," said Mrs Leroy; |
Il prefer to look out of the window"
She walked across the room and began
to gaze down into the street with her
back to Hughie. Her husband, evidently
struck with the suitability OF this attitude, |
rose and joined her.
1.-The fact is. Hughie,' began Mrs. Lee
roy, staring resolutely at the house OBJ
posite. Jack and 1 want to talk to you /,
like father and mother. and 1 can do It |
more easily If look the other way"
Same here" cOrrobOrated Leroy. |
gruffiy.
Hughie started and surveyed the guilty |
looking pair Of backs before him with an !
uneasy suspicion. Surely he was not go
ing to be treated to third variation on |
the same theme,
Go on. Jack" was Mrs. Leroy's next
remark.
Cant be done, m'dear." replied the
gentleman. after an obvious effort.
briskly. AS this coward has failed me. !
must say it myself L want to tell you |
that people are talking
Ursula Hartford. for instance" said |
Hughie, dryly.
Yes. How did you know
"She delivered lecture to me this
morning. Gave me to understand that
she darkly suspects me Of being knave
and made no attempt to conceal her con-
viction that l am fool
well. OF course, that's all nonsense"
said Mrs Leroy to fly on the window |
pane; but really. Hughie. with all the
money that her Uncle Jimmy left her.
you ought to be able to give Joey more
than you do. shouldn't you? The child |
has to live in quite small way-not
really poor, you know, but hardly as an |
heiress ought to live. You give her sur
prisingly small interest on her money,
Jack says-didn't you, Jack2''
Capt Leroy made no reply, but the
deep shade of carmine on the back Of his
neck said Sneak" as plainly as pos
sibe.
And you know ne would be the last to |
say anything against you-Wouldn't you.
Jack?'
Pa ther!' said Leroy. in a voice of
thunder.
"Hughie," said Mrs. Leroy, turning i'm
pulsively. won't you confide in me?''
Hughie kicked coal in the CRATE In
his usual fashion and sighed.
II can't, really" he said. L
Fact Is. old man." broke in Leroy, in L
response to his wife's appealing glances.
I'VE didn't want to say anything at all |
but the missis thought it best-considerin'
the way people are talkin', and all that
Can L be Of any use? Been speculatin',
or anything?"
mo. Jack. I haven't" SAID Huehte.
shortly.
Mrs. Leroy gave a helpless look at her
husband and said, desperately: