Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-01-18

! me you're tired, sometimes. Let me
pet you and coddle you and fuss over
you the way-we-used-' The
words trembled off to a quaver that
she turned into laugh, and she lifted
her head with determined cheeriness.
Cause you're the first. after all--spite
of dozen babies"
"Sweetheart-you poor little girl"
! Pens arms caught her at that, drew
her back TO the window-seat and held
her there against his shoulder in the
I old way. SUEDE | neglect you? Am
| changed TO you, Heaven knows
Sue, am | making you unhappy"
Why. my precious boy-I unhap-
| PR Womanlike, she disclaimed It
while her very infection joyed in the
! assurance his tenderness gave her
| You poor, bothered. tired old honey
-" With a mothering Groom she
| drew away TO take him close. Billy
| Trudell saw Pens masterful head go
| down on the white shoulder YEARLY
and lie close to the sweet throat while
she whispered; and Billy Trudell felt
mighty shame and twealing lone
illness, and averted his face and crept,
stealthily, back TO his room.
He emerged. after due time, with an
elaborate stumble, and descended TO
take the lead in an hour OF good-fel
lowship-cordial, kindly, vastly expe-
rienced, talkative-altogether another
Truden than Horny had guessed exist
ed. He went TO rest vastly cheered.
Trudell seemed entirely at ease-Pen
had been himself. There was nothing
askew, after all.
Merely to be treasured, he ap-
preached the pink and pleasant Tru-
dell next morning on the hearth-rug
with a tentative "Well?"
Sure enough" said Trudell, briskly
I'D quite forgotten. Suppose We say
the club-to-morrow-at three" Their
eyes met; and Horny saw that there
was. after all. something the matter
with Penny Bond.
And, after all, Trudell put il in two
words, curtly spoken.
Its money said he. and Horny,
who had been fearing-he didn't
know handicapped back in the leath-
er chair and expelled his breath in an
incredulous Money"
Money" Trudeil yapped it, "Of
course, it's ridiculous that Pen should
get himself into a fever when all he
had 10 do was to call up any one OF you
his connections-anda ask for a mil
lion. Or. if he had any silly pride. he
needed but 10 hint how business wasn't
going--to look respondent and plead
poverty-and you'd all have sent your
cash boxes round next morning. Pre-
cisely!"
Il say. Tru'-" Horny whitened,
angrily, as he sat straight.
You shall say. in your turn. all that
you wish Trudell Interrupted. but |
purpose relieving myself first" Horny
sat back without a word. Trudell en-
phasized his points with pink and
polished foTefinger. Pens mother"
he snapped. holds the keys TO the cof
fers of the lamented Bond senior. Pen
wasn't TO be trusted with 'em. Pen
was given a bally worsted business to
play with and he set TO making a liv-
ing at it. For that reason and others
your family didn't feign joy when your
cousin Sue unfortunately fell in love
with him They said a thing or two
about Sues inheritance, and Pen an
should bring no more than a trousseau
TO that-bird-cage they first lived in.
She was game and did it. You know
all that. Well, comes time when the
bird-cage won't do any longer, and
Mrs Bond senior gets back at her dear
foes the Remsens by presenting the
pair with a country place. No little
picayune place, but a real one. What
= Ia 70 n
more to keep up a place in such col
ony than 10 keep bird-cage going.
But Sue needed it-Pen took IL. Like.
wise, she needed 10 be taken out and
about. So, when great-aunt Remsen
counters by presenting her with an
ahead-of-date automobile-Pen accepts
that! He couldn't give her one, you
see 1t follows that there must be
nifty. leather-legged automaton to run
the thing; and some one to do the
cooking that Sue couldn't do any
longer; and some one-well, they have
stable staff of servants and need
EN- Mrs. Bond junior very easily
slipped back 10 the way of living she
was accustomed to before marriage
Pen told her il was all right, | sup
pose. don't know just what the
worsted mandatory brings him. but
| do know what caviare and dollhouse
mushrooms and black Hamburg grapes
st-approximately. We had 'em for
dinner. 1t was a good dinner, but |
wondered, all through, what 1t cost.
You see, mn income is-what II is.
One thing more: Six months back,
Pens partner, Griscom. went smash.
Lungs. His family mustn't suffer, OF
course, so Pen keeps their wants sup
piled. 1t means double work without
double income; and the amount OF 1t
is, Pen has juggled his assortment OF
troubles through one year, but he
can't s.agger through the dclugc OF
please RENTS that is due January
first Maybe his common sense is
warped a bit-worry has that effect, at
times. you know. But it seems such
paltry, ridiculous fiZZling Of affairs,
don't you see? Not a dignified failure
and Pen has taken 10 testing with
the fates. Laughing at il, Which isn't
a good sign"
Horny Rensen ssot up from his chair
to his full six feet and walked away,
arms folded behind him. He went to
the window. looked out on the motley
of the street an instant, turned, came
back and took his chair.