Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-22
CHAPTER XIV.
A Confession.

OF late Berry had not been sleeping
well and the fear that this would react
upon her looks had spurred her to the
unwonted exertion of walking. The
route she had chosen was one OF those
thoroughfares which radiate from Mar
ket Street, and though not yet slums,
are far removed from the calm, wide
gentility of the city's more dignified
highways. With all her cleverness,
she had never shaken off the tastes
and instincts of the class she had
come from.
Walking loiteringly forward. she
crossed Powell Street, and approached
Rs entrance of that home Of vaude-
2fiIe, the Granada Theater. There
/had been a recent change Of bill. and
as she drew near she looked over the
posters standing by the entrance on
which the program for the coming
week was printed in large letters. Mid
way down one Of these. her eye was
caught by a name and she paused and
>stood reading the words:
JAMES DECAY BUFORD
The Witty, Brilliant and Incompatible
Monologist
In His Unrivaled Monologue
Entitled
KLONDIKE MEMORIES"
She remembered at once that this
was the actor Dominick had spoken OF
as having been showed in with them
at Antelope. Dominick had evidently
not expected he would come to San
Francisco. He had said the man had
been going to act in Sacramento.
As she walked down the street she
saw that she was approaching the car
line which passed close to her old
home. A clock In a window showed
her 1t was nearly five. Hannah would
have been home for some time. and
Hazel might be expected within an
hour. Without more thought she
hailed an uptown car.
She found them both at home. Ha-
eel having been allowed to leave her
work an hour earlier than usual. Sit
ting in small room in the back of
the house, they were surrounded by
the outward signs Of dressmaking.
Yards of material lay over the chairs,
and on a small wooden table, which
fitted close to her body and upon
which portions of the material lay
neatly smoothed out, Hannah was cut
ting with a large pair of shears.
= If Berny wanted to surprise her sis
tiers, she certainly now had the salts
faction of realizing her hopes. For a
moment after she told her news they
stared at her, too amazed to speak.
even Hannah, who had scented diff
cuIties, being completely unprepared
after the way of human nature-for
the particular difficulty that had
cropped up. 1t was Hazel who first
spoke.
Buy you off to leave Dominick?
Give you money to go away from him,
, do you mean?"
That's what said." returned her
sister with dry grimness. She's made
me two offers to leave my husband.
wants me to get out and. after I've
gone for a year, ask him to bring suit
for desertion."
my Lord!" murmured Hannah in
hushed voice of horror.
How much did she offer you?" said
Hazel.
The was crucial question. Berny
-knew its Importance and sat up. push.
ing back her disarranged hat.
? zone hundred thousand dollars" she
Said calmly.
"A hundred thousand dollars!
. gasped Hazel. "Why-why-Berny!"
She stopped, almost trembling in
the excitement OF her stunned incredu'
Hty.
"A hundred thousand dollars!" Han
nah echoed, each word pronounced
with a slow, aghast unbelief. "oh, II
can't be that much"
-Trs that much now" said Berry