The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-09-25


those rare and cynical smiles. The
system has way Of doing such
things Good disciples OF the creed
do not write checks or even certifi-
Gates of deposit unless the hgures are
for fabulous sums. And they do not
ask receipts.
Also, Brand knew the lure OF ready
money. While he felt reasonably GER
tain that the spider had stepped bold
" into the web, he was too good a
business man to not consider posi-
biIities. He knew that at heart Jane
was loyal wife. Her quick revulsion
when he had proposed stopping for
refreshments revealed tEis. She
might be weary of her irksome and
humdrum life, but she was not weary
Of her husband. Nor had she lost ma
terially. he thought, any of those finer
feelings of a real woman That Il
cannot have you interfere had
ranked and hurt, but the wound
would heal. There was always the
chance that her husbands presence,
his devotion, his innocent trust would
strike the chord of genuine sympathy
that existed between them and bring
penitent confessor to his feet She
was willing to worship at Manmon's
altar, but eventually her husband
must kneel beside her. Brand knew.
He knew a pigmy and he knew
worthy foeA The burglar prowling in
the night knows the watchdog is
loyal. He does not try cajolery with
a soft whistle or kind words. He Of
fers something more substantial
bone with good gristle and bit OF
meat.
That was Brands bait--the bone,
the gristle and not too much meat.
Not enough to surfeit; just enough to
gnaw on and leave the taste for more.
Maybe, later when the taste haG
grown, when the bone seemed an I'M
necessary adjunct to the meat well.
time would tell.
With her hundred dollars tucked
away in a safe place Jane sat down
with pencil and paper to enumerate
and dilate upon its purchasing power.
There were so many things that she
wanted and actually needed, yet she
knew she must be guarded in her Sc
lections. Everything she bought
| would have to be accounted for as hav-
ing been obtained through savings
from her weekly allowance. And this
would preclude the purchase of any
thing. elaborate; anything that to the
| layman's eye would reveal its costli-
ness. She must spread the money
around here and there in compare
lively small amounts.
But there must be dress. That
she would not be denied. She would
have one made; her first tailored suit.
1t would take two or three weeks to
get it and this would give her time to
prepare for its arrival. Bob was no
connoisseur on womens clothes and
besides he never pressed her for de
| tails about her expenditures. He knew
that she had wonderful taste and
| judgment though she had small oppor-
tunity for exercising it.
| She took up the morning paper and
scanned the ads. Lingerie. That was
one solution. Men never could under
stand the cost of such bits of finery
and how often she had longed for
| some of it. One of the stores, too, was
advertising a special sale of broad
cloth motoring coats with silk MORE
lining. Wouldn't that be grand for
her business jaunts with Brand? But
the price, sixty-eight fifty. That would
never do. She would have to hide it
as she had the hat and If Bob ever
discovered 1t even his innocent credul-
ity would be tasked to imagine that it
was the fruit of household economy.
There were handsome silver purses
with vanity cases. One of the kind
she had wanted for a year. That
would do for one thing. 1t was small
and to a man would mean very little
even If 1t was reduced from fifteen
dollars to thirteen ninety-eight. Some
! tan suede ties to go with the new
dress. Yes. they would be just the
thing for the suit was going to be
brown She had worn that little old.
blue serge, refined it. changed the col
lar and altered 1t generally until she
hated it and never wanted to see a
piece of blue cloth again. The ties
were six dollars. but she would have
them, anyway. Bob wouldn't know
whether they cost six or two. They
were just what she wanted, too. She
hated high shoes, although for Staten
island, and with winter coming, they
were far more practical
RIO BE CONTINUED.)