Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-11-13
CHAPTER xIl-contInued.


There had been a snow. hard packed
by traflo, and the blacks caught the
sleigh swiftly along through the dusk
When the crowded business section
lay behind them. Henley remarked
casually:
q saw your little charity back
there"
He was q cripple"
Il see" Henley nodded. That's
gour greatest asset"
What is?"
Your health"
My lack of 1t. you mean" Mark an
Mswered grimly. But / don't quite
get your point OF view"
1T keeps you from making q fool
of yourself There's Hare, for In
self into incompetency. And Harmon.
with his women. For them prosperity
means indulgence. You keep your
appetites under control"
Il have to-"
Exactly my point" For a few
blocks Henley apparently gave himself
ever wholly TO the agreeable exercise
OF breathing In the keen frosty air.
When he resumed. no one could have
guessed from his tone that he was
working toward given point "Higs-
bees case 10 worse. One woman"
HAS he"
''His wife. A smooth catty creature,
with craze for display. Married him
after he made his stake, of courne. Al
ways nagging him for new Jewels. new
carriages, new-house. Makes him
dress for dinner. Drags him around
70 dances and receptions and box par
Aias-when 30 minutes Of that takes
1t out of him more than IL hours at
abe rolls used to-" Mark might have
been sitting for his portrait 'Egging
him on until he's scheming as I'M
scrupulously as toothless old dow
ager to get into society-or what with
her passes for society He spent six
months beating about the bush to get
me 70 send my wife around to call on
her. Queer. how big talented man
win let pretty useless woman pull
him around by the earsl'
Damned Queerl" said Mark.
Il suppose we, who aren't In the
same case. can't understand It."
Henley, Mark thought, seemed to
understand It very we'll
few minutes more brought them
dashing up to q stop under the porte
cochere of Henley's big house.
Much obliged for the lift" said
Henley as he sprang out OF the sleigh.
He added casually. "Er-by the way, /
think heard my wife say she was
planning to call on Mrs. Truitt In the
near future"
Despite quick flush. Mark looked
at him steadily. "Higsbee, then, was
n parabief'
by no means" Henley returned
blandiy. 1T seems they have met at
st. 6wtthin's and were--mutually In.
terssted" He paused. but as no reply
came from Mark. continued in the i'm
perscnal tone Of one who philosophers
generally. After all, there's q Rigs-
bee in all of us. We AFFECT to jeer at
This society thing. But we want our
W~'~s ~ A@sN0 NAO bSoN ~ y AOES EOku-
Portable. too. And besides, when a man
has charming wife. he can't hide her
light under busheL Good night"
Good night. Especially" Mark
muttered to himself, when she pro-
poses to let It shine" He gave the
rsins an angry jerk. The horses Ieaped
and raced down the driveway and into
the street. The music of the sleigh
bells rang merrily on the keen air.
Once he laughed aloud, sneeringly.
~Complaisant toadyi" He did not re-
fer TO Henley. He had, In fact, him
self in mind. One can not well openly
resent the insoient II friendly inter-
est--even In ones domestic affairs
q the man whose eccentric favor spells
prosperity. Stin 1t stings, especially
when II argues shrewd guess an to
the fact. And the fact was, Superin-
tendent Truths domestic estate, like
the neighborhood in which he lived.
left something to be desired.
He stopped at brick house that
differed from it's neighbors only in that
the lot was wide enough TO allow for
a driveway to the listle stable In the
rear. A groom, who had come to the
front in answer to the summons Of the
Sells. took the team