The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19

fidence and respect. The Commissioners
hlIghting denunciation was appla
The workmen on the big irrigation ditch
were demorallzed; the settlers in the
valley were declaring that Selwin had
betrayed them.
Inccnsed and defiant. he was led to
renew with this VIE the battle of the
night before. There, that's the kind
of a man your husband is" and he
thrust upon her the offensive para
graph. He did not wait for her to fin
ish the painful reading, he strobe back
and forth in the room. Nice terms
they use. And you think I'm going TO
back down under fire, all skulk away
in the long grass? Not for me. I mean
To live my life as If not one word had
been printed 70 my disparagemcnt-and
wen see how long people in this town
will hold out against success"
His wife read the various excoriations
Of him in silence. When she had fin
shed she sat with the newspaper in her
lap. looking at the floor, paying no at
tcution to him while lie STROBE back and
forth.
VERY We'll" she said at last without
raising her eyes. "Since you think 1t
W. help you'll will submit will live
in whatever place you prescribe"
Good for you: knew you'd see the
common sense of it," But his wounds
were smarting too much to let him be-
stow more than passing approval on her
loyalty. This will be another pleas
ant day for me dowmtown-fr!ends fad
ing away as | approach-acquaintan
pointing at me behind my back. I'm
off now To face the music. Well, Sally"
he bethought him TO be gracious
you're standing by me anyway, like "a
good one
He stopped and kissed her, but she
did not respond to the kiss.
You must understand" she said
coldy, that though | shall try to help
you regain the esteem Of others l must
myself esteem you the less"
"Why?"
because of your lack of taste-and
because if you have no senslblities of
your own you'd not consider those of
your wife"
This speech angered him. without
making any reply he turned and left
the house.
In the car, going downtown. he seated
lawyer.
well, seem still to he a newspaper
topic he began genially; he accepted
the lawyers startled chill! assent as due
to embarrassment, and he dllated to
him reassuringly upon the whole affair.
Halfway through his story something
in the lawyers manner. curiously. quiz
zically attentive, told him that he was
| babbling, He subsidized into a silence
which was not broken by his companion
That morning he found that people
J whom he knew hurried by him on the
street. as If afraid to stop and speak;
he himself glanced about furtivcly as he
walked.
He ventured into his club for lunch
con; the men there nodded, spoke To
him, and dropped away. None intro
duced the subject Of his resignation;
when he introduced it To two or three
they listened without comment.
In the afternoon ne was requested
over the telephone to call at Kings
office. He found the iinancier in an OBJ
| viously more friendly mood than on the
previous day.
sit down, Mr.. Selwin sit down.
King said with an air of hospitality.
They're still hammering you in the
ne wspapers, I see. Well, keep your
courage up; | guess some time II will
all come out in the wash. ! hate Ia
| breach this at just this moment, Mr.
| Selwin-but ] suppose the sooner we
come to an understanding the better
I'm sorry. but that offer of the presi-
dency will have to be Withdrawn"
| King paused; Selwin took great
swallow; then the blood rushed to his
face and he sprang up savagely.
| Withdraw nothing" He stood over