Middletown transcript., 1914-04-18
JONES
c6z~ EDWARD MARSHALL WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
FROM IM PLAY OF GEORGEMC COHAN tE0a SsM12 IL r19

he left her, but would that good inten-
ton stand the test of Wallaces ridi-
cuIe (she felt certain Wallace would
oppose her plan) and his own contem-
plation Of the future for a night?
She had q hazy notion of what the
life Of idle rich youth in New York
must be, but imagined that it must
attract with vivid power, and she could
guess that Jonesville did not. Would
he hold firm in the determination
which she felt sure he had formed?
When the judge came in he found
her wondering and worrying as she
waited for some papers she had sent
clerk to get. Already she had ALMOST
finished the statement of affairs which
she had promised to give Broadway.
well, just came over from the
Grand hotel" the judge began.
Did you see the young manr'
"Only for a minute" The Judge
laughed indulgently. HE was eating
breakfast in his room, and his valet
had Just borrowed some hot fat-irons
and was pressing out his clothes" The
judges laughter became very hearty.
Even Josie smiled; but the fact that
they had brought valet with them
was a bit Of news to her. She ex-
pressed surprise.
The judge laughed again ~oh. he
just got here this morning. It seems
they both came of without any bag
gage, so they telephoned the valet, late
last night, to bring them on some
clothes"
1T must have been very late, for it
was almost eleven when they left your
house, wasn't it?"
"Oh, those New York people-they
don't think a thing Of sitting up till
all hours-midnight sometimes later!"
The judge preened himself a little
after this sensational statement, and
Josie, though she had heard such wild
tales in the past, was much impressed
by this one. 1t seemed SO much more
possible, more real, now that she had
seen Broadway in his maturity. How
exciting it must be to stay up, right
along, till midnight! But it must
strain ones health. She hoped he
would not do it often in the futurel
She was beginning to feel definite
personal interest in the youths health.
Such nice young man! For him to
dissipate his life away by staying up
at night, that way
He promised to be here at ten-ff-
teen," she ventured.
'Yes; that's what brought me over.
He asked me to tell you that he'd be
little late. guess he didn't sleep very
well. He says he had lot of horrible
dreams. What sort of a talk did you
have with him last night, anyhow"
Didn't he tell you?"
mo; he left the house soon after
you did. You must have said some
thing that upset him. He acted dread
fully worried"
Josie bent above her work. She
could not tell even the judge Of the
intensity of feeling which she had put
into that long conversation with Broad
way.
She had not slept so very well her
self. She had wondered If he thought
her bold, of1cious, to have given him
advice so freely, to have told him what
she had about what she believed to
be his duty She knew that, now and
then, she had been almost impassioned
in, her plea for Jonesville and it's
people. She wondered If he thought
her silly, over-earnest. But she told
the judge none of these things. They
were hidden in her heart. That heart
had known a lot of turmoil since
Broadway had come back.
'T simply told him the true state of
affairs and explained to him what the
plant meant to the town." she said
and bent above her papers on the
desk.
What did he say?" asked the persis-
tent Judge.
Much as she loved the Judge, she
wished that he would go away and
question her no further. There was
little feeling in her heart that she must
file that talk with Broadway among
the things which she held sacred. All
women have a secret file of memories
of that sort. She could not talk about
it.
HE said nothing very much"
Then a detail of his talk which had
puzzled her came back to
her, and she decided to discuss it with
the judge.
HE kept inquiring how much cash
we had" She smiled, not critically. |
HE doesn't seem to be much of q
business man"
HE struck me that way, too" the |
judge said graveIy. did he say the
trust made him an offer?"
She sighed. Yes" All, If she had
failed to move himl He might al.
ready have accepted it, and then what
would be the fate of Jonesville! This
thought made her very nervous.