The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-09-24

A Fool and His Money

- You are uedI, JohH, eno eiSheo'
"You II comef'
"In minute said she with vehe-
mence, a genuine American girl once
more.
"Just as soon as those pesky work
men are out of the place, III drop you
line," said 1, immeasureably exalted.
"But draw the line at noblemen.
"Don't worry" she said, setting her
nice little white teeth. ~ draw it too.
Never again! Never!"
1t occurred to me that here was an
excellent opening for bit of mission
ary work. Very pointedly l said to
her: ''I fancy you are willing to admit
now that she wasn't such simpleton
for leaving him."
She went SO far as to shudder, all the
time regarding me with dilated eyes.
~ can t imagine anything more dread
full than being that man S wife, John. =
"Then why won't you admit that
you are sorry for herr Why won't you
| De ullle JUDI W heA
/ She looked at me sharply. "Do you
know her?'
"Not by long shot," I replied has
tilv. and with considerable truthful
ness.
4 "Why are you so keen to have me
take sides with her?"
"Because / did, the instant l saw
, that internal cad. "
She pursed her lips. 1t was hard for
her to surrender.
"Out with it, Elsie" l commanded.
) "You know you've been wrong about
that poor little girl. | can tell by the
: look in your eyes that you have
5 switched over completely in the last
four days, and SO has Betty Billy. y
"I can't forgive her for marrying hin
in the first place" she said stubborniy
!. "But / think she was justified in leav
a ing him. As I know him now, | don
Z see how she endured it as long as sh'
A did. Yes, am sorry for her She is
dear girl and she has had a-a-"
"I1l say it, my dear: hell OF
a time"
n "Thank you"
"And l daresay you now think sh'
! did right in taking the child, to-"
d persisted. -,
,s "I-I hope she gets safely away wit
!. little Rosemary, back to Gods coun
try as we are prone to call it, Oh, b.
the way. John, don t see why shoul
- feel bound to keep that wretch's secre
'e any longer. He has treated us lik
y docs He doesn It deserve"
"HoId onl You re not thinking 0
r telling me his name, are you'"
"Don't you want to know itf Don
g vou care to hear that you've been er
tertaining the most talked of, the mos
e. interesting
IN "No, I don t! -
ID "Don t you care to hear who it wa
that he married and how many million
- he got from"
W "No, don It. +"
y "And why notf'
!: "Well," said 7, judicially, Gin tn
~ ~ first place I like the mystery of it al
y In the second place, | don't want t
e know anything more about this felio'
= = than | already know. He is enough o
- horror to me, as it is, God know
- - without giving name to him. | pre-
~ fer to think of him as Mr.. Pless. If yo
don't mind, Elsie, I'll try to eradicat
er him thoroughly from my system a
IN Pless before / take him on in any othe
TX form of evil. No, / don't want to kno'
'u his name at present, nor do ! care
hang who it was he married. Silly nj
7. ton, ! suppose, but mean what
ne say"
=" She looked at me in wonder for
III moment and then shook her head as
W. considering me quite hopeless. "Yo
III are an odd thing John. God left SOM
ed thing out when He fashioned you. III
an lust dying to tell you all about then
and you won't let me-
by els she prettyR" asked, yielding
I little. :,
so ushe is lovely We've been reall
nd ouite hateful about her, Betty and
in Down in our hearts we like her 81
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