The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-12-31

those rare and cynical smiles. The
system has a way OF doing such
things. Good disciples OF the creed
| 60 not write checks or even certih-
Gates OF deposit unless the figures 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
ly into the web. he was too good
business man to not consider possi-
bilities He knew that at heart Jane
was loyal wife. Her quick revulsion
when he had proposed stopping for
I refreshments revealed this, 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 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
|
that existed between them and bring
penitent confessor TO his feet She
was willing to worship at Mammon's
altar but eventually her husband
must kneel beside her. Brand knew.
He knew a pigmy and he knew a
worthy foe. The burglar proving In
the night knows the watchdog is
loyal He does not try cajolery with
soft whistle or kind words. He Of
fers something more substantial-a
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 had
grown, when the bone seemed an un'
necessary adjunct to the meat-well
time would tell.
: With her hundred dollars tucked
away in safe place Jane sat down
with pencil and paper to enumerate
and dilate upon it's purchasing power
T There we're 30 many things that she
wanted and actually needed, yet she
: knew she must be guarded in her Sc
lections. Everything she bough'
I would have to be accounted for as hav
+ ing been obtained through savings
: from her weekly allowance. And thii
I would preclude the purchase OF any
thing elaborate; anything that to th'
: laymans eye would reveal its costli
t ness. She must spread the money
: around here and there In compare
I lively small amounts,
a But there must be q dress. Thai
e she would not be denied. She would
[ have one made; her first tailored suit
a II would take two or three weeks tC
o get 1t and this would give her time tC
9 prepare for it's arrival. Bob was NJ
y connoisseur on women's clothes ant
besides he never pressed her for de
l. tails about her expenditures. He knew
;. that she had wonderful taste am
Il judgment though she had small oppor
r tunity for exercising 1t.
y She took up the morning paper ant
r scanned the ads Lingerie. That wa
II one solution. Men never could under
D. stand the cost of such bits OF finer
l. and how often she had longed 70
l. some OF 1t. One of the stores, too. wa
l. advertising q special sale OF broad
d cloth motoring coats with silk moir
g lining. Wouldn't that be grand 10
II her business jaunts with Brand? Blu
i the price, sixty-eight nifty. That woul
D. never do. She would have to nide
l. as she had the hat and II Bob eve
r, discovered 1t even his innocent credu
d ity would be tasked to imagine that
l. was the fruit OF household economy.
Is There we're handsome silver purse
d with vanity cases. One OF the kin
x she had wanted for q year. Tha
~ would do for one thing. II was sma
a. and to a man would mean very littl
ir even II II was reduced from fiftee
m dollars to thirteen ninety-eight. Som
Il. tan suede ties to go with the ne
sr dress. Yes. they would be just tn
lt thing for the suit was going to
Id brown. She had worn that little oil
blue serge. refined II. changed the CO
ID lar and altered 1t generally until sh
lie hated It and, never wanted to see
g. niece of blue cloth again. The Tic
er we're six dollars, but she would hay
them, anyway. Bob wouldn't kno
rs whether they cost six or two. The
I'd we're lust what she wanted. too, 81
lie hated high shoes, although for State
at island, and with winter coming. the
er were far more practical.
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