New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-03

snonse ne had hoped for was not there. ar
81 + don't know" she faltered.
cues we've had our time, John
And then ne knew she would never under,
.,,,nJ. knew too that she was not the klnd
If wife To whom man could coniide secret
ike his. But me tried again. "KemeinDer
that time. about twenty years ago, whcn we
sat under the trccs-thc same ola trees
NIuriel? | was asking you to be my |He'
VIII YOU marry me?' | said, just as pam
and direct like that, without any soit WORDS;
w. were both Of us too tired, ! guess ana
Zoo moor and lonesome, TO dabble with senti-
,,,o,, I Guess we weren't like the others,
Nfrriel The others who have sat under these
Iii trccs since then. We were never young,
you know H., ,,
~Nlavbc il was best that way she con,
.oloJ @Wc always were plainspoken and
.s,r,nIc folks. And we've been getting along
1T ',l,.r' wcll-I guess as well as the others
And / am sure | have been lou happier
since | left Worley's Office.
DICK.NS suddenly became aware that
ID the odor OF bay rum he exuded iresh
fror, his Sunday morning shave was con
,a,,,;,atinp the breath Of the lilacs. But the
;,nnrcssion was fleeing. His wife was nurS-
inc a wound acquired by the youngest Bick-
ms in his efforts to run at top speed fouiil d
r;rc,lar Aowerbed and prove that the law
If centrifugal force was all bosh.
@Tf i hadn't been for WOrley- ne
thought aloud: though he hadn't meant to.
@VorIev YES" said his wife, and there was
bitterness in her voice that startled nm.
@What do YOU know about Worley? lie
demanded a little sharply
~Whv. Iohn. he was my employer you
know " She explained meeHy. 1T was WINE
I worked in his office that got TO know you
don't YOU remember ,,
yes. YES. of course. Queer | should nave
FORGOTTEN it, And then, muttering uhaer
his breath. all but too low for her to hear
"Scoundrcl.' -.
She forced her arm tenderly under ms.
aRnt he can't harm us any more, John.
~Ts-harm us?' He gave a little startled
gasp. what DO YOU mean, MurleI; 10"
did he ever harm us;
~Oh. | am not sure Just what l meant
Tohn. | never liked him, you know, tilS
with a weak laugh that something stranSied
into - oroan But it treasured Bickins.
81 was lust thinking" he said, about
poor poor Jollc9' lo' H.
@Xo. | never heard Of him. You are not
cold. are YOU, John? But what are you say
ing about jones'?
Bickins. fumbling for words, wondered
how she could find it cold; for the air was
warm and carcssing Then, ZONES was
Worlcv's partner mean one OF Norley S
partners. Guess YOU never knew much
about Worlcvs affairs Well, poor Jones
was on the inside sure enough. lie meant
well enough. did Jones; but he was young
and foolish and poor, and there was a girI::
They were 90 be married rs soon as ne could
get a little balance in the bank And then
Worlcv-"
He glanced at his wife. erface, tense but
unimaginatiye, showed no trace OF keener
interest
~Worlev came to Jones and showed him
how he could use that bank balance, he
continued bitterly. "Hc whispered scheme
into his ear, whispered it in that smooth,
cunning way Of his. They were % start a
new Investment enterprise with Jones as IT'S
president. II looked straight enough TO Jones,
honest fool that he was. Things began to
look cheerful. The girl and he had decided
on the day. Then
"You never really knew what a skulklng
dog Worev was. The concern was a fraud,
a barcfaced swindle; though Jones dldn' {
know it until it was too late. Then, as he
was the nominal head Of the concern, he
was told he could either refund the invcS-