The Glenwood post., 1914-03-07

A~A! eIeo " Dee you
again.
Nov she coald rise with full pro
priety. and did 20. taking his hand cor.
daily. Well. well, Broadway; II
doesn't seem possible that it's you"
Smiling in IN unfeigned Joy At seeing
him. she took him by the shoulders
and slowly turned him around for in
spection.
Yes. guess I've changed" he
laughed. Nobody seemed to know me
In the streets. and l saw only one face
that I recognised" He brought Bob
up. This u Mr.. Wallace, Mrs. Spots.
wood"
She shook his friends hand heartily
II want you to feel right At home. l
guess Broadway knows that all his
friends are our frieuds."
Wallace really vas delighted BY the
whole atmosphere Of simple welcome;
and those eyes Of Clara Spots
vood's-he wondered II. when
Broadway took the full charge
Of the gum works and came
here to i've. there would not be some
reason for . bra.ch once Of the EN-.
pire Advertising agency in Jonesville.
The Judge called their attention to Q
portrait of the dead gum magnate. 1T
was made ten years ago." he said, in
explanation.
But he didat change much in his
last ten year," said Mrs. spotswood.
No: you bet he didn't" Broadway
acknowledged bitterly.
is Dave Ia the kitchen, mom?" the
judge inquired. - Mrs. Spotswood
started for the lemonade.
Yes"
He went to her conndentially hand
ing her . coin. ~ soon ~ he vas sure
that Broadway and his friend were lost
in contemplation Of the portrait. Give
him this quarter then" he whispered.
and tell him to 60 over to the drug
store and get six good cigars for me-"
Though this was mad extravagance.
she countenanced it upon this great oc-
casion. TN tell him right away" she
promised, and the Judge smiled at her
She always rose to great occasions.
Didn't remember Clara. did you
when she went to the door?" he genial
ly inquired of Broadway
No; I didn't" he admitted She's
quite a lady now, isn't she?"
Nineteen. near twenty"
She's a mighty pretty girl. judge"
Wallace commented, with fervor.
Well. we're proud Of her" The
Judge made a gesture as II warning
them to listen carefully, and then
dropped his voice. almost to a whisper
This was the Homecoming of Jones
and this was Jonesville 1t should he
held, be celebrated in something
stronger than lemonade With an eye
upon the door. he pulled a flask out OF
his pocket. Il thought maybe you
boys would like a little drop of some
thing, so I brought home this flask
Can't | fix you up drink. Broadway"
Jackson guessed its quality. and.
though his system yearned for alco.
hol. rejected the mere thought. Not
now. thanks"
Mr.. Wallace!"
Taking his cue from Jackson, Wal
lace shook his head. "A little later,
Judge"
The Judge put the flask back in hi.
pocket. We'll. don't say anything
about it. Mrs. Spotswood would raise
thunder if she thought brought it in
the house. She's an awful temperance
crank"
Not word from me. judge" Broad.
way assured him.
Nor from me-" aaid Vallaro
They were wondering why he did
not begin to discuss business. but he
soon explained. Wait till you see
Sammy. you won't know him." he be.
gan, beaming upon Broadway. He'll
be here directly. l sent him to the Of.
flee for some papers. l want you to
see copy of that will"
Yes; I'd like to. just as soon as pos.
sible," Broadway admitted.
The judge turned to Wallace. You
knew very few people imagined that
this boy would come in for it all?"
Il can't understand it myself" said
Broadway.
'Of course I knew" said the judea
complacently.
But l always supposed. judge, that
the old gentleman hated me-"
No, street" exclaimed the Judge.
of course he didn't like the idea OF
your going to New York as soon as you
grew up and not taking hold of the
business as your father had But he
never would have bought you out il
he'd not been afraid you'd sell to some
one else.
Il know. I was in his confidence
after you went away. He didn't want
you to go to New York because he
didn't understand you. He never had
the least idea that you'd take up the
wholesale liquor business down there.
or take up any other business for that
matter. He feared you'd go squander-
ing your money.
Il wish he had known the truth be-
fore he died! But he was really very
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