The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13

A Fool and His Money

able to stand the workmen banging
around all day." l confessed, somewhat
guiltily.
"Women in the partyi
"Two, I believe Both married and
qualified to express opinions. "
"They will be sure to nose me out, :"
she said ruefully. "Women are dread
full nosers. -
"Don It worry" I said. "Wel II get
a lot of new padlocks for the doors
downstairs and you II be as safe as can
be, if you'll only keep quiet
"But | don't see why / should be
made to nope here all day and all night
like a sick eat, holding my hand over
Rosemary mouth when she wants to
cry, and muzzling poor Jinko SO that
he
"My dear Countess" I interrupted
sternly, "you should not forget that
these other guests of mine are invited
here -
| "fBut was here first, she argued.
i'1t is most annoying
81 believe you said yesterday that
you are in the habit of having your
own money! She nodded her head.
1"Well, I'm afraid YOU II have to come
down from your high horse-at least
temporarily
"Oh, l sec. You-Jeu mean to be
very firm and domineering with ME. -
"You must try to STE things from my
point Of
"Pleasc don I say that! Z" she flared
"I'm SO tired of hearing those words.
For the last three years we ',een CON-
rcanded to see things from some else IS
point of view, and ! IN sick of the ex-
pression. ("
" For heaven S sake, don 7 put me in
the same boat with your husband"
She regarded me somewhat frigidiy
for a moment longer, and then slow,
witching smile crept into her eyes.
~ shan t." she promised, and
laughed outright. "Do -orgivc me, Mr..
Smart. ] am such piggy thing. III
try 10 be nice and sensible, and will
be as still as mouse all the time
they re here. But you mrs. promise to
come up every day and give me the gos-
tsip. You can steal up, can t yod' Sur
reptitiouslyf"
"Clandcstilely," said gravely.
| IL really ought to warn you once
more about getting ysurself involved, !"
she said pointedly.
"Oh, I'm quite safe old party" !
assured her. "They couldn't make
capital of me-
"The grouse was delicious" she said,
deliber ,tely changing the subject. Nice
Divorces are always 1oing that.
We fell into discussion of present
and future needs; of ways and means
for keeping my friends utterly in the
dark concerning her Nresence in the
abandoned east wing; and of what we
were pleased to allude to as "separate
maintenance" employing phrase that
might hav been considered distasteful
and even banal under ordinary eondi
tions.
Give bc4n trying to recall all of the
notable marriages we had in New York
three years ago." said !, after she had
most engagingly reduced me to state
of subsection in the matter of three or
four moot questions that came up for
settlement. 'You don t seem to fit in
with any of the International affairs l |
can bring to mind
"You promised You wouldn t bother
about that, Mr.. Smart" she said se-
vcrely.
''Of course you were married in New
York;"
"In very nice church just off Fifth
Avenue, if that will help you any," she
said. "fhe usual cyowd inside the |
church, and the usual mob outside, all |
fighting for glimpse of me in my |
wedding shroud, and for a chance to see
a real Hungarian nohleman. 1t really
was very magnificent wedding, Mr..
Smart" She seemed to be undulv
proud of TIE spectacular sacrifice.
A knitted brow revealed the obfus-
Gated condition Of my brain. I was
thinking very intently, not to say re-
motely.
"The whole world talked about it"