The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13
By
Geo. Barr
McC cCutcheon
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS
INSTALLMENTS.

oAo VIZ fRbs4OOo "
= INSTALLMENTS. o
In the opening instaln,ents OF "a q
Fool and His Money" Geo. Barr Nc @
. Cutcheons charming novel, serial o
rights for which have been specially O
obtained for the Home and Farm @
Magazine Section, we learn Of John @
neiiamy Smart, the young man who .
telling this story. He has just @
written his first novel, and at the @
same time has fallen heir to an i'm o
mchse fortune left him by his uncle. @
AHer visit TO London, Smart O
.akes trip on the River Danube. O
A''er finding an old.world town, he @
ct""Vers an ancient castle, which 40 @
purchases from its owner, the Count. @
WIN ms secretary, Poopendyke, he 9
'ahes possession of the immense 6,
structure, which is supposed to bo @
y lenanted only by the care;aker and @
ms iamliy, the Sshmcks. Later Smart 9
= 'lnds woman who IS in possession 6
OF wing OF the castle that is barred o
Y 70 hiN She grants n brief interview o
out refuses . leave. The servants o
appear 10 be in league with her, aad 9
omar' IL N dnandary Later he is o
y capuva'rd by the wit and beatty of Z.
y 'he mysterious lady aud no longer @
urges her departure. He finds that 9
@ she rs divorced from a worthless and Z.
Sehffning Austrian Count, who was Z.
y awarded the custody Of the lady's 9
9 child. The Caunt demands a million I,
. d'iiars trnm his rich American father Z.
" ihia", when he would give it up. The q,
. mother abduets the child and selects z.
" III" castle AS a hiding place Smart 4.
% Tears trouble with the authorities 4.
In cic he "a.
4, divorsee. n
3 3 9 9 q @ o @ o o o o @ o o o :,
LAID awake half the night morbidlv
4 bera.ing tie American father who is
so afraid o. his w,f, that he let's her
bully him into sacrificing their Joint
flesh and blood upon the altar of social
ambition. She had said that her father
WIS opposes to the match FROM the be-
ginning. Then why, in the name of
heaven, waan t he man enough to put
stop t. IT. Why Hut what use 4.
there in APPLYING wh,s to man who
docsn t knou what God meant when He
fashioned two se&es' ] put him down
as neutral and tried my best to forget
him
But coaldn Z forget the daughter
OF this brcw-beatea American father
There was something singnlarly familiar
ABOUT hef exquisite face, conviction
on my per. that is easily accounted for.
lier portrait, of course, had been pub
lished Tar and wide at the time of the
wedding; she must have been pictured
from every conceivable angle, with
iilimitablc gowns, hats, wells and para.
sois, and | certainly could not have
missed seeing her, even with half an
eye. But for the life of me I couldn y
connect her with any of the much
taiked-of international marriages that
came to mind as | lay there going over
the meagre assortment l was able to re-.
call. went to sleep wondering whether
Poopendyke s memory was any better
than mine. He is tremendously inter
ested in the financial doings of our
country, being the possessor Of flour.
ishIng savings account and as he also
possesses a lively sense of the ridden.
Ious 1T was not unreasonable to sus.
pect that he might remember all the
details of this particular transaction in
stocks and bonds.
The next morning | set my laborers
to work putting guest-rooms into shape
for the coming of the Hazards and
the four friends who were to be with
them for the week as my guests. They
were to arrive on the next day but one,
which gave me ample time to consult a
furniture dealer. l would have to buy
at least six new beds and everything
else with which to comfortably equip
as many bed chambers, it being a fore
gone conclusion that not even the hus-
bands and wives would condescend to
"double up" to oblige me. The ex
pensiveness of this ill-timed visit had
not occurred to me at the outset. Still
there was some prospect of getting the
Wholesale price. On one point l was
determined; the workmen should not be
laid off for single hour, not even if
my guests went off in a huff.
At twelve I climbed the tortuous
stairs leading to the Countess apart |
ments. She opened the door herself in