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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
RAILROADS SHOW A
CONTINUED FALLING
OFF IN EARNINGS
Income Reduced More Than
$6,000,000 in First Week
of September - Cotton
Roads Hard Hit By
Slump.

With few exceptions. gross earnings of
the railroads in the United States for the
first week of September continued to show
decreases compared with the same period
last year Moderate Improvement is
shown by some roads, but the leading
systems of the country are generally
below their last years figures, The fall
ing off during the first week of Septem-
ber was 81, 49l, l39 or 50 per cent.
The roads showing Improvement are the
Chicago, indianapolis and Louisville,
Minneapolis and st. Louis, Denver and
Rio Grande. Western Pacific and Mobile
and Ohio. The unusually light movement
of cotton, which is generally a great fac
tor in the freight business Of the rail-
roads Of the South. has adversely affected
the earnings of the cotton roads
To this can he attributed. in n large
measure. the smaller earnings Of tn"
Louisville and Nashville cincinnati. New
Orleans and Texas. Southern and eume
other larger systems. Losses in tho W"Si
and southwest are not as large form
ery. in some instances, and indications a -
for Improvement, notably in Colorado aud
Southern, Missouri Pacific and Missouri,
Kansas and Texas.
The following table gives the gross earn
inGs of all railroads in the United states
reporting to Dun'S Review for the first
week of September and the loss as COM
pared with the earnings Of the same roads
for the corresponding period year ago,
also the roads that reported for the same
week in tho preceding months, together
with the percentages Of loss compared
with last year:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

Philadelphia Company. regular quarrerl, ~.
ner cent on common. PAYABLE November 2 In
scrip, 70 stock NJ record October ! Scr'p ls
re6cem1hle ~ option of the COMPANY on
before Mav l. 1919, and viii hear interest unrll
date ~ redemption at rate Of per cent. n1".
regular semlannual 3 per cent on preferred
PAYABLE m cash November 10 stock NJ rec
ORD October I.
Ashland coat and Iron. quarterly per ccur
payable September 25 This is tho hrst iivi-
dend since December ?5. 1913 when l per
cent, was declared.
New York State RAILWAYS. regular quarterly
M ~ ner cent, on the preferred and quar-
t"ry of per cent. on the common, both pav-
Rhl" October ! to stock NJ record September
%. This Is reduction NJ - of per cent.
from the last quarterly pRvmont IN che com
mon.
Tobacco Products Corporation regular puar-
terlv "a, per cont on rTefnrrod. payable Oc-
toher ! 10 stock of record september -.
Goulds Manufacturing Compan, recu'ar
cent on preferred, pavahIe October / To stool,
Of record September ~.
sharon steel Hoop, regular quarterly -, per
cent, payable October /
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
DECREASE IN BANK cLEAR1Nes

tbst t''saeiphia News Bureau points out
IIr,,, i lne seven large cities In the
sbnu'', states, only one New orleans,
,snea co.,, an increase this week over Inc
ts'esponding ts. week last year in the mat
hou,. gAenanges through the clearing
soT,6 Ihough cotton movement In the
iness WIN It's resulting banking bus
SSnvonaluons. elearings In thai cttv ,yar. a.,
-TTlsass Of SO per cent a"
inss "a ,aFsest ratio Of decrease In clear
ana ne rs IN New York city, % per cent
cen, smallest In Baltimore, 0O2 per
OF IL nos'on and Philadelphia each fell
and CO.. cent, 81 Louis, 92 per cent.
Nal'ago. 60 per cent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
VEGETABLES

Potatoes quiet but s!eady. Other vegetables
do, fair to good. 0JIssc white potatoes
Jersey per basket toat5c t,TGe-s.t J P9,at9es g.. S
2, 75cds1; sweet potatoes, y. c., per bhl-
No. l. 81 79@2 N9 q 40 62s qtl sweets 3ST; 5ST;
lis; sweets. Jersey, per basket, 4Qa5oc
Onions, Western and Connecticut VALLEY
dunn, per lOO.lb bag, 81. Cabbage domestS
per ton, S11Gl3 Celery, y y, per bunch 10
T8Oc. Mushrooms, per Alb. basket, SOC u
81 CO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
MUNICIPAL BONDS


terlnES TO be Made.
An issue Of $4,000 paving bonds by Ches-
ter. Pa, was awarded to F.. ]. Coleman,
Philadelphia, at par and interest.
Bids Will De received until September ~
b. the Burgess of Hancock Washington
County. Md. for $4,000 per cent. water
bonds
LeechburR, Armstrong County, Pa. viii
not offer 5000 school bonds until June,
1915.
Bids will be received until September %
by PhillpsburE. ~ j., for $4,000 Il year
Is.
An ordinance, calling for vote on y
81 100000 bond lssue, was introduced IN
the Reading, Pa, Council. The loan win
he voted on at the general election, 10 he
held November 3. and. II approved hy the
voters. tn" money is to ne used Cor tho
following items: New city hall, $3.50. 900;
storage reservoir. Si5oOOo; land for parks
and houlevards, $4,000; improved street
paving, S95O.OOO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
FRESH FRUITS

Market quiet and without important change.
APPLES per bbl.-tiravcnstein 80. iuU] .
Biush, 81 25Oq3 other GOOD eating varieties
81 5Od3: medium. U.5OT25O, apples. Della
ware per hamper, 3OdfOC. Lemons. per box
1914 Pineapples per crnte-Porio Rico. 81 25u
3.25; Florida, sia25o. Crnnbetries cape Cod
Cape Cod, Early Black per crate. 81. T5g2
SFSnOfrres gs Irt pf IIa
I9sc. Peaches va. Per 2n-lh. basket. 55a!0c.
do; o., per crate, - ,aSlyos %, Pela~ssIro
per crate. 75c asi25, Peaches Pennsylyania
Pc hasket:zt.arge g:1.ag white or ysllow 9!gsos .
4 basket, 40c aS1 do" do yellow, per 81
basket 4oG al Rsars e. nearly per b sblsaJ5i 753 3
ciapps Favorite, no, 1, 81 35oa5 do 40, 2
81 1913 %; other varieties. s2n3. pears. New
Delaware per carrier. 4oas5c grapes, Con
cord, per crate, 40aGoe; Plums. per s.lo
crate. stq1 90; do, do, fats, 4od61c. Water
melons jersey, per 100 S5M 15
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
SEES BETTER OUTLOOK FOR
IRON AND STEEL TRADE
Expert Says Prices Have Already
Gone to Their Lowest Level.

ut Is my Arm conviction that 1t will
be long time before we again see as
low prices for iron and steel products as
we have seen since the first Of the pres
ent year"
This is statement made In an inter
view by Frank Baackes, vice president
and general sales asent OF the American
Steel and Wire Company.
ut would seem" he says, some people
looked for an immediate boom in Ameri-
can trade right after the declaration Of
war in Europe, but there came up several
complications that delayed matters.
Trade improvement has set in, however.
II Ia gradual but persistent and we shall
continue to see good results coming from
II from now on"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK

CHICAGO Sent 10 HOGS Receipts
1000: markets slov 10 stCn6y mixed and
butchers. Ss NOu9 ~ good heavy. - Nluo 20,
rough heavy. s. 25T : s.. light IS IiUn -
pigs, Ss 65"S -. hulk. IS i5"o ?5 cattle
-Receiptg 5Cn. markets steady. heeNcE 81 -
ait, COWS and halfers SiHn -. s'ockers and
feodors. 80 toUS ~ Texans g. "Hs 90. calves,
StU 5Oa - 2i. SHEEP Reo"iUfs Tf'u mar.
ks,s w'ak native and Western, 81 35"G 10.
lambs. sG8 IS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
CANADA BUYS WHEAT

nous increase in Chicago wheat exports
to Canada by way of the Great Lakes
According to figures compiled by r c.
McCrearv. head of the Marine Depart
ment in the Customs ONCE, twice as
much wheat as usual was exported in
July and August.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19

Net earnings of the Chicago Norrh-
western Railway decreased S5ll 9}I In rn"
year ending June 20. 1914. when compared
with the same period of the previous
year. according to the annual report just
issued. The net earnings for the year
were S2i,27l ,a0A. The total operating eN-
penses for thu wear were $50 i0G,l ~ OF
this amount Sl2,17a6S9 was for charges
pertaining 10 the maintenance OF way
and structures.
Coal shipments on the Norfolk and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19

Western Railway for the month Of August
from mines along the companv's lines
and from other railroads were 2,45o,sO8 net
tons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SITUATION HOME AND ABROAD
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS

roosters, itNi2c; spring chickens. hne. large.
ia isc; do medium sizes t5dl6c ducks.
old. 13ai4c. do. spring, 14115c. guineas. per
pair young weighing 2 lbs. and over apiece
roc do Weighing 1igdiai lbs. apiece G0nG3,
do. weighing | III. apiece, SOC; old. Soc,
pigeons, pcr pair, 1511Sr.
DRESSED. The market frm on desirable
stock with demand equal 10 the limited Ofer.
nss. FTesh-killcd fowls. per ib: selected
apiece 26Isc. weighing ! lbs. apiece, 2oc. !
weighing 3fa lbs apiece. l7aisc; weiehin5 =
lhs and under apiece. i8o.; MIA roosters, irr
picked, 49, broiue chickens nearby.
weisnlng i,sq2o lbs. apleee. ioG2oc do. fsir "a
lbs. apiece, l9c. do. do 2iaa3 lbs. apiece. 10
9iIc. .broiling chickens. Western, weighing
iibd2 lbs aplece. iTdlsc do, fair TO good
ijd16c squads, per doz. white, weighing !
gl2 lb.. per dol. sti5allo white Weighing
lbs per d9z .s2.25a2,5n.. 40. d., ibs., per
997s- 81 81. i6 iJ65a2; o. doS G59a5 l5si ,5er do7''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19

reEVOndInE WFFK TiET 0||
Canada number 81. against - lt.t or,H.
So the preceding week and twenty last
year. OF failures this week IN the United
States 145 were in the East, 10" South
sc West and 81 in the Pacific States, and
135 reported liabilities Of 5000 or more,
against 81 last week. Liabilities of COM
mercial failures reported thus far for
September are S2,77GG0O, against $7,li2, io3
last year
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
WILL EXCHANGE CLEAR
BUY A NEW HOME IN
L A N S ID A / E

SOLVE THE COST OF LIVING PROBLEM
5000 POPULATION
i2 MlNITEs FK9,My M! rR!EEAilnlNG Eil TERMINAL
NEW TWIN BRICK HOUSES ALL COVE
NlENcFS $500 10 S34@ TERMS
SEND FOR DEScRIPTIEE ClRGulsAE
W'M 3, ANDREWS c. sWARTLEY
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
BAR SILVER

Commercial bar silver ls being quoted
IN New York today at Sis cents In Lon
don bar silver was down I'D. to 23 9-l5d
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
FAILURES THIS WEEK

Commercial failures this week in the
United States. as reported by r. G. Dun
g. Co. are 3S4, against 2Ss last wo"k,
2s4 the nrecading Nnnk nnd ".
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
GRAIN AND FLOUR

FLouR-z,Reeeipss. 1900 bbls La2o. 400 lbs.
IN b%eFs S re bns market & ausl 1sIy bq e f u
%ntss s ss,.S slso snsss sash ~
Q5.9o; .spfns. FIRST ciee1, s56Ll - Do. straight
b2andR. b2TpdR 2S26 en- nils snocs fsv'p anG
fancy patent. se25@e.15 do, regular grades
ao Mhtep epon rieet th s65Sp'' do straight S'"o'"
RYE FLoUR.-oulst. but hrm. at So
PROVISIONS
smoked and i ar.drled, siaaac. western s beef
In sets, smoked aiT32c city beef, knuckles
seer fnSefe. and Td arders snSEe
ISic. beef hams, s4Odi3 pork family s28o
stnnsd loose s iS5sS COS d o@lg smoked is
To- ias; Other hams, smoked city cured ss to
les 2ss2os ,5g picnic sholldsrs r sprej
bs., l2af2I Sso,drg smoked % tat%s
1e91sc.; breakfast bacon, as to brand and
average, city cured. ., 22a24c breakfast
refined, terees, tlHaii%c4 DO. do. DO.
.s.ro1 t.bS 1%Tlins sr1 Pq,55s eii1 ksls Srs
city, kettle rendered. In tubs. l1Ha12c
SUGAR
,Matke, auls, a. quotations, STANDARD gran
ed; I3jc confectoners' A. T.15c. soft grades.
DAIRY PRODUCTS
BUTTER. Receipts Of desirable stock
light and prices steady. but trade quiet West
err fresh, solid packed, creamery, fancy sne-
cials, 34c. extra, 32o extra hrsts ale hrsts.
2ei5130i1c seconds 27isd2s5c. adle pack
ed, 21d23c., as to quality. nearby prints,
fancy Sc. do average extra. S3634o. do,
hrsts, 3od32c., do, seconds 27n2ec. Special
fancy brands Of prints iohbinE AT 3AdI1c
EGGs.-Demand equal to the limited ofrer.
ings Of fine fresh stock prices of which stead
lily held In free cases, nearby extras. Bic.
per doz.; nearby nrsts, $50 per standard case
nearby current recepte .I.yoGL so per stand
ard case; Western extra hrste. So 40 per case
do frsts, sI.6Od7.s0 per case; do, seconds,
s6.6Cd6.a0 per case. Candled and recrated
fresh eggs were obhed out az 3Hd7Tc. nor
dog - quality.
CHEEsE.-offerings light, and market arm
bu' traue quiet. New YORK fun cream IN tp.
1Shd1oi5c. do, do fair to good, i5l9TiGc
do. part ekims, nd1+c.
POULTRY
LINE.-Choice stock firm. hut ordinary
poultry dun and weak Fowls, In old
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
PROVISIONS
SUGAR

Market quiet AZ quotations STANDARD gran.
ulated, 7.3Oc. fne grpnulated 25c., powder
ed 1.3ic confectoners' 4, T.15cj soft grades
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19

Philadelphia banks have taken out
Sl2'25o emergency currencv from the Sub
treasury in this city. making SO, 652, go is
sued thus far
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19

A reduction of % per cent. In the civil
engineering force has been ordered bv
tn" New York New Haven and Hartford
Railroad
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19

Banks gained from the subtreasury yes
terday s92O
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19

In the matter of proposed Increase Of
10 per cont. in freight rates. the Gulf
colorado and Santa Fe will start force
OF expert accountants ~ work preparing
data to he submitted 10 The Texas Rail
road Commission a the public hna RINGS to
be held in Austin, beginning November %
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-03

AlQ society ana was taken 10 the
court of domestic relations on war
rant charging abandonment. He had
been in the Bridewell two weeks
when l found this out
HE told me what happened in
court. Miss Bloomenthal and Miss
Frank of the society were there with
him. They told Judge Fry it was for
the betterment of his family that he
be sent to the Bridewell and he plead
ed to see his wife and Miss Frank
told him 1 was in a private hospital
being treated for nervousness and the
children we're being taken care of by
her, and on that evidence my hus-
band was sent to the Bridewell.
81 have gone to the society day
after day. 1 have pleaded for my
husband. l love him. l want him
back again. He is suffering out there
and he hasn't done anything and
they order me out of the place when
l go there.
when / told some of those young
girls connected with the society,
Miss Frank and Sarah Brackenstone,
that would have another baby they
said to me:
why do you have babies? What
right have you to have babies?'
"They are giving me SIS a week
and paying my rent, but do not
want their help. would rather have
my husband if he could only earn
So and live on it.
81 went to Judge Fry and 1 told
him my husband did not abandon us;
l sent him away because he was sick
and he told me to see the society
and the society told me to see the
judge. They send me back and forth
and no one will do anything"
The woman became so sob-racked
that the reporter had to wait over
ten minutes before she could regain
her self-control Then the reporter
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-03

the Bridewel and examine Goodman,
and at last DR.. Macmillan Spatz,
1859 Fillmore st., went out and eX-
amined Goodman. This is his report:
81 found Ben Goodman to be suf-
fering from incipient pulmonary tu-
berculosis and it is my opinion that
prolonged stay in the Brideweu
will tend to aggravate this trouble
and render cure impossible"
The man who has known Good
man for years has volunteered to
give him work if he can be released
from the Bridewell. He has pleaded
with the Jewish Aid Society and has
spoken to Judge Fry, but the society
refuses to listen to anything and Or
ders the almost crazed wife out of
their Office.
The Jewish Aid Society is holding
a letter written by Anna Goodman to
her husband in New York, telling
him that the ticket would be sent
him to go to Denver to get well and
asking him to go to a doctor in New
York and be examined so that the
certificate could be sent to the Jew
ish Aid Society. They hold this let
ter as the sole support of their claim
that the mother of four children aid
ed her husband to abandon them to
the care of charity that gives them
bare sustenance, and the society is
without sufficient sense of humor to
see the absurdity of this.
Mrs. Goodman is in delicate health.
She is of a nervous temperament and
in this condition was sent to a deten-
ton hospital and put through the
torture she is now undergoing by sta
tistical charities who boast of the
good they do.
She is without funds and cannot
hire lawyer to take the necessary
legal steps to have her husband re-.
leased from the place where he did
L. - i l. L IL.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-11-27
PICKED UP IN THE ORCHARD
DRESSING Of Wood Ashes Beneficial
to All Fruit Trees-Bones Pro-
mote Growth and vlgor.

A dressing of wood ashes around the
frui: trees and grape vines is a bene-
fit. 1t supplies the loss Of the alkalis,
which ar largely consumed by fruit,
der troys the acidity in the soil and
tends to swee.en all kinds of fruit.
Bones, old leather, refuse plaster
and soap suds, all constitute good fer
tilizer for the fruit trees.
Bones appear to be the best OF all
to promote permanent growth and Wig
or in tree.
A handful Of bone dust mixed with
the soil at the roots Of tree or grape
vine will show its beneficial effects FOL
q number of years.
When grapes or berries are too ten
der and will not stand up In first
class condition to pick and market, l
shows that the soil on which the.
grow is deficient in potash.
The custom Of summer pruning o
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-11-27

the price is low. while In country
neighborhoods there is little or mono
OF II for sale.
This skim milk is also fine for pigs
and calves. and every near.the.city
poultryman should have at least one
pig fattening in little pen with u
concrete bottom somewhere on his
premises. II is easy to keep such a
pen clean and sanitarysin city where
II can be flushed with n hose and
washed out every day or two.
A pig will fatten on stun which
otherwise is thrown away. Just as 100
or 200 chickens can be kept on the
acre lot at an an absurdly small ex'
pense.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-11-27
CHAPTER w.

Slade wanted Katherine Strickland
for his wife much the same as he
would have desired wealthy, clever,
influential man for a partner. II was
to be a union OF ambition. There was
no tenderness In his thoughts OF her.
He was actuated purely and simply by
the lust for power and the greed Of
glory. All the softer, better things In
the mans nature we're swamped by
this torrent OF craving for worldly sue.
cess that was sweeping him on to com
NIT the most dastardly act In his long
career OF trampling over the heads
and hearts OF adversaries and oppo.
nents.
Even when he was a boy Dan Slade
had always set his teeth at you can't
do IT," or 1T can't be DONE" The very
difficulty OF q thing strengthened his
determination to do. All his life Ions
his success had been punctuated by
the ruin Of other men. He had moi
advanced SO far without pushing other
men back. Now that woman instead
Of q man stood In the way, the result
was the same. His methods might bt
auieter, more merciful. but the answer
would be the same. Mary's sterling
worth, her long years Of devotion ant
Iweet tenderness counted for nothing
once he became convinced that Mary
iowdiness. her standpat policy and he
arrested development were stop-gapl
In his own opportunity for progress
sion. He ignored the fact that the II,
, tie brown.eyed. patient woman was q
much part Of him rs we're his eye
Or his arms or any other very essen
!ial part Of his being.
, II was at just this point In slade'
pitiless reasoning that Mary. perrin
: over the baluster and seeing hin
llone. hurried down the stairs.
THANK goodness. they've gone." sh
declared as she came into the room
rhen seeing the numerous side light
burning she hastened to turn on
lfter the other down to q Gimme
I'm 80 glad you're not going out" sh
J. went on, coming over to him and rul
!. bing her cheek against his sleeve. TIL
q little movement was a patheticall
y mute appeal for some caress. what
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-11-27
skim Milk for Pics on Alfalfa.

Experiments at the New Mexico sta.
tion indicate that skim milk is valu-
able feed in connection with alfalfa
pastures, being worth IL cents per
hundred pounds when fed alone, and
when corn is worth Sc cents per bush
ell; and that 1t is worth 25 cents per
hundred pounds when fed with corn
at the rate OF two to three pounds oi
skim milk to one pound Of corn. Com
pared with wheat, when fed alone
seven to eight pounds Of skim mili
eQualed one pound OF wheat.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-11-27
CHAPTER lll-contlnued.

Suddenly 6lade's eyes lighted with
the fire of decision. His mouth De-
came a firm, straight line OF deter
mination. There was something I'M
placable and grim In his very attitude
as the resolve to win Katherine StrlcK-
land became fixed in his mind. He
longed to hurry after her-to tell her
of his decision to fight, II not with,
then for her. He was eager to show
her Just how much they two together
could make out Of life, big. fine fight
for position and power.
Even the thought Of being governor
was left In the distance as plan after
plan raced through his mind, OF greater
conouests and bigger achievements,
possible only with woman like Kath'
crime Strickland for his wife. So alb
sorbed and intense we're his thoughts
of the future with her for the moment
he forgot completely the woman who
for 80 years had kept her place as hif
wife. In all his dealings he had never
considered obstacles, except to sweeI
them from his path. AS he remem
bered the present and Mary, he reve'
hesitated or faltered from his newly
made resolution.
Mary could go It alone. He woult
see that she had everything tina
money could buy. He would make he
comfortable and take care OF her. Tha
she should be further considered neve
entered his mind. Always ruthless II
his methods, he was equally cruel evei
when the obstacle to his advancement
was fragile little woman who ha
given him the best Of her love an
years and who would gladly have lai
down her life to save his.
It was not as II sudden flame
intensive, overwhelming love for katf
crime Strickland had surged throug
/ his heart. II was nothing as decor
!. or as fine or as blameless as that. HI
D whole attitude toward the girl wa
D one Of cold.blooded acquisition. II
s had determined to have her just as b
|. had determined only last week to ou
bid every other man at the rug au
o ton. He wanted her to take a plaS
/. in his life because he knew what h
4 value would be to him. He wanted h
d beauty. her brain. her savoir faire.
e SO many stepping stones by which
II mount higher and higher in the anal
a OF the state and the nation.
r In spite Of the fact that he criticize
his wife's lack Of social graces,
!, was wise enough to know that he WI
:. far from finished product himse
In spite Of himself. traces Of the pa
venu occasionally showed through Il
veneer OF bluff and arrogance. WI
wife like Katherine he would sot
), come to know all the fine points Of q
= social game. A wife like Katheri
:. - would cover up a multitude OF his
|. .. tie sins OF commission and omission