The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-02-19

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do yDa Eks itr lane ineUifsd -
90 Glad. because hmd X made 0ses
ftur girAes. and I'm alrncss satisfied
myself now
Iana put her arm around her nasgA'
boris waist she looked smlcily q
Brand.
Your wife newer lats me forget thai
she 10 ave years my junior" shs said
But rs sweet Of her iast the tame
And with this strictly feminine para
don the exshanss Of saaviries ceased
They heard Rob's step on the stairz.
He shook hasids with beth.
-Awfuiiy sorry to have kept yoz
waiting he said. hut with two Snch
charming ladies guess ne wont MIND
entering little late. sh. Brandt"
They look good to me- the milIica'
sire agreed Let's 60
Me. Brand was. o. Jans had said.
ave years her junior. Dust how this
fact ever came 20 be- openly estah'
lished II Que Of those mysteries thai
must 20 unsoived. OF course the one
never referred 10 II and the other
never forgot H. Eut II existed and n
served a. a sort OF balance wheel to
their respective attractions. For Jana
was Of 9 type 70 which . few ysArs
one way or the other neither add nor
dstract from beauty, II the discrep-
ancy had been the other way 1t might
have been noticeable Mrs. Brand was
. blonde and q beautiful one. She vas
nearly a. tall o. Jane and slightly
more robust Blue eyed and fair
skinned. With cheeks that drew their
color from q perfect constitution. not
from the esnbsliishing touch Of rouge
No lady's maid In all New YORK had
an easier task than Mrs. Brands and
no nodtsks's art was better rewarded
than hers. In the clubs where Il was
common tsik that Brands patronizinE
hand had raised Reynolds out OF OBJ
security. this striking beauty Of the mil
ltcnaits's wife served a. n sort OF anti
dots to gossip. Al least. men urged.
II was \ toss-up. and II Reynolds lost
he was . fool. From point OF aye they
wero a wonderful pair and in that re-
spect their husbands were mot far be-
hind them. Al the opera or among
the FIRST nishters there wasn't quar-
tette In the city that attracted more
attention. Brand was fairly popular
in the clubs. although be spent but
little time 10 them. Reynolds, the new
conner, was more So He was a nat.
ural mixer and, whether he felt II or
not, he maintained q cordial attitude
toward new friends that made him
welcome Time did not press on Bob,
either. He had declined Brands offer
to 20 into the millionaire's firn and he
drew his living from the street. Brand
had made good as prognosticaior.
Money did make money. From the
time Bob buried his conscience and
hurried over TO New York after his
wife and went from her to Brand. he
had had no cause TO complain. Forty
thousand dollars was good grub
stake and with Brands assistance he
had doubled II.
Only one thing worried Reynolds
His wifes mania for money was insa-
table.
Jane" he had told her few weeks
ago, we've got fortune. Do you
realize II! Eighty thousand dollars.
Eighty thousand dollars and a fifteen
thousand dollar Rme Let's quit and
90 away. With the rent from this
place we'd have an income OF seven or
eight thousand and We could run all
over the world on that, You know
how we used to hope and plan for the
day when We could see something Of
other places. Not London and Paris
and Berlin. but something really diff.
ferent Id like TO go down into Al.
RIGA and india after some Of that big
game. Why. never shot anything In
my life larger than a rabbit and I'd
rather kill a lion than get all the
money in the subtrcasury. Come on,
what do you say You love the out.
door life and wen have the time Of
our lives"
But Jane demurred
Let's wait little while, Bob. We've
only Just begun. Look what Brands
got and he isn't hunting lions"
No" he said resignedly, ne isn't
hunting them and he couldn't bit one
II he did. You got me into Brands
class TO some extent, but you'll never
make him my model Of man. can
cross his bridges but I've got some
OF my own that make him stop and
look. He found that out nj school"
He wasn't boasting. There was more
OF sadness than arrogance in his tona.
but Jane noticed It, she held her
peace. II was from that day that
the bottle with the silver casing need
ed much renlling In the Reynolds
home