Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11
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"Do you like itr~ Jane Inquired. I'm
90 Siad. because / had II made over
four times, and Tn almost sasisfed
myself now"
Jane put her arm around her neigh.
boris waist She locked sancily as
Brand. ~
your wife never lets ma forget that
sAs 10 ave years my Junior" abe ssaa.
But its sweet Of her Just the sauna !"
And with this strictly feminine para
dox the exchange Of suavitias ceased
They heard Boh's step on the stairs.
He shock hands with both.
'Awfuily sorry TO have kept ron
waiting he said. but with two such
charming ladies guess We won't mind
entering little late. Ell, RrandS''
They look good to me-" the million
aire agreed. Let's CO."
Mrs. Brand was. ~ Jane had said.
five years her junior. Just how thia
fact ever came TO be openly eztab-
iished IL one OF those mysteries that
must go unsolved. or course the one
never referred to II and ne other
never forgot IL. But II existed and II
served as sort of balance wheel to
their respective attractions For Jane
| was Of type to which few years
one way or the other neither add nor
detract frem beauty, II the discrep.
ancy had been the other way II might
have been noticeable. Mrs. Brand was
. blonde and a beautiful one She was
nearly az tall as Jane end slightly
more robust. Blue eyed and fair
skinned, with cheeks that drew their
color from perfect constitution, not
from the embelIishing touch OF rouge.
No lady's maid In all New York had
an easier task than Mrs. Brands and
ne modiste's art was better rewarded
l than hers, In the clubs where 1t was
common talk that Brands patrunixing
hand had raised Reynolds out OF OBJ,
security, this striking beauty OF the mill
lienaire's wife served AZ o sort OF anti.
dote to gossip At least. men urged.
II was a tose-up, and n Reynolds lost
he was . fool. From point OF eye they
were o wonderful pair and In that re-
spect their husbands were not far be
hind them. At the opera or among
the frat nighters there wasn't quar-
tette In the city that attracted more
attention. Brand was fairly popuiar
| In the clubs, although he spent but
little time In them. Reynolds. the new
conner. was more so. He was q nat
ural mixer and, whether he felt II or
4 not, he maintained a cordial attitude
toward new friends that made him
| welcome. Time did not press on Bob,
either He had declined Brands offer
to go into the millionaira,a firm and he
drew his living from the street. Brand
bad made good as a prognosticator,
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 a good grub
stake and with Brands assistance he
had doubled II.
Only one thing worried Reynolds.
His wife's mania for money was insa
table.
Jane" he had told her a few weeks
ago, we've got a fortune. DO you
realize III Eighty thousand dollars
Eighty thousand dollars and q fifteen
thousand dollar home. Let's quit and
| go 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. I'd like to go down into AZ
RIGA and India after some If that big
! game. Why. never shot anything In
! my life larger than a rabbit and 70
rather kill a lion than get all the
money In the subtreasury. Come on.
what do you say? You love the out
door life and wen have the time Of
our lives"
But Jane demurred.
Lets walt little while, Bob. Views
only Just begun. Look what Brands
got and he isn't hunting lions"
IN1g hC I@AI AEDaBnGA&yB A@ AHA
hunting them and be couldn't hit one
II he did. You got me into Brands
! class to some extent, but you7l neyes
make him my model OF q man. can
cross his bridges but I've got some
OF my own that make him Stop and
look. He found that out at school"
He wasn't Boosting. There was noTs
Iyx% Av.M Ia L.
but Jane noticed 1t: che held her
peace. 1t was from that day thai
the bottle with the silver casing neeA
ed much reflling In the Reynoids
home.