Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-01-08

deiicacy on Brands part, but II he
had known her thoughts at that mo-
ment one might have eeen another Of
those rare and cynical smiles. The
system has way Of doing such
things. Good disciples Of the creed
do not write checks or even certif-
Gates Of deposit unless the figures are
for fabulous sums. And they do not
ask receipts.
Also. Brand knew the lure OF ready
money. While he felt reasonably GER
tain that the spider had stepped bold
ly into the web, he was too good q
business man to not consider posi-
bilities. He knew that at heart Jane
was loyal wife. Her quick revulsion
when he had proposed stopping for
refreshments revealed this. She
might be weary Of her irksome and
humdrum life, but she was not weary
of her husband. Nor had she lost ma
terially, he thought, any Of those finer
feelings of a real woman. That I
cannot have you interfere nao
ranked and hurt, but the wound
would heal. There was always the
chance that her husbands presence.
his devotion. his innocent trust wouio
strike the chord of genuine sympathy
that existed between them and bring
a penitent confessor to his feet Sne
was willing to worship at Mammon =
altar. but eventually her husband
must kneel beside her. Brand Knew
He knew a pigmy and he knew .
worthy foe. The burglar proving IN
the night knows the watchdog ID
loyal. He does not try cajolery with
a soft whistle or kind words. he or
fers something more substantiai-e
bone with good gristle and Dit OF
meat
That was Brands bait-the bone
the gristle and not too much meat
Not enough to surfeit; just enough 70
gnaw on and leave the taste for more.
Maybe, later when the taste nao
grown, when the bone seemed an un-
necessary adjunct to the meat-wen'
time would tell.
With her hundred dollars tucked
away in a safe place Jane sat down
with pencil and paper to enumerate
and dilate upon It's purchasing power.
There were 30 many things that she
wanted and actually needed. yet she
knew she must be guarded In her 70
lections. Everything she bought
would have to be accounted for a. hav'
ing been obtained through savings
from her weekly allowance. And TINS
would preclude the purchase OF any
thing elaborate; anything that to the
layman's eye would reveal its costli-
ness. She must spread. the money
around here and there in compars'
lively small amounts.
But there must be q dress Tnas
she would not be denied. She would
have one made; her first tailored suit.
It would take two or three weeks to
get 1t and this would give her time to
, prepare for its arrival Bob was no
connoisseur on women's clothes and
besides he never pressed her for de-
tails about her expenditures. He knew
that she had wonderful taste and
judgment though she had small oppor'
tunity for exercising it
She took up the morning paper and
scanned the ads. Lingerie. That was
one solution. Men never could under
stand the cost Of such bits Of nnery
and how often she had longed for
some of 1t. One Of the stores. too. was
advertising q special sale Of broad.
cloth motoring coats with silk MORE
lining. Wouldn't that be grand for
her business jaunts with Brand? But
the price. sixty-eight fifty. That would
never do. She would have to hide II
as she had the hat and II Bob ever
discovered 1t even his innocent credul.
ity would be tasked to imagine that II
was the fruit of household economy.
There were handsome silver purses
with vanity cases. One Of the kind
she had wanted for . year. That
would do for one thing. It was small
and to q man would mean very little
even II 1t was reduced from fifteen
dollars to thirteen ninety-eight Some
tan suede ties to 60 with the new
dress. Yes, they would be just the
thing for the suit was going to b
brown. She had worn that little old,
blue serge, refined 1t, changed the col
lar and altered 1t generally until she
hated it and never wanted to go Z
piece of blue cloth again. The tiea
were six dollars, but she would have
them, anyway. Bob wouldn't know
whether they cost six or two. They
were Just what she wanted, too. She
hated high shoes, although for Staten
island. and with winter coming. they
| were far more practical