Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-02-01

IpkOW GU
o. u Nsyse Nnnase - ~ 49,
Il vsasy1ng hinsef tsss 49, vsuif
wslk out tnso de country On aes
such night he had orersxken Jos
uamsing aioos zifh bis head down
Joe had not wanted his company
lad plainly sraked But lie Noyns
had persisted
IN not talk be said; -bur sinct
we're going the same usy. We NIGH
a well walk together.
Bet after Q tine Joe talked. aftei
all. II was net mech 8; nr<t- fever
ish complaint afou; the beat. and thai
il there vas trouble In Mexico b
thought he'd 80.
Wait until fan II you're thinking
Of IL" K advised. This is tepid CON
pared with what youu set dow1
there
I've got to get away from here.
X. nodded unders,aadingiy. Sine
the scene at the White Springs hotel
both knew that no explanation Wa.
necessary.
For almost twenty minutes the!
tramped On without speech. The!
had made q circle. and the lights O
the city were close again. X. s;oppet
and put a kindly hand On Joe's Shout
der.
"A mans so, to stand up under {
thing Ike this, you know. / mean,
mustn't be a knockout Keeping
busy is q darnei good method"
Joe shock himself free. but withou
resentment
TN tell you what's eating me up
he exploded. "It's Max Wilson. Don
talk to me about her going to tn,
hospital to be useful. She's eraz.
about him. and he's crooked as q dog:
hind leg"
Perhaps But it's always up to tn
girl. You know that"
He felt UNNECESSARILY old besid,
Joe's boyish clustering old ant
rather helpless.
I'm watching him. Some Of thes'
days I'll get something on him. Thel
she'll know what TO think Of he
hero.."
That's not quite square, is 1T"
He's not square,"
Joe left him then. wheeling abrup.
II on Into the shadows. X. had gon
home alone, rather uneasy. Their
seemed TO be mischief in the very al,
Herriet's business instinct had bee
good. She had taken expensiv
rooms In a good location. and fur
rlshea them with the assistance Of
decorator. Her climbing was not s
rapid as to make her dizzy; but bus
ness was coming. The first time Sd
made q price Of seyenty-iye dollar
Tor an evening gown, she went GU
Immediately after and took a drin
Of water. Her throat was parched.
She began to learn little quips of tn
! feminine mind. No woman over thlrt
but was grateful for her p~ins-and-gra
room with its soft lights. And Hal
rIet herself conforlned to the pictur,
She tces q lessen from the New Yor
modistes, and wore trailing blac
gowns. She strapped her thin figur
into the best corset she could get, an
had her black hair marcelled an
dressed high. And, because she wa
a lady by birth and instinct, the ri
suit was not in%congruous, but refine
and rather impressive.
There were other changes In ii
Street. The Lorenz house was bein
painted for Ciristine's wedding. job,
ny Rosenfeld, not perhaps Of til
Street Itself, but certainly pertainln
to it, was learning to drive Paine
Howe's new car, In mingled agony an
bliss. He walked along the Street, ne
right foot, left foot" but brake foo
clutch foot" and took to calling o
the vintage Of passing cars. "So-nnt
So 1910" he would say, with contemI
in his voice.
X. had yielded to Annals insistenc
and was boarding as well as roo,nln
at the Page house. The Street. rath.
snobbish to its occasional floating Dol
ulation, was accepting and liking hir
II found him fender iutinitely h,,tnn