The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-30


He must hang janglng dollar sigma
on every tree. don the grasses
! with coins, paper the walls with banl,
notes. He must so into the greatest OF
detail about the way to know the value
| Of property. He hints at dark sources
| OF information, at subterranean Juggling
of this mans holding and that. He
mentions an old family that disinte.
CRATES, the newer and more greedy ele.
| ments grabbing and hiding and working
subtle schemes with grass and trees and
| houses to the end that they ride tri.
| umphant over all the rest
Arabella is much impressed. I car
| see that she values his opinion as
practical. It'makes me vince little
do not feel that Arabella Is quite Just
to me. She knows my feeling for jun
| iper bushes and old robins nests as the
most accurate OF innate homehuntins
instincts.
Why doesn't she trust let
Imagine the interview drawing 70 a
close. with the fading daylight and our
moro familiar attitude toward each
other robbing It of some OF it's glamour.
The inside of the little house with Its
shiny new appointments and It's maps
and desks. and the pipes and appurten-
ances of the strange young man, holds
three very understandable human beings,
Arabella. Jonathan and the real estate
agent
AZ he holds the door open for us, a
distant whistle tells Of the approaching
train to town. Around the curve of the
drive q shining motor sweeps, and
divine some possible matrimonial con-
nection between the young woman In
fetching costume, with rice powder on
check and fresh water pearl In ear, and
ntr A ~
some degree OF familiarity passes be-
tween them.
A glance at Arabella shows me that
her mind 10 already at home. Once more
my coat stands out at its intrepid angle
at the knee She Is not SO completely
enthralled. then. And I am Jonathan.
the independent American citizen.
An early robin sings his goodnight
song in the tree above us.
To him and to no real estate agent will
/ 60 for land value.
So much for our interview.
Since that time Arabella herself has
increased my feeling that things must go
my way or no way at all.
Resort to Strategy.
without her knowledge have closely
examined her attitude.
men know. means to ask questions OF
Arabella when she 10 much interested in
something else, To ask her point blank
when all her attention was upon me why
she had deserted to the enemy would be
to make her defend her position. and
doubtless to hide much that / would
rather know.
This Is the way have proceeded.
Last evening Arabella was perfectly
engrossed in making some complicated
little fly away frock for that whisp of a
daughter Of ours, who Is becoming daily
more OF the little knocking mischief she
always was
"Arabella." I said. 'how far do you
suppose you can conscientiously carry
our original plan to ignore all tho regu-
lation ways OF house hunting."
"Oh that PLAN Arabella was quite
confused In her handling OF scissors and
stufrs. ITS becoming less original every
minute. We have "a take clues IL they
are worth anything from each experience
We have. We would be stupid geese II
we didn't Being original doesn't neces-
sarily mean refusing to listen to reason
1t means making the best possible use of
information. II means being not afraid
TO Use all the information we can get
The only way We can possibly be indie
pendent in our choice Is to collect the
kind of Information that will prevent US
from being imposed upon. 1t would be
impossible for us to leave out tho ro-
nance Of the thing. SO We really need
less romance than reason. That's why
l am glad We met that nice young man.
He really knew things"
"H'm.-you thought so, did YOU"
Il thought and I still think he is able
TO give US the ground work we need.
The most perfect laboratory technique
needs sound training. We are pretty
conce!ted free lances. think"
He was nice young man personally
didn't you think 81. Arabella?"
"Oh. very. Rather English thought"
1t Is easy TO prove the case against
Arabella.
VIII II be 70 easy. wonder, to make
the wflds Of New Jersey erase her
heresyf
shall bend every effort to the blind