Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-04-05
BARBARA OBJECTS TO ENTER
TANNING NEM'S BUSINESS
ASSOCIATES.

CHAPTER J..
l tried 10 sleep. but WIS restless and
uneasy all night. had liked Mr.. Fred
erick immensely after l had become bet
ter acquainted with him. He had I'M
pressed me as wonderfully dependable
and straight forward. He mad long ago
warned me TO try to stop Neil in his at
tempt 10 make money so quickly and
so much Of it. Eviddltly be now had
tried to warn Neil.
l wished l knew something about Mr..
Black. Mr.. Frederick had said that
''j40 per cent men never got off with
their crooked deals-whateycr he meant
by "540 per cent men and had then
added; ITO be frank, they are no
worse than the deals you and Black are
putting over"
l was sorry had listened. To know
part Of anything, is always an aggra
walton. One is so inclined to try and
guess the rest, or in lieu Of that, TO put
wrong construction upon it, ! could
not help but feel that the latter was
what | was doing; consequently l had a
feeling of guilt toward Neil.
Another thing that added to that feel
ing was his generosity and kindness to
me. | had learned to love luxury only
a little less than he did, and l spent
money reeklessly to crafty my now
extrSvagant tastes. No one would have
dreamed was the same girl who, a few
vaarc hafora boI lanv go.,eF;aa ,,-s+b
a home made trousseau, and who had
objected to the hotel bill when on her
honeymoon. l now spent layishly-part-
ly perhaps because there seemed always
to be "more where that came from, I"
as Neil sometimes had told me. had a
lovely home, yet it was, even 80, con.
stant temptation to buy things to make
1t more attractive. Then baby-I was
horribly extravagant for him. Even the
best was scarcely good enough for him,
and l searched the shops, unG ordered
made the most laborate and expensive
things imaginable.
l had learned to have the same care.
less feeling about money that Neil had.
l sometimes wonder, as | look back up
on our lives together, which is the worst
attribute Of the two-to be a miser, or
to lack perspective where money is con.
eerned
! have since learned that men Of
Neil's type, the cmeless, easy-come-
easygo kind, where money is concerned,
are usually lovable characters in them.
selves; and also that they are easily
a prey to the professional hangers.on,
not bein~ successful themselves. are al.
ways ready to receive all the benefits
possible from those who are financial
successes.
But | neither knew nor saw anything
of this class at that time. Of the other.
however,-the coarse common moueved
elass-l saw many. Ii had been with
an apology that Neil had brought Mr..
Scott home. And he also had been a
bit shame faced when he brought others
Of his kind, and asked me TO "bc nice
to them But after a time he ceased
to be epologetie. He simply stated the
fact that a couRle of men would dine
with us. Sometimes adding:
Look as well as you can. A good
front means lot to these dubs, F." or
Play up to these fellows They think
a lot Of the kind Of a wife a man has.
If she put on a lot Of style, vet is af.
fable to them, it flattcrs them and
makes them open up.
| hated this. Often | argued with
Neil against his making business place
of his home, even while | wanted 10
know all about that business. ] would
not have objected, had he brought only
refined, companionable men home with
him, but cultured men were the exccp-
ton; the other kind. the rule-men who
talked loudly. who drank TOO much, who
ate vulgarly, but who had great wealth.
Il won Z sit at the table with such
Doors" / once said when he had
broupht home a man little more OBJ
ieeiionablo than any Of the others l had
net "Not oven to help your business,
viii stand for men like him. " l had
grown consorious. was Just beginning
10 have social aspirations. Little Rob
srt was growing fast We must be sure
&c had the right kind Of friends, the