Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1920-02-12


responsible dealer whose advice we
can trust in matter of this kind"
And was it remarkable that Irene
Hardy should think at once of the hrn
Of Coward & Eden? 1t was not. She
had, indeed, been thinking of a mem
her of that firm ever since the decision
to move to the West. Inc TACT Is
Irene had not been at all sure that she
wanted to marry Dave Elden. She
wanted very much to meet him again;
she was curious to know how the years
had Jared with him, and her curiosity
was not unmixed with finer sentl-
ment: but she was not at all sure that
she should marry him.
"What Dave Eden. the million
airer' Bert Morrison had said. EVERY
body knows him." And then the news
paper woman had gone on to tell what
n figure Dave was in the business lie
of the city. zone of our biggest young
men" Bert Morrison had said. "Re-
served, little; likes his own company
best but absolutely white"
That gave a new turn to the situa-
ton. Irene had always wanted Dave
to be a success; suddenly she doubted
whether she had wanted him to be so
, big a success She had doubted whetn-
. err she should wish to marry Dave;
she had never allowed herself to doubt
o that Dave would wish to marry her
o Secretly. she had expected to rather
dazzle him with her ten years devel-
n opment-with the culture and knowi-
:, edge which study and travel and life
4 had added to the charm of her young
chn rpqliZp0
h that her luster would shine but dimly
,r in the greater glory of his own.
y. 1t was easy to locate the Office OF
Coward & Eden; it stood on prin-
Ia cipal corner of a principal street.
20 Thence she led her mother. and found
\. herself treading on the marble floors
no of the richly appointed waiting room
in secret excitement which she could
n with difficulty conceal. She was, IN
u deed. very uncertain about the next
M DEVELOPMENT. Her mother had
III TO be reckoned with.
M Young man asked courteously
81 what could be done for them.
u I'VE want to see the head of the
ri firm" said Mrs. Hardy. "We want TO
M buy house.
~ They were shown into Conward's
" office. Coward gave them the vel
y come of a man who expects to make
II money out of his visit,fs. He placed
IN n very comfortable chair for Mrs.
" Hardy: he adjusted the blinds to
III nicely: he discarded his cigarette and
) beamed upon them with as great
show of cordiality as his somewhat
beefy appearance would permit. Mrs.
| history with
considerable detail and ended with the
confession that the West was not as
3ru- bad as she had feared and, anyway IL
was case of living here or dying else
where. so she would have TO make the
are best of It, And here they were. And
~, might they see house?
-. Coward appeared to be rejecting
As a matter of fact, he saw in this in
so1f experienced buyer an opportunity t'
-. - reduce his holdings in anticipation o.
the impending crash His difficult!
was that he had no key 70 the finan
M D cial resources of his visitors. TIL
~" only thing was to throw out feeler
sui You are wanting a nice home.
=, take it. that can be bought at favor
VIII able price for cash. You would cor
ousH slider an investment of, say
may He paused and Mrs. Hardy supple
Anu the information for which he wa
lie 10 waiting. About twenty-five thousan
'elhs dalars," she said.
ad- I'VE can hardly invest that much
tar' Irene interrupted in a whisper. Wv
nj Is must have something to live on"
he people here live on the profits {
rrect .,oir Investments do they not. NJ
| ast ,..Ax frn
IT, ooh. certainly" Coward agree
and he plunged into a mass of inc
alive, dents TO show how profitable inves
Ie ac- ments had been tn other clients of Il
sigma firm. Then his mood of deliberate
'rrect gave way to one of briSkness; he SUI
the moned car, and in few minutes
nuch clients were looking over the proper
gath which he had recommended. Nj
prove Hardy was an amateurSh buyer. h
g new tendency being alternately TO exec
to be of caution on one side and recl,le
er. ness on the other. ConwardS mann
pleased her: the house he show
pleased her and she was eager 10 ha
it over with. But he was too shre
Mrs to appear To encourage hasty dc
irving sion. lie did not seize upon NJ
operiy Hardy's remark thar the house seen
-it. its perfectly satisfactory; on the G.
thea trary. he insisted on showing oil
order, houses, which he quoted at such
l, was possible figures that presently the
crude lady was in a feverish haste to m;
car of deposit lest some other buyer Sho
erness forestall her.
ng the (TO BE Continued
, To a
t lack Observation OF Oil Belt eniesopf