The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-05-28
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IRWIN MYERS

living at motel, ana we uust haFe
our own home. You must look up a
responsible dealer whose advice we
can trust in a matter of this kind"
And was 1t remarkable that Irene
Hardy should think at once of the firm
of Coward & Eden? 1t was not. She
had, indeed, been thinking of men,
Der of that firm ever since the decision
to move to the West. The fact is
Irene had not been at all sure that she
wanted to marry Dave Eden. 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 senti-
ment but she was not at all sure that
she should marry him.
"What, Dave Eden, the million
aire?" Bert Morrison had said. EVERY
body knows him." And then the news
paper woman had gone on to tell what
figure Dave was in the business life
of the city. zone of our biggest young
| men," Bert Morrison had said. Ere
served, little; likes his own company
| best; but absolutely white"
| That gave 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 wheth-
er she should wish to marry Dave;
she had never allowed herself to doubt
that Dave would wish to marry her.
Secretly, she had expected to rather
dazzle him with her ten years devel-
opment-with the culture and knowl-
edge which study and travel and life
had added to the charm Of her young
girlhood; and suddenly she realized
that her luster would shine but dimly
. in the greater glory of his own. {.
1t was easy to locate the Office OF
Coward & Eden; it stood on prin-
cipal corner Of principal street.
, Thence she led her mother, and found
herself treading on the marble floors
, Of the richly appointed waiting room
in secret excitement which she could
with difficulty conceal. She was, IN.
deed, very uncertain about the next
development. Her mother had
to be reckoned with.
A young man asked cOurteously
what could be done for them.
1--WE want to see the head Of the
firm" said Mrs. Hardy. eve want to
buy house." r-
They were shown into Conward's
office. Coward gave them the vel
come Of a man who expects to make
money out of his visitors. He placed
very comfortable chair for Mrs
Hardy; he adjusted the blinds to 6
nicely; he discarded his cigarette ant
beamed upon them with as great
show Of cordially as his sOmewha
beefy appearance would permit. Mrs
Hardy outlined her life history will
considerable detail and ended with tn
confession that the West was not a
u bad as she had feared aud, anyway, !
was case of living here or dying else
where, so she would have to make tn
~ best of it. And here they were. AN
- might they see a house?
Re Coward appeared to be rejecting
,s As matter of fact, he saw in this In
IL experienced buyer an opportunity t
A. reduce his holdings in anticipation o
the impending crash. His difficult
~ was trat he had no key to the finar
cial resources of his visitors. Tn
". only thing was to throw out feelel
- "You are wanting a nice home.
-, take it, that can be bought at favor
- able price for cash. You would col
81 slider an investment Of, say"
- He paused. and Mrs. Hardy supple
" the information for which he we
70 waiting. "About twenty-five thousan
- dollars" she said.
W 1--WE can hardly invest that much
~ Irene interrupted, in whisper. Nv
10 must have something to live on"
nc "People here live on the profits (
'c' their investments, do they not, M
rs. Conward?" Mrs. Hardy inquired.
"Oh, certainly" Coward agree
and he plunged into a mass Of Inc
Ve' dents to show how profitable inves
&C. ments had been to other clients Of Il
Ia firm. Then his mood Of deliberate
ect gave way to one of briskness; he SUI
ne moned car, and In a few minutes
cn clients were looking over the proper
tn which he had recommended. MI
we Hardy was an amateurish buyer. b
ew tendency being alternately to exec
De Of caution on one side and rockies
ness on the other. COnward's mann
pleased her; the house he show
pleased her, and she was eager to ha
it over with. But he was too shrey
RS. to appear to encourage hasty de
ing sion. He did not seize upon M
rly Hardy's remark that the house seem
lts perfectly satisfactory; on the &C
ca trary, he insisted on showing 9th
Ter, houses, which he quoted at such 1
vas possible figures that presently the {
de, lady was in a feverish haste to ma
OF a deposit lest some other buyer shot
ess forestall her.
the CTO BE CONTINUED)
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