The Topeka state journal., 1921-02-26
The Woman X
He Married
DICK MAKES AN ENEMY.
BY JANE PHELPS

home I questioned him about the
trouble at the bank.
1--WE found the man. The examiner
said 1 did. He had very cleverly
doctored the books, and II had not
| had so much experience with involved
| accounts at the office 1 perhaps
| should not have found the trouble
at least not so quickly.
| What did they do with him p
! Locked him up. He had stolen
ls3O,0o0. He had been taking 1t Tor
years, in driblets. Mr.. Peabody is
posed to be lenient with the man.
| "Oh, hope so!"
well, don't know. He's rather
| a hard customer, I imagine. He VOWS
he'll have his revenge on me for
showing me up
What could he do?" I was at once
frightened for Dick.
Nothing. So don't worry your little
head
| I thought about 1t for a few days,
then as nothing happened. 1 forgot
all about it.
| After banking hours Dick went
house hunting. He was very anxious
for me to be with him. and altho
mother was glad to have Junior and
me with her, she didn't object when
| he explained that he hated boarding.
was lonely, and had no place to spend
his evenings
| He always had been a peculiar man
| about being left alone. He never
would remain in the house more than
a few minutes if he came home and
found me out. And I think at this
time his thoughts were anything but
good company. Then, too. he nat
urally must have missed the excite
ment of a brokers' office, the after 8
o'clock games of chance he in the last
l., 4 -.
He seemed very nervous, altho he
tried to hide it from me.
Il don't wonder he wants his own
| home, his own table. You are
wonderful cook. Nan-far better than
Is ever was. I believe cooks, like
artists, are born, not made. When
you were a tiny girl and we had un-
expected company, you could go into
the kitchen and make a quick dessert,
and it would be delicious
! 1T never seems like work to me-
perhaps that's the reason 1 do it so
well. But the clearing away, that IS
the part 1 dislike"
we all dislike washing dishes,
think. 1t seems to be the one thing
about housekeeping we agree upon"
| Mrs Gray often used to come in
and help me after we had had COM
pany-dry the dishes while 1 washed
them, and chat at The same time.''
F., She was remarkable woman.
would like to have known her better"
Mother had met her when visiting is
| When can, some day after we get
| on our feet, L am going to ask her to
visit us. She loved Junior almost as
IT be were her grandson, instead of
| yours
"well, I am glad he isn't, The lit
| tie rogue. 1 wonder where he is?
When he is so quiet he is apt to be
in some mischief. Better look out
and see.''
Junior was not to be seen, So
called several times. Often he would
hide. then would burst out at us.
laughing to think he had successfully
eluded us. But his childish pranks
| always amused us. altho we pretended
; to be frightened. to fear he was lost
"Junior-Junior.' 1 called again
and again The little boy next door
put his face between the palings and
asked:
| Cant you find him.
mo. Have you seen him? Do you
know where he is?''
| Nope. He said he was going to
went"
/ "Oh, no. He was going with me-
Mother came to the door.
Haven't you found him YETI"
NO. Where do you suppose the
little rascal has hidden this time? %
called loudly.
Good morning." A man driving
load of hay stopped in front of the
house 'tIf you're calling small boy.
he's up the road a piece. I offered to
give him a ride. but he said he was
going to see his daddy.''~We thanked
the man and I hurried after Junior
+; I caught up with him in a short while
and brought him back crying bitterly.
Mother said:
i II guess it Is as well that you go
to Lansing soon, that your-9lan is all
ready to put into operation Junior
seems determined to go to his father.
i don't see what put the idea into his
head
You said daddy was lonesome"
Junior walled, SO throwing the onus of
his escapade upon me. II don't want
I my daddy to be lonesome. SO I was
going to go to stay with him.
Wen both go to him in few days,
dear. Mother doesn't want him to be
lonesome EITHER. and mother is going
to help him"
i How surprised he will be when he
knows" mother said, smiling at US.
(T6 be continued.)