The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-08
Where Money Was
By II. LOUIS SAYBOLD


There goes Professor Latham
again with he Prescott glrl!
and Ruth Cole drew her com
panion's attention 10 the occupants ot
a low-hung. maroon roadster, one Oh
whom raised his hat as they sped by.
The woman with Miss Cole nodded
pleasantly. She was slim. graceiui
person, not at all showing her thirty
four years. nor exhibiting in her at
tractive face any of the ravages which
might possibly be expected aiter
twelve years spent instructlng gig
Cling, irresponsible girls in the intrlca-
cies of Greek accents and decieh-
sions.
Hes rushing her for fair, ram
bIed on Miss Cole, "and VINO can
blame him if he believes In that Ola
adage, Don't marry for money Dut
90 where money isr Her money must
look pretty good TO anybody strug-
Cling along nowadays Oh the salary Oh
a professor In woman's colege'
But what she sees in him is what gets
mel"
HiIda French turned her head
away to hide an annoying but uncon-
trollable flush. "He's-very interest
ing to talk to-" she returned quite
steadily.
"Well, you ought to know, consider
ing he's the head of your department.
and Ruth dismissed the subject for
something more vital to her own inter-
ests.
But Hilda's thoughts did not change
their channel, even though she man.
aged very creditable replies TO the
others inconsequent remarks. And she
wasn't wondering what Celia Prescott
saw In John Latham. What did Jonn
Latham see In Celia? 1t must be
something visible to no other man, Tor
after six seasons as bud, Celia sui
bloomed unplucked from the family
tree, although three younger sisters
had blossomed and gone their way to
adorn homes of their own.
The truth of the matter was tina,
John Latham's head was Temporarily
turned. When a man gets to be forty
unmarried, almost any young thing moi
too homely, possessing clothes which
In themselves are a lure, and every
kind of device for making the time
pass pleasantly, such as automobiies
speed boats, wonderful summer ant
winter homes, can get ir her wori
without any help from Cupid.
Hilda, watching the affair not disin
terestedly, was convinced Celia would
succeed And when one memorable
afternoon she handed In her resignation
as instructor in Greek and 1t was re
ceived with just the amount of polite
regret that might be expected, she fel
sure Celia had succeeded.
So Hilda quietly arranged her thing
I'm exquisite order for ner successor
locked her door for the last time, CAV
the key to the janitor and went Z
live
Well, John Latham did find time II
between his pursuit of the heiress I
wonder where and on what Hild
went to liv.
She had Said she wasn't accepting
another position, and her salary ha
hardly been enough to enable her I
save sufficient TO retire on.
With her departure the man, TO
some reason, felt strange sense Q
loss. And as time went on, he rea
lied slowly but surely that Hid
French had been his compensate
for his work-yes, just that. Always
beneath the fret of examinations
be corrected, of marks TO be con
pufed, of students who Numbered ca
lousiy through the beauties of his b.
loved Greek, had been the restfulnes
of her serene. dependable personalit,
What a fool ne had been Blind to he
wonderfulness when he saw her ever
day, and only awakened TO II when /
no longer knew where TO find her. F,
he had let her go without ascertainir
her address. Finally he approache
Ruth Cole, between whom and himse
waged a perpetual war of the model
languages versus the classics. Mi
Cole gave the information.
About that time Celia, inheritir
with her sister portion of lega,
from some eccentric uncle out We
who had made sudden fortune fro
an abandoned mine, had devoted
part of II to the purchase of first et
lions in which the dear professor mu
help her.
The. following evening a midd
aged man, bit stoop-shouldered y
with undaunted dignity. stood p,
picked at the entrance Of the Bel
terre apartments, those ultra-fashio
able, albeit conservative. dwellings
the windy turn of the Lakeview dirty
John Latham, turning his back
wealth. was seeking love. expecting
ind 1t inhabiting humble, out-of-tl
way abode.
Ushered presently by a soft-sts
ping, uniformed maid into roc
whose very atmosphere breath