Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-11-24
Continued from last week.

He understood that he was unfor-
tunately within her power; and he
saw that 1t would be dangerous to
place in operation for her exclusion
from the building this new mechanism
contrived with such hopeful care, and
at cost of two dollars and twenty
five cents, or nine annual subscrip-
lions to the Oriole out of present
total of thirty-two. What he wished
Henry to believe was that for some
good reason, which Herbert had not
vet been able to invent, it would be
better to show Florence little po-
likeness. He had a desperate hope
that he might find some diplomatic
way to prevail on Henry to be as SUBJ
seemed to demand, and he was deter
mined to touch any extremity of I'M
veracity rather than permit the de-
tails of his answer in Truth" to come
to his partners knowledge. Henry
Rooter was not Wallie Torbin; but in
possession of material such as this
he could easily make himself intoler-
able. Here was a strange human
thing, strange yet common to most
minds brooding in fear of publicity.
We seldom realize that the people
whose derision we fear may have been
as imprndent as we have been.
Therefore, it was in fiurried state
of mind that Herbert waited; md
when his friend appeared, over The
fence. his perturbation was not de-
creased. He even failed to notice the
unusual gravity of Henry's manner.
Hello, Henry; thought wouldn't
start in work till you got here. didn't
want to hat to come all the way
downstairs again to open the door
and hist our good ole plank up
again"
II see." said Henry, glancing ner-
vously at their good ole plank. swell.
1 guess Florence'l never get In this
good ole door-that is, if we don't
let her, or something"
This final clause would have sur
prised Herbert If he had been less pre-
occupied with his troubles. "You bet
she won'ti" he said mechanically.
"She couldn't ever get in here again
If the family didn't go intafering
around and give me the dickens and
everything, because they think-they
say they do. anyhow-they say they
think-they think"
He paused, Disgusting little choke
80 "a 20 mi xyfc
thinking.
"Wha. did you say your family
thinkY'' Henry asked absently.
"Well, they say we ought TO let her
have a share In our newspaper"
Again he paused, afraid to continue
lest his hypocrisy appear so barefaced
as to lead toward suspicion and dis
covery. swell, maybe we ought" he
said, his eyes guilty upon his toe,
which slowly scuffed the ground. Il
don't say we ought, and / don't say
we oughtn't."
He expected at least burst Of out
ragged protest from his partner, who,
on the contrary, pleasantly astonished
him. swell, that's the way look at
It." Henry said. II don't say we ought,
and don't say we oughtn't."
And he, likewise, stared at the toe
of his own right shoe, which was also
scuffing the ground. Herbert felt a
little better; this subdivision Of his
difficulties seemed to be working out
with surprising ease.
81 don't say we will and don't
say we won't" Henry added. "That's
the way look at 1t. My father and
mother are always talkin' to me; how
got to be polite and everything, and
I guess maybe it's time / began to
pay some 'tention to what they say.
You don't have your father and moth
er for always, you know, Herbert"
Herbert's mood at once chimed with
fhie t,nnrocodanfod f1lfal mechanically.