Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-28
A Bachelor Husband

suffered. Beth was content I AZ ' lsa ~, =,
she was content until Iunt Ttii;, TymS,
brought her Miss Peggy NIct;mire's ,IfI, eli,
yer hand mirror and she saw tbe re.
Election of her once beautiful self.
Aunt Iiilie! she gasped. "Im a
signt
MaEoe-but that's sight better
.n1 .han 9pi'l burned to death, said the
o'u ,au'i soDeriy',,
..My nan"
rooJ g. OILY trizz!cd. They say that
"Ob' well = si,boJ G'f psaL sa,u cneertully;
tbe mirror dor,,, hon;Jl ~ "S s1e laiu
| ought to bo 9Iod 0TS,' Tn, ,iit mer guess
And then with nr "'i,n ,r.nou.L,- ut,e
shudder she asked "h,d J r,oI'rI!.uS,e I,;., o,,
Dead" sail Aunt iTiIIin ,,'i,l uun'nn ii
tion. "Rurned 70 = or,an ny =, VIII" uhc-
po.L ., '',Ip'
cLa 5,l!s pu, out Siu nothlng more
bmt "'o "ba oor,Jn,. TIn, 10 thihk OF yesterday
tho. 'dr nho i"ui'n LOU n nslP lt-the horrors
tbot mipbt % baro paThe heo, 'mrousn-tne m ugh e iatP
ifNpntnr LoI,,,, ~ s!ore ior her'
Beth rc"xod @ in ,'cn% cnmfnrt mrt in hId lime rn.
Tiii;o h,IL"S )" c"illi",' "hI," Auht
orr 49, "i,,Tn hoin aux, t" "noI''"i n"r, 6r9Shcl
frnsb;ng nnd ro"t,r; O"t M"s ,siE~..n' re-
d.. F. ai' l''lns rer pa,leht. 80
| N ,lnt b;,, tbo. l. IL H.,
ber boma '''''' ''"' p'''' o'ous'' from
uo ontorod ,;.,;,,.. , ,.,,
ruhh;rn H." 'iei'lA anu ""NWaru'E'
."o;nut "o .ho ms mhgers uncGmtortaoly
,,r, VI, p'''''' Vi HIS na'l"S'
-. lhcH tcll me you're fcelin btttCr.
Mss cameron; he said soberly. 4
IKE 70 tax to you for moment,
una "ltn glance at Aunt Tillic,
AMY Ue ,ri,;;o r To" nthoroT n4h m'na, ma, .,. ,.,
o,os "n. n,s .e S".Ier'n uo some oano
"e, ""u s'uosi"e'! uep'r''u'
McGuire came forward slowly and
sank into a chair beside Bcth's, laying
ms hand timidly on hers.
Il thank God nothing happened t.
YOU, child, and ! hope YOU believe me
Wnen say 1t, he began in An uncer-
tam voice.
,Oh, yes, sir, do.
'Because the only thing that matters
TO me now Is setting myself straight
VIII you ana Mr' Nacho,S'
,d NE, pauSm ~ u'hnc"''E VI sPeec'
"'," "uo"ur W;obni, hoa .o,a u
s,inp--p'' '''
Retb wopred har bood lilo = co1or,,
child o,d tben Ioid bor otbor bopd -,
bis ''''
ooh I'm ca So,r, fo. ,.,,, " .ho ,o;I
II ongbt r. boyo told rbat honncmoJ
7 ought to b,ya tried to fnJ orr 70 10,
Cameron had onv lin did wrong
Rut Two mid for II Two nnyor oI ,
bonnv hour since 7 claimed that min,
tbat didn't beIonv to mo T'vo mad,
a lot of money, but what / did has bee,
hnnging over me for wears. making nr
old man of mo bofore NV timn""5 -
"Ob nIcoso don't no unbonnv an,
more--''
"J,et mo talk Niss-Retb Two 90,
to toll Won nm mako me fool n Io,
| easier, - Beth smoothed his hand rc.
assuringly and he claspcd hers eagerl,
ns though In gratitude, II never wa,
| much rood when | was n lad Beth nn(
never could get along even after
rot married. II wasn't in me some.
how 7 was nrotty straight MS vouu.
fellows 20. but nothing went right fo,
me. 7 was n failure. And them"
IT, aoI o,,,o,+ ,,i,h ho,. hood
hut ran diJr', .Dnok T. ,ro. nII ,,or,
tnf'I put rem &C a'Gn ho speak IL was "'' very
P"'iIi'' w ne''
HaWk herneuE klIle" I"uf la1ncL. 1I,
! nut ;. war rr"on. w. ,;o ~ w.. ,.n law
,pere witInu' VIZ, ~ WV 81. "nI ,
horTiDie 'hlne 10 u"Ltren "itvI wna,
ne done I" me, Wy Hou MaSpe l
4'nh s,infr lnr tr;II uI;. a., was s.at Will
! 'earhe' IihWH u''" ui'I v'.' tl1"s,'
knew from 'hnt 'ilhc mat nv u D
hanging over me like curse, he did
for years ana years: l knew ne turn
up some dnx. triod TO forget put
conidn T. Inc slsht OF MIN was always
with me- -,
How terriole' whlsnered h"th'
"But from that moment everything
did went well. Money came fast. I
wasn't bad business man, but even n
bad business man could have put that
deal through. sold out tho mine. I've
got the figures and I'm going to show
them to you, because they're yours to
sec.
"With the money made some good
investments. mat money maze more
money and more besides; Making money
got to be my passion. 1t was the only
thing l cared for except my girIS-and
1t was the only thlhg that MADE me tor-
get. >,
please don't think you We got 10 tell
me any more
"Yes. want to. ] don't know how
much I'm worth today" And then in
confidential whisper-"l couldn't tell
within half million or so, but guess
| it amt far short OF zen millions, Bcth;
You're the only person In the world
outside the Treasury Department that
knows how much I'm worth I'm tell
ing you. Nv" never told anybody
not even Peggy; And the reason l m m
telling you is becauSeS you We got 10
know. because ] cant sleep sound yet
until ] Strengthened this thing out with
you. 1t didn't take much porsuadinG
for Mr.. Nichols to show me what J
| Ind IN do when he'd found out, because