Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-05-12
Where Money Was
By II. LOUIS RAYBoLD

and Ruth Cole drew her COM
panion's attention to the occupants Oh
a low.hung. maroon roadster. one OF
whom raised his hat as they sped by.
The woman with Miss Cole nodded
pleasantly. She was slim, graceful
person. not at all showing her thirty
four years, nor exhibiting Ia her at
tractive face any Of the ravages which
might possibly be expected after
twelve years spent instructing gig
Cling. irresponsible girls In the intriea-
cies OF Greek accents and decien-
sions.
Hes rushing her for fair" ram
bled on Miss Cole, land who can
blame him II he believes in that OLD
adage, Don't marry for money, but
90 where money isr Her money must
look pretty good to anybody strug-
Cling along nowadays on the salary oil
q professor In a w0man's college.
But what she sees In him is what gets
mel
Hilda 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.
"WeIl, 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 John
Latham see In Celia? 1t must be
something visible to no other man, for
after six seasons as bud, Celia still
bloomed unpiucked from the family
tree, although three younger sisters
had blossomed and gone their way to
ad0rn homes of their own.
The truth of the matter was that
John Latham's head was temporarily
turned. When man gets to be forty
unmarried. almos: any young thing not
too homely, possessing clothes which
In themselves are lure, and every
kind of device for making the time
pass pleasantly. such as automobiles.
speed boats, wonderful summer and
winter homes, can get In her work
without any help from Cupid.
HllGa, watching the affair not disin-
terestedly, was convinced Celia would
succeed. And when one memorable
afternoon she handed In her resignation
as instructor Ia Greek aud II was re-
geived with just the amount of polite
regret that might be expected. she felt
sure Celia had succeeded
So Hilda quietly arranged her things
In exquisite order for her successor.
locked her door for the last time, gave
the key to the janitor and went to
live
Well, John Latham did find time In
between his pursuit of the heiress TO
wonder where and on what Hiida
went to live.
She had said she wasn't accepting
another position, and her salary had
hardly been enough To enable her to
save sufficient to retire ON.
With her departure the man, for
some reason, felt n strange sense of
loss. And as time went ON, he real
lied slowly but surety that Hilda
French had been his compensation
for his work-yes, just that. Always,
beneath the fret of examinations to
be corrected, of marks to be com
puted. OF students who Numbered cal
lousy through the beauties of his be
loved Greek. had been the restfulness
OF her serene, dependable personality
What II fool he had been Blind TO hel
wonderfulness when he saw her every
day, and only awakened to II when ht
no longer knew where To find her. Foi
he had let her go without uscertuininl
her address. Finally he approached
Ruth Cole, between whom and himself
Jagged perpetual war of the modern
languages versus the classics. Mis-.
Cole gave the Information.
About that time Celia. inheritinl
with her sister portion of legac.
from some eccentric uncle out IVES
who had made sudden fortune from
an abandoned mine. had devoted
part of II to the purchase of first edi
tions In which the dear professor mus
help her.
The following evening middl,
aged man. n bit stoop-shouldered "
with pndaunted dignity, stood pei
picked AT the entrance of the Belle
terre apartments. those ulta.fashloI
able albeit conservative, dwellings, q
the windy turn of the LaSeview drlv'
John Latham. turning his back @
wealth, was seeking love, expecting
find II mhabitlng humble, out-of.th
way abode.
Ushered presently by soft-ste
ping, uniformed maid into roo
whose very atmosphere breathe
tasteful luxury, Latham brightly sol
ed the problem. Hilda French W
taking care of some apartment in &
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