The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-20
CHAPTER y.
Jack Hcscnts the Loss Of Ills Study
Time

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| Al tho time Jack was washing the
/ cishes ana Helen drying them Rhe
/ entertained him with q lively &C.
count OF tho dolngs at tho club.
There's u kitty you know" she
said when he expressed surprise nt
tho hOstoss furnishing 10 elaborate
/ a tea. and II must pay for the food
/ or pretty nearly"
Jack Hunter was really disturbed.
[ ~" frOwncd into silence. High stakes,
q kItiy-Ilelon was really gambling.
. Io fclt keen anxiety. Ito knew that
sho couldn't always win, that when
shc lost ehc would come 90 him 10
ray Hor debts. How could 10 do o.
VI" wondered n he could persuado
Helen 10 give up the club. Helpless.
" hu shrugged hts FOuldoTs, for ho
know instlu,uvoly he could not
jack determined over aud over 10
have p serious talk with Ifolon--uot
about the club, no realized that
would bo vain, but lu connection
with hiH dutlrg outside ana the work
Doc tried to do at home. She must
boz mgdo 90 realize she owed some
thing TO him. that tho homework
Tor two could not tire her. cspco-
iIlly na tho heavy washing was put
out Ito couldn't keep up ~ hc had
'o work until bedtime every night
Then, too, 10 gavo him no time for
reading and study
Lately Howard Dunn had written
FDFoml biz Lolioioa His pUmmissong
had been larEo. 1iut Howard was
always fresh, fun OF good spirits,
while ho ioIt dragged and old.
There was much about the busl-
moss, too, le wished To- learn. often
uo had no time % read the iustruc-
tiou4 given The agents boy the COM
puny ilg dared not take tho mid
die ~ the day when he might "lnnd
H prospect" Hs he expressed ii to
Helen, ana ut night Fhc kept him
busy until hr was too tired 10 graap
what no. read even when he tried
Helen continued 20 40 TO the club.
and on mo days she went Jack ate
u cold dinner, prepared as best hc
could, while shc rcCountcd her pleas.
uro ~ the afternoon and told of the
tempting dishes the hostess OF the
day had provided. She had been
rather a consistent winner, although
not again had she won as much ne
ON that first afternoon. But So. So
or fl2 each time had awakened
real gambling spirit In her. She was
almost ~ fatHlist In her belief that
she could not lose Yet she was be-
coming nervous, developing "A tom
per at variance with the happy -Eo-
lucky manner that had been hers up
TO now.
When Jack spoke OF her nervous
ness, blaming her devotion to cards
for H. sho replied impatontly:
"If you would mako enough 20 ! |
could have n maid like other people |
| wouldn't be nervous. have To |
gct into dirty street car when | .
90 10 tho Club--unlcs7 ono OF the /
ladies call for mo and"
How do you expect 60 go--ln n /
Jack queried laughing T.
~.
"it YOU were half as smart In |
business M Howard Dunn / could /.
have car Natalie Horton told mo |
he wrote u hundred thousand dollar |
policy last week, and that his COM
mission was enormous"
I'm not Howard Dunnl lie has
nothing to think OF but getting his
prospects into line. I givo All my
extra time Go you, helping YOU. II
you would only be willing to attend
to the house until | could get bit
further along ! am sure you would
pc better satisfied. I not only did no
hotter business last month"; didn't
do M well" "
you are Just ns smart ms Howard.
smarter as Tar an education goes. He
never won't TO college at an. aud YOU
had n year. II you would have n lit
tie more ambition I could have n !