The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-04
W hen A (1irI
 MarTi
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measure c- .5r-.a-a g ls--... Tne
 Her -Evee -eaa and charm swept us
 vvsrou=h .u .-aa-= her .e a.
 c nee o- a.. .aa .oG here at Dream
 and advent. -.-. y.r-. were t1.d
 made the r.1.a-=. a.a hours lg. She
 gave me a gl.1a-z az -E.ai 1p--hoCa.
 So. when a rra- o Ea--c2-e -auI-
 wfches and ha. ah--..a,e came n
 there was rrE. -aa E-- eff. enf
 brain cell awake 70 reaLze that caoc-
 olate with plenty ot hot a-il .s a
 fairly good seda-ve-
 Virginia effort to the contrary
 r1otw5thztauG=rg spent d sIe..-Ie.s
 night and wa heartily glad wher --ly
 light came sg end E~. g1 The gy
 Of having Jim hone aga made -.le
 long the nor 10 have E.n actually
 with me. Only the control and pos e
 that my work has gwen me Eepr me
 from ag0H -z-nE as lay awake think
 ing of Jim
 A hot bath. followed by a cola
 shower set me up a bit and a brisk
 walk about the grounds of Dream
 woId brought me in with a fairly de
 cent appetite for the savory break
 fast which evidently was pEanneo
 with no regard for anyone's pet good les but mine. Pat whtrIed me off 10 the city in his car and made a point
 of fitting himself to my moods with such tact that I didn't recognize the full measure of his cons-d iteration uu- til the drive was fairly over
 With the satisfied realiza ton thai my own affairs were in competens hands. ! asked Pat to drive me to Jfn's ofHce. I think I'd have Deeu compelled to go there at any cost 10 my business. but I couldn't help feel ing easier in my mind because I hadn't any background of worry tC spoil my joy at the thought If hear ing Jimrs voice in another moment
 When entered the inner office I found the full a=sembIage there Mabel gave me the impression Of worry even before she looked up and revealed the furrows between her br-ovs. She managed a smile with her greeting. butt # wasn't a one hundred Der cent NabRE smile. Rosa flung at me a suave and indifferent word. and Jim. staring uneae5Iy from one to the other, came over and kissed ms per ! functoriIy.
 I had a sudden sense that it might be g good idea to Ianz-h. I- was SC l clear that Jim didn't know how to | take the situation ard the nave of | relationships here repre-. 7ted l could see that he hadu'- the sIta'-- -1T' Idea whether 1t would be tn better taste to kiss me as a wife or offer me a chair as bushes associate
 '@vve wen- over all he books-Anne and Nr. Harrison felt that our juds- ment in ruv=u~ m the Arkansas land was mos. ezo. Tent " sa*d Mabel maA- fn.z a F=rtFa fo- widen. effort to m cidde me .n tA=ne@.
 That ts very pn-s-a rs Tai07e." Ro~a cried with the ~ue-e ion of rar-o. thrust "Eu- what We do with <, rIzausas land when we cannot get 1 title 10 other lands whs re Is our oil ' do not know. Shall we build us some more wells when our money it s tied u- in what we do not know f vve own or do not own?"
 Her air of great wi7aon annoyed me. It deenened the furrows between h~orr= E'--+ Jt.n. eensfng the homage Rosa was demanding took a ,hair nex- ta hers and asked in one of great respect;
 "Are you in favor of selling this strip"
 we may have to-" replied Rosa md began at once explaining her jews to Jim in series of whispers nd Spanish phrases which meant l othing to me and to which Mabel felt she had no right to lis en.
 In the midst of this annoying and display of how Rosa .orns MabeTs judgment, in came Ianuelo. Without a by-your-leave @ began talking to Rosa in ierky hrases which came so fast that 1t -as evident Jim himself couldn't un- erstand. For me. NIanuelo had a ave of the hand that was at least vl in it's implication of understand
 Al,-, st of mods All this talk was to osa, and after a moment Rosa blazed round on Jim, ignoring both Mabel nd me.
 we must go at once, Jaime NeHo T IS found what it is we seek. We ave. We think. the chief of our con ,irators. You see now how tt was ell that some one who have the DIV you say-pep. came to watch Ter th.s so badly handled job here
 your office"
 She shrugged her shoulders, be- rHng Mabel utterly and sweeping m before her in a vh rlwInd of en- gy that carried him to the door lere Rosa seized his sleeve in her ITO your white lilac I have a word at must be said" she sneered. Eeuo he thinks Ir is the chief of I'll tllEL-tAS> -aE nave C-dlNlIESu- II is just the one you fear it shall be me"
 The door sIammed-Jim had no, d one word
 I flung upon my head. bound that V fears should not cryscaEze in eak tears.
 Dad Lae." l zasued.
 "He doesn't know ahout Dad Lees eudsh5p for Dick ssJsped Mabel most t1 herself Never mind. dear. ppoSe she does te" htrl2'
 You dear. brave thing" I cried -'s tu~- Ike yua -o J~y to comfort E. ~aou-5 have c.ld him last zhr meant To- Eut-L d.dn-- : to 5r-" on '.No" -@ta-, ! mind the way she be- Al v. ---- --- ----EnE my "