San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-23
CHAPTER LII.
By CAROLYN BEECHER


They planned TO 90 the following
week, but before he left he must Sc,
= Lulu and be sure she was all right
As usual Bruce told Muriel to &c
any new clothes she needed. He re
minded her that part of his big com
mission remained untouched and tha
be was constantly adding 10 IT. Blu
she replied: -.
ri don't need new clothes to visit
your father. The more we save th'
sooner you'll stop working and give
your time TO me"
So this was the answer to her re
fusal TO spend money. the reason sht
wore her clothes until they were out
of style. He often had wondered al
her economy in this direction. When
he married her she looked smart AND
STYLISH. She was saving money. 50
he wouldn't work! The idea of think
ing a Young man, young as he was
would be contented TO lay around the
house doing nothing. He must dis
abuse her mind if she believed her
economies would lead TO that.
He recalled that on different occa-
sions when she referred TO his father
and his wealth she remarked that
when he passed away Bruce wouldn't
have to work. He had paid no atten-
ton at the time. Now such remarks
were illuminating. If she were hop.
ing his father would die so he could
loil around the house hearing her talk
of her love for him, his duty TO her,
the sooner she was Strengthened out
in that respect the better. So he said
"If l were worth a million tomor-
row I'd work just the same, so don't
save with that in your mind.
you mean you would leave me II
you didn't have to-"
II mean l never should be an idle
man, no matter how much money l
had. l enjoy work. When l am ~
il / live that long, ! might think OF
retiring, but not a day before >,
fBut think how wonderful 1t would
be TO be together all the time, never
to be separated even an hour. OF.
~We'd hate each other in a week.
"Don't say such things. you know
YOU don't mean them. L can thlnk
of nothing so wonderful. We might
travel some. just we two. And,
Rubbish Don't build any castles
with my stopping work as founda-
tons. And get yourself some clothes;
You look like a back number. l
couldn't understand your getting so
shabby. being so saving. If you don
spend the money l shall.
"I have even been saving my paltry
$50 a month so we could have enough
that YOU could stop work more quick
ly,l She was almost crying. so you
could devote all your time to me. And
now you say that even if you were
rich you would go on working and
being with others, being where you
would be tempted and influenced"
"And mean it! Don't waste youl
time talking or thinking such foolish
ness. Get some smart buds. l lik'
my wife to look we'll
Having freed his mind Bruce dis
missed the subject. 1t was just an
other of Muriel's foolish vagaries.
But his duty to Lulu-that he coul'
not so easily forget. He telephOnet
he must see her. doing so from an out
side booth where he could talk freely
''Perhaps you'd better come here,
she told him. IF you could come il
the evening it would be better"
"I'll come about s if that's al
right" he answered. He would sta!
downtown to dinner with one of tn
men in the office and stop on his wa.
home.
'I'll watch for you and let you il
myself" she told him. Then: Il an
so anxious to see you, TO have a mic
talk"
''No more than I am TO see you,
he returned earnestly. How anxiou