The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-25

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d ginning of a nights sleep was so grea
as TO have begun whispering an I'm
4 patiently unheeded warnlng.)
Q "Of course" he added, on a ney
a note, 'this thing of ours doesn't max
ii any easier"
: They were really alone for once. |
I was Sunday night. A big purple storm
: cloud, driving up from the southwest
l had, with a flash or two of lightning
and sudden patter of rain-drops
driven the rest within doors. He anC
, Violet had fingered outside to show
the good faith of their combined pre-
diction that the thing would blow
around, as 1t now showed signs OF
meaning to do
Violet" his voice dealt with the
words roughly, ''what do you do? How
do you manager
my life, you mean?' she asked. 81
play bridge"
Il mean about your husband"
Were perfectly good friends" she
told him, after a silence. 'but that's
all There's nothing new about that
It's been that way. practically. for.
long time"
you said that day at Henry's that
1t wouldn't have meant much to me-
what hadn't done the other time. 1t
would have, but / didn't know it
then. This is as new a thing to me
as 1t Is to you. It's changed every
| thing. That means It's got to come
out somewhere. You've trusted me-
and you can go ON trusting me, but
we can't stop here-and we aren't
going into the ditch"
81 don't know where we are going"
she said, hopelessly. There's no
place we can CO."
The words ended in a sob, and in
an instant she was in his arms. He
kissed her. too-not as he had done
on the earlier occasion, but gently,
reverently almost.
"Ill wait" he said. 81 think you're
the gamest thing in the world; and
when the time comes, and you're
ready, you'll do the thing that's there
in front of you to do. I'll wait till |
then"
She rose then, and they walked |
slowly toward the house. But before
they got within the luminous zone
from the lighted windows, she stopped,
and kissed him fugitively once more.
She uttered a little laugh as they
moved on again.
"We're acting like pair of chill
dren," she said.
1t is true one would hardly have ex-
pected just this white flame of ro-
nance from these ingredients.
Joe went back to Chicago early the
next morning, and left for the North
before the end of the week He
didn't see Violet again until October
Henry Craven went up to the VIII
liamson's for the weekend over the
first of August, and had a very jolly
time until John caught him In the gun {
room. He noted Johns reluctance to {
come to the point of it. Finally he I
said, Il think you had better indorse
your shares in the Greer company, |
md bring them around to me. Then $
( l decide to dispose of mine, can S
ell yours, too" Q
"Sell it?" Henry echoed. astounded.
"Oh, it's like every other business" Z
ohm went on, evenly. ITS a ques- s
ion of getting in and getting out at r
he right time-and usually the time
or getting out is too short. I'd hate
o have to go ashore and leave you
ehind. You know all about that
rick Greer played to get control
Veil, whenever l find myself in one
these industrials that l don't con-
rol, l always wear a life-belt, that's
II. And l think you had better put
ours on, too. It's just as you like, of
purse"
"Of course I'll bring you the shares"
enry said. They're really yours,
1yhow. I've never paid for them"
ut he knew he wasn't Disgusting his
-ofound unhappiness over Johns
digestion. He got up, literally a
life giddy. and moved toward the
Tor. "All right" he added, 'I'll bring
my shares to you in the morning."
There's one important thing" John
i'd, the words checking Henry's hand
ION the latch. "This has got to be
pit absolutely quiet II Greer or
ISIS Macarthur should catch on to
hats in the wind, there would be
e devil to pay. Better not speak of
to anybody-not even to Margaret ne
Violet" Henry nodded, and went
[.
Jennie's principal concern that sum-
,r was the problem of marketing the to
W fax which they were under con- VIC
let to buy as II was delivered during sal
2 fall and winter by the subsidiary to
There was going to be a ds
of it-over thirty million pounds of
d the only comfortable way to
ndle it would be by securing in adj VIII
nee contracts with jobbers or spin ass
IS, under which they could keep it to
ming over as fast as it came in. pre
She and Henry had, as well as they job
Id attended to the preliminaries be
this undertaking. They had sur CIR,
ed the whole textile field more or or
). They had made promising follow ant
campaigns in all quarters where 1t
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