The Dolores star., 1924-05-09

alcohol as a cure. nor fallen In love
with his antagonists wife. Unimagi-
native. soft, irresolute. kindly. US these
stall-fei folk seemed 20 him to be.
their qualities are more than he cnn
cope with. They are truly gregarious: {:
they are by tradition and temper. col
ectors, harvesters, stowers-away; and
q man like Joe. who had no real in
terest in property beyond the dynamic
use Of 1t as part OF the processes OF
getting something done, stands little
chance against them.
There's another side to the thing.
though. If John Williamson's jolly
little daughter Dorothy is ever swept
from her moorings by some storm Of
passion. as Beatrice was swept, into
an allen world. that experience will
be determlnative for the rest Of her
life. And II ever you find John hud-
died under a rug, shuddering from the
exhaustion OF alcoholic excesses, de-
feated, abdicating under the broadest
power Of attorney his lawyers know
how to draw, you will be safe in
prophesying that this is the end of
John Williamson. But Joseph Greer
and his daughter are actuated by a
liveller principle not static; /;
the river, not the reservoir. They
may come crashing down over the
falls-but they make their way.
Something about like this, though
not formulated In quite these terms.
f.tE -arN
found Jennie abiding in when he
talked with her about Joe for the first
time after the capitulatIon. This was
not until the very end of November.
He'd been seriously Ill with bronchitis
and glad to be-for three weeks. 1t
conversation began.
She had greeted him with double
handshake and q spontaneous revela-
ton OF her pleasure in seeing him
about again, and her concern over his
illness. He flushed at her friendllness
and said as he took the armchair she
pulled up for him, II ought to have
said my say before l let you shake
hands with me. Before I've finished
you may want to take 1t back" He
wouldn't be laughed out of this. either.
He took three envelops from his
pocket; one of them, lie told her. was
his resignation of his office as trens-
urer, and one his resignation as d.
rector. These he passed over to her
The third he kept in his hand. about
the directorate, don't care" he said.
I'll leave 1t with you, and If you want
to keep me on for q while, to avoid
having only minority of the board
left, why, I'll be glad to serve. When
ever you want to make up new
board. you can just fill in the date.
But the other resignation, as treas
urer, I've dated as of Novemb- r first,
and that you must accept I'd have
got out before If I'd been free to
do So"
Really there was no room for arg1i-
ment about this; the company in its
cllp-wlnged condition couldn't afford
treasurer at thousand dollars a
month. She was horribly unhappy
about 1t, all the same, and after n
troubled moment OF hesitation she
broke out:
Henry. don't mind, please. but
what are you going to do?"
He smiled rather dryly after telling
her he didn't mind. II thought for n
while that I was going to have the
satisfaction Of doing something decent
at my own expense. but 1t doesn't seem
to be coming out that way. Mr.. Nc
Gregor-he's the president of our
bank, you know-came to see me on
his own hook night before last to see
If l wanted to come back to my old
job with them. Macs just a profess
slonal banker, and he'd never come to
me unless he'd thought was-as rood
as he could get. So said I'd take 1t,
then and there.
John was surprised-and seemed
little annOyed-when l told him about
it. He said their idea had been to
give me the same job I'd had here, in