The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-03-07

You've always kicked on my keeping
him as chauffeur, haven't you? Said
he was too good for it. Well. now I'm
doing what you've always wanted me
to do. That thousand will get him two
years schooling, If he wants 1t. Or
set him up in little business for HIM
self. Buy him a taxfcab. Anything he
likes. AS reward for what he did
today. Nothing unfair about that, Is
there? The only string on 1t Is that
he's got to keep away from me and
my daughter. / don't want him around.
| Because he was mixed up in that
mess, more or less. Else how did he
know how to find her as easy as that?
Why wouldn't they believe when he
said he had message from me? You
can see that yourself! For that mat
ter. why did Trix keep all that end
of 1t dark? She did. You've given 1t
away. you know.
Il told her we were going to let by
cones be bygones. Start with clean
slate. Well, we areI I'm never going
to ask her another question. Even
about this. But IL she or you has got
any idea I'll keep a man working for
me as chauffeur whom she's let get to
know her as well as he seems to-
you're making big mistake"
Il really believe" Jennie said, de-
liberately, that George Burns-chauf-
feur or not-is the best friend Beatrice
has todny. / believe he's got the best
| influence over her. He's certainly
done more than either Henry Craven
or l, though we've worried and won
dered and done what we could. But
he's really-held out hand to he, l
guess. It's only guess, Of curse"
swell. now you've said 1t yourself !"
he declared. II won't have her making
| friends with a man like that. Friends
bah! Three months of friendship
| like that and father gets telegram
from Crown Point saying We're mar
ried.' There's one in the newspaper
every morning. But It's a thing that
isn't going TO happen in my family,
and that's tip you can bet on. And
when you hire new chauffeur tomor-
row, see that you get one that there
won't be any temptation to hold hands
with"
He was sure she wouldn't have any
trouble with Beatrice. "She under
stands that I'm backing you up, what
ever you do, and that 1t won't do her
any good to appeal to me over your
head. / don't believe she'll try 1t. but
| If she does 1 promise 1t won't get her
anything. Your veto goes with me-"
"But what's the child going to dor"
| Jennie asked desperately, of the uni
verse rather than Joe. What is there
she can do?"
! His answer as that she could do
any of the things decent people ordi-
narily did. She was to cut out drink
ing, dancing in tough cabarets, and
nocturnal joy-riding. She was to steer
clear altogether Of the gang she had
been running with. But even after
these deletions there was still plenty
| left, as far as he could see.
1t seemed to Jennie that two people
could hardly be brought into close
quarters In situation more thor
oughly false and hopeless than this
that Joe had left her and Beatrice in
For three days she avoided discussion
with the girl, though whether this was
| tactics or cowardice on her own part,
she couldn't feel sure. She was anx-
ious not to take line until she could
work one out that showed promise of
getting them somewhere.
Trix, who had never particularly
liked her, undoubtedly detested her
now. An attitude, therefore, appro-
pirate to friendly guest and compan-
i ion would be so glaring an affectation
as to be, TO the girl, insufferable. Yet
| the only obvious alternative, a Cover
messy, middle-aged pose. authority
made easy by bits of encouragement.
orders sugar-coated into the form Of
advice and suggestion, would drive her
to open rebellion-if not, Jennie re-
fiected, to homicide!
Meanwhile, lying low, going early to
the office and coming back just In time
for dinner, bringing home work to do
in the evening, sticking to a casual
preoccupied and not overfriendly tone
in the strictly unimportant CONVERSE
ton she addressed to the girl, she
found a modus vivendi establishing
itself. On the first morning at break
fast, in reply to a domestic question
raised by the butler upon the tentative
presumption that she was now the
head of the household, she had told
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