The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-04

ihCh uc went Ou anu tOlu ueF tild
: Trix had found out the crowd quicke
! than he had himself. He had had
: long talk with her and they had de
cided to start with a clean slate. /
was more his fault than hers, anyway
Then he drew from her Georges &C
count of what had happened. His fac,
darkened, as though II did not mattel
up with what Trix had told him, 81
Jennie shortened her story quite {
little.
Uneasy as she'd been all the while
she talked, she was utterly unpreparec
for the line Joe took when she finished
THE first thing to do tomorrow morn.
ing" he said, "is to let him 20. See
to that, will your
Let him gol" she cried incredu-
lousy. George Burns? After what
he's done for you today7 You don't
want me to do that, joel / wouldn't
do it,"
Her defiance didn't arouse him at
| all. 'Tll let him know tonight then
that he's discharged. Guess that'd be
better, any way" He said 1t without
conviction, but equally without any
sign Of wavering.
"That'll be the first really unfair
thing I've ever known you to do, Joe
If you really do 1t. don't believe you
will. You can't reward a really fine
service that way. Why, If she'd been
drowning, and he'd"
II know all that" he interrupted.
"And I'll reward him, too. You can
write him any sort of recommendation
you like tonight. and I'll sign 1t. Write
him check, too, for thousand dol
lars, and I'll sign that Look here
You've always kicked on my keeping
him as chauffeur. haven't you? Said
he was too good for 1t. 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
likes. AS a 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. l 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 a message from me? You
can see that yourselfI For that mat
ter, why did Trix keep all that end
Of it 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 arel I'm never going
% ask her another question. Even
about this. But If she or you has got
my idea I'll keep a man working for
ne as chauffeur whom she's let get to
1now her as well as he seems to,
'ou're making big mistake"
II really believe" Jennie said, de-
iberately, that George Burns-chauf-
eur or not-is the best friend Beatrice
las today. / believe he's got the best
influence over her. He's certainly
one more than either Henry Craven
r |, though we've worried and won
cred and done what we could. But
uess. It's only guess, Of course"
"WeIl, now you've said 1t yourselfl"
e declared. II won't have her making
riends with a man like that. Friends
bah Three months of friendship
Ike that and father gets a telegram
rom Crown Point saying We're mar
Ied.' There's one in the newspaper
very morning. But it's thing that
mt going TO happen in my family,
nd that's tip you can bet on. And ,
hen you hire a new chauffeur tomor-
DIV, see that you get one that there
ont be any temptation to hold hands
it'll"
He was sure she wouldn't have any
'ouble with Beatrice. "She under
ands that I'm backing you up. what Z
yer you do, and that 1t won't do her [
ny good TO appeal to me over your
cad. l don't believe she'll try 1t, but !,
she does / promise IL won't get her =
lything. Your veto goes with me-"
'But what's the child going to do?' Z
ennie asked desperately. of the uni :
,rse rather than Joe. ''What is there
le can dor :
His answer was that she could do :
~ of the things decent people ordi- !.
lrily did. She was to cut out drink :,
e, dancing in tough cabarets, and =
,cturnal joy-riding. She was to steer
ear altogether of the gang she had =,
en running with. But even after :,
csc deletions there was still plenty
fl, as far as he could see.
1t seemed to Jennie that two people ;.
uld hardly be brought into close a,
arters in situation more thor
ghly false and hopeless than this Il,
at Joe had left her and Beatrice in a.
n three days she avoided discussion -
tn the girl though whether this was
cites or cowardice on her own part, RI
e couldn't feel sure. She was anx- II
is not to take line until she could H
'rk one out that showed promise of II
ting them somewhere. L
Erik, WHIT had never particularly
ed her. undoubtedly detested her
W. An attitude, therefore. appro-
ate to friendly guest and ccmpan-