Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
YOUR WAY AND MINE
By f. Scott Fitzgerald

has wonderful instinct in certain
Mays
but it was a great big thing" she
interrupted. 1T would have practic.
ally ruined you If he hadn't put his
foot down. He said"
She pulled herself up short.
ooh. / don't know" said Drink
| water, with an expression of annoy
| ance perhaps not so bad as that.
| Anyway, we all make mistakes and
that's aside from the question. We
| have the opportunity right now OF
| jumping into Glass A. l mean 1t.
| Another two years of this kind of bus
mess and we can each put away our
| first million dollars. And. Stella.
whatever happens, am determined to
| put away mine. EVEN" He con.
| Sidered his words for moment. Even
| II 1t comes to breaking with Henry"
"Oh" Stella exclaimed. Il hope
AZ hope not, too. That's why
| wanted to talk to you. Can't you do
something, Stella? He's so darn pig
headed he can't understand how he
DISCREPANCIES the office. Get him up
| in the morning. No man ought to
| lie in bed till H."
''Iie gets up at half-past o."
Hes down here at II. Stir him up.
Tell him you want more money. Or
ders are more money. and there are
lots of orders around for any one who
goes after them"
"Ill see what l can do" she said,
anxiously.
You'll think of something. You
might" He. smiled grimly. you
might give him a few more bills to
pay. Sometimes / think an extrava-
CANT wife's the best inspiration n man
can have"
STELLA left the office in a panic
All the fears and uncertainties of
her childhood had been brought sud
denly to the surface. She saw Henry
cast off by Ted Drinkwater and trying
unsuccessfully to run business of his
own. Before she reached home her
imagination had envisaged poverty,
her children at Work-starvation
Hadn't Ted Drinkwater just told her
that he himself was the life of the
concern-that he kept things moving?
What would Henry do alone?
For week she brooded over the
matter. Then she mustered up her
resolution. She went to real estate
agent and handed over her entire bank
account of $4,000 as the first payment
on house they had coveted on Long
Island. That night she told Henry.
why, Stella. you must have gone
crazy" he cried aghast. why didn't
you ask me?'
II was afraid, Henry" she answered
truthfully.
Just at this time, Stella. I've just
taken out an insurance policy that's
more than l can really afford-we
haven't paid for the new car--we've
had a new front put on this house
last week your sable coat I was 60
ing to devote tonight to figuring how
close we were running on money"
But can't you-can't you take
something out of the business until
things get better?" she demanded in
alarm.
That's just what can't do. It's
impossible. l can't explain, because
you don't understand the situation
down there. You see. Ted and L
can't agree on certain things
new light dawned upon her. Sup
posing that, by bringing about this
situation, she had put her husband
into his partners hands. Yet wasn't
that what she wanted-wasn't it nee.
essary, for the present, that Henry
should conform to Drinkwater's
methods?
Sixty thousand dollars, repeated
Henry, in a frightened voice that
made her want to cry. II don't know
where l am going to get enough to
buy it on mortgage" He sank into a
chair. II might go and see the people
you dealt with tomorrow and make a
compromise-let some of your nine
thousand GO"
Il don't think they would" she said,
her face set. "They were awfully
anxious to sell-the owners going
away"
She had acted on impulse, she said,
thinking that the money would be
available. He had been so generous
about the new car-she supposed that