Nogales international., 1931-03-07
Fourth Installrnent

and shares her lunch with him in a cubby-
hole of a place that belongs to mattress
factory next door to the Five-and-Ten..
carde eey oar 1re Of them has motto that strikes
Maggie's fancy. The way to begin the ideal
life is to begin" She and Joe talk. about
that and Joe is surprised that the girl mas
higher standards than ne had H. sIspeSieaH =; ptSnH
ing about Maggie. And his home is the nome
Of the owner of the Mack Five and len
! Tent Stores, though Maggie does not suspect
| hat he is the boss son.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
"What-with Uncle Tom?"
with Uncle Nobody! It's a sort
of-of underworld investigation. l got
| it OH my own hook"
"Well. but that's nonsense" the
woman said after pause, somewhat
at loss. "Your father won't permit
| you for one instant to give up college
and work. He
"My father told me ne WASN'T going
to back me financially any more, Joe
interrupted hotly. Meanwhile, I'm
done with college and I'm working,
and he can make what he likes OF
it"
"Whv. he'll not endure it one in
slant !" the woman said. Meanwhile,
aren't you going to the Russelis' It's
Millicent's co1ning-o party-shell IL
certainly expect you'll!
Il think TIL let Millicent cry herself
to sleep, tonight" the boy said
lazi1y. 1My Job has sapped my ener-
Qies-what with cologne and postcards
and tinsel and vegetable knives"
@Wat are you talking aboutW
Nothing. Nothing. But I'm a
working-r11an now, no time for frivoli-
ties. Leave me be, Mother. I'm dead"
There was a silence. The woman
sat puzzled and disapproving, think
ing.
Listen, Joe. You do like Millicent,
don't you? She's such a dear little
thing" his mother presently began sen
timentally, "and she likes you SO much
~'Give her my love and tell her I'm
trying to get together enough money
for our little nest" said Joe. I'll see
her at the club tomorrow, anyway
she always plays golf Sunday morn
i1gs."
Il don't understand you, Joe" his
mother said in cold disapproval. "You
went out of the house yesterday morn
ing wild because your father had said
he'd take you out of college if this
spending of money went on. Now
you say you've got "a job and don't
want to go!"
I'm reformed!" Joe said jocosely
1.-THE old man called me names this
morning" It's just possible--it's just
possible that some day Iii have the
laugh on the old mani"
II wish you'd stop talking nonsense
and follow me over to the Russells',
his mother said impatiently. Il don
know what they'll think if you dom
corne."
"Tell them 1--we had "a change O.
1leart-I've got religion" Joe said in
differently. Tell them that the way
to begin living the ideal life is t(
begin"
Lillian Spencer Merrill, wife of the
oMuxr of the Mack Merrill Chair
Stones.
~guast that, darling. The way t.
begin living the ideal life is--to!begin,'
said Joseph Grant Mackenzie Merrill
mildly
Mrs. johnson, born Petheridge, cher
isi,ed 1m herself, and planted in hel
daus}Mers, AN .unbounded sense o.
righteous pride. The Johnsons had nc
pride, and mo particular cause itol
pride she said.
But the .Pefheridges, and their col
lateral 1ises cof Iarkins and Law
rences! Ma told them thrilling tale:
of Gran'nsa asatlSin's sampler, huns
above the Peaheridge fireplace in dhs
magnificent Paftleridge home "doMr
South" and ahSstt the Johnny Yanls'
naashing up aii @Srari'ma Larkin's car
glass. and abcast The slaves-hundre6;
of them, thousands of them, all sing
ing and dancing and happy, and moi
any more wanting to he freed than Sc
many irresponsible Sparr
Pop, meanwhile. aaS&serably repre-
serted not only the 1Gw-born John
sons, but the entire ranks of the
Johnny Yanks as well. He woule
cringe while Ma was erE@:ging upor
this topic, and nervotssls clear hi:
throat. And whenever he spoke ot
J Vermont families, Ma said With hel
i rich, unctuous laugh, MAXIM wooder
1 nutmegs, | suppose?" and the gsfls hae
10 laugh, too.
| Not that Maggie was not legal tc
bcr father; she had no heart 80 the
L0xt2ter Ma SO often directed agasns
hi,.S. But it was simpler ali round *
laugl,\
NJ rse going against that partieuias
c1rre, there were too many ether.
to strus. 1e with, if one were to s'rug.
gle at all!
Gf4c. ,.,LarNS n anoiS and her father