Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-02-04

NOEIQ. ana somehow OF OLIlcT she man
aged to get it without his knowinl
n about it. She bought Lucky Boy Lea.
S with it, and said she was going TO tax,
d her youngest son IN a trip with her
n when she had tripied her money"
S What did she look lke2" That
asked.
Very tiny. a frizzy gray bob, little
beady black eyes. She laughed q ereal
deal, and her little old face opened anc
? folded like an accordion. She wa.
such a darling. Poor old thingl Henri,
+ will never let her hear the last of It
I Her on, o know"
Never let her hear the last of what2.
D Tflad demanded sharply.
Why, OF the way she lost her two
thousand dollars" Nola answered.
Haven't you seen the evening papers2
Lucky Boy Lead vas declared speculat-
i've. and vas withdrawn from the mar
ket just before it closed. Young Gil
bert. who promoted it, has vanished.
and the stockholders are left holding
! the sack
What will she do?" he wondered
What can she?H Nola answered
pityfngly. She vas coming in to-
MORROW to see how much the stock
had risenl And the bad part OF it is.
there are so many like her.
Thad shook his head.
Not like her" he said brokenly.
She'll be game, she'll try not to show
it, but she'll be like a hurt baby. She
never Will understand how such a thing
could have happened to her. Shes al
ways so sure she'll land on top Of the
heap And you're right, Henry will
never let her hear the last OF til.
She stared at him.
How do you krow?H
Thad looked at her miserablv.
Il ought to know. She's my mother
'O1aSymnaIhy sWeIIed In her@erv%.#
They gazed at each other. and Thad
found himself telling her about Henry.
and about Margaret, and explaining
Why old Mrs. Judd needed a rest from
them.
They're q continual damper on her
spirits he finished. I've been hoping
get In q position where / could sup
port her. I almost Jaw my way clear
doing it, too. But now, the main
thing IS TO keep her from Knowing that
she lost the money!
I don't know how you1l do that
she puzzled
know, said T11ad..aIt,s a If
FouH be good enough to help me. I've
saved four thousand dollars. I vas go
.ng 70 use 1t to start my own adverts-
ng agency. Now, I'll give it to you for
Ter When she comes in, would YOU /.
mind telling her that her stock was
old Just before Lucky Boy Lead crash ].
ed2 At least she'll have doubled her : :
money, and That will give her the laugh !
20 henry And she can take her trip :
she want it. Shall you mind telling :
1er2 She'll think it was all quite or !
9
NO. I shall not mind" said Nola 2
But what about your" !
He flushed She had caught him In :
midst Of thoughts that concerned :
Ter He had been remembering that =
! had taken him three years to save y
US four thousand dollars, and that 1t 1,
Iould undoubtedly be an equal length =
I time before he had that much money =
gam And he wondered how many =
men besides himself we're In love .
18th Nola Cartwright, and whether 1t !,
Duld be fair for q poor man to urge :
q desirable girl to wait for him. y
e decided reluctantly that 1t wouldn't
= fair. p
That doesn't matter" he said. ~
1t mattered to Nola, who wondered :.
ow many years it might be until he =
'uld ask her to marry him. For she q
made up her mind that this was :.
q for her. This man. No other. "
Mrs Judd met Thad in the library q e
W nights later, and threw her arms &C
out him even before he had taken off
$ topcoat- He had been unexpected "
called out OF the city during the "
rex, and she had been scarcely able C
wait for him to return. She began p ,
talk at once. She was in hilarious -
70
She wore a new red dinner dress. ~
,ainst it her restless. skinny little Se
ms we're very white. Her gray hair ~
IS deliberately waved, her eyes snap 20
d. She smoked and sneezed and
Ighed, and cooed at Thad that Henry yo
d Margaret had gone out. Oh
They couldn't stand the thought Of
ending the evening with q pervert-
creature like me" she told him hap tn
" AT least, that was the impression DIR,
rem, but ! think the thing that really 70
s Henry is that ( got the best of ne
n / didn't take his advice, and an
Ide a lot OF money, and that's an in bu
Il he's never had to face until now. ~,
down, darling, and I'll tell you all
put it. I'm a happy woman, Thaddy. oil
e made a pile Of money In the stock sui
Lrket- I've made twelve thousand fTn
lars, Thaddy." the
beamed upon him and wriggled, !
leaned over to kiss the place where Tn
hair waved back aR
How much did you say you NADER" KIN,
asked, dazedly. In
Twelve thousand dollars. old Mrs. he1
Id sang, making q little tune to 20 ow1
h the words. shf
broke out In q light, cold sweat vol
nervous shock There had evidently s
n happenings OF a cataclysmic ma his
and somewhere, he felt positive, SIM
re had also been a very close shave =
the four thousand dollars.
tell you all about It, said Mrs.
Id, eagerly. I've never had SO much 6
in my life. You see, Thaddy, the trio
st wonderful feeling came over me the
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