The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-08
EHROLINEM!y Ry SsU REYE7

their great discovery - Malcolm
would have to move the laboratory
70 his own basement and she and
her father would 60 into . small
fat She thought she could man
age that, with the better pay that
Malcolm said she would receive &C
Purcell's, and the money she could
realize on the sale Of al but Q few
pieces Of the furniture they had
brought from Hawthorn House.
Mrs. Stevenson would have 70 20
three mouths would b too many to
feed. And her father would have
to depend during the day upon
whatever care she could get for him
ct pitifully low pay.
It was . dreary prospect. There
were no OATS on Edge Street. They
would have to move to IN entirely
strange neighborhood. And prob.
ably shs would have to sell the old
sedan for lack Of . garage In which
to keep Il. The coupe had been re-
turned 70 Howard. Caroline had
left il at the factory and written
him that unless he had it removed
It would remain in the employer
parking space. Malcolm had
brought her home that day. And
Malcolm would take her TO and
from Purcell's on the motorcycle
when she went TO work there-even
II he had to travel miles out Of hio
way. She had no doubt of that. Il
was Halcolm's friendship, it, uttsr
dependability, that kept her from
losing heart and made il possible
for her to look ct her problems with
the belief that she could conquer
them.
But once, after . day Of greater
nervous strain than usual, she said
to Malcolm: Are you sure that I
will get that job ct your place 7"
"0f course. They told me def.
nitsly that they'd Be putting on
some new people In q short while
and I've spoken for . job for you.
They'll Be tickled 70 ret you"
suppose its when they buy the
Rutledge factory"
Here. here. When they buy our
mask, you mean"
sThat's right. Have you any
new ideas about it"
sJust about the best we've had
yet, ! think. I'm going to try min
eral oil I've brought . bottle
along"
But this too proved 4 disappoint.
ment, resulting in Q smeary mass
that refused to effervesce. That
night Caroline cried over their
failure after Malcolm had gone.
She had not told him Why the day
had been m especially trying one
Cor her. She Was afraid Il he ever
learned that Howard WAS threaten-
ing her-holding her job over her
head - . means Of forcing her to
see him-he'd give Howard the kind
Of answer he deserved-and then
she would Be IN trouble. For Ger.
tainly Howard would have her fired
at once-and she might b ont Of
work for weeks. Il would mean %
much more % b taken from the
small capital represented By the
painting, and she wanted desper.
ately to conserve al that she could
Of It 70 uss il repaying Howard for
her mothers funeral expenses.
Her father had said that they must
do this before be could have any
peace Of mind, and Caroline be-
leved him. For with Ill his fail
ures Philip Rutledge still had 70.
garded his debts with honor. Caro-.
line 1orgeve him everything else
for this, Tor the Rutledge honesty
vas bred deep In her. Her family
had been built on the twin traits q
honor and courage. TO deny them
would b to outrage every fibre Of
her being, and though she knew IN
her heart that It was fear and not
strength that had turned her father
back from his downward COURSE
she had deliberately used his fear
70 help him-she WAS dercely proud
Of his wish 70 free himself from
obligation to . man % far beneath
him - Howard Dunsworth.
Howard was going 70 make Il %
dimcult o he could. She tore his
letter, wherein he said that Il she
did not see him he would make her
presence in the factory known to
his father, into small bits and
threw them contemptuously into
the waste basket. And no moro
tears about it, she resolved. She
had cried too much in the past ysas.
At the worst-when the house wss
sold-they would b on the road to
Independence.
Her father had given her the
exact figures Of their financial con.
dition. Rapidly she added and sub.
estimating what the house would
bring IN Z forced sale. At last she
WAS satisfied Of enough to enable
them 70 meet every debt, whether
she lost her job now Or not.
Ito b Continued)
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