The Washington times., 1937-04-29

I'm not jealous. I can't be. IT.
too absurd.
She went on, happily. "Oh, he
quite well off. He has hat bust
ness. Sports hats. The fashion
able kind. All the movie STAR
wear them. They're made in Lo
Angeles,
"A man milliner!" Edward said
"Oh, no. Walt doesn't know
anything about hats himself. IT.
lust his money-his and some
body elses, and he does the ad
vertising, too. He used to be II
the advertising business. But tlrS,
he was press agent in the circus
must have told you about him
of course, I don't remember
my father very well, and as fal
back as I do remember, he was
in vaudeville-all big-time, too
Marie caught her mother-ln
laws eye. 1t registered disgust
contempt and righteous indigna
ton.
Edwards face darkened, then
he laughed. That's right, Nom
dear. 1 never did anything you
didn't let me do. Go on, honey
I'm still trying to fit the owner
of that car into the circus troupe
I'll bet he was the elephant
trainer"
"Oh, NO! He wasn't in it at
all. He's much younger. But
my dads brother, Jimmie-he
was only boy when the Andrea
vich brothers we're playing, never
went into vaudeville with them
do you see? He was just in the
equestrian acts. And so he stayed
on with the circus, and was with
It for years. Until he got killed.
Horse throw him?" Mr.. Wilson
asked.
why, how did you guess?" she
asked.
well, I know a good many of
those fellows"
Marie, who hadn't had so much
attention since Bee had left, went
Oh WIN QSr SIOIy.
Anyway, Jimmy used to know
Walt very we'll. Walt was public
ity man for the last show Jimmy
was in. He always dropped in
when he was in town. He was
with some big shows. And then ne
got into some advertising firm in
New York and we didn't see him
for ages. Except that at Christ
mas ne always sent mother ana
me the most enormous presents.
lone year he sent mother a pint
bottle of expensive perfume, one
of the kinds you get in teeny, Tiny
bottles and pay about $40 an ounce
for. He used to send me as many
as 20 books at a time-and 10
pounds of candy"
Did he offer to give you that
carp" Edward grinned.
mo- didn't ask for it. But I
did ask for job. And got it."
do you think that was neces-
Gary?" Edward asked quietly.
They were all looking at her. All
their eyes were on her. Eyes, don't
you?" she flared. II went down
town determined to get something
-anything-and when I was on
my way to apply at a department
store, I bumped into Walt. Nat
urally, I knew he'd give me some
thing better than I could get on
my own"
Naturally Edward said,
gravely.
II just don't understand you!"
Marie cried, exasperated, hours
later, as they lay wakeful and
inimical in bed.
It don't understand you"
"Oh, Edward! What can I say?
How can make you see? I've gone
ACKNOWLEDGMENT hell"
That's pretty language"
He laughed at that, and then
she laughed, too. He put an arm
around her. But you love me
little in spite Of it?"
II suppose so. But let's be seri-
GUS. Honey, if you're to do the
thing you really want to do-go up
and get into that land deal in
Humboldt; we need money, both to
put into it, and to get out of debt
here. That IS what you want to
do, isn't it?"
1--WE dreamed of it for years.
Never had ths money, that's all"
Honey, I know! But you're
just wasting your time here! The
kind of work you ought to have
just isn't here! You've said time
and time aGain that you hate
office work, that the reason you
went on those boat trips and
worSed as d ranger-even the
moWeS-was Just to get away and
try 70 express yourself"
"Mm-maybe not. But I'm no
business man. I'm just swash-
bUckling Adventurer, 1 guess.
You've Rot to take me or leave
me, honey. Follow me and you'll
never know whether you'll end
up in China, where I was in '33,
or Singapore! Now if I can get
the cash to get into this land bust
ness while it's in its infancy
and that's where I belong-that's
what I want-why, before make
a rich mans wife out of you. III
make a pioneer out of you! You'll
just have to take it as it comes,
thick and thin, and be ready for
anything. But I can't horn in
without SOME capital"
What YOU'LL be making!"
He had forgotten about that.
Hastily she saidE "Oh, I don't
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