Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-08-16

looking at me as If you had seen a
rattlesnake. Do you admit that the
great difficulty with our marriage was
my fathers fortune?"
He seemed to rouse himself with
an effort. And are you now proposing
10 dispose OF it for my sake?" His tone
was bitter.
II don't have to-its all been done
for me-that damned OLD trustee of
mine-I don't know whether he's a
crook. or just a muddling old fool
but somehow or other he's got away
with the whole estate. :"
at isn't possible-that great fortune"
That's what I thought at first, but
I was wrong. It's gone. And so. :"
She paused and smiled at him. You
you to think I'm offering to come
back just for meal ticket"
Il should not think that in any case,
but"
We'll, if you did think it, and I
suppose it would be natural-you'd be
wrong My first idea was to go out
like all the bright young things and
get myself a job I was offered one as
a matter of fact-and then I said to
myself that have job-a harder one
right here-taking care of Mimi"
Isn't it little late to think Of
that?"
Too late, Roger?"
The obstacle between us wasn't only
your money, Marie. There was another
that you seem TO forget.
Il bored you. I'm afraid have not
become any more entertaining with
the years"
Marie sighed: Il suppose I had that
coming to me-" she said. What you
mean is that you don't want me back. ="
II mean that you can't walk out OF
a mans life when it pleases you and
come back when it's convenient
Judy couldn't stand it any longer.
Roger" she said, how can you be SO
wicked?"
He turned on her with undisguised
anger, but Judy was beyond fear:
What can be wickeder than throwing
away the only chance you'll ever have
of making Minis life happy. No, don't
tell me I don't understand. I under
stand much better than you do-that
you're letting pride and bad temper
govern you, instead OF common sense.
Your wife is perfectly right..you two
could get on if you wanted to-you
must have learned something In al!
these years. She told me herself in
Chicago that you'd be a marvellous hus-
band for poor woman. Well, now she
Is a poor woman
Did you say that, Marie?"
She nodded II said if woman were
absolutely dependent on you -" She
smiled her rather impish smile. I'd
have to come to you for taxi fare.
Roger, and you know you'd like that"
There was a moments silence. and
then he held out-not his arms, as
judy thought he ought to have done
but his hand: and Marie, moving from
her position at the door, gave Judy an
opportunity OF slipping away.
She ran, straight upstairs to tell
Mimi-a risk of course for the two
people downstairs were perfectly capa-
she couldn't wait-she was SO happy
everything had come right, and she
had helped to do it.
She found Mimi with her head bent
over her arithmetic. Il do wish she
said. without looking up. that when
two men decide to do piece OF work
together they would start at the same
time and work at the same rate"
Mimi, who do you think Is down.
stairs?"
"Who?"
your lovely mother"
Mimi sprang up as quickly as her
father had done. "Oh. that won't do
at ALL" she said. "Therell be dread
full row. must go down.
mo. darling, it's going to be all
"You don't mean mothers coming
back?"
Mimi stood quite still for a moment,
and then she began to cry-not like
a child, but like grown person whose
self control finally breaks down. Judy
had never seen her shed tear before
she was still crying with her head
on Judy's shoulder, when Marie and
Roger appeared in the doorway. They
stood there hand in hand-they were
radiant like young lovers. but they had