THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , APRIL 27 , 1906.
THE SPENDERS
A TALE OF THE THIRD GENERATION
By HARRY LEON WILSON
Copyright , by Lclbrop Publishing Compinr.
. JR. Then he hurriedly dressed , took the
note and the cablegram , and sought
Mrs. Drelmer.
He found that capable lady gowned
for the opera. She recel\ed his bits
of news with the aplomb of a resource-
fill commander.
"Now , don't go seedy all at once
you've a chance. "
"Hang It all , Mrs. Drelmer. I've not.
Life Isn't worth living "
"Tut , tut ! Death Isn't , either ! "
"Hnt we'd have been so nicely set
up , even without the title , and now
Ulncs , the clumsy ass , has come this
Infernal cropper , and knocked every
thing on the head. 1 say , yon know ,
it's beastly ! "
"Hush , and let me think ! "
He paced the lloor while his matrl-1
monlal adviser tapped a white kidded i
foot on the floor , and appeared to read
plans of new battle In a mother-of-
pearl paper-knife which she held be-
Iween the tips of her fingers.
"I have It and we'll do it quickly !
Mrs. Wybert ! "
Mauburn's eyes opened widely.
"That absurd old Peter Bines has
spoken to me of her three times lately.
She's made a lot more money than she
liad in this same copper deal , and she'd
u lot to begin with. I wondered why
lie spoke so enthusiastically of her.
nml ! don't sec now , but "
"Well ? "
"She'll take you , and you'll be as well
set up as you were before. Listen. 1
met her last week at the Crltchlcys.
She spoke of having seen you. I could
ee she was dead set to make a good
marriage , ou know she wanted to
marry Fred Mllbrey , but Horace and
his mother wouldn't hear of it after
Avice became engaged to Union bliep-
ler. I'm In the Crltchleys' box to-night
and I understand she's to be there.
Leave it to rne. Now it's after nine ,
bo run along. "
"Hut , Mrs. Drelmer , there's that poqr
girl she cares for me. and 1 like her
Immensely , you know truly 1 do
and she's a trump see where she says
liere she couldn't possibly leave her
people now they've come down even
If matters were not otherwise impos
sible. "
"Well , you see they're not only oth
erwise impossible , but every wise Im-
possible. What could you do ? Go to
Montana with them and learn to be an
Indian ? Don't , for heaven's sake , sen
timentalize ! Go home and sleep like
a rational creature. Come In by 11
to-morrow. Even without the title
jou'll be a splendid match for Mrs.
Wybert , and she must have a tidy lot
of millions after this deal. "
*
Sorely distressed , hewalked back to
Ills lodgings in Thirty-second street.
Wild , Quixotic notions of sacrifice flood
ed his mood of dejection. If the worst
came , he could go west with the fam
ily and learn how to do something.
And yet Mrs. Wybert. Of course it
must be that. The other Idea was ab
surd too wild for serious considera
tion. He was 30 years old. and there
was only one may for an English gentle
man live even if it must break the
heart of a poor girl who had loved him
devotedly , and for whom he had felt a
steady and genuine affection. He
passed a troubled night.
Down at the hotel of Peter Uines
was an Intimation from Mrs. Wybert
herself , bearing upon this same for
tuity. When Uncle Peter reached there
at two a. m. , he found in his box a
small scented envelope which he
opened with wonder.
Two Inclosures fell out. One was a
clipping from an evening paper , an
nouncing the birth of twin sons to Lord
Cassclthorpe. The other was the card
h'e had left with Mrs. Wybert on the
day of bis call ; bis name on one side ,
announcing him ; on the other the
vords he had written :
"Bell Consolidated Copper all you can
until It goes down to Co. Do this up to the
limit of your capital , and 1 will make eood
an > tiling > ou loee.
"PETEH BINES. "
He read the note :
"ArllnKham Hotel 7:30
"Mr. I'oter nines
"Dear Sir : You funny old man , you. 1
don't pretend tp understand your game ,
but j ou may re on m > secrecy. I am more
Krnteful to > ou than words can utter and
1 will nlwaj H be glad to do anything for you.
Yours vcrj trulj ,
"HLANPHE CATHKIITON WYBERT.
"I' . S-About that other matter him you
know you \\lli see from this notice 1 cut
from the paper that the part > won't get
nn > title at nil now. so a dead swell New
York man Is in every way mote eligible
In fact the other party Is not to be thought
of for one moment , as I am positive jou
would agree with me"
He tore the note and the card to flue
bits.
"It does beat all , " he complained
later to Billy Drue. "Put a beggar on
horseback and they begin right away
to fuss around because the bridle ain't
set with diamonds give 'em a little ,
and they want the whole ball of wax ! "
"That's right. " said Billy Brue. with
the quick sympathy of the experienced.
"That guy that doped me , he wa'n't
satisfied with ray good | 30 wad. Not
by no means ! He had to go take my
breastpin nugget from the Early Bird. "
At 11 o'clock the next morning Mau
burn waited In Mrs. Drelmer's draw
ing-room for the news she might have.
When that competent person sailed
In , he saw temporary defeat written on
her brow. His heart sank to Us low
level of the nifftt belore.
"Well , I saw t > to creature , " she be
gan , "and It re. , i'ed no time at all to
reach a very deflnlto understanding
with her. I had feared It might be
rather a delicate matter , talking to her
at once , you know and we needed to
hurry but she's a woman one can talk
to. She's made heaps of money , and
the poor thing Is society-mad so
afraid the modish world won't take her
at her true value but she talked very
frankly about marriage really she's
cool-headed for all the flrc she seems
to have and the short of It Is that
she's determined to marry some one of
the smart men here In "New York.
The creature's fascinated by the very
Idea. "
"Did you mention me ? "
"You may be sure I did. but she'd
read the papers , and , like so many ot
| these people , she has no use at all for
an Englishman without a. title. Of
course I couldn't be too definite with
her , but she understood perfectly , and
ahe let me see she wouldn't hear of U
at all. So she's off the list. But don't
give up. Now , there's "
But Mauburn was determinedly
downcast.
"It's uncommon handsome of you ,
Mrs. Drelmer , really , but we'll have to
leave off that , you know. If a chap
j Isn't heir to a peerage or a city fortune
j there's no getting on that way. "
1 "Why , the man Is actually discour
aged. Now you need some American
pluck , old chap. An American of your
I age wouldn't give up. "
! "But , hang It all ! an American knows
how to do tilings , you know , and like
as not he'd nothing to begin with , by
Jove ! Now I'd a lot to begin with ,
and here's It's all taken away. "
"Look at young Bines. He's had a
lot taken away , but I'll wager he makes
it all back again and more , too , before
he's 40. "
"He might in this country ; he'd
j
never do It at home , you know. "
"This country Is for you as much as
for him. Now , there's Augusta Har-
tong those mixed-pickle millionaires ,
you know. I was chatting with Au
gusta's mother only the other day , and
If I'd only suspected this "
"Awfully kind of you , Mrs. Drelmer ,
but It's no use. I'm fairly played out.
1 shall go to see Miss Bines , and have
a chat with her people , you know. "
j i "Now , for heaven's sake , don't make
|
a silly of yourself , whatever you do !
Mind , the girl released you of her own
accord ! " " - *
"Awfully obliged. I'll think about it
jolly well , first. See you soon. Good-
by ! " And Mauburn was off.
He was reproaching himself. "That
poor girl has been eating her heart out
j for u word of love from rne. I'm a
brute ! "
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE GOD IN Tim CACHING.
Uncle Peter next morning was up tea
a late breakfast with the stricken fam
ily. Perclval found him a trifle less
bitter , but not less convinced In his
despair. The young man himself had
recovered bis spirits wonderfully. The
utter collapse of the old man , always
so reliant before , had served to fire all
bis latent energy. He was now voluble i
with plans for the future ; not only
determined to reassure Uncle Peter
that the family would be provided for ,
but not a little anxious to justify tae
old man's earlier praise , and refute his
calumnies of the night before.
Mra. Bines , so complacent overnight ,
was the most disconsolate one or the
group. With her low tastes she was
now regarding the loss of the fortune
as a calamity to the worthy Infants of F
her own chosen field.
"And there , I had promised to give
$5,000 to the new . .omc for crippled
children , and | 5,000 to St. John's Guild
for tbo floating hospitals this sum
mer just yesterday and I do de lare
1 just couldn t stay In New York w .n-
out money , and see those poor babies
suffer. "
"You couldn't stay in New York
without money , Mrs. Good-thing , " said
her son "not even If you couldn't see
a thing ; but don't you welsh on any cf
your plays wo'll make that ten thou
sand good If I have to get a sandbag ,
and lay out a few of these lads around
here some dark night. "
"But anyway you can't do much to
relieve them. I don't know but what
It's honester to bo poor while the au
thorities allow such goings on. "
"You have the makings of a very
dangerous anarchist In you , ma. I've
j seen that for some time. But we're an
I honest family all right now , with the
exception of a few properties that I'll
have to sit up with nights sit right by
their sick beds , and wake them up to
take their meuuy every half hour "
"Now , my son. don't you get to going
without your sleep , " began his mother.
"And wasn't It lucky about my send
ing that note to George , " said Psyche.
"Hero In this morning's paper wo find
he Isn't going to be Lord Casselthorpe.
after all. What could I have done H
we hadn't lost the money ? " From
which it might be inferred that certain
people who had declared Miss Bines
to be very hard-headed were not so far
wrong as the notorious "casual ob
server" Is very apt to be.
"Never you mind , sis , " said her
brother , cheerfully , "we 11 be all r'ght
yet. You wait a little , and hear Uncle
Peter take back what bo's said about
' me. Uncle Peter. I'll have you taking
I off that hat of yours every time you
et sight of me. in about a year. "
"Io went again over the plans. The
income from the One Girl was to bo
used In developing the other proper-
les ; the stock ranch up on the Bitter
Hoot , the other mines that had been
worked but little and with crude ap
pliances ; the Irrigation and land Im
provement enterprises , and the big lim
ber tracts.
"I got something of nn Idea of It
when Uncle Peter took mo around sum
mer before last , and I learned a lot
more getting the stuff together with
Coplen. Now , I'm ready to buckle
down to It. " He looked at Uncle Peter ,
hungry for a word of encouragement
to soothe the hurts the old man had
put upon him.
But all Uncle Peter would say was :
"That sounds very well. " compelling
the Inference that ho regarded sound
and substance as phenomena not nec
essarily related.
"But give me a chance , Uncle Peter.
Just don't jump on me tno hard for a
year ! "
"Well , 1 know that country. There's
big chances for a young man with
bralnR understand ? that has got all
the high-living nonsense blasted out of
his upper levels but It takes work.
You may do something there are
white blackbirds but you're on a
nasty piece of roadbed curves all
down on the outside wheels flattened
under every truck , and you've had her
down In the corner so long I doubt
If you can even slow up , say not bin'
of revernln' . And think of me gcttln *
fooled that way at my time of life , "
he continued , as If In confidence to
himself. "But then , I always was a
terrible poor judcc of human nature. "
"Well , have your own way ; but I'll
fool you again , while you're coppering
me. You watch , that's all I ask. Just
sit around and talk wise about mo all
you want to , but wntch. Now , I must
go down and get to work with Fonts.
Thank the Ixird , we didn't have to
welsh either , any more than Mrs. Give-
up there did. "
"You won't touch any more stock ;
you won't get that money from Shep
ler ? "
"I won t ; 1 won't go near Shepler , I
promise you. Now you'll believe me
in one thing , I know you will , Uncle
Peter. " He went over to the old man.
i "I want to thank yon for pulling me
! up on that play as you did last night.
j i A ou saved me , and I'm more grateful
i to you than 1 can yay. But for you I'd
have gone in and dug the hole deeper. "
' He made the old man shake hands
|
' with him--though Uncle Peter's hand
remained limp and cheerless. "Yon
; ' can shake on that , at least. You saved
mo , and I thank you for It. "
I i "Well , I'm glad you got some
sense , " answered the old man. grutlg-
don't do anything but consume in-
cludln' men. If the west stopped pro-
1
ducln' men fur you. you'd be as bad
off as If It stopped producin' fooJ.
You can't grow a big man on this
Island any more than you can grow
wheat out there on Broadway. You're
all right. You folks have your uses.
I ain't like one of these crazy fools
' ,
that thinks you're rascals and all like
that ; but my point Is that you don't
' get the fun out of life. You don't get
! the big feelln's. Out In tbo west
they're the flesh and blood and bone ;
1 and you people here , meanln' no disre-
Upect you're the dimples and wrinkles
and the warts. You spend and gam
ble back and forth with that money
we raise and dig out of the ground ;
[ and you think you're gettln1 the best
lend of It , but you ain't. 1 found that
' out 32 years ago this spring. I had a
crazy fool notion then to go back there
even when I hadn't gone broke and
I done well to go. And that's why I
wanted that boy back there. And
that's why I'm mighty proud of him ,
to see lie's so hot to go and take hold ,
like I knew he would be. "
"That's excellent. Now , Mr. Bines ,
I like him and I dare say you've done
the best thing for him , unusual as It
was. But don't grind him. Might It
not be well to case up a little after he's
out there ? You might let It be under-
stood that I am willing to finance any
of those propositions there liberally "
"No , no that ain't the way to han
dle him. Say , I don't expect to quit
cussln' him fur another HO days yet.
1 want him to think he ain't got a
trlend on earth but himself. Why , I'd
have made this play Juat as I have
done , Mr. Shepler , If there hadn't been
a chance to get back a cent of It if
we'd had to go plumb broke back to
the west in an emigrant car , with
bologna and crackers to eat , that's
what I'd have done. No , sir , no help
fur him ! "
"Aren't you a llttlo hard on him ? "
"Not a bit ! don't I know the stock ,
and know just what he needs' ' Most
men you couldn't treat as I'm treajin
him ; but with him , the harder you
bear down on him the more you'll get
out of him. That was the way with
his jia he was a different man after
things got to comln' too easy fur him.
This fellow , the way I'm trentln' him ,
will keep his head even after he gets
things ( omin1 easy again , or I mtsB my
guess. He thinks I despite him now.
If you told him I was proud of Mm , I
almost believe you could get a bet out
of him , sick as he Is of gamblln' . "
"Has he suspected anything ? "
"Sure not ! Why , he just thanked
me about an hour ago fur savin' him
made me shako hands with him and
1 could see the tears back in his eyes. "
The old man chuckled.
"It was like Len Carey's Nigger Jim.
Len had Jim set apart on the planta
tion fur his own nigger. They fished
and wont huntln' and swlmmln' to
gether. One day they'd been swlm
mln' . and was lyln' up on the bank.
Len got thlnkin * he'd never seen any
one drown. He knew .Mm couldn't
swim a lick , so he thought he'd have
Jim go drown , " - says to him : 'Jim ,
go Jump off thai rock there ! ' That
was where the deep hole was. Jim
* UB scar't , but bo had to go. After
Ko'd gone down once , I/cn says to him ;
'Drown now , you damn nigger ! ' and
Jhn come up and went , down twice
more. Then Len begun to think Jim
was worth a good bit of money , and
mebbc ho d bo almighty walloped If
the truth como out , so ho dives In after
Jim and gets him ashore , and after
while he brought him to. Anyway , lie
mild , Jim had already sure-enough
drowned as fur as there was any fun
In It. Well , Len Carey Is an old man
now , and Jim Is an old white-headed
nigger still hangln' around the old
place , and when Lcii goes back ( hereto
to visit his relatives old Nigger Jim
hunts him uj ) with tears In his eyes ,
and thanks Mister Leonard fur savin'
his life that time. Say , I felt this
niornln' like Len Carey must feel them
times when Jim's thaukln' him. "
Shepler laughed.
"You're n rare man , Mr. Bines. I'll
hope to have your cheerful , easy views
of life If I ever lose my hold here In
the street. I hope I'll have the old
Bines philosophy ami the young
Bines spirit. That reminds me , " ho
continued , as Uncle Peter rose to jo ,
"we've been pretty confidential , Mr.
Bines , and 1 don't mind telling you I
was a bit afraid of that young man
until yesterday. Oh , not on the stock
proposition. On another matter. You
may have noticed that night at tno
Oldaker's well , women , Mr. Bines , are
uncertain. 1 know something about
markets and the ways of a dollar , but
all I know about women Is that they're
good to have. You can't know any
more about them , because they don't
"HAS HE , SfKI'ECTED ANYTIIINU ? "
know any more themselves. Just be
tween us , now , I never felt any too
sure of a certain young woman's state
of mind until copper reached 51 and
Union Cordage had been blown up
from Inside. "
They parted with warm expressions
of good-will , and Uncle Peter , In high
spirits at the success of his machina
tions had himself driven tip-town.
The only point where his plans had
failed was In Mrs. Wybert's refusal to
consider Mauburn after the birth of the
Casselthorpe twins. Yet he felt that
matters , In spite of this happening ,
must go as he wished them to. The
i Englishman Uncle Peter cherished
he strong anti-British sentiment pe
culiar to his generation would surely
: iever marry a girl who was all but
penniless , and the consideration of an
alliance with Mrs. Wybert , when the
'ortune should bo lost , had , after all ,
jeen'an Incident a means of showing
the g'irl , If she should prove to be too
deeply Infatuated with Maubnrn for
tier own peace of mind how unworthy
and mercenary he was ; for he had
meant , in that event , to disillusion her
by disclosing something of Mrs. Wy
bert's history the woman Maubnrn
should prefer to her. He still counted
confidently on the loss of the fortun *
sufflclng to break the match.
When he reached the Hlghtower tha
night for dinner , he found Perclva
downstairs In great glee over what he
conceived to be a funny situation.
"Don't ask me , Uncle Peter ,
uuldn't get It straight ; but as nca
a I could make out , Muuburn cam
up here afraid the blow of losing bin
was going to kill BH with a Im.koi
heart , and sis was afraid the blow wa
going to kill Mauburn , because sh
wouldn't have married him anyway
rich or poor , after he'd lost the title
They found each other out some way
anil then Mauburn accused her of be
ing heartless , ofnrlng only for h'u '
title , and she abused him of taring
only for her money , and he insisted
; 'ae ought to marry him anyway , but
Kho wouldn't have It because of the
twins. "
Uncle Peter rubbed bis big brown
hands with tne first signs of cheerful
ness ho had permitted Porclval to de
tect In him.
"Good fur PIsh-tliat'fl the way to
take down them cnncoitod Britishers "
"But then tbej went at matters
again from a new standpoint , and the
result Is they've made it up. "
"What ? Has them jiroclous twin
Casscltborpes perished ? "
"Not at all , both doing finely
haven't c\en had colic growing fast
probably learned to say 'fancy , now , '
by this time. But Mauburu's going
west with us If we'll take him. "
"Get out ! "
"Fact ! Say , It must have been an
awful blow to him when ho found sla
wouldn't think of him at all without
his title , even If she was broke. They
had a stormy time of It from all I can
hear. Ho said he was strong enough
to work and all that , and since he'd
cared for her , and not for her money ,
it was low down of her to throw him
over ; then she uald she wouldn't
her mother and UH , now that we might
need her , not for him or any other
man and he said ( hat only made him
lov her all the more , and then he got
chesty , and said he wan just an good
as any American , oven If he never
would have a title ; so pretty soon they
rot kind of Interested In each other
again , and by the time I came home It
was all over. They ratified the pre
liminary agreement for a merger. "
"Well , I snum ! "
"That's right , go ahead and stium.
I'd snum myself If 1 know how It
knocked me. Better como upstairs and
congratulate the happy couple. "
"Shoo , now ! I certainly am mighty
disappointed In that fellow. Btlll , he In
veil spotted , and them freckles mean
ron In the blood. Maybe we can du *
elop him along with the other prop-
rtlca. "
They found Psycho already radiant ,
liough showing about her eyes trace *
if the storm's devastations. Maubnrn
fas looking happy ; also defiant and
tubborn.
"Mr. DlMei ; , " he said to Undo Peter ,
I hope you'll side with me. I know
ffmethlng about horses , and I've near-
y a thousand pounds that I'll bo glade
o put In with you out there If you
nn make a place for me. "
The old man looked him over qulz-
Ically. Psyche put her arm through
Mauburn'B.
I'd have to marry some one , you
tnow , Uncle Poterl"
'Don't apologize , Pish. There's roomer
or men that can work out there , Mr.
Mauburn , but there ain't any vintages
or trotiBerlngs to speak of , and th
hours U long. "
"Try me , Mr. Bines ! "
"Well , come on. If you can't skin
'ourielf you can hold a leg while
omebody else skins. But you ain't
mot my expectations , I'll say that ! "
And ho shooK hands cordially with th
ngllshman.
"I say , you know , " said Mauburn
ater to Psyche , "why should I skin
nysolf ? Why should I bo skinned at
all , you know ? "
"You shouldn't , " she uninsured him.
'That's only Uncle Peter's way of say-
ng you can help the others , even If
you can't do much yourself nt first.
And won't Mrs. Drelmer be delighted
0 know It's all settled ? "
"Well , " said Uncle Peter to Porcl-
al , later lu the evening , "Pish haa
lone better than you have hero. It's
1 pity you didn't pick out some good ,
onslblc girl , and marry her In the
nldst of your other doings. "
"I couldn't find ono that liked cats.
saw a lot that suited every other
way , but I always said to myself :
Remember Uncle Peter's warning ! ' so
'd go to an animal store and ge a
mskct of kittens and take them
round , and not one of the dozen stood
your test. Of course I'd never dlsro-
; ard your advice. "
"Hum , ' remarked Uncle Peter , In a
.one to be noticed for Its extreme dry-
ions. "Too bad , though you certainly
iced u wife to take the conceit out of
you. "
'I ' lost that In the street , along with
the rest. "
"Well , son , I ain't 110 ways alarmed
but what you'll soon bo on your fest
again In that respect aay by next
Tuesday or Wednesday. I wish the
money wan comln' back as easy. "
"Well , there are girls In Montana
City. "
"You could do worse. That icminds
me I happened to meet Shepler to
ilny and he got kind of confidential
talkln' over matters. He said he'd
never really felt sure about the afffc
tlons of a certain yout-g woman , espe
cially after that night at the Oldakers'
ho'd never felt dead hure of her until
you went broke. He said you never
could know anything about a woman
not really. "
"He knows something about that
one , all right , if he knows she wouldn't
have any use for me now. Sbepler's
coming on with the Indies. 1 feel quite
hopeful about him. "
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE IJii'AHTI'HK OK 1'NC.UC PETEH
The tilncscH , with the exception o
Psyche , were at breakfast a week later
MKH | Bines had been missing slncQ the
day that Mr. and Mrs. Cecil G. H. Man
burn had left for Montana .City to jm
the Bines homo In order.
I'm-lu Putei and Mrs. Bines had now
determined to go. leaving Perclval to
follow when lie had closed bis bus !
ness affairs.
"It's like starting west again t
nako our fortune , " said Uncle Peter
He bad suffered hlnihelf to regal
KJmetbliiK of his old cheerfulness o
itjuiiner.
" 1 wish you two would wait uiii.i
they ran get me car here , and go bach
with inn , " said Perelval. "We can K <
back in style even If we didn't -avf
much more than a get-away stakf "
Uul his persuasions were unavailirg
"I can't stand It another day. " aaiil
Mra Bines , "and those letters kcej
coming In from poor Mifffiing people
that haven't hoard the ni'ws. "
"I'm too rentiers to may , " docland
Uncle Poter. "I declare with sprlnji
all gruenln' up this way I'd be fount
campin' up In Central park some nigh
and took off to the cuJahoobc. I jus
got to get out again where yon cai
feel the wind blmv and see a bundroi
miles and don't have to dodge horse
IOHS horse rari every minute. It's i
wonder one of 'em ain't got me In thlf
town. You Kiine on In the car , and 8n
the style fur the family. One of then n
common Pullmans is good enough fui
Marthy and me. And besides , I got u
get Billy Brutback. . He's goin' plniul
daft louktn' night and day fur thai
man that got his $30 and his breast-
pi He says there'll bo an ambulance
backed up at the spot where ho meets
him- makes no difference If It's right
on Fifth avenue. Billy's kind of near
sighted at that , so I'm mortal afraid
he'll make a intake one of these
nlghtn and t. .onto honest nun
money nml trlnkolH away from him "
Pnrclvnl nn\v them to the train.
"Take cnrn of yourself , " said Uneln
1'otor nt parting , "Yon luunv I ain't
liny good any more , and you got a
whole family , Inelndln' an Englishman
Uupcndln' on yon we'll throw him on
the town , though. If lie don't take out
his Ili-Ht papers ( ho niliuilo I get Micro. "
Ills hint Hhol from the rear platform
"Change your name hack to 'Petti , '
ROM. when yon got west of Chicago.
'Tnln't anything fancy , but It'H a crack-
In good business namn fur a htmtler !
"All right , Undo Peter nml I hope
I'll have a grandson that thinks a.s
mnch of It as I do of yours. "
\Vlion they had gone , ho went hack
to i IIP work of Him I niljimlincnt. Hn
- youui2 .Mian i
ad the help of Coplen , whom they
ad sent for. With him he was busy
: > r a week. By lucky sales of some
f the securities that had been by-
othecatcd they managed to save a
ttlc ; but , on the whole , It was wha' '
'crclval described It "a
, lovely aittop-
At last the vexatious work was Un
shed , and he was free again. At thu
ml of the final day's work he left Ihu
fllce of Fonts In Wall street , anil
, -alked up Broadway. He went slow-
y , enjoying the freedom from care ,
t was the afternoon of a day when the
rst summer heat had been felt , anil
s he loitered before shop windows or
valked slowly through that street
vltcre all move quickly and most very
itirrledly , a welcome little breeze came
p from the bay to fan him and en-
ncotirage his spirit of leisure.
At Union square , when he xvonlit
lave taken a car to go the lemalndor
f the distance , he aaw Shepler , ac-
ompanled by Mrs. Van Gelst and Miss
Illbrey , alight from a victoria and
jnter a Jeweler's ,
He would have passed on , but Miss
Mllbrey had seen him and stood walt-
ng In tbo doorway , while Shopler and
Mrs. Van Geist went on Into the store.
"Mr. Bines I'm so glad ! "
She stood , Himbi'd with pleasure ,
adlant In stuff of filmy pink , with 111-
le flecks at her throat and waist of
ho first tender green of now loaves.
She was unaifectedly delighted to see
ilm.
You are Miss Spring ? " ho said
vhon she had given him her hand
and you've come Into all your mother
ind that was worth Inheriting , haven't
you ? "
"Mr. Bines , uluill we not see you
low ? 1 wanted so mnch to talk with
you when I beard everything. Would
t be Impertinent to say I sympathl/.ed
wnh you ? "
Ho looked over her shoulder lu
where Shepler unit Mrs. Van Gels'
were Inspecting n tray of jewels.
"Of course not Impertinent very
kind only I'm really not In need of
any sympathy at all. You won't un
derstand it ; but we don't care so much
for money in the west-for the loss ot
It not so much as you New Yorkers
would. Besides , we can always mike
a plenty more. "
The situation was emphatically , i.o'
as bo bad so often dreamed It wheu
sh should mnrvid. perhaps regretful
ly , over bis superiority to-her husband
as a money-maker His only relief
was to belittle the importance of his
loss.
"Of ( ( iiirse. we've lost everything , al
most -but I've not been a bit downca '
about It. There's more where It cam
from , and no end of fun going after
it. I'm looking forward to the advoa
lures. 1 can tell joii. And eve y one
will be glad to ICH mo ihrr' . th }
won't think the Jews of me. I a sur
j you , because I've made a lluK - h e'
"Surely , Mr. Bine.no one lie-e c-ould
think less of you Imbed. I t ink
tnoro of you. I tb.i.k It s line an-1 b g
to go back with such courage. Do y u
know , I wish 1 were a man I'd show
them ! "
"Really. Mis' * Milbrcy "
Ho looked over her shoulder nealo
:
and saw that Shepler was waiting fur
her.
her."I
"I think your friends arc
nd "They can wait. Mr. Bines I won
. der if you have quite a correct idea of
a.
a.a all New York people. '
a
"Probably not ; I've met so few. you
8O Know. "
O
"Well , of course but of those you've
met ? "
r "You can't know what my Ideas are. "
"I wish we might have talked more
' I'm sure when are you leaving ? "
"I shall leave to-morrow. "
"And we're leaving for the country
ourselves. Papa and mamma go tomorrow -
morrow and , Mr. Bines , I shouH hive
liked another talk with yon I wish
wo were dining at the Oldakcrs'
again. "
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