THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25. 1919'.
"VIRTUOUS, WIVES'
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CHAPTER V.
At 4 o'clock, in obedience to
telephone message from the office,
. Amy was in the car, drawn up by
the subway station at Columbus
Circle.' searching the crowd which
flowed muddily up from that great
underground tube for the first
'; plimpse of a swinging, rapid figure.
Her conscience did not exactly re
proach her, for the conscience in
youth, before it can enlist the serv
ices of a rebellious digestion, is
more of a courtier than a mentor.
let, an tne same, sne ten sne owea
it some explanation. She had been
frightfully extravagant. When two
- women go shopping together, the
devil begins to smile. The presence
of Fifi had incited her. She felt the
need of establishing that shade of
superiority which her cousin denied
; her. She knew that Fifi, in common
with the rest of her friends, consid
', ered that she had thrown away her
; worldly opportunities, and she de
. sired to rather exaggerate the new
independence which waS hers. After
an orgy among the counters, Fifi, in
spite of the fact that luncheon had
been ordered at home,, had carried
I her off, commandeering two men by
; telephone. -,'
I The "rendezvous had been at
Sherry's, just beginning to fill up
- with the return of society. There
were SO persons she knew, and as
Fifi was a public character, their
pntrance causer! quite a stir. She
frit instinctively the test of this
criticism and asked herself a little
anxiously how they would judge her.
In an instant, she was back in the
life of the year before, the old chat
ter rising easily to her lips, eager for
the glances of tribute , which she
could detect in the crowd. She felt
a newrvacity, and it seemed to her,
for the first time in months. that the
radiance of her. youth was returning
to her eyes and to her glowing
cheeks. She forgot her perplexities
and ; half-expressed longings. This
world welcomed her back by a hun
dred solicitous attentions, claiming
her charm and her beauty. She no
longer had a feeling of isolation.
What was itrange was to be wait
ing for him. When he was absent,
she could never see him distinctly.
In the crowd, she saw the kind,
ugly face, and, at his powerful, con
iiilent approach, she had a swift feel
ing of gladness and delight.
"All right, Bingham; good time,
but don't get caught!" He swung
into' his seat, and the coupe was
tilled with his virile, conquering
strength. - "Kept you waiting long?
Turn around. Mrs. Yum-Yum; let's
see how pretty we are I
At the pride with which he gave
her his favorite nickname, the little
cirl from school began to laugh.
Then she remembered.
"I've been awfully extravagant,"
, she said contritely, and the obnoxi
1 ous word "extravagant," like the ter
rifying word "duty," she pronounced
in a way that made him break into
laughter.
I make it; you spend it, he said,
(Coprrlfht, 1819, bjr UH. Browa ft C.)
kaking her hand. "The best, and
flamn, the expense!"
"No, really, Andrew; you snouia
scold me."
''Really?"
"Yes, really," she said, with a mis
chievous smile. Then she added,
serious once more, for it shocked
her in her sense of fitness that he
did not reprove her a little, "If you
did, it wpuld make me -feel loads
better."
Andrew had already forgotten the
incident. He examined her with af
fectionate pride as his glance, satis
fied, ran over the trappings of his
car and rested, in final approval, on
the trim figure of Bingham. Bing
ham was in excellent style. They
were at the throat of the great
Qirtensboro bridge, halted in the
jam of traffic. Other cars were
about them. He estimated them
with a little righteous pride in his
own wife, his own car, and his own
chauffeur. He had done it-all. and
he feared no comparison,.
His hand closed over hers, with
the- feeling that life was now hap
pily settled and the road clear
ahead.
"F5ti came in and carried me off to
luncheon at Sherry's," she said.
"Any number of persons came up to
see me; ' My head's quite turned with
compliments. Do you know a Mr.
Argesinger and a Mr. Devine Wall
street men, friends of Fifi?" She
hesitated a moment, then added,
"They lunched with us."
He looked at her without the
slightest shade of jealousy, over
joyed at her triumph.
"Just what you needl Play all
you want; nothing would please me
more." i
As he said these words, his voice
was so gentle that a great wave of
tenderness went through her.
"How, kind and big he is!" she
thought to herself, with a little re
morse. , ' !
"What dresses have you brought?"
"The black, the gojd, and the
cerise."
He frowned at the mention of this
last, for, in the perfect chivalry of
his attitude toward women, he was,
by training, old-fashioned. ,
"The cerise, my dear is I'm hot
quite sure. The Dellabarres are
quite conventional, aren't' they ?'
She smiled - from her superior
knowledge. ,
"I'm afraid-you're in for a shock.
Chilton is rather the riding set."
"True; but they are mostly fami
lies like the Dellabarres and Brack
ens, who have had money for gen
erations. They'll be a little rigid
especially .the women. That's why I
wouldn't wear the cerise gown, not
just at first not tonight.",
. "But with a scarf, Andrew 1" she
exclaimed, amused at his naive con
ception of a strange world;
"Well, suppose we wait and see.
Now for some bad news. I've got
to pass tomorrow night with Gun
ther on his yacht The' king has
summoned me."
What tomorrow! Our first visit
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together 1" she cried, cut to the
quick, x ,
"But, Amy, do you know who
Gunther is?" he answered, aston
ished .
"I don't care who he is. lit can
wait." ( .
She had not the slightest idea of
Gunther's importance. To her the
blow was a vital one, directed at all
her prerogatives as a wife. She with
drew her hand, turning toward the
window to hid the tears which rose
to her eyes.
"It's something I can't refuse," he
said slowly. "I must have Gunther
for a friend. It is a great opportune
ity for me."
"Am I invited, tpo?"..
He hesitated.
"It is not a pleasure party. You
don't understand. Gunther has of
fered me a position which would
mean we'd be millionaires in five
years. Whether I accept or refuse,
I must make him interested in me."
"Millionaires! Really? Then why
do you hesitate?" she said, her cha
grin' forgotten for this word "mil
lionaire" had to her ears the charm
of a fairy tale.
"Well, I've been, slaying for 20
years," he said, slowly. "It would
mean five years' more and a lot of it
away from New Yprk and you,"
She was of a, primitive, emotional
nature, quick to every influence. Be
fore his generosity, she answered
impulsively, "
"Not from me. Wherever you go,
I go."
And in saying this, she believed it.
"No, no," he said, his frown dis
appearing as if by magic; "you are
young; you're going to enjoy your
self. I carried you off because I
wasn't taking chances. . But you're
not going to regret anything you
might have had. No, sirree; nothing
is going to make me quite so happy
as sitting back and watching you
sweep them off their feet. The best
for you! And I shan't be jealous at
all if men admire you quite the con
trary." " She was -silent, profoundly moved.
In these few moments, he had come
closer .to her than in all the months
she had known him.
"Yes; you are right," she said,
with such gratitude in her blue eyes
that he had never seen them more
beautiful. "Give me a year or two,
dear. I am only a girl, and It is aw
fully hard to settle down and be seri-
tus just yet. I know that it won t
last I shall get tired of ,it but
just now I do want to be seen,-admired,
flattered I do want to play."
He laughed in his deep, hearty
rumble, a weight lifted from his
mind.
"Play,"'he said smiling; "play for
both of us, and if you want any
more money, just say so and I'll
make it." She turned to his arms
impulsively, and to each, in thejhap
piness of this new understanding, it
seemed that all problems of mar
riage were happily resolved. "Now
let me explain my position," he said
gently, "and wherein you can help
me. I have gotten to the point where
I am strong enough to need friends.
Dellabarre is an old fogy, but he's
got property and connections. Make
him our friend. I've gotten- to where
I am now without having to say
Thank you' to any one, but now I
intend to use every arm that comes
handy. Make friends; make friends,"
he said, listening to his own words.
"You never know. when the weakest
hand can give-just that last little
push. that will topple over the rock.
You see, I am at a critical moment."
"What do you mean?" she said
anxiously, for she had not the slight
est knowledge of his business af
fairs. "I am about to be known as a suc
cessful man. When my January re
port is out, I shall have a dozen
enemies after my scalp. You don't
understand? Here's the situation:
American business is war. We are
not shopkeepers, 'piling up reserves
in our safes. We are speculators,
adventurers, fighters, 'and we fight
not for avarice but for the pure joy
of combat. You never see any such
motto as 'Live an let live' hung up
in an American office. Oh, not If
you come up out of the crowd, you've
got either to impose yourself or be
crushed. . Hit them first! This is
where I am." .
"But how can they hurt you?"
"If they can't break me, or buy
me, or bring me intix Ae family
kwithin five years, I shall absorb
them. It'll be a fight to the finish.
They can't touch me inside my own
walls. They can't beat my organiza
tion or buy my lieutenants. Out
side, it's different raw materials,
transportation and credit. But don't
worry; I am ready. My alliances
are made. That's why Gunther must
be my friend.".
"Bat you are going to refuse?"
"I'm going to be cleverer than
that. I am going to make him re
fuse me," he said, smiling. (He
leaned forward, and taking the trum
pet, cried 'Xheerily, "To the right,
Iiingham, and the straight, road
ahead.") "So we understand each
other. You're to play for both of
us. It's the time of life to dance
and to be extravagant. Do so to
your heart's content."
"You need never have any fear."
"Hush," he said, gravely, as
though the very thought were trea
son. ,
She had no fear herself. The
world was an immaterial thing, and
pleasure had no form to her ardent
imagination least of all a mascu
line form. A feeling of great con
tent came over her, and, smiling, she
lifted his hand to her lips. (
"How he loves me!" she thought.
The dusk had been creeping in as
they had flown over the smooth ma
cadam roads crowded with automo
biles. The air had become moist; and
chill with the threat of rain which
hung in the black drapery of the au
tumn clouds. Lights had begun to
pop out of the darkness, postern
lights and home . lights, and in the
turning of the road she caught
flashes of cozy interiors families
gathered at the supper table, moth
ers with children.
The car slowed down. A flaring
light showed the entrance to the
drive. A child ran out to swing a
gate. Ahead, at the end of the road,
which lost itself in a tunnel of shad
ows under' mysterious trees, the
house lights were glowing, afloat on
the night. She leaned, forward eag
erly, gay with anticipation, free now
to seek without a qualm all the
youth and pleasure ahead under the
promise of the lights which fluttered
at the end of the deep black way.
There was no one to meet them as
they descended, and the great house
seemed strangely dark and inhospit
able. She felt a splash of raindrops
as she hurried into the vestibule.
The butler, a family watchdog, eyed
them with surprise and indecision,
and receiving, their names, departed.
"You've made no mistake in the
day?" she said, surprised, to her
husband,
"No."
At the end of a long wait, a foot
man hastened to throw on the lights
and suddenly brilliant vistas of halls
and salons arose before their eyes.
The butler returned 'precipitately,
followed by a rapid, noiseless per
son, who introduced herse.lf as Miss
Bane, the housekeeper, , and made
nervous excuses for their strange re
ception. "".Underneath all this was
such a feeling of agitation and con
fusion that MrS. .' Forrester, her
curiosity awakened,' glanced at her
husband. But Andrew perceived
nothing. He was in admiration be
fore the simple elegance of the ba
ronial entrance, noting every detail,
tegistering each effect which pleased
him, making'mental comparisons, al
ready, perceiving new worlds to at
tain. :'.'
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
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the league of nations, the Echo de
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Ex-Mayor Dahlman May
"Be Stationed in Omaha
Washington, Jan. 24. (Special
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claims and, property protection sec
tion of the railroad administration.
Mr. Dahlman does not know wheth
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in Omaha.
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Washington today to secure his
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archbishop of Nebraska having
granted him leave until September
next.
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but after baying that suit Fve
bad two i sleepless 'nights be
cause I didn't boy an overcoat,
so here I am, for peace of mind
once more and that overcoat I
looked at," said a easterner.
The coat he looked at
.had., been sold, -but 'he
iouna another equally as
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Th Big Day of this sale Saturday, because EVERY man knows what's going on here NOW; and combined with the fact that
vast selections are still available, SATURDAY'S MONEY-SAVING OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE A MIGHTY: ATTRACTION
for hundreds of men and young men. .
WONDERFUL-- .;'?J
About half the main clothing room isdevo iei to qvercoatsBroken lines but involving all desired sizes and styles, including ' i
Ulsters, Ulsterettesi Great Goats
Roomy coats for auto wear, waim . coats for , blizzards, dressy
semi-box: coats, belt back ulsters and clever ulsterettes. ' Rich
colors or conservative fabrics. All sizes for men and young men.
Superb Chesterfield Overcoats
Many luxuriously satin lined, distinguished velvet collar mod
els, in all sizes, with vast selections of large men's models, 42 to '
, 52-inch chest. The coat of .coats for lasting service.
The "I Will" Man Says: "Buy an Extra Suit at a Price"
By all means look through this sale-of suits and pick up a snap.' Young men's styles, business men's suits. Special sizes, regular sizes. Novelty
weaves in abundance. Browns, grays, olive tones, fncy stripes, checks no limit to the selection. Extraordinary reductions on all broken line
, Choose From Hundreds of Suits and Vvercoats Saturday. ;
$10.00 Men's Suits
Clean . House Price
' $30 Suits and Overcoats $OA0
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$15 suits and Overcoats $ i a
Clean House Price" v
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$20 Suits and Overcoats $1 075
Clean House Price , V
$25 Suite and -Overcoats $j 7 5
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$35 Suits and Overcoats $ O 0 7 5 I $40 Suits and Overcoats $ o fi 7 5 . , $45 Suits and Overcoats $ 9 A 0 0 '
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1 $50SuitsandOvercoats$qC00 $55 Suits and Overcoats $0750 I $S0 Suits and Overcoats MAOO .
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$65.00 Finest Overcoats at .$45.00 $70.00 Finest Overcoats' at '$47.50' $75.00 Finest Overcoats at $50.00 $85.00 Fine'st "Overcoats at $5750
: Staple Worsteds, Blues and "Blacks Excepted : A Small Charge for Alterations During This Sale
1 i j Mtn'B, Young Men's and Boys' Clolhlug Entlr Second Floor Main' Building, 'Annex and Fourth Floor.
All Meii'o Velourl-Idtbaihd' Fine For: Caps Greatly Reduced
. : . . v (Excepting John B. Stetson Hats) at the following prices Saturday:
ill Broken Lines Fall and Winter '
CAPS
With and Without Furnbands
Hen's $1.00 Caps at 75
Men's $1.50 Caps at $1.15
Lien's $2X0 Caps at $1.45
Kea's $2.50 Caps at $1.85
Mea's $3.00 Caps at $2.25
"All $3.00 Rough Finish Hats, $2.35
All $3.50 Rough Finish Hats, $2.85
All $4.00 Rough Finish Hats, $3.25 '
All $5.00 Rough Finish Hats, $3.95
All $5.00 Fine Velour Hats, $3.95
AU $7.00 Fine . Velour rHats, $5.75- '
All $10.00 Saxon Finish Hats, $7.65
- ' All $25.00 Sealskin Caps at $19.50
.'All $5.00 Coney Fur Caps at $3.95
All $8.00 Coney Fur Caps at $4.95
All $7.50 Muskrat Fur Caps at $5.95
All $3.50 Elended Muskrat Caps, $G.45
All $10.00 Nutria Fur Caps at $7.85
. All $12.50 Nutria Fur Caps at $9.85
All $15.00 Hudson Seal Caps at $12.35
.All $30.00 Sealskin Caps at $23.50
j All Boys' and Children's
Winter Hats and
CAPS
$1.00 'Hats and Caps at 75
$1.25 Hats and Caps at 95
$1.50 Hats and Caps at $1.15
$2.00 Hats;and Caps, at 1.45'
$2.25-$2.50 Hats & Caps, $1.85
Men's Semi-Dres3 Shoes
Come in dull calf, vici kid and- plain toe
lace. " One big lot Saturday, 0fj
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Men's Solid Work Shoe3
Come in tan and black solid leather soles and
heels. Regularly sold at $4.00, rjj
Saturday at.'. Qt 1 0
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