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Show wouldn't have it. "You seen her face she cried, ran out of the room. I what she thought. "Dees In- -. iience maddened H'-demanded, he ; e natter to you, n,,tl wen at a time like this, exeept what; may think? The situa-r keen as on pin'n enough to her, It was she who fi an the first. to.d me, the day I came home from C.,' forma, that you'd moved my things ino the .pure room. I didn't know But Juba have s fairly d"ii t knew V The BEGINNERS . I A Novel by Henry Kitcheli Webster ! O I rp v any-h,,,- cher you'd d'seussed your reasons much w,:h her or not, and I didnt with Ed. talked euM I km-vj con-- , It was the reason Itself I was en.ed w.'h. I thought then that you'd ,q ne H because you believed Id been with ! iv.rg an adulterous relation woman. Even tf I had been sure t! a' i! st was the reason, I dont know flat II have defended myself. The oi.ir defense you'd have accepted at th.it time would have been a proof of l:,, i, of opportunity, and I had no such proof. But I wasn't sure, even then, Hint that was your reason, or that that was what you really believed. I thought you might be pretending to that belief as an excuse. Since then. I've tipcome convinced of It. I don't believe that at this moment you have ilie slightest misgiving that Ive ever been unfaithful to you. "I don't see why you wanted to rake That that up today," she protested. isn't what you came home to talk to w SYNOPSIS Acting In good faith to aid a Kuth Ingraham, In a buMnaa way, jCdward Patterson, rauhler of the rhl-Hf- o agency of a life insurance corn any. Is wrongly auspottcil by his Wife, Julia, of Infidelity. Her arusa lion unfits him for business, and he taken a short vacation. On his return be is deeply wounded by his daughter, Edith, telling him his personal belongings are In the "Hparo room,' having been removed from the room which had been hts and hla wife bedroom. Patterson aoepts the situation as proof of his wife belief In hi guilt. A business matter brings James Mariner Into Patterson's life. Mariner needs $6, MO, with which to push his Invention, an automobile choke, and frUUrtnn. after a brief Investigation, decides to go in with him, supplying the money and taking a part in the Without Informing hla tnanagement. he family, resigns from the Insurance company, devoting his whole time to the pushing of the Invention. A abort ilme later hs tells his wife of the Ohange he has made. Fhe accepts the Situation. Edith is made aware of the change In the family fortunes bv her kcother telling her she has derided to part with the cook, she and Edith to 4o the housework. At Christmas Ediths brother, Edward, comes from gplleie for ths holidays. With him is Roger Morgan, whom Edith had known aa a child. Her mother asks Edith to leave her present private school and finish her studies at the public high sohool. It will mean a of hundred dollars, andsaving Edith agrees. A tafk with Roger Morgan heartens bar. 8h decides to leave school and fit herself to become her father's stenographer. He Is hurt, but her determination Is svldent. Edith finishes her aourse and takes the position in her father's office. Mariner shows an to keep away from the factory. Ha I working on another "Indention." Patterson gives him $500, ending Mariner's connection CraotloaJly business. Patterson becomes acquainted with a man of means. Gorman, who hns talked vagueKjak" ly of putting money into the business, fa Pattersons absence Gorman come to the factory. Edith handles him with mush business tact, and he Is impressed, but, after some days, displays no desire to invest money. nev-er- CHAPTER VI al Continued 12 "Of course you do, mother ngreed, All the Instantly, "find you shall. same, she paused a moment, there, and the next thing she did was to ask a question. "I Mil your father get hold f Bert Willard? lie wanted to have a talk with him this morning. "I guess so," Fllth told her. "We left them together at the station. This seemed to he something off mothers mind, though she didnt ex actly brighten up at the news; turned, If anything, a little graver and more thoughtful. Finally she Why, the situation Is Just aald, about what It was when you went away, I guess. I dont think theres been any real change, as far as the actual prospects go. Thor? was one little flurry, last week, but I dont believe It amounts to anything. A firm f patent lawyers wrote to say that some clients of theirs were making something along the lines of the choke and were Interested In the Mariner patents. Tour father went to see them. They talked In a vague sort of way about Infringements and lawsuits and then they suggested that they might consider buying our patents If they could get them at what they called a reasonable price. Tour father asked them what tlielr notion of a reasonable price was and they said about a hundred and fifty or two hundred dollars. Of course dad told them he wouldnt consider It and came away, but It left him feeling rather blue! "Itlg bluffs !" Edith said, furiously. "Theyre afraid dad will sue them. Thats whats the matter with them. "Oh, yes, mother agreed. "It wasn't anything I dont believe there's anyexcept thing else, she went on, that a man who has been buying quite a lot of chokes apparently Isnt going to pay for them. It makes things pretty hard Just now. of course. The girl's voice Poor old dad betrayed her by breaking over the words and the next moment she was And there I was, all the crying. time," she Jerked out desperately golf and through her sobs, meals In a b beastly eating big hotel Mother held out her arms. "Come here, chicken. she said. After the gtrl had snuggled down in this refuge and had got a little quieter she added, Tou stayed and helped him ns long as you could. I don't believe you'll ever know, even If he tries to tell you, how much you helped him." "Is Mr. Willard going to help him, do you suppose? Edith asked when she'd got control of her voice again. "Thats why he wanted to talk to him this morning, Isn't it? To see If he could borrow some money "I thluk so, mother admitted. lie'll have to get some from somebody." "Didn't dad try to get him to go In before I went away?" Edith naked. Mother turned to look at her and countered with another question. Did he say anything to you about it? Not a thing: Edith assured her. "Oh, It was Just n hunch. I noticed Mr. Willard never asked anything about the business, lie seemed to he sort of keeping away from it the night he drove me homo from the club. And his then, I thought dad acted as if when they been hurt, feelings had wanted me to go to Ashewl'e with them. I didn't know why, then. But if he wouldn't do It before, why does dad think he will now? "He asked him to Invest in the busimother explained, "and Bert ness. flve-doll- V said, pretty plainly, I guess, that he didnt want to. Ail your fattier means to ak for today. Is a loan of a or two, to tide him oer. He'd give tils note, of course. Oh, well, wo'll know by tonight, I suppose. For a while they tulked shout Edith's trip and what had been happening at home, but the other subject was never very far from their thoughts and finally Edith went hack to It. I suppose Jake Borman made up his mind, at last that tie wouldn't go in. Each one of your letters made It seem a little more hopeleas, hut you never told me that he'd really turned hou-san- d us down. "He never did, mother surprised her by saying. Not in so many words, at least. Only Ned made up his mind, at last, that there wasn't much use In keeping after hint." (She loved It when mother made that slip; spoke of dad to her as Ned. It made her feel sort of grown up and frpe and equal.) Mr. Gorman's got something else on his mind, Just now," mother went on. "It seems he's going to be married. The girl felt her mind go perfectly blank. "Married ! she echoed. "Who to? "An actress, I believe; a sort of actress. Shes In one of the musical shows here In town. Ive heard her name, but I've forgotten It." "Gosh Edith exclaimed, and turned away to conceal the perfectly foolish grin that she felt breaking out on her face. She felt suddenly older an Incredible lot older. She certainly had been one awful kid when she was working In dads office. Well, Roger neednt worry, after all An hour later, while they were sitting at their meal, they heard a heavy masculine tread coming up the front steps and across the porch; then, Instead of the ring they expected, the click of a latchkey. They looked at each other, startled. It cant be Ed, CHn It? Edith ventured. Mother got up quickly. It's your father. she said. There was something simply terrifying about having him come home like that In the middle of an ordinary working day. It was contrary to nature. The girl's knees felt wabbly as she rose and followed her mother toward the front hall, where he had stopped to hang up his hat and coat. She was nenr enough to hear mother snv, rather low, "There's nothing wrong, Is there, Ned? hut she couldnt hear the first part of his answer. "I thought I'd come home and have a little talk with you," he concluded. lie did look pale and the smile he gave Edith, when he snw her standing there, brought a lump Into her throat He glanced through Into the dining room and sntd, Ive Interrupted your lunch, havent I? mother "Have you had yours? asked, and he admitted, ns If It had Just occurred to him, that he hadn't. Iled Join them In a minute. They werent to bother to get him anything special lie didnt want much. It was a horrible sort of lunch to let a man sit down to. Theyd decided to eat up the Ice box Instead of going out and getting anything special, and the table vyrs littered with sauce dishes containing a scrap of this or a tablesnoonful of that. Mother was distressed about It but Edith didnt mind so much. She knew the sort of lunches he had every day. It turned out not to mntter, unyhow, since he hnrdty pretended to eat. Perhaps It was rather easier Just at first, ns it gave them something to pretend to make a Joke about. But did they mean to go on pretending ns long ns she was there? Couldn't the talk begin until shed left them to It seemed so. At last themselves? dad turned to her and said, Tell me about the trip. I had no sort of a chance at the station this morning. Desperately, for a minute, she snt trying to make a beginning, but It was no use. The words wouldn't come. "Some other time," she said. She pushed back her chair and rose. "I think I'll go out for a while. It's ages since Ive seen any of ttie girls. She was aware, though slic'd turned her face away, of a look between them, and as she passed dad's chair he held out a hand and stopped her. "You're welcome to a scat at the council table, my dear, if you'd like to stay. I'd like to hae you here." She kissed him when he said that, and went hack to her chair. He began at once, hut you could tell from the dry hr.ttlenesg of his voice that he could hardly got the words out Tin' bus n, ss won't get any at all. help from Port Willard, lie made shes that finally clear this meriting. his hands of us, as far ns keeping on with the business is concerned. If 1 want to li pddate It, he says, lie'll he glad to lend me as much as It needs. Edith didn't kinwv what liquidate meant and he w,-- ; ,.p!ain (lose it out; pi'v its debts; pay otT the employees an! let them go; sell the machinery an the stork nnd the patents for vvha'ever we could got ; and dispose of our lease ou the factory; In one word, bury It" Ile-wa- The tearing edge of bitterness in his voice made It hurt to listen. "I think he meant to be kind, Ned," mother reminded him. He instantly agreed. "He did. From his point of view lie's inora or less Justified. It seems that when I first suggested his going In he had a consulting engineer make him s report on the choke. The man made a number of tests and pronounced It of no value. He went no further than that, but Berts own chauffeur did. He tried it a week and took It off the car, saying much wliut Mariner did in his lust letter. A grimace of pain went over his face. "Oh, from the first It's probably been plain enough to Bert and to you," he said. "I didn't look Into Mariner's history. I didnt get a disinterested opinion on the choke. I went into It like a hoy eloping with a girl he knows his family wont approve of. Bert made that comparison at the time. I can't blame him for trying to stop me before I get any deeper in It worked for It. I put some life into It some of my own. It was a long time before anyone said anything after that. Finally mother spoke. "If you do give It up, Ned, what will you do? Afterward, I an-o-- mean. If only he wouldnt try to smile! Edith had to look away when he answered. "Berts suggestion was that I try to get back my old Job, with the Insurance company. I couldn't do It, of course, but they might give me someIs that what you'd want me thing. to do? Mother didn't answer at all. She sat very still for a while, thinking. Then she asked, Can you go on, with the other business.. without Berts Have you any choice about help? giving It up?" I can make "Yes, there's a choice. one more attempt on Jake Gorman. It will he pretty hnrd to get his attention, of course, within a day or two of his wedding. Its a forlorn hope. If I succeed . , . Well, thnts what I came home for, really. My only resource, after that, would tie to put a mortgage on this house. I can't do that without your consent. "I'd consent, of course, mother said, quickly. "But, . . "There's no of course about It. he broke in. savagely. "Ive had no right to drag you in as far as this. I've put you into a h 1 of household drudgery nnd unpaid bills, deprivations . . It was her turn to Interrupt. "Ive never been happy, not In years, as I've been during these last months. I wouldnt go back to the way things were a year ago, for anything In the world. The girl was watching her father's face. She saw a burning flush come into It, deeper and deeper. She turned away. "Thnts beside the point, isn't it? "Your present said, harshly. source of happiness Isnt In question. The question Is . . Mother's color didnt come up the way his had. slow and dark; It flamed suddenly, like a bright flag. Theyd forgotten, both of them, the girl perceived, that she was there. I didn't mean that," mother snid. I meant Id been happy because I felt I was helping you. A little. Not as much as I wanted to, but but as far as I went. Panic fell upon Edith. She couldnt stay there. She stared rigidly out the window, wondering desperately how she could escape. Some one was coming across the street. 1 think Carolyn Seely Is coming here," she said. I guess I'll run out and head her off." Neither of them spoke. They hadut heard what she said. She tied down the hall, snatched her polo coat, the front door behind her and struggled into her sleeves as she ran down the steps. "Hello!" she cried to Carolyn. "Isn't it ages! he CHAPTER VII The Discoverer The thing that flamed in Julia's face was anger. After the front door slammed, she aid, "You had no right to take what That Your Beside the Point, Isn't It? Present Source of Happi-nes- s Isnt In Question The Ques- tion Is me about, Is It? You came home to ask me whether I'd consent to put a mortgage on the house, and I said of course I would. " Of course he quoted. "I dont know why It made you angry that I said of course, I tried to go on and tell you that I hadn't minded the housework and doing without the car. I said it had made me happy to think that I was helping you a little. Are you trying to quarrel with me? Is that what you want?" He leaned his elbows on the table and buried his face in his hands. Was that what he wanted? lie didnt know, lie could deny nothing shed said. She was right, of course, In saving that now wasn't the time to discuss the Ingraham afTair. If he was going to put a mortgage on the house he ought to go hack to town this afternoon nnd get things started with the real estate She'd given him no grounds people. for a quarrel In what shed said about that Shed been perfectly reasonable throughout. And it was that her calm patronizing reasonableness that was driving him frantie. He figured It as a mess of drapery failed dusty drapery, at that that he would like to tear away with his hands. He would like to see her real mind or soul, whatever you wanted to call it naked, for once. All right, we'll talk about the mortgage." His voice sounded thick nnd He hardly know whether muffled. hed spoken audibly or not. "You said of course, youd consent. Why would you ? He waited a while for an answer to that question, but didnt got one. She drew in a breath, ns tf to spenk, hut apparently found no words that suited her. "Would it he, lie persisted, because jou thought, In spite of wa. lards opinion, that I had a chance to succeed? Bull the business out of the mud? Make our fortune? She flushed at his tone. Its undisguised irony must have rasped like a file, but she answered him quietly. "I don't think Bert would have refused to help If he had thought there was any chance." "And since Bert is a successful man and I am a failure, you agree with him." lie didnt inflect K llks a questioo and shs forehors to comment. "Did you agree with him from ths beginning?" he asked. "The night I told you Id resigned from my old Jvb and gone into this or any time since, for that matter have you foreseen any other end than failure?" "I didnt complain, did I? she demanded hotly. "I hacked you up. I helped all I could." "That's the point! he shouted at her. "Now were getting at It. He lowered his voice, but went on speaking no less vehemently. "You didnt complain. You backed ms np. You sacrificed yourself. You even let me sacrifice Edith. You were what Bert called t good sport about it Why? Why didn't yon complain? Why did you back me up?" She was crying; and he waited until she'd finished with her handkerchief. "I really want an answer to that," he then insisted. "Why?" "To show that I was some good, I suppose," she told him forlornly. "And Is that the reason youre willing to mortgage the house, too? Te show that you're a good sport?" That goaded her Into a spurt of resistance. "Its your house. Isnt It? Y'ou earned the money to pay for It." All the same, you have a right to it, even a legal right. Your security, and the children's, is bound up In It. And now, as it seems to you. I'm going to throw it away on the last fling of my folly. And you say you're willing to let me do It! In order to be a good sport? Is that it?" "I dont know, she said desperately. "Yes, if you like. I don't know what you're trying to make me say." lie hadnt, consciously, been driving her, with all his questions, toward any Nevertheless he specific admission. had been trying for something. He had not merely been trylDg wantonly to hurt her, lashing out at random. It was not she herself he was tearing at, but something that stood between He didn't believe them. Draperies! he could make her understand that. "Suppose you werent being a good sport, he said. "Suppose you werent being anything. Just yourself. That's what Im trying to get at. What would you say then? "I don't know what you mean !" she cried. "What do you want me to say? Tlmt I wont let you mortgage the house? "What do I want? he threw back at her. What do you want? Yon yourself. As you are! Not being anything. She stared at him as If she was getting frightened. "Youre not yourIve never self, today, she said. seen you like this before." He grinned at that. She was seeing him Jut as he was trying to see her and she didnt like It. "What was it you really hoped for," he asked, "when I told you Id gone In with Mariner? Did you hope I'd succeed or did you hope Id fail? "Of course I hoped you'd succeed. Of course again ! But are you sure? Here's a test for you. When you were busy around the house-was- hing dishes and so on which ending to the adventure did you play with? Did you ever dream It out that my hopes hail come true? That Id Made good and justified myself? given you everything you wanted? Travel? A big house? Opportunities for the children? I don't believe It. I think you always ended It like this. Half an hour ago, when I came home to lunch, and told you Bert had turned me down, and that your consent to my mortgaging the house was the only resource I had left thats the moment you've been waiting for, all along. But It isnt coming off quite as you meant It to, I think. I think youre crazy! she cried. "Really out of your head. Why should I want you to fall?" "That isnt as hard to answer as It sounds. The more Im In the wrong, the more you're In the right. How does it look to the Willards, for Instance? Your husband resigns a good job and goes chasing ; throws away his savings, cant pay his hills, forces Ills son to work his way through college and his daughter to take a Job as his stenographer; and through it all you never complain. Why, It makes a heroine of you! No one can say you arent a loyal wife and a good pport. That's what you want. That's the conviction you want nhove anything else. Youll go through anything to keep it bolstered up. Why? That's what I want to know. What are you afraid of looking like to yourself or anyone else? Why cant you take it for granted? Oh C d! Why can't you he human, for once? Across the table she sat very still looking at him with somber eyes. 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