Show i bk I 1 1 J I LETTER FROM LESLIE LESLI PRESCOTT PRESCOTT PRES PRES- i COTT COTT TO JOH JOHN N ALD ALDEN N PRESCOTT PRESCOTT PRES PRES- COTT CONTINUED I Jack you have often orten wondered I who gave Ruth the money to tart start that lingerie shop Dont Don't you remember re remember re- re member b r that at one time you a ac accused accused ac- ac used her of keeping back some som of the money that belonged to Harry Ellington's creditors when he left her Do you remember when you found her taking the roll of bills from my wall safe and the quarrel that you had Part of that money was to be paid for the shop and nd that money came from the sale of some of those pearls I got more than I expected for them Jack i I only wanted eno enough gh to pay your debt for tor which Harry Ellington had made you liable Hable I 1 hate to bring brine It all alf up again Jack I have wanted to tell teU you about it ever since you found out that the pearls were real But at first I had to keep silent for both Ruth Burkes Burke's and Karl Whitneys Whitney's sake and after you had made such euch sucha eucha a fuss tuss about I It t all I was afraid afraid Jack of ot you my husband I knew that in a way the fact that I have had a a. business even business even a successful business without your your knowledge will knowledge will hurt your pride very much I have heard you ou sayman say saymany saymany man many times when speaking of Sally Atherton's business efficiency that you were sure I had none and that no man his wife to have any If It a a. mans man's wife made him himI I happy and kept pt the home a pleasant pleasant pleasant pleas pleas- ant place in an which to live that was was' all that was necessary Jack I never intended to go into this but I found that Ruth was so soup soup soup up against it and I knew that we could be very successful in a shop of the kind in which we have proved successful jf if we had a little money when I found myself unexpectedly in possession of six thousand dollars dol dol- liars lars Impulsively Impulsively I handed it over overto overto to Ruth and together we started the shop Of course I couldn't tell ten you about it ft as long as you didn't know about the pearls and when you did find out about them you were so hurt and so so angry and your pride seemed buried so deeply in the dust because I had kept from you that secret I could not tell teU you this other one Ever since Ruth Muth married I have been trying to get up courage enough to explain the tho whole thing to to you but you will remember that when you were here at the time of fathers father's death what a terrible time we had over Karl and Alice and this coupled with my great grief and my anxiety for fol my mother made me feel teel that I could not add to it in another misunderstanding I with you i Ruth and I have talked it over many times and I know that perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps she would have ha had the courage courage courage cour cour- age age to donit do do it but I Just That's all Each day I was hoping and praying praying praying pray pray- ing that I could be brave enough to write it in a letter when yesterday I had a a avery very nasty note from your mother saying aying that Priscilla Brad- Brad had found out that I owned half the shop or at least she understood understood understood un un- un- un that I did She your mother said she was writing to me for confirmation before be before be- be fore tore she told you I hope she hasn't told you u yet Copyright 1924 NEA NEfA Service Inc TOMORROW This letter enter con con- |