Show TELEGRAM A 77 By ANNE A II That tt Glitters MC FICTION All L t l ers GARDNER BEGIN HERE TODAY h What manner of man is Gordon Gordo r r Brock When clever pretty Jerry m married him she didn't know hir him very well He had not been in Hunington Huntinton Hunt Hun in ington inton ton ver very Jon long but he was ver very successful people thou thought ht well o of him him and and he loved her prodigiously Jerry learns a great deal about th the depth of his devotion to her but it is not until after the market crash i in October 1929 that she begins to find line out about his character Now she sees see ees him bim keeping her in ignorance about abou the true state stale of their affairs lying when it suits him to do so evading creditors Jerry remembers his generosity generosity gen gen- in prosperous days but what wha Is she to think now NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER 22 Once the breach had been made i ithe in inthe inthe the wall o of her security it seemed a as though ever everything thing tumbled through at Jerry Jerr In the succeeding weeks sh she learned a great deal about bill collectors col col- col- col lectors For Fora a Jon long lone time limp creditors had wait wait- ed d r e respectfully pe li U There was still magic In the name name of Brock Besides Gordon Gordon Gordon Gor Gor- don was protected by the curious impulse impulse im- im im m. pulse in mankind which makes a alender alender alender lender harry a small business man who owes him and treat with respect the speculator who owes awes him hima a million The very size of his indebtedness edness acted as a protection for lor months Then obsequiously apologetically they began to ask for or their money on y Fa Failing of results with Gordon a number appealed to Jerry Thus she learned that they owed not only the hospital hospital Gordon Gordon hadn't paid it it aft after r all but all but the hotel for their last month there the florist for the flowers with which Gordon had filled her room when Susan was born Apparently almost noth nothing ng had been paid for after the market crash in October and here it was March Realization o of all this scourged Jerry as with wilh whips It came to herthen her herthen herthen then that her family had stood for something in Huntington besides an assured place in the society columns Men spoke to Jerry even yet of her dead father admiringly admiring as a man of ol honor solid dependable His Hs word had been good anywhere for any amount because he had never defaulted defaulted defaulted de de- de- de faulted an obligation He had left his family well provided provided pro pro- provided vided for and had always managed his affairs in such a alaj way laj that they wo would ld not suffer suHer This she had taken for granted until now She saw at last that this was a valuable heritage now that she and Gordon seemed committed to another course Making Excuses She suffered most from the fact that Gordon urged upon her the necessity of concealing his financial shakiness When a collector came carne to see ee her Jerry would have liked to sit down with him and say frank frankly You see fee ee its it's like this discussing the situation situation situ situ- with complete candor It was the one thing she might not do She had to evade make promises she feared would not be kept and feel utterly utterly ut ut- terly despicable in doing it She could not however bring hersel herself herself her her- sel self to contract further urthel bills knowing that they would not be paid Determining Determining Deter Deter- mining upon this fact the solution of ol the whole dilemma came to her She would find out from Gordon just lust how much they could spend and beyond that limit she would spend no more At the same time she would be very careful to save and perhaps be able slowly to pay their debts Her spirits risen again as she saw the way out she tackled Gordon Once more moie she was baffled Putty in her hands for anything else he w would uld not divulge the amount of ol his income He didn't know he said Business came in by spurts One week it might be very quiet the next ver very good In his business one didn't have havea a fixed income Every question of ol hers was met by byan byan byan an apparently frank answer which told her nothing Jerry gave gave up at last and tried to find out how much he could spare her each week for the household and for her own expenses Even ven here she could pin him to noth noth- ing He begged her not to worry her head about such matters mailers At last he asked her how much she needed This question Jerry herself was unable unable un un- able to answer How much did it cost to run the household She called Martha asked her to bring the household household household house house- hold bills biUs for the past months Martha complied and Jerry began to add The totals staggered her but Gordon accepted them casually Each week he said he would give Jerry an amount sufficient to take lake care of these sums Miss Mis Ellis was wasby wasby wasby by all means to stay on How could the they possibly get along without Miss Ellis EUis Gordon also gave Jerry the money to pay Miss Ellis up ta to date Jerry had a queer disloyal feeling when she suggested d that he give it to her rather than directly to Miss Ellis This wa way she was sure Miss Mis Ellis would get et it The other way way way- and hated herself for the doubt Keeps Keep Chin High Knowing at last of ol their financial situation she gained a a new awareness of oC other matters She saw what had hac been veiled from her before that tha many a of their friends had lost heavily through Gordo Gordon's Gordons s 's company All of ot her life she had gone gaily and without a care Now she was aware of undercurrents sensitive to conversations which stopped when she entered a n room Here Her also she was barred from following her natural natural nat nat- ural impulse to falk talk frankly to these people to say Im sorry but we lost ost too We cant can't tell lell where our next automobile is coming from to save ave our lives That would be treachery to Gordon She imagined what they must be bethinking bethinking bethinking thinking when they saw her apparently apparently carrying on in the same way nothing given up but there was no helping il it Invitations came as IS before be be- fore ore for lor Jerr Jerry Brock could hardly be e dropped socially whatever private thoughts there ma may have been about her She knew of or nothing to do but to accept hold her chin a little higher act ct a little more reck recklessly I bridge conversation gaps a little more fever fever fever- ever ever- It was all part of at that keeping up of appearances which Gordon had said was so o necessary It was during this period that there was so much criticism of Jerry in Huntington Ross Taylor heard it Jerr Jerry Brock is riding to lo a fall That was what everyone said and Ross echoed it to himself He knew a good deal about the state tale of Gordons Gordon's finances finances he he had made it his business to find out He knew the they couldn't afford the scale in n which they were living Something Something Some Some- thing would have to happen He Hel waited and watched but no one in Huntington could have sa said d that he heave gave ave the least sign of being inter inter- ested sted For Jerr Jerry the one saving thing was vas that she had busied herself inthe in inic inthe the ic actual management of or the house- house hold lold It gave her something to doand doand do dond and nd something to think about even though hough there were many features to give her pause She made a discovery discovery dis dis- dis covery many have made before her that hat where one needs to count the cost ost there must be constant v vigilance Emergencies Arise Her determination to save was balked quite early in the game She found round very ery quickly that large as was the weekly sum she had named to Gordon there were dozens of items she had forgotten or had simply known nothing about When they had moved in with her mother Gordon had insisted with one of his lordly gestures on bc bearing ring al althe all the expenses would have it no other wa way So now Jerry had to contend not only with the grocery bills anc and andall andall all the current expenses but with wit the keeping up of a large and expensive expensive ex ex- pensive house and grounds It seemed to her that every day brought an emergency which called for Cor an unexpected expenditure I It became clear in no time that they would have to live more frugally if she were to carry out the pact into which she had entered with herself herset She prided herself hersel that she went about it all aU in a very en businesslike wa way vay She divided the the expenses into two categories the fixed which could not be altered and those which might be je reduced The only trouble with that was that practically lly everything appeared to go o into the first category The wages for lor the staff staff-it it did not nol occur to Jerry for a minute that these could be cut Laundry one Laundry one had to have lave clean clothes and linens didn't one Electricity gas and water water- were not these the commonest necessities of life It was at a later date that Jerry learned earned to go about the house tuning turnIng turn tuni Ing ng off of every light that was not immediately immediately immediately im im- mediately needed n At this stage she would have considered it the height of or meanness The grocery bill stood out as the thel logical point of attack They could liv live ive w without caviar Yet crossing off olf such uch obvious luxuries still left an overwhelming total It was a free freehanded freehanded handed landed household where the best had been used The cook was accustomed to put put- putting ting Ing huge quantities of butter butler eggs and nd cream in the ordinary cooking Her menus came up with wilh so many expensive items that Jerr Jerry had not nol the he heart to challenge all Fortunately For household bills and the wages of a the staff stall had been kept up There here was no shadow of or back balances bal bal- ances here II J Jerry rry Is Determined After she had thought and labored in n vain for some t time lime me Jerry took her bills ills and her columns of erased and scratched out figures to her mother molher For goodness sake how do people go o about it when the they have to lo cut expenses expenses she wanted to know Evec Every earthly thing th that t we use and eaf seems to be an absolute necessity Her mother looked at her peculiarly peculiarly then scrutinized zed the figures without being able to make the least thing out o of them Im sure I dont don't know v. Mrs Richards Richards Richards' Richards Richards' Rich Rich- ards' ards voice sounded faintly troubled I have read though that one buys cheap cuts of mc meats meals ts and makes stews slews and things It alwa always s 's sounded dis disgusting disgusting dis- dis gusting to me And Im I'm sure Coon Cook would give notice at once I can see youre you're going Joing to be a al great help Jerry retrieved her papers But frankly Buzz I have to lo make a dent in all of oC this some somewhere some where Its It's true Gordon has managed man man- aged to lo keep things paid up to date but bul I never realized it was so much and I feel I must cut down There must be lots of families that live on onless less No doubt there are are dear Mrs Richards spoke absently pla playing ing with her eyeglasses Then she cleared her throat and said with evident embarrassment embarrassment embarrassment embar embar- Perhaps I ought ou ht to lo tell lell you Jerry that Gordon didn't pay those bills I did Oh said Jerry The blood rushed to her face covered her neck her ears cars Its quite all right dear I always said it was nonsense for or Gordon to todo todo todo do it The The only only reason I mention it itis itis its is s that the money I had in the bank LL I is getting low And I wondered if fC you would ask Gordon about the interest interest in in- terest on the investments he made for foi me Im I'm so stupid about business I dont don't understand what he tells me Im I'm sure its it's sensible and ever everything thin is all allright right Only could you find out for lor or me just when hen I 1 can count on some money moncy Jerry felt as though an iron claw had contracted about her heart To be continued tomorrow Cop Copyright right Register and Tribune Syndicate |