Show ll 11 L I 1 A from lugea the iffie same ila name J DENKO TT J illustrated U J tap 0 of 0 woj 1 toll anay czay co A acy b y JT SYNOPSIS mr sill an mr 1 I renada non mon into their ine ie sari down same as ant on stale island nars colllns collins a neighbor tans before th ilia 1 I 1 fochts are set el in order spring dick limle ne newspaper man c cinoc alc socialist HK dinner and spends th tin night the itc ditc nc I 1 is eem comfortable in tr or home anit with a hint of lonelen loneliness ss jano jane rea oling goes to a city matinee with nith mrs lc oiling ollin and ly her companions adice vr elnis to cover her to aro ile dinner for or bob jani jan conf ilni aa forgiven for or shamming uli alk lt arrhe arreca wim sen forage dick warns bob john drand brand bobs 13 0 bg old mate now a member 0 f the estem 8 stem ho la Is expected expect td to call jano jane confesses e s that the mona for thu the butcher 9 1 tin n lias lin toni roni t oni for or a mw hat bob re her ot of the balance same as rent tack Pra chrs socialism brand the pios ping ferous us member of 0 tm thi calls EZ dmd v hudson cann aimont nt cobran I 1 resident offers fr ers bob 1416 n d 0 to us Ws ills position pou tion as b with tile the united construction compani oom pani to chest the tha for f cement ament work on an the teco mier daul dim juno jane overhearing asks dob bob I 1 to acce accept pt ills ilia refusal in the face of their chilli owr CHAPTER VII continued brand sent the car ahead at a faster clip mrs colllns collins seated in the rear of the deep and occupied chiefly in retaining possession poe session of her ponderous headpiece had no tunit to join in or eien een heir hear the con lers ersa atlon tion of the two in front the millionaire glanced back and smiled there was bias a cleir clear stretch or of road ahead he turned to jane now mrs airs reynolds rei be begin lets get down to business lou heard hard our talk about the dam and the money monea ei eer er x word ord of it and you believe everything I 1 said because it s true tim t if it I 1 know it s true good here s the idea wei we c e got to make bob take this money your part of the lob job is to bring him to his senses and my m part of it Is to hind hand over oer the cash now nei theres there 3 no hurry burry its going to take a long time to build this dam you no ie got six sl weeks be fore we ne deliver the first order it if boure 3 on re as smart as mrs drand brand and as sensible as I 1 think i ou are 3 ou 11 mo me e out of thit that little bungalow back there before the six si weeks are oer all 3 ou ciu have to do is to guide hini him grad dalli but firmly and I 1 will help iou on if 3 ou on sas pay the N word ord well form a little company right here and as a working member af of the company compani iou ou will aill bo be entitled to some remuneration this Is merely merel a fair business bev lew ot of it while my chief motive mothe in coming to bob was nas to help him out of the rut am 1 m not tr ing to conceal the tact fact thit that ills his gain is also nn mi company s gain it if sou become a party to this pa plan a n to make him listen to reason 3 iou ou are en titled to some reward whether we vie are successful ful or not and so mrs re molds I 1 im in going to sort 0 put 3 iou ou on the pa payroll roll well glie give bob i I 1 little glimpse of a few comforts comfor tg without let ting ling him know inov anything ani thing about it jane laughed but she blushed in spite of herself brands words were tere berv clear and the prospects then presaged veri alluring inward how hov per er she had grave grae doubts about tile the propriety of accepting money from a man who nho was mas almost a stranger even it if it were tor for services rendered hut but she sha made no avowal cli of refusal the speeding auto tile the immediate ex hIlara tion the thought of gratification of a lew few desires and escape from her impe cenious plight stirred up the bacteria ot of self indulgence that had awakened and spread poison throughout the whole hole structure ot of her character drand watched her he read the men tal struggle and be struck home why if y ou think it isn t right tor for you to accept any reward just regard it in the nature of an ad ance ai we e are sure to succeed and then en when allen you ou have the tort fort thousand you can relm burse me it if ou want tor for the few fa 0 lors o rs extended now ne well H have hae that understanding forty thousand dollars fort thou sand dollars forti thousand the figures ian in wild irolia through her arain ram and danced before her eyes cies the till bc boards as they the flashed past were ere em blazoned with them she looked ahead and rows ot of figures were nere stretched across the road the car ran through them and over oer them but fiery Pery where iNhere the sprang up and leered and beckoned fort thousand dol del lars lara I 1 and she liada hadn I 1 had fort forts dollars of cf her own oun in six months well she going to bo be a fool an longer brand knew the way nay ahva hi wa na would lie be her way she turned to him quickly do any anything thing that 3 iou ou think best to moke make poll understand she said line I 1 me I 1 e e claimed ON ow I 1 can zer CB th battlo b IWO won A oil the ille redon in silence tor for several veral minutes at length jane said but I 1 doat dent feel entirely comfort able about it bet et lm im even worrying worril ng about this auto ride the tact fact that im doing something without bobs knowledge lie he is so good to me and so willing to do everything he be can or thinks lie can that occasionally I 1 feel that I 1 ought to bu be content cOn content tnt to bearo wha teiei ile he do doc a or has hah or plans but then I 1 just can t that a all it if I 1 wasn gasn t sure that I 1 was A as work A ork ing for him helping him where he wont help himself I 1 would despise if but I 1 am helping him I 1 know tile end ju justifies stifles tho the meins means and ho he cant can t blame me in the end can he certainly not responded the mil lion alre ile he leaned over oer and touched a ever thit that bent his big machine ahead still faster slow SION music and moonlight are a sub conR conscious cious aid to ion lowers ers just so BO the quickening speed ot of 1 a I big automobile thrills accelerates and enhances a cause aiho brand s ile he was as a practical min man and t overlook an of these little fine points ile he headid the girl at his still sidi drain a deep breath that is 13 jurt it mrs reynolds ho he argued helping him where here he N on t help himself A lour our husband Is capable enough and broad enough but bo be r s on the wrong rong track ile he Is like the big mogul engine at the head ot of a through express stalled at a crossing hi by a slow MON moving freight the power Is there the to rush ahead but the road is clogged by the ponderous baggage of his own onn deluded ideis ideas his foolish standard of nio morality or what eor eier ho he calls it lou must be the sv switchman who clears the track 1011 ou must show him the way wa and then ho he will plunge fori ard IN abi ii I 1 tell N ou at school he be v as a leader lie ho showed shored the wn xai rind and we follon followed ed it if abbod had bad said in five fie years reynolds will bo be earning thirteen hundred dollars a year and drand brand fifon thousand lie he would have been lynched or taken up before a sanity saint board what can he ever eer ac com it if lie he sticks to this policy ot of No working for his money work jos es we all work but we work with our nf r J W e mr M r am 1 ai t X r 11 Z jr alx k 4 va Y k 4 4 im afraid youve been kind 0 lonesome brains twenty five dollars a week N by in tin two 0 tears ears it II lie lies a luck he hell 11 be getting thirty the and in the fie years fifty and NN what hat nv will III lou ou ban hae 69 by B the time ou have hae paid for your our home in this god godforsaken forsaken place 3 aull ou 11 be past middle age and by b the time you ou have hae saved saed a few fea thousand collais dol lais it if QU ou do save it 3 ou 11 be old what good will it do ou thena the best part ot of 3 sour our life ni will III be gone you 11 be a nice respectable couple able to buy bu a lot in a first class cemetery and finith your daas in the hope that some of your children will do a little better than you did success s in this life Is so easy it if J ou only court it you line have to take it by bi the hand and smile and joke it its a like a v wida ide ai awake aap pretty girl no mat ter how much you sou love lova her it if you sou at al greet her with a solemn face and doleful talk the chances are ten to one that the fellow fellon will come along with inith a laugh arid and a gallant speech ind steal her she s gone before 3 ou know it and 5 iou ou call cant t blame her for ou had a cliance chance oil oh I 1 know it sir bland I 1 have thought it all out and one only has to look at sou and dob deb to see sea chobe theory is light we hac bac got to clear the track and once it is cleir clear he will see the wa nis for himself the same as we vie bee tor for him the grind and druda ery eo of his life and folk have hae blinded ills his vision of better things of the real things I 1 know that once ho he is re licked of hardship and worry vorry over oer the little he will ill be able to see the big ones A ton ot of coal or a hilt half a ton round steak or sirloin thirty cents a dozen tor for eggs oi 01 VA twenty enty five oh it Is ib just unbearable an and all so useless lie he ought to be able to bua bu all the coal on staten island and sell bell it again at a profit that is what nhat I 1 would do it if I 1 N were ere a man and that Is v what hat I 1 am go ing to have him do drand brand leaned over ocr and looked at her I 1 am beginning to think those predictions of 0 the college days will come true after all he be said I 1 believe that with inith such a woman noman as acm ou to help hell him dob bob will be tile the teacher and I 1 the pu pit pil before long I 1 wish I 1 had you as a partner a busin business partner he be added smilingly N h I 1 wouldn ii t be far behind mr rockefeller in a few icara ears mrs airs brand knows the value alue of money bow to spend it and the hopelessness of those who haven t got it but she hamilt t an imagination like yours buy all the coal on staten Is land and hell bell it at a profit lie he laughed 1 I think nell a ell haye have to con this partnership mrs airs reynolds even after we get bob started they were entering the outskirts of and as brand sa bin ahead a big roadhouse rond house with a cinder approach thit that afforded a good spot tor for turning he sloped down doivo and ran the machine up close he turned around to mrs airs collins I 1 m afraid aou ou ve been kind 0 lone bouic back there ho he said eald ile ho pointed to the hotel and asked will you hive hake a little something to warm iou ou UP upa 9 impulsively jane grasped the hand blind th that at was bringing the car to a stop oh I 1 don dont t think N wed e d better r she said pie ise certainly not if you ou don t N wish ish it brand ansu answered ered and shot the cir car ahead athin the hostelry a tat fat and corn com proprietor had Nat watched ched this little tableau and at its conclusion he scowled cold feet ho he grumbled to a cus tomer at tile the bar and I 1 thought I 1 saw aw is some easy money look at them one of the girls queered queerer the stop the customer looked A class poised to his lips dropped to the bar with a 81 crash good lord said aid dick a bat a upa CHAPTER VIII the great american dollar jane always alvas had bad the first chance at the mall mail in their home hob bob left be tore fore the early deanery ile he would have just as readily considered break ing into a I 1 letter box as lie he v opening anN anything thing addressed to her so she had no fear on that score it if brand choso chose to send her any corn com muni cation concerning their business busi nebs affairs she could rest doubly assured thit that her husband would have favl no knowledge of it but there were ere other letters that it was mas just as well to keep from bob she never let her self believe that she was deceiving him it was inas merely that she did not i want ant to worry him with the petty pett de tails ot of the household cares trades men xer were so go exacting cic ting and insistent about having the bills paid promptly and sometimes in her plan of management she found it convenient to let them wait visit jane knew that her hus bus band was nas opposed to such tactics but what could a woman with such a meager income as tiers hers doa do it if the financing of the home was to be left to her and bob bellei believed ed that was nas a comans womans right she was nas the one to judge she was nias the one to decide about the economies and the feces san sar expediency expedience in meeting debts economy is a word nord that most worn en define in a very libbril sense there them aie some who inho are more frugal than others and who have an icher ent faculty of making a little money go a long naas jane considered her self of this class but in reality her tastes and instincts were of the op cosite order she was not extra va gant tor for that would have been im possible but her funds were ere so lim cited that saving from the household eapen expenses ses simply meant postponing the inevitable reynolds had just about b 0 u t enough e ough to make both ends meet and so usually illy when jane acono mazed slip she robbed peter to pay paul it was vias becoming harder and harder birder consequently to make the debit and tile the credit sides of her account bat bal ance the hat vi was as the he first serious example of her failure that horrid old butcher had insisted that in ex change tor for his chops eaks and boup bones be was nas entitled to the aquia lent and something more in regular american money if it hadn haan t been tor for his greediness she told herself bob would have been none tho the wiser arid and she would have come out all right in the end just exactly how boi she did not attempt to explain well the butchers underhanded tactics t done him any good lie he had bad his bis money but he had lost a cus torner tomer and her bill was always bigger than mrs airs collins oh ob it was intolerable but it N vas nas as nearly over cier hen she bid bad helped bob up to he belonged she would go around to that pig of a meat dealer bu buy a porterhouse and tender him a fifty collir bill then while he be was mas making change she would give tile steak to dick fox terrier dick and inquire if lie had a better cut ono one ht fit for her table she would show these common islan Is linders drs that she N ari t born or bred to dabble in pen riles or be chased by bills 11 ahe he visualization ot of this glorious re derigo revenge rigo relieved her she called dick tool took him in her lap and laughingly told him of the pros prospective pectiN e feast dick ind had breakfasted on a single batter cake so no doubt no ae found hib bib mib plan most commendable 1 ibe I he postman b s u whistle recalled jane to realities she hurried to the door there were inere four letters two tv 0 were vere from tradesmen she recognized the handwriting on oil the third as that of a girl friend the fourth was in i I 1 plain but expensive envelope the addic b was vas typewritten arid and the let ter bore i A special delae delivery ry stamp her heart beat rapidly as she broke tile the seal she drew drei out a folded sheet of heavy beay linen illien stationery and as she opened it a yellow ellov hack back bill dropped to the floor with a glad she stooped arid and picked it up it was one ona hundred dollars one hundred real american Amerl cin dollars ill all compressed into a little bit of piper paper the first bill of that denomination she had ever seen and it was nas ill all hers there wis vias no writing on the folded paper not even a letter letterhead licad it seemed |