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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1928)
j The Ate? Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, December Uf 1928 i . ' ' 7 ' 11 - w . """b i .. i i r U PUP f causi U W CdU v Ma MILPREDMMB nas.ttma. mm tmto sac. READ THIS FIRST i Through the loom of every triarri : sge there run many thread, gsy and dark, and it depend upon the dexter- the pat. earful of tty of the weavers, whether the tem- will be blight dark and threatening. When Byrd married Larry Brown ing, ahe had only known the aheitered life , of aj amall town, but moving to Cleveland, slie waa soon hurled into the modern vortex that sucks at the youth of the city, whirling them about In the mad waters of extravagance, get-rich quick business and soft living. xrom im very beginning. Byrd be gan to jyurgle against the Influences that were threatening her handsome. magnetic. speed-lorlng 'husband, influ very foundations of their ences which threatened undermine his reputation and career. lieF own ammtions ior a home and children and. jasuy, V marriage. For the elements that were combin ing against Byrd'a liapplness were many: Larry's partnership with un scrupulous Jack Duncan in a specula tive rhcm, floating the stock of the UuIUIits' Supply company; Iarry's continual loans from Byrd's father, who was president of a bank : the sucrea. Slon of parties with a fast-moving . crowa. consisting or Tiny and r'red Ob erman. Jack and Marsrv fJunran. r?ief Iwsihi and India Campbell, a former weeinean 01 iarry s : Ijirry s refusal (o.greaK oil tils friendship with India, nis growing extravagance ; the Inrrea Inar f 1 1 f farn rtxiw Kill. . .4 ies which couldn't pay for the week's grocery bill but could afford a case of ecoicn ; ana finally, the further rup lure caused by Pat's visit. Byrd'a young sisier. wno snouia have had firm and disciplinary hand. Lnsfieoassful In her many attempts jw ciiuc nu mucaie rat. wno nan become boisterous and a little wild, and who. under India's unhealthy Influ ence, was beginning to think of giving Dunnem scnooi to taKe a post lion in the department store where mora, nerseir, worked, had started to take ballet dancing, and was spending 5,'fnl 01 ln weeg dancing with Eddie vtorthington, Byrd decided that Larry must surely take a hand i;nnceeful in her many attempts to "V"" "Da aneste rl, who had become somerou nd little wild. Byrd ap pealed to Larry; bat Larry, more amuted than worried, encouragad har wayward Bens hy loaDiog her money and taking her to nieht clubi. Growing impatient with the uncertain Saccea Of the Buildr' f)nnnl T-,L Duncan orfaniied a aubkidiary company to handle the tala of real estate. Whan a serlons little mother-bird that had tried repeatedly to teach her fledglings to lire decently and re spectably, and though all her ef forts had failed, she was Just as determined as erer. Then suddenly she became ve ry, very angry. The Idea of Pat messing up her house lUce this. Shirking responsibility like a kit ten. And Larry, too. treated their apartment as if it was his club, where he had no obligations of any kind. She remembered reading on the woman's page of a newspaper an editorial which claimed that wo men who were abased by members of their family, took punlshent because they liked it. They got some sub-conscious satisfaction out of suffering or they wouldn't stand for it. This woman's ed itor was commenMng on a letter In which the writer said her hus band had permitted his mother-in-law, who had recently come to lire with them, to take over all the work and the direction of the four children and she. herself -had to leave or become a slave in her own home. The woman admitted her own weakness In submitting to such an arrangement. The ed itor's comments were that the woman enjoyed being a martyr. And she hadn't the least sympathy for her. Not the least! That's exactly what's happen ing to me, thought Byrd, as she warmed up some coffee that was left over from the night before and toasted some dry rolls. She had become the little servant to the grandiloquent and care-free Larry, and was about to play the same role to the breezy and hap py-go-lucky Pat! She ought to make Pat clean that he and Larry are selling." Byrd got the fall significance of that! "He Just gare llargy a car of her own. And I was out Sat urday to. see her and she was en gaging a cook and a nursemaid. She'd been down town, too, and bought some new clothes- "Hush money!" Byrd almost said It out loud, but caught her self In time. "Well, I hope shell hare enough sense to stick ft out a little- longer," continued Tiny. LMoney'll make up for lots, of things." "But if Jack's really left, what's left for her to do?" asked Byrd. "Before Jack started to make all this money, she had threatened to get a divorce. She had talked to Fred about It, and she told him she knew some things that would open our eyes! I guess she'd been hvlng him watched. Why, she hinted to Fred that Jack's been chasing around with some one whom we all know! Can you beat It?" Tlny's voice fairly palpitated with curiosity. The floor seemed suddenly to drop away from Byrd'a feet. She felt as If she had been carried into some high altitude where she hung suspended, ready at any mo ment to go plunging Into an abyss, far, far below. Just the thought of the vanity case made her feel deathly 111. But Tiny continued blissfully, unconscious of the pallor that had drenched Byrd's face. "I think as long as Jack's mak ing so much money, and is willing to proYlde for Margy decently, she wouldn't-be such a fool as to ,i,4 iIIvafiia rAnAAi1lrm ftwefi said, in a yery small, voice. say, "Do you know who I think It I la?" said Tinjr, witii tne sudden, bright look of revelation which children hare when they are about to make an astounding announce ment. j Byrd felt that strange, sinking sensation again, but steeled her self for what Tiny was about to (TO BE CONTINUED) Friday Oatisrd Monday Her lather- for .another loan. Larrv told Set- that the company most be reliable or the moat important citiiena of t'lovr land, including Chet Ercrion, wouldn't ha(B lSTCktsd in It. : Byrd wai convinced of the aoundneta .'arry a argument, and aa aha atarted " write to her father, Pat ann ne, herself, had tent h fur the preceding. dar ounred that a request for had tent hjm me pri Borinr Larry's absence en Buildara V . A r . 1 Byrd refuted to approve Lary'a plan toi 1 v . . , ' buy atoolc In the new company and 1 askf0111 she knew Pat WOuMn't tOUCh Supply matters, ie to visit her father and mother, and Byrd went to Jackson Busp vilie Incidentally discuss her affairs with her rarner. On the condition that she invea part of the money in a home and "a baby or two." Mr. Hamilton loaned her six tnotiFHUd dollars. Byrd a treed to dif auaae I.arry from the second venture, aell at his Builders' Supply, and fo into business for himself. When Byrd returned to Cleveland ahe found that India had, been staying with m in me apartment. (XOW GO OX WITH THC STORTT) CHAPTER XXXV Pat was In school, of course. But Byrd couldn t stop now to think of Pat! She seized the morning paper and began eagerly to look through the real estate ads. There were columns and col nmua of houses for sale! Large estates and villas and manorial establishments down to four-room bungalows. Byrd got a pencil and checked those that rounded possible and within the limit of tin thous-and dollars. She shuddered at the prices. Ten thousand dollars would buy a mansion In Jacksonville, j It was true that city real estate was ri diculously high-priced and per haps it was dangerous to tie up so much money in a hou?p. as Larry had repeatedly said Suppose something happened to Larry's stock and they'd j have to foreclose cn the house. S Maybe Just a month alter they'd moved into it . . . Byrd shuddered again, and closed her eyes. Then she opened them quickly, and shook herself by the shoulder. By both shoulders! Perfectly ridiculous! Why, she had almost talked her relf out of that house! She galvan ized her courage with her father's worth: "Two persons ln one fam- jj fly couldn't he extravagant!" If I Larry had regular monthly pay- I - ments to make on a house, he just I wouldn't have the money for oth er, things. ' Is Tore she could change her mind again, she had telephoned .Six real estate companies and had raid she'd be ready to , look at pouses in the morning. " a nice-sized living room. Breakfast alcove, dining room and kitchen downstairs and three ro?ms and a bath on the second 'floor, and not to exceed ten thous and dollars " She listened du ; biously. "Well, perhaps, considr eiing the matter of reselling, per Jiapa four rooms and two baths and a sun parlor might add to the calue of the house " Byrd fe.lt prickly all over when she; thought of the elegance of two baths ' bae relt that sne had made a momentous decision, but she won dered how she would resist Lar ry's disapproval. For ht knew Larry would disapprove. No doubt of that! There) would ; probably be a terrific row! She -wilted a little at the thought. - 1 Larxy would say that he wanted an imposing, expensive house or nothing. That was Larry for you. And secretly she admired that Quality ln him which molded his taste to everything that was the best and,- of course, expensive. It certainly gave him a grand air and made him appear a tremend ously successful business man to all, their friends. . ..A hasty look around the apart ment revealed several i things. ,FIrst, that Pat had left without any breakfast, and second, that Fat had not followed her Instruc tions to go to bed at a decent hour CTery night, for there had been a party the night before. , Plenty ot signs of It! I , Some hasty cleaning up had been done,' but there were still lemon and orange, peelings piled high In the little enameled sink strainer and unwashed glasses on the sink the tall kind that were 'used for ; 7 gin gingeralee and there were unemptled ashtrays It. Not Pat! So, against her better judg ment, and because she loved cleanliness and order above all things, she spent the day cleaning he place. Byrd smiled wryly as she thought of the satisfaction it would have given her mother if she could see her, looking an ex act replica of herself, done up in cap, dustclo'th and broom. And like Henrietta, there was no halfway-about it, either. When she cleaned she cleaned-with a ven geance. Byrd opened all the windows wide, and stood for a minute watching the clouds of little boats, with their myriad white sails plying across the. blue heav ens and the fresh wind of the first day of September blew through the apartment. She borrowed Mrs. Arrow- smith's vacuum cleaner and start ed on the rugs7 She shook all the small ones out of the window, letting them hang "to air" and even stuck the bulbous pillows out, too. She washed up the floors and scrubbed the sticky kitchen floor on her hands anc i knees. She debated a long time about the outside of the windows. but they were too grimy for words. She tied the clothesline around her small waist and knot ted It securely to the handle of the door. At four o'clock she had finish ed. She stretched out on the dav enport to view her work and draw in long, satisfactory breaths of woolfy-smelling, soapy-smelling, clean-smelling air before she took her bath. The little knocker onhe hall door clicked, and in walked Tiny. "Land "o lakes and grasshop pers, where have you been keep ing yourself, Hyrd-chlld?" Tiny'B high roprano had a Bharp note in it. But she klsred Byrd heartilv. nevertheless. "I've been down home for al most a w eek," explained Byrd, ex- exaggerating a little, for Tiny was easily hurt. She explained that Pat had taken up much of her time. too. "Don't I look a sight for a rag picker? I've Just fin ished cleaning up the apartment." "Well, for cryin' out loud." carolled Tiny. In her high, pierc ing voice, "why In the name of lit tle fishes don't you get'some one in to do the cleaning?" "I haven't found any one that's any good." fibbed Byrd, but she said it quickly, as if she wanter to pass on to a safer topic of con versation. "Well. I'll send you one that you can't complain of. My Julia! She'll clean this box of toothpicks and make it shine like a nickel plated Chevrolet." But Tiny hadn't come to tell Byrd how to run her house. She had given lhat up long ago. Shei had come to tell Byrd the latest and most astounding piece of gos sip. She had simply been burst ing since she'd heard it from Fred last night! Jack Duncan had packed his clothes and gone to live at the Knickerbocker club! Nobody knows what's hap pened. 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