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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION SERIAL.
By
Geo. B arr
A Fool and His Money
McCutcheon
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Copyright, 1913,
Tty Qeo. B arr
McCutcheon.
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I Baid it w ith a g reat deal of feeling. made o f herself in m arrying him. I ’ve three or four, but B ritton is firm in his
seen her hundreds of tim es d riv in g about belief th a t there was n earer a dozen,
The te a rs rushed into her eves.
“ You are a dear, J o h n ,’ ’ sho sighed. alone in Vienna, w here they spent two judging by the weight.
In th e o p ening in sta lm en ts of "A
w inters, a really p ath etic figure, scorned
He also contrived to have Mr. I’oo-
“ Y o u ’ll c o m e t’’
Fool » „ J i i j s M oney.” Geo. B arr Mo-
C u tc h eo n ’a ch arm in g novel, se ria l
“ In a m in u te ,’ ’ said sho w ith v eh e­ not only by her husband b u t by every pendvke purchase first class railw ay
rig h ts fop w hich have been sp ecially
mence, a genuine A m erican girl once one else. lie made it clear to his world tic k e ts for him and the luiron, and then
o b ta in e d fo r th e H>uie an d F a rm
more.
th at she was not to be in fieted upon it forgot to settle for them. It am ounted
ita g a z in e Section, we learn o f J o h n
B ellam y S m art, th e young m an who
“ J u s t as soon as those peskv w ork­ by an y unnecessary act of liis. She to som ething like four hundred and
>8 tellin g th ia sto ry . H e h a s ju s t
men a re out of th e place, I ’ll drop you innie to see B etty and me occasionally; fifty kronen, if I rem ember eorreetly.
w ritte n h it fir s t novel, an d a t th e
a lin e ,’’ said I, inim easureably exalted. alw ays b right and proud and full of lie took aw ay eleven hundred and sixty-
<t< aam«* tim e has fallen h e ir to an im ­
m ense fo rtu n e le ft him by h is uncle.
sp irit, b u t we could see the wounds in fiv e dollars of my money, besides, gen­
“ B ut 1 draw the line a t noblem en.’’
«>
A fter a v is it to London, S m a rt
“ D o n ’t w o rry ,’ ’ she said, se ttin g her her poor little h eart no m atter how hard ially acquired at roulette, and 1 dread
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on th e R iv er D anube.
nice little w hite teeth . “ 1 draw it too. she tried to hide them. 1 tell you, John, to think of w hat he and the baron
«> A fte r fin d in g an old w orld tow n, he
«> d isco v ers an a n cien t castle, w hich ae
they like us as women but they despise took out of my four friends a t auction
N ever ag ain ! N e v e r!’ ’
<!> p u rc h a se s from an A u stria n co u n t.
I t occurred to me th at here was an us as wives. I t will alw ays be the same bridge.
€> W ith h i8 s e c re ta ry , P oopendyke, he
1 w ill sa y th is for him; ho was tha
excellent opening for a b it of mission with them . They w o n ’t let us into
ta k e s p o ssessio n of the im m ense
<?> s tru c tu re , w hich is supposed to be
ary w ork. V ery pointedly 1 said to th eir charm ed circle. T hank Uod, I am sm artest aristo crat I'v e ever known.
«> te n a n te d only by th e c a re ta k e r and
Need I add th at the B uzzards and tha
her: “ I fan cy you are w illing to adm it m arried to an A merican. He m ust re
«> h i s fam ily, th e S c h m id ts. L a te r S m a rt «-
now th a t she w a s n ’t such a sim pleton speet ini' w hether he w ants to or not. ’ ’ S m iths traveled second class?
<e> fin d s a w oman who is in p o ssessio n
“ Well, th an k the L o rd !” said I, as
“ Poor little b eg g ar,’ ’ said 1, w ithout
for leav in g him .”
«> of a w ing of th e c astle th a t is b a rre d
to him. She g ra n ts a b rie f in te rv ie w ,
She w ent so fa r as to shudder, all the th in k in g of bow it would sound to her; the ferry put o ff w ith the p arty , lent»
b u t re fu se s to leave. T he s e rv a n ts
tim e reg ard in g me w ith dilated eves. “ she has had her fling, and she has ing no- alone on the little landing. The
€> a p p e a r to be in leag u e w ith her, anil
rotten tim bers seemed to echo the sen­
“ I c a n ’t im agine an y th in g more dread paid wi II for it. ’ ’
<•> S m a rt is in a q u a n d ary . L a te r he
“ I f her stingy old fa th e r, who |>er tim ent. At tho top of the step nil th a
<ê> m eets h e r a n d is c a p tiv a te d by
f ill th an being th a t m a n ’s w ife, J o h n .”
«
h e r w it an d b e au ty . H e fin d s th a t
“ Then w hy w o n ’t you adm it th a t m itted her to get into the scrape, would Sehinieks were saying it, too; in tha
she is d iv o rced from a w o rth le ss and
you are sorry fo r h er! Why w o n ’t you como up like a man and p ay w hat he b u tle r's pantry it was also being saiil,
«> sch em in g A u stria n C o u rt, who w as
ought to pay, there would lie no more a score of workmen were g ru n tin g it;
be a li tt le ju s t to h e r? ”
» a w ard ed th e cu sto d y of th e la d y 's
«> child. T h e C ount d em ands a m illion
She looked a t me sharply. “ Do yon pother about th is busines. He h a sn 't and tb<> w indlass that drew me up tho
«> d o lla rs from hig ric h A m erican fath er-
lived up to his bargain. The— Mr. hill was scream ing it in wild, discordant
know h e r? ”
«> in-law', w hen he w ould give it up. T he
I repeated it mice more when
“ N ot by a long sh o t,” I replied lias Pless has squandered the first million glee.
«> m o th e r a b d u c ts th e ch ild a n d selects
tily , aud w ith considerable tru th fu l and now he w ants th e balance due him. B ritton returned from tow n and as­
«> th e castle as a b id in g place. S m a rt
« fe a rs tro u b le w ith th e a u th o ritie s ,
sured me th a t they had not missed tho
A tr a d e 's a trad e, Jo h n . T he old m
ness.
«> b u t d ecid es to a s s is t th e fa ir divorcee,
“ Why are you so keen to have me ought to pay up. lie went into it with train.
«• alth o u g h she w a rn s him o f the
“ T h a t's w hat I 'd like to say, s ir,’*
his eyes open, and 1 h a v e n 't an atom of
tak e sides w ith h e r? ”
<•> d an g er. A n u m b e r o f v is ito rs m akes
«> it d iffic u lt to k eep sec re t th e p re s ­
“ B ecause I did, the in stan t I saw sym pathy for him. You have read that said lie.
«> ence of th e C o u n tess in th e castle,
“ Well, say i t , ” said I. And he said
book of Mrs. B u rn e tt's, h a v e n ’t you?—
th a t in fe rn a l c a d .”
<S> esp ecially as she h a s been seen b y
She pursed her lips. I t was hard for The S h u ttle ? ’ Well, there you are. it so vociferously th a t 1 knew it must
d> som e of th e p a rty , who a re s u s ­
This is b u t another exam ple of w h a t have been heard in the rem otest corners
her to surrender.
<?■ p icio u s b u t h a r e fa ile d to id e n tify
«• h e r. O ne g u e st, fa m ilia r w ith castle,
“ O ut w ith it, E lsie ,” I commanded. fools American p aren ts can be when of heaven.
<s> a lm o st com es u p o n S m a rt an d th e
The m erry song of the hamm er anil
“ You know y o u ’ve been w rong about they get bees in th e ir b o n n e ts.’ ’
C o u n tess
u n a w ares.
T he
w om an
the sweet rasp of the saw greeted my
She seemed to lie accusing me!
th a t poor little girl. 1 can tell by the
«• escapes— b u t slam s a do o r b e h in d
“ I hope she gets aw ay safely with delighted ear as I entered the castle.
look in yo u r eyes th a t you have
her. The v is ito r su sp e c ts 8 m a rt of
Men were singing and w histling for all
an in trig u e w ith th e w ife o f h is <S> sw itched over com pletely in the last the k id d ie ,” said I, non com m ittally.
<s> v alet. F in a lly th e p a rty le a v es a n d
‘ H eaven knows w here she is. May they were w orth: the a ir was full of
four days, and so has B etty B illy .”
S m a rt is reliev ed .
music. It was not until the grand tra n s ­
“ I e a n ’t forg iv e her for m arrying him be s h e ’s as safe as a bug in a rug.
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form ation scene in The pautom iiio when
“ 1 sh o u ld n 't be su rp rised ,” said I.
in tho firs t p lace ,” she said stubbornly.
all
that has been gloom and despond­
The
B
illy
Sm
iths
and
George
llazzard
“
B
ut
I
th
in
k
she
was
ju
stifie
d
in
le
a
v
­
IIA D th e som ewhat valuless satisfae
tion of know ing a blessed sig h t more ing him. As I know him now, I d o n ’t came up a t th is ju n ctu re. Elsie nt once ency gives way to the flat-’: of an eyo
about th e m a tte r th an he and all of see how she endured it as long as she proceeded to go into a long s e r i e s of to elysian splendour and dazzling gaiety,
his blood hounds pu t together. I could did. Yes, I am sorry for her. She is a conjectures as to the probable where 'Pun my soul. I never felt so ex uberant
about« of Mr. P less's form er wife and in all my life. The once nerve racking
Well afford to laugh, b u t under tho ex dear girl and she has had a —a— ”
“ I ’ll say it, mv d ear: a hell of n th eir child. 1 was immensely g ratified clangour was like the soothing strain s
trem ely harrassin g conditions it w as fa r
to find tl t they were now undivided in of su invisible orchestra to liiy do-
from possible fo r me to get fa t. As a tim e .”
th eir estim ate o f Mr. Pless and firm ly lighted senses. Ila! ha! W hat a m erry
“ T h an k y o n .”
m a tte r of fa c t, it seemed to me th a t I
“ And I d aresay yon now th in k she allied on the side of the missing eoun old world it is, a fte r all!
w as grow ing th in n er. Mrs. B etty B illy
N earing my study, 1 heard an alm ost
Sm ith, tow ard the end of h er visit, did rig h t in ta k in g th e child, to o ,” I tess.
■ i. i noise ’ho Wi?he, Id s e sso »
I g ath ered from th e ir rein alks th at
dolefully—alm ost tearfu lly — rem arked persisted.
crackle
of a ty p ew ritin g m achine. N ever
the
young
w
om
an’s
mother
and
brothers
“
I—I
hope
she
g
ets
safely
aw
ay
w
ith
upon my haggard appearance. She was
very nice ab o u t it, too. I liked her im ­ little Rosem ary, baek to G o d ’s coun­ were still in Paris, where th eir every have I heard one ra ttle so rapidly or
try as we are prone to call it. Oh, by m ovem ent was being watched by secret with such u tte r garruluusness.
m ensely.
th
e way, John, I d o n ’t see w hy I should agents. They were aw aiting the nr
(To be continued.)
I t did not require h a lf an eye to see
rival from New York of tho fa th e r of
th a t she w as thoroughly sick o f the feel bound to keep th a t w re tc h ’s secret
any longer. Tie has tre a te d ns like tho countess, a fte r w hich they were to
baron and Mr. Tless. She w as really
The cream ery nt W inthrop, W ash ,
come to V ienna for the purpose of m ak­
dogs. Tie d o esn ’t deserve— ”
quite uncivil to them tow ard th e end.
shipped «5,000 pounds of b u tte r last
“ Hold on! Y on’ro not thinking of ing a determ ined fight for the d au g h ­
A t last th ere came a day of deliver telling me his name, are y en ?”
te r 's ab so lu te freedom and the custody y ear and will run b e tte r th an a hun­
dred thousand th is year. Th • Twisp
ance. The guests were d ep artin g and I
“ D o n ’t you w ant to know it? D o n ’t of th e child.
can tru th fu lly gay th a t I was speeding you care to hear th a t y o u ’ve been en ­
Somehow this news gave me a strange cream ery paid its 76 patrons the sum
of »36,126 during the past tw elve
them .
te rta in in g th e most talk ed of, th e most feeling o f apprehension, a sensation
th a t la te r on was t>> be amply ju s ti­ months.
E lsie n a z z a rd took me o ff to a re ­ in terestin g — ”
m ote corner, w here a little la te r on
fied.
“ No, I d o n ’t! ”
I d aresay an historian less punctilious!
B e tty B illy and th e two husbands found
“ D o n ’t you care to h ear who it was
ns.
th a t he m arried and how m any millions about th e tru th than I propose to be.
would, a t th is stag e of the narrative, in |
“ Jo h n , will yon ever forgivo m e t ” he got from— ”
sert a w hopping lie for the sake of ef
“ No. I d o n ’t ”
alio said very soberly. “ I sw ear to yon
feet, or “ a c tio n ,” or “ heart interest,
“ And w hy n o t? ”
I h a d n 't th e fa in te st idea w hat it— ”
“ W ell,” said I, ju d icially , D in the as such th in g s are called in the present
“ Please, please, E lsie,” I broke in
world of letters. He would enliven his
w arm ly ; “ d o n 't abuse y ourself in my firs t place I like th e m ystery o f it all.
tale by m aking Mr. l ’less do som ething
In
th
e
second
place,
I
d
o
n
’t
w
an
t
to
presence, fu lly u n derstand ev ery th in g .
sensational while he was about it, such
A t least, n early everything. W hat I know a n y th in g more about th is fellow
as v an k in g his erstw hile companion out
e a n ’t u n derstand, fo r the life o f me, is th an I already know. lie is enough of
of her place of hiding bv the hair of
th is: how did you happen to pick up a horror to me, as it is, God knows,
her head, or kicking down all the barri
w
ithout
giving
a
nam
e
t
,
him.
I
p
re
­
tw o such consum mate bounders as these
fe r to th in k of him as Mr. Pless. I f yon cades ab o u t tho place, or fighting a dual
On« of Onr Hons««.
fellow s a r e ? ”
d o n ’t mind, Elsie. I ’ll try to erad icate w ith me, or— well, there is no end of
“ Alas, J o h n ,” said she, sh ak in g her him thoroughly from my system as things he m ight do fo r the sake of a
head, “ a woman never know s much Pless before 1 take him on in any other “ situ a tio n .” B ut I am a person of ver
about a man u n til she has lived a week form of evil. No, I flon’t w ant to know aeity an d th e tru th is in me. Mr. Pless
in the same house w ith him. Now yuu Mg name a t present, n or do I care a did none of these in teresting thing», so
P it the pieces—drive the naila
a re a p erfect a n g e l.”
hang who it was be m arried. Silly no­ why should I say th a t he did?
“ Y ou've alw ays said th a t ,” said L tion, I snppose, b u t I mean w bat I
He w ent aw ay w ith the others a t half yourself.
“ You did not have to liv e in the same say. ’ ’
past eleven, and th a t was the end of his Your house eomes ready to put up.
E very piece num bered to f i t accu rate­
house w ith me to find it out, did y o u ? ”
She looked a t me in w onder fo r a first v isit to my domain. For fear th a t ly and securely—our plans contain th e
She ignored the question. “ I shall moment and then shook her head as if yon. kind reader, may be disappointed, numbers.
never, never forg iv e m yself fo r th is aw considering me quite hopeless. “ You I make h a ste to assure you th a t he was We furnish everyth iny lumber, trim, fin­
fill w eek. John. W e ’ve talk ed it all are an odd th in g John. God le ft some to come again.
ish, doors, w indows, paint, stoin, nails, hard­
over among ourselves. We are asham ed th in g out when He fashioned you. I ’m
Of eourse th ere was more or less tu r ware, plaster or Interior wall hoard. “ F ol­
low
onr p la n s " — yon c a n ’t go w ron g
—oh, so terrib ly asham ed. I f you can jn st dying to tell you all about them , moil an d — I m ight »ay d is a f f e c tio n -
The resu lt— a perm anent, su bstantial aud
atten
d
in
g
hi»
departure.
II»
raised
<’ain
ever like us again a fte r— ”
and yon w o n ’t le t m e .”
attractive
horn»— not
a portable
houao.
“ Is she p r e tty ? ” I asked, y ielding a w ith my serv an ts because they did this Hattafartion guaranteed. T our own id -a s
“ L ike y o u !” I cried, tak in g her by
and th a t when th ey sh ouldn’t have done earn ed out, If preferred. Plana for any
the shoulders. “ Why. Elsie H azzard, I little.
house. Send for illu strated eata lo g ia .
“ She is lovely. W e ’ve been really eith er; he (an d the am iable baron) took aised
have never liked you and George h alf so
I t shows how you ean build your own
much as I like you now. You tw o and quite h atefu l about her. B e tty and I. me to task fo r h aving neglected to book home easily, quickly and aconom ieally.
the Sm iths stan d out like G ibraltar* in Down in our h earts we lik e her. She com partm ents for them in the O rient W rits today.
my esteem. I adore all o f you. I s h a n 't was a spoiled child, o f course, and all E xpress; he insisted upon h aving a
be happy again u n til I know th a t you th a t sort of thing, b u t heaven knows luncheon p u t up in a te a b a sk e t and
to u r—and no more— are coming back to s h e ’s been p re tty thoroughly made over taken to th e railw ay statio n by B ritton,
»90 Broadway. Portland, Oro.
SeUoM Kothhoefen fo r an In definite in a new crucible. We used to feel and he saw to it personally th a t three
Good Lord, how happy wc shall ! terrib ly sorry for her, even while we or fo u r b o ttles o f my best wine were
stay
i were d eriding her fo r the fool she ha I n eatly yacked in w ith the rest. lie said
be”
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