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ROME AND FARR MAGAZINE SECTION
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION SERIAL,
By
Geo. Barr
McCutcheon
A Fool and His Money
C opyright, 1913,
By Geo. B arr
McCutcheon.
ta k in g q u ite so much fo r g ran ted as function, as the new spapers would call sent o ft fo r them in order to su rp rise
me. I t seems, however, th a t Elsie had
she did a t first. She w as much moro i t . ”
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installments .
<$ humble and considerate, I rem arked; ; I t w as my tu rn to say, “ No, in ­ nothing w hatever to do w ith it. Tho
a
r- J” th c ° P ° n in I in s ta lm e n ts of " A
<$>
’ Countess had ordered them fo r mo
<r> Fool an d H is M oney,” Geo. B arr Me- <s> in stead of b ulying me into th in g s she deed.”
2 ' Fhiteheon’» c h arm in g novel, a eria l <i> now cajoled me; in stead of m aking de
“ And now you m ust come in and through her m other, who was in P aris
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rig h ts fo r w hich have been sp ec ia lly 4»
mands upon my p a tk n c j and gener­ kiss Rosem ary good n ig h t,” she said, at the tim e. Also she had ordered a
®btoine*l fo r th e Home an d F a rm <?'»
osity, sh© ra th e r h esitated about put- glancing a t my ¿ ’cat A m sterdam clock q u a n tity of P arisian straw berries of
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M agazine S ection, we le a rn of J o h n
th e hot house, one franc apiece v ariety ,
She in the corner.
B ellam y S m art, th e young m an w ho '$> [ tin g me to th e least trouble.
is te llin g th is sto ry . H e h as ju s t «•> w a sn ’t so arro g an t, nor so hard to
We w ent into the nursery. I t was 1 and a b asket of peaches. A t th e risk
T: w ritte n h is f ir s t novel, an d a t th e «•>
past R o sem ary ’s bedtim e by nearly an I of being called penurious, I confess
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«arno tim e h as fallen h e ir to an im- <$> manage. In a nutshell, I m ay say w ith
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m en se fo rtu n e le ft him by h is uncle. <s> some satisfactio n , she w as beginning hour and th e youngster w as having th a t 1 was im mensely relieved when I
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a V‘®‘i
London, S m a rt <•> I to show a su rp risin g am ount o i respect g reat d iffic u lty in keeping aw ake. She learned th a t these precious jew els in
* t r *p on th ® R iv er D an u b e. <S>
managed to put her arm s around my ( the shape of fru it had been paid for
A fte r fin d in g an old-w orld tow n, he <$* ' for inc and my opinions. W here once
! she had done as she pleased, he now neck when I took her up from the bed, • in advance by the opulent m other of
d isco v e rs an a n c ie h t castle, w hich ho
® p u rc h a se s from an A u stria n co u n t. # did so only a fte r ask in g my advice and all tucked aw ay in her w arm little 1 tho Countess.
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W ith h is s e c re ta ry , Poo p en d y k e, h e <s>
“ Have I told you, Mr. S m art, th a t I
: perm ission, both of w h it’ I gave fre e ­ nightie, and sleepily presented her own
«?> ta k e s p o sse ssio n of th e im m ense <$>
little th ro a t lo r me to kiss, th a t par am expecting my m other here to visit
<•> s tru c tu re , w hich is su p p o sed to b e <•> ly as a gentlem an should. F u n d am en ­
W* te n a n te d only b y th e c a r e ta k e r a n d <•> ta lly she w as ad rig h t. It was only in ticu lar spot being w here the honey me week a fte r n e x t? ”
<r h is fam ily, th e S ch n u ck s. L a te r* S u iart
a sup erficial so rt of way th at she fell came from in her dispensation of
She ta c tfu lly put the question to nio
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fin d s a w om an w ho is in p o ssessio n
1 a t a tim e when I was so full o f con-
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of a w ing of th e c astle th a t is b a rre d <•> ¡sh o rt of being ideal. I thought 1 could sweet*.
I
was
full
of
exuberance.
An
irre
­
<£> to him. She g ra n ts a b rie f in te rv ie w , <£> see th e m aking ot' a very fine woman
1 tentm ent th a t nothing could have de­
V b u t re fu s e s to leave. T h e s e rv a n ts <’> in her.
sistible im pulse to do a jig seized upon pressed me. I must confess, how ever,
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a p p e a r to be in league w ith her, an d <$>
I do not say th a t she was p erfect me. To my own intense am azem ent, th a t I was guilty of gulping my cham ­
S m a rt is in a q u a n d ary . L a te r he <£>
and to B la k e ’s horror, I began to dance pagne a little noisily. Tho question
<8> m e e ts h e r a n d is c a p tiv a te d by <■»> or ever could be, b u t she m ight come
h e r w it an d b e au ty . H e fin d s th a t <•> very close to it if she went on im prov­ about th e room like a clum sy kangaroo. came w ith the salad course.
she ig d iv o rced from a w o rth le ss an d
ing as she did every day. As a m atter Rosemary shrieked delightedly iifto my
“ You d o n ’t say s o !” 1 exclaim ed,
€> sch em in g A u stria n C ount, who w as
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ear and 1 danced the h ard er fo r that.
€> a w a rd e d th e cu sto d y o f th e la d y ’s <$> o f fact, I foi.nd an immense amount
quit«* cheerfully.
The
Countess,
recovering
from
her
su
r­
child. T h e C ount d em an d s a m illio n <•> of an aly tical pleasure in stu d y in g the
“ T hat is to say, she is coming if
<£> d o lla rs from Ilia ric h A m erican fa th e r
<•> changes th a t attende<I the inetam or prise, cried out in lau g h ter and began
<8> in law, w hen he w ould :ive it up. T h e «.•* phosis. I t s* emed to my eager im agi­ to clap tim e w ith her hands. B lake fo r­ you th in k you can inunage it quite
<•> m o th e r a b d u c ts th e c h ild a n d s li-rti <,->
n atio n th a t she was being tran slated got herself ami sat down ra th e r heavily sa fe ly .”
<$* th e c astle as a h id in g place. S m a rt
“ I m anage it? My d ear Countess,
on the edge ot the bed. I think the
<5> fe a rs tro u b le w ith th e a u th o ritie s , «*> before my eyes; developing into n seri
<§> b u t d ecid es to a s s is t th e fa ir divorcee, '•> ous, sensible, unselfish person w ith a poor w o m an ’s knees gave w ay under why speak of m anaging a thing th a t is
<•> alth o u g h she w a rn s him o f tho <$>
so obviously’ to be d esired ?”
her.
<♦> d a n g e r
A n u m b e r of v is ito rs m akes w soul pre,»aring to m ount high» r than
‘
‘
H
u
r
r
a
h
!
”
I
shouted
to
Rosemary,
“ You d o n ’t understand. <nn you
self.
H
e;
voice
seemed
to
be
softer,
<?> i t d iffic u lt to k eep sec re t th e pres- <•>
' • ih-. <
s t e a l in t h e SSS
,
sw eeter; th e satirical note had dis b u t looking d irectly at tho Countess. smuggle her into fh e east Io w ithout any
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e sp e c ia lly a s sh e h a s b een s« . n by
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one knowing a thing about it You see,
appeared alm ost en tirely , and w ith it “ W e’re celebrating! ”
«•> so m e o f th e p a rty , w ho a re s u b - ’ < v »
Only B la k e ’s reserved and som ewhat sn«* is b*'ing w atched every m inute of
<$> p ic io u s b u t h av e fa ile d to id e u tify <£> w ent the forced raillery th at had been
so pronounced ~.t the beginning of our dam pening adm onition brought me to th e tim e by detoetivos? spies, secret
<•> h er. Ono g u e st, fa m ilia r w ith c a s tle ,
my senses.
agents, law vers, and lleaveu knows
<®> alm o st com es u p o n S m art an d th e -♦» » a io uaintance.
<£> C ount -a tluaw 'ares.
T he
w om an <$>
“ Pleas** d o n ’t drop th e ch ill, Mr. who els«*. ’I'he in sta n t she leaves Paris,
h e r devotion to R osem ary was won-
<♦> e s c a p e s —b u t slam s a door b e h in d d>
bang! I t will be like the start« ! s shot
<$> h e r. T h e v is ito r su sp e c ts S m a rt of <§> b rful to see. By the way. while I S m a rt.” she said. T had the g reat sat
isf action of hearing Rosem ary cry when in a race. 'Iliev will I k * att«‘r her like
<•> an in trig u e w ith th e w ife o f liis ■•> vhink of it, thi* child wa> quite ador
v alet. F in a lly th e p a rty leav es an d
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able. She was learning to pronounce 1 delivered her up to B lake and started a streak. And if vo i are not very, very
<•> S m a rt is re lie v e d .
to slink out of th e room in the wake elever they will play hob w ith t*v* ry-
^ <$><$» <J> <3> <$> <§><$» <•><$><$> ^ •$>•$>«$> <$* «1 ..my name, and g e ttin g nearer and n ear of my warm cheeked hostess.
thing.
e r to it every «lay. \ t the tim e of
“ You w ould be a w om lerfu! f a th e r,
“ Theru why run the r is k ? ” 1 ven­
■ LOOKED in a t the door. Over in his which 1 now w rite she was calling me
tured.
I corner by tb«* window Poopendyke (w ith g reat en th u siasm ), by the name s i r , ” s a id B lak e, re le n tii.g a little .
I had the grace to say, “ Oh,
“ My tw o broth« r - a re com ing w ith x
was at work, his lanky figure h unch­ of “ G o-go,” which, reduced to aborigi
ed over th e key board, his head env elo p ­ nal A m erican, m eans “ Man-v. ith th*- p s h a w ! ” am i th e n got out w hile tin h e r ,’ ’ she sa id re a ss u rin g ly . “ T hey
illusion w’as still alive. (As I'v e said a re such big, s tro n g fellow s th a t
”
ed in clouds front a busy pip©, for all the S trong Arm W h o ( ’arries-B aby. ’ ’
before. 1 do not like a crying baby.)
world like a tugboat smoth 'rin g in its
“ My dear Count«* :s, it is n ’t tren g th
‘ ‘ It is very nice of you to ask me
It was the* most w onderful dinner in
own low lying smoke. Sheets of p aper i to dine w ith y o u ,” said I.
w e ’ll n e e d ,” I deplored.
the w orld, n o tw ith stan d in g it was
w ere strew n ab o u t th e floor. Even as
“ No. no, I quit© understand. It is
“ I s n ’t it about tim e I v. as doing served on a kitchen tab,«' moved into
I stood th ere h esitatin g , he came to
som ething for yon in retu rn for all th a t the living room for the occasion. Im cunning, strateg y , caution, and all th a t
th e end of a sheet and jerk ed it out you have done for m e t” she inquired
posing can d elab ra adorned the four sort of thing. But I will let you know
of th e m achine w ith such a resounding
gaily. “ We are having a p articu larly corners of the tab le and the very best in ample tim e, mo th a t you may be pre­
snap th a t th e noise startled me. He
■ nice d in n er th is evening, and I th ought plate in the castle was put to us**. pared. ’ ’
w as h aving the tim e of his life!
“ Do’ ” I said g allan tly , try in g to be
y o u ’d enjoy a ch an g e.’
There w ere roses in the center «if the
I stole aw ay, unw illing to b reak in
“ A c h a n g e !” said I, w ith a laugh. board, a huge bowl of short-tem tned enthusiastic.
upon th is joyful orgy.
“ You are so w onderfully ingenious
“ As if we h a v e n ’t been e atin g out Marechal Niel beauties. The C ountess’
Conrad, g rin n in g from ear to ear, of th e same k e tile for d a y s ! ”
chair was pulled out by my stately but a t w orking out plots and conspiracies
w as w aitin g fo r me outside by bed
“ I was not re fe rrin g to the fo o d ,” ler, H aw kes; mine by the alm ost equal­ in your bo«»ks, Mr. Sm art, th a t I am
room door late in the day. He saluted she said, and 1 was very projierly ly irnp«ising footm an, and we faced confident you can m anage every th in g
me w ith unusual cordiality.
squelched.
each o th er across the bowl of roses be autifully. ”
B latchford was rem oving my salad
“ A note, mein h e rr,ft said he, and
“ N evertheless, f peaking of fo o d ,” and lifted an American co« tail to the
handed me a d ain ty little pearl-gray said I, “ it may in terest you to know h« a lth of those who w ere about to sit plate. A spasm of alarm came over mo.
envelope. H e w aited whilo 1 read the th a t I expected to have ra th e r a sum p­ down t© the feast. I think it wa- one I had quit** forgotten th e tw o mew. Tho
m issive.
tuous rep ast of my own to celebrate of the best cocktails I ’ve ever ta ted. look of w arning I gave her brought
** I s h a ’n ’t be home fo r dinner, Con­ th o deliverance. A fine plum p phew*» The C ountess ad m itted having made it forth a m erry, amused smile.
“ D on’t h e sita te to speak before
r a d ,’’ said I, my eyes aglow. ‘ * Tell a n t, prepared a la Oscar, corn fritte rs herself, but w a sn ’t q u ite sure w hether
haw kes, will y o u ! ’’
lik e m other used to m ake, potatoes she used th e right ingredients or the B latchford and H aw kes,” she said, to
H e bowed an d scraped him self aw ay ; p icard — ”
correct proportions. She asked nie what mv astonishm ent. “ They are to bo
tru ste d
im plicitly.
I s n ’t it
true,
somehow he seemed to have grow n
“ A nd a w onderful a llig a to r pear I th ought of it.
younger by decades. I t was in tho a ir s a la d ,” she in terru p ted , her eyes dane-
“ It is th e best M an h attan I ’ve ever H aw kes? ’ ’
“ It is, M adam ,” said he.
to be young and care free. I read 1he , inff-
ta s te d ,” said I, warmly.
note again and fe lt alm ost boyish.
(To be co n tinned.)
I stared . “ How in the world did you
Her eyes w avered. Also, I think, her
Then I w ent up to my room, got out g u e ss? ”
faith in me. “ It was m« ant to be ft
my gayest raim en t w ith o u t -ham© or
8he laughed in pure d elig h t, and I M a rtin i,” she said sorrow fully.
•em punction, dressed w ith especial re­ I began to understand. By th e Lord
Then we both sat down. Was it pos­
gard fo r lively effects, and hied me i H arry , th e am azing creatu re was in sible th a t the corners of H aw k es’
fo rth to carry sunshine into the u tte r ­ p i t i n g me to e a t m y own din n er in her mouth tw itch ed ? I d o n ’t suppose I
most recesses of my castle.
sail© m anger! “ Well, may 1 be hanged! shall ev er know.
Tho Countess welcomed me w ith a ¡Y ou do b eat the D u tc h !”
My sh erry was much b e tte r than I
ra d ia n t smile. We shook hands.
She was w earing a w onderful d inner thought, too. I t was deliciously oily.
‘ ‘ Well, he has gone,*’ said I, draw gown of Irish lace, and she fairly The cham pagne? B ut th a t came later,
ing a deep b reath .
1 sp ark led w ith diam onds. T here was so why an tic ip a te a joy w ith re a lz a -
* ‘ T hank th e L o rd ,” said she. and I no ornam ent in her brow n hair, how tion sta rin g one in the face?
th en I knew th a t the sym phony was i over, nor were her little pink ears made
We began w ith a m arvellous hors
•om plete. Wo all had sung it.
hideous by e ar rings. H er face was a d ’oeuvres. Then a clear soup, a fish
I t m ust n o t be supposed fo r sn in ­ •jew el su fficien t unto itself. I bail aspec, a— W hy rhapsodise? L et it be
On« of Oar Rcasea.
s ta n t th a t I had been g u ilty of neg I never seen her in an evening gown be •u ffieien t if I say th a t in discussing
lecting %iy lovely charge du rin g th a t fore. The e ffe c t was really q u ite ravish th e A laddin like feast I secretly and TIME YET TO BUILD YOUR
•eason of tra v a il and despair. No, in ing. As I looked a t her stan d in g there fa ith fu lly promised my chef a m aterial
HOME BEFORE WINTER.
deed! I had v isited her «very day as b y the big cak tab le, I eouldn ’ help increase in wages. I had never sus­
W
ith
our plans and your hammer-«
a m a tte r o f precaution. She required th in k in g th a t th e Count was not only a pected him of being such a genius,
a eertain am ount of watching.
nor m yself of being such a P antegm e home building is an easy matter.
scoundrel, b u t all kinds of a fool.
I do not h esitate to say a t th is tim e
1 * I t as necessary for me to bribe all lian disciple. I m ust m ention the alii W « fv m ia h the lam ber, trin i. doors, w in­
th a t she seemed to be grow ing lovelier o f your servants. Mr. S m a rt,” she said. g ato r p ear salad. For three w eeks I dows, eat and nnrnb«r»d to f it o a r plena.
Alao finish, paint, stain, harvtwnm, pis «t«r
every day. In a hundred little w ays
“ You did n o t o ffe r th e rascals had been try in g to buy allig ato r pears <>r in terio r w ail hoard. Jwst fo ils w oar plans
abe was changing, not only in a p p ear­ money, I h o p e,” I said in a horrified in th e U w n hard by. These eame from siui s ptrraansot, subsU /iU sl snd aU racuve
ance b u t in m anner.
Paris. The ehef had »poken to me how,« w ill be yours Yowr own ideas car­
tone.
ried «at.
C ataio fue « f plans free.
W rits
about
them th a t m orning, asking me today.
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*
No,
indeed
1
’
’
8b©
did
n
o
t
explain
bu
t
Now. to be p erfeetly frank about it,
I e a n ’t explain ju s t w h it then« little I knew th a t money is n ’t ev ery th in g to when I had ordered them . Inasm uch
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changes were— th a t is, not in so m any a serv an t a fte r all. “ I hope you d o n ’t as I had not ordered them a t all, I
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words— b u t th ey were q u ite as pro- mind my borrow ing y o n r ba tie r and eouldn t sa tisfy his curiosity. My first
• 0 0 B roadway. ForU aad
Oregon.
aounced as th ey w ere subtle. I may footm an for th e e v e n in g ,” she w ent on. th ought w as th a t Elsie H azzard, re ­
risk m entioning an im provem ent in her “ N ot th a t we really need tw o to serve m em bering my fondness for th e vege­
m ethod o f handling ms, She was not two, b u t it seems so much more lik e a table— it ia a vegetable, i s n ’t it?— had
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