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Chapter XII

           Hiswife’sproperty,representedbythishouse,somegovernmentbonds,andsomerealestateinWestPhiladelphiaamountedtofortythousandmore.Betweenthemtheywererich;butheexpectedtobemuchricher.Allheneedednowwastokeepcool.Ifhesucceededinthisbond-issuematter,hecoulddoitagainandonalargerscale.Therewouldbemoreissues.Heturnedoutthelightafterawhileandwentintohiswife’sboudoir,whereshewassleeping.Thenurseandthechildrenwereinaroombeyond.

           "Well,Lillian,"heobserved,whensheawokeandturnedovertowardhim,"IthinkIhavethatbondmatterthatIwastellingyouaboutarrangedatlast.IthinkI’llgetamillionofit,anyhow.That’llmeantwentythousand.IfIdowe’llbuildoutonGirardAvenue.That’sgoingtobethestreet.Thecollegeismakingthatneighborhood."

           "That’llbefine,won’tit,Frank!"sheobserved,andrubbedhisarmashesatonthesideofthebed.

           Herremarkwasvaguelyspeculative.

           "We’llhavetoshowtheButlerssomeattentionfromnowon.He’sbeenverynicetomeandhe’sgoingtobeusefulIcanseethat.Heaskedmetobringyouoversometime.Wemustgo.Benicetohiswife.Hecandoalotformeifhewantsto.Hehastwodaughters,too.We’llhavetohavethemoverhere."

           "I’llhavethemtodinnersometime,"sheagreedcheerfullyandhelpfully,"andI’llstopandtakeMrs.Butlerdrivingifshe’llgo,orshecantakeme."

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