That wouldn't do. You'll have to come to
me, here, every Monday, and Til give you the
money in cash. You'll give me a receipt just so
we won't get all mixed up again. Then you'll
go down two flights to the treasurer, pay him
three hundred dollars on what you owe the com-
pany, and then you'll go to the bank and deposit
the other two hundred or else you'll go to the
nearest department store and spend it out of
hand. And meanwhile, as the contract still stands,
the company is still paying you fifty dollars a
week, and that will also go to wipe out your
debts "

He leaned back, chuckling, and clapping his
hands together.
"Silver," said he, "let's you and I get out of
this theatrical business, and go in for high
finance ! "

And she laughed, too, and she thought that
for all his oddities and eccentricities, and for
all the stories that were circulated against him,
he was at heart chivalrous and honorable. And
from her own heart she felt that a great load of
oppression and perplexity had been lifted.
As she was waiting for the elevator, he came
to the outer door of his office and called to her:

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when My Ship Comes In



"Miss Rockefeller — oh, Miss Rockefeller/'
"Mr. Rothschild, I believe?** returned Silver
with complete gravity.
"Don't forget — every Monday/'

"Here?"

"No, in the gold vault of the subtreasury/*

Then they both laughed aloud.
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XXVIII

RELIEVED about money matters. Silver
felt that nothing was wanting to complete
her happiness but a successful opening of the
play and the return from Mexico of Paul Henley.
