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of each household, and all goes merri-
ly. The world at large applauds, be-
cause in this alliance at least there Is
no faint of the bargain and sale in
lection which has found it's way into
many of the recent matrimonial trans
actions of the rich.
Harry Whitney and Gertie Wander
bilt have known each other from child
hood Their love grew up as they did,
before they knew. The palatial Van
derbilt mansion on Fifty seventh
street, New York, is only across the
way from the noble residence of the
Whitneys. The association of the chill
dren of these families has always been
intimate. At Yale college Harry Whit
ney was the faithful friend and chum
of Willie Vanderbilt, the brother of the
bride to be, who died a few years ago.
The close friendship of these school
mates made young Whitney constant
visitor at the Vanderbilt house. where
he and his favorite girl friend, Cert
rude, saw much of each other.
The romance of the story comes in
when young Taylor commenced his
devotional exercises, with Miss Cert
rude Vanderbilt as his shrine. Taylor
had also been a great chum Of Willie
Vanderbilt, and came to know his sister
very we'll. The better acquainted he
became with her the more he liked her.
Soon after the rich young heiress had
made her debut in society it came to
the ears of young Whitney that Miss
Vanderbilt and Moses Taylor were en-
gagged to be married. He made no
moan, and there is nothing to warrant
the suspicion that the news caused
him to contemplate suicide. Young
Whitney is, like his father, a man Of
purpose and of action. Assuming at
once that there was no truth in the
rumor, he mentally vowed that there
never should be, and so he finished
tying his tie and went to Newport.
When he arrived, he at once sought
Miss Vanderbilt She was at the
sumptuous summer home of the Van
derbilts, The Breakers and was glad
to see him. There were no more of
those unpleasant rumors, and gossips
who whispered that these young peo>
ple spent a great deal of their time
together began to talk of another en-
Gagement, and this time their guess
was correct.
But, however, the younger and more
sentimental minded may speculate con-
corning the ephemeral matter of their
prospective happiness, matter of fact
people insist on entertaining them
solves by consideration of the financial
aspects of the case. And, indeed, there
is something stupendous in the thought
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be intrusted the ownership and care of
$50, 100000 This is a rough estimate,
but hardly an exaggeration, for the
wealth Of Cornelius Vanderbilt can't
be less than s100,000,O00, and as his
daughter Gertrude is his favorite, 1t is
not improbable that her share will be
not less than $25,OO0,000 and young
Whitney's inheritance will be little less
than that sum.
DeSirah le from all nointS g this nros-
pective alliance seems, it should afford
particular satisfaction to the father of
the bride to be- Vanderbilt marriages
of late years have not all been un-
qualified successes. Besides the recent
heart wringing disobedience of his son,
his namesake, he has experience much
modification and displeasure by reason
of the marital maneuvering of others
CT his kfth and kin. The matrimonial