Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-13
WEALTH HAD no CHARMS.
The Story Of SPIRITUAL Love and Its
End.

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End.
Il cannot bring you great wealth"
Horace llunilcy said, as Gertrude Far
lrngton Aa4cd ion,Ily into his big blue
eyes, but know chat you donot care
70 much for this worlds goodsas you
10 for a character that is above re-
lproach'
mo" the beautiful maiden said,
"wealth do not crave. AS youknow,
lmy father has bad a roctif,iug annex
Jack OF his grocery for years, consc-
qucntly it viii not be necessary for
my husband TO have money / viii
have immense wads.of it when father
dies, and until then am willing to
get along in a reasonable way upon
my regular allowance. All ! ask is
that the man | marry shall have re-
spectability back Of him and heart
that's pure and true in his breast"
Horace lIrntlcy kissed her upon
the ruby lips four times out Of pos
sible FIVE, and said.
"Ah, darling, you do not know how
happy you have made me by them
excuse me, | mean by those words. |
knew you was above the common herd
that only grasps for gold and don't
care for things that is above and be-
yond the sordidncss of this world"
Gertrude Harrington looked at
him regretfully for a moment, and
then said:
Horace, you don't seem to know
how to sling English very well. Your
grammar's very sloppy. l thought
you told me you were a collage gradu-
ate?"
"SoIam, darling" the young man
replied, in troubled, anxious tones,
''but you must remember it's nearly
five years since / got out, and afellow
can forget an awful lot in that time.
Anyhow, who goes TO college to study
grammar? Why, we learn that when
we start to school first. That don't
amount to nothin'. You must re-
member that l was once one of the
best athletes in my class"
Forgive me, darling, for critics.
ing you," she said, smuggling up to
him, and looking proudly into his
manly face. GAS you have limited,
grammar doesn't furnish much juice
for the trolley. We meet people
every day who are successful and hap
by without. 1t isn't at all necessary
that one should be able to make his
verbs agree with his nouns in number
and person in order to clip coupons
or hold public office, You are all
right, Horace, darling You are, in
fact, pretty near the whole thing.
Your lower jaw sticks out like cow
catcher in front of locomotive, and
a fellow whose face is built on that
plan is dead sure to get there. Ah,"
she sighed, 81 am so happyW
And as they sat in the darkest cor
ner of the room, loving away with all
the ardor of glorious youth, the guilty
young man thought to himself:
ooh, what a dead easy future I'm
going to have if she doesn't find out
that one of my grandfather's once
kept saloon. That would queer the
whole business, for, of course, the
daughter of a rectifer of spirits could
never wed with descendant of man
who has lifted schooners over the bar
No, no! She must never learn the
sickening truth"
So he never told her about it, and
they lived in happy unison for three
years and a half Then she got di-
vorce upon the plea of nonsupport;
for The tax on whisky had been in
creased, thus making it impossible
for her poor old father to clear more
than $17 barrel, and continue her
allowance.
Providence moves in mysterious
ways; but the wicked seldom escape,
even in this world. = Cleveland
Leader.