Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-03-13
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THE GIRL WHO WAS TOO RICH.
By C. n. Williamson.

Nobody who hasn't gone through 1t
knows how hOrrid it is to be rich. |
mean very rich--so rich that people
say, There goes the rich Miss Ellice."
Not pretty Miss Ellice" or nice Miss
Eliice," though it does seem to me
that | have some claim to both those
descriptive adjectives, but always that
inevitable rich Miss Elhce."
/ was as nearly BORN an orphan as
anybody could be, for my mother died
when was a day old and my father a
few months later, leaving me with all
those oppressive millions and no
blood relations III always hated that
expression, it sounds so murderous)
TO look after Ene, so j Was made "a ward
in chanceT%.
My nurses used to tGady to me. and
as for the children j was allowed to
know, several of them admitted re-
larding me as a kind Of natural 6uri-
1sity because j was IAN heiress."
When was 10 a ,dhaperon was en-
Jagged to live with me and travel
about the world i had longed to
travel. but l soon found out it was just
as bad being abroad as at, home.
How the facts about me leaked out
everywhere / don't know. [ wanted
to take,a false name" and. have little
peace. but my chaperOn, who was a
bishops widow and rather rigid in her
ideas. would not hear of passing UNI
der false pretenses". as she called it.
If the truth were known I believe that
Mrs. DeSSelwyn, in her quiet way en-
joyed the kind of triumphal progress
we mades# andering about Europe.
People never failed to find us out
at hotels. Whispers Is and glances
went ronnd, and mothers with sons
scrHped acquaintance with us and
were snnpleasantly maternal. In
England and France | was fairly
n1obbed with impecunfous young noble
men and officers and would have been
: amused if I hadn't been furious. In
Germany il was much the same. and in
3taly I narrowly escaped being kid
mapped
When | couldn't stand it any longer
? rs went back It was just at the be
ginning of the season; and Mrs, De
Selwyn was determined that | should
Ue presented. I was presented, and the
inevitable consequences IS ensued Ii
the first month | had f0rty-eight pro
p0>als. BY the end Of the season, J
nae quite lost count. and Lowing
SICK Of ii ALSO deadlXssjSf the men
only wen .thatsrto marry them
VINO lad screamed of doing it il it |
would Seen for my millions
haSould. have been TWO dUchesses-i
mean tAat two English dukes were |
among the moths who burned their |
wings at IT, golden lamp: and there
was even = lesser royaity-but it |
seems like boasting TO enumeEatp |
them; whereas, in reality. with cash
proposal | had one more point of nay7
vanity broken eli ,jAtil finally has
pone left at all. i
Things went o. in this way. grow !
AiS worse instead of better for twoI
'Sears. l felt old and had lost nv |
1"faA N the dIsinteaeatedness of men
''thd women. l was not intended byI
70 be cynical. Iut experience
Twas rks"afting nature. ead The peonIa
Who 2naGe themselves so .cbarmino
must ofteh'naye disliked me sntenselv
though ali che while | was staryiro
for lov-hohest love without <is. sus- |
pieion Of a mefcenary twist.
When ] was -. and free-as much |
can be free-to do as I chose. /
Selwyh aud l had a quarrel
silly quarrel about an eonaiIvi
young man. my chaperon'si
new. whom she'd ,hsan scheming
years. It seemed. TO have me marry.
was 50 disguised ths4 I threw over
Ttst $500 So tt.@s tt4~& Il I