Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-01-28
In the House of
the Loving Heart
BY eth Gordon
COPYRIGHT, is1', bp T. c. Mcclure

she gihed as they sank down upon one
OF the benches at the entrance to the
park. The carriages We're hurrying
feverishly after one another as If hap
piness lay at the other end or else roll.
ing sadly back again ms II TO indicate
that ii was not there after ALL
Hazard turned an astonlshcd face
toward her.
You're guying," he observed disap.
proyingly New York's the place
where one needs 1t most. Every one
knows that"
Every one" she echoed with scorn.
And why? Simply because every one
is suffering from the greed of posses
sion They want to possess. not 10 en-
joy, They buy-buy Then they
put what they have bought into safe
deposit vault and hurry of to Europe,
where they begin all over again,
There's one of them now" And she
nodded gayly in response to a bow from
n lady in a passing victoria.
"Who is itT' asked Hazard laconicul-
ly.
Mrs. Lofty" laughed the girl, fol
lowing the disappearing carriage with
derisiye eyes. Poor thing"
Then you'd rather he Elise Sher-
win. student OF art. and sit here on a
bench with poor young lawyer than
be Mrs. Lofty, would your he asked,
watching a lock of hair which the
spring wind blew softly across her
cheek
Il certainly would" she replied with
promptneSs. she never has any time
for enjoyment or cultivation or reading
or-or anything that counts she ended
vaguely. You see, she has responsi.
bilitcs There are the servants. or
course don't need to tell You about
the awfulness of the servants. Then
there is her house one of those fearful
places that just grip you by the throat
when you enter and throttle YOU
She paused Cor breath, With n rcmi-
nisc,nt expression. Then she continued:
You fcel as if some one has just died
or perhaps 'demised' would be more
in accord with the furnishing
but one doesn't need TO do such
things with money" her companion IN
terruptcd with argumentntive intention.
NO. | don't suppose one does. And
yet they generally do. You see, no
blcssc obligc seems to demand that
when YOU have Il million or upward
| you copy one of the royal palaces al
| Europe and live your poor little rcpub'
lican Ii. ; in it. though I'm sure | don't
know why" she finished thoughtfully.
"SdIl, money is good thing. and yor
can't say that ii isn't. \ fellow must
| have decent clothes, and it strikes mt
that that simple little tailor made
gown that you are wearing cost lit
screwed his face up in the effort ut ap
praisemcnt about $780,
"Only $50 she corrected and re-
turned TO her subject somewhat hur-
riedly.
There's another thing. When you're
rich you Just have to have complex
| ion-and no mere man can know what
| Il fearful responsibility that is. It's
worse than servants You have TO em-
pots of greasy stuff about. You should
see Mrs. Lofty's supply. 1t is i'm
mcnse"
Hazard smiled in an absent way and
then began with the mir of a man who
Is weighing his words, IF you really
prefer castle in Spain TO anything
She cut him short
"IIavc ] ever told you about mineW
He shook his head.
She pointed in the direction Of the
great, dark hotel which frowncd down
upon them.
"It ces vanish, nest pasT she MIN
licked. Behold in its place my House
Of the Loving Heart ! think the name
especially telling since it is situated,
as you see, on what we might call the
Street Of Love Of Money.
II hope you see the house plainly
The style Is sort of modified Italian,
with projecting cornice and an inner
court
Hazard nodded.
Don't you think the boxes Of hya-
cinths in the windows and the big, low
entrance give it friendly looki That
is what / aim ut particularly" she cx-
planned with well feigncd anxiety, "a
friendly looking house,"
"Great" was Hazards feeling com
mont "But who in thunder Is that
man standing 1T the Window and
he strained his eyes toward the great
hotel. Then he turned to her with an
expression of pleased and innocent sur
prise. by Joye, it's mew
1T looked SO homcly and inviting, /
suppose, that ! couldn't resist e." he
explained as he noticed the warm flush
rising 10 her cheeks
In a moment she had recovered her
self
"Since you are In hope sou like tllc
divans aud the low table and the books
and pictures. i'leasc notice, too thai
things are within reach. It doesn't
look does 1t, as If were trying TO live
up TO my fortune or suggest that |
have stopped 10 think what Mrs Lofty
would hive done under similar cir
cumstanccsW
"NOt n bit" he assured her heartily.
while the peculiar compression of the
lips OF an old gentleman sitting next
them indicated suppressed amusement.
"Well, come on, then' Now, this