The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-22
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&RATE i'll response to Il bow froul
- passing victoria. 49,,
asked Hazard laconical-
slot cut his an
OF words -..ofty." laughed the girl, fol-
V le..ng the disappearing carriage with
ScriSive eyes. Poor thing!'
Then you'd rather he Elise Sher-
win. student of art, and sit here on q
bench with q poor young lawyer than
be Mrs. Lofty. would you?' he asked,
watching lock of hair which the
spring wind blew softly across her
check.
II 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 RESPONSE
bilities. There are the servants. OF
course l don't need to tell you about
the awfulncss 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 for breath, with a remi-
niscent expression. Then she continued:
You feel 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
terrupted with argumentative intention.
mo, 1 don't suppose one does. And
yet they generally do. You see, no.
blesse oblige seems to demand that
when you have a million or upward
you copy one Of the royal palaces of
Europe and live your poor little rcpub-
lican life in it, though I'm sure don't
know why" she finished thoughtfully.
Still, money is good thing. and you
can't say that it isn't. A fellow must
have decent clothes, and it strikes me
that that simple little tailor made
gown that you are wearing cost"-hc
screwed his face up in the effort at ap-
praisement-"about $780,"
only $75," she corrected and re-
turned to her subject somewhat hur-
riedly.
There's another thing. When you're
rich you just have to have u complex
ion-and no mere man can know what
fearful responsibility that is. It's
worse than servants! You have to en-
ploy beauty doctors and have little
pots of greasy stuff about. You should
see Mrs. Lofty's supply. 1t is i'm
mense."
Hazard smiled in an absent way and
then began with the air Of man who
is weighing his words, "If you really
prefer castle in Spain to anything
She cut him short.
Have 1 ever told you about mineT
He shook his head.
She pointed in the direction Of the
great, dark hotel which frowned down
upon them.
1T ees vanish, nest pasY she MIN
licked. Behold in its place my House
Of the Loving Heart! 1 think the name
especially telling since it Is situated,
as you see, on what we might call the
Street Of Love Of Money.
Il hope you see the house plainly.
The style is n 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 a friendly look? That
Is what I aim at particularly" she ex.
planned with well feigned anxiety, "a
friendly looking housey'
"Great! was Hazards feeling com.
ment. "But who in thunder is that
man standing at the window" and
he strained bis eyes toward the great
hotel. Then he turned to her with an
expression Of pleased and innocent sur.
prise. "By Jove, it's mep'
1T looked so homely and inviting,
suppose, that I couldn't resist it," he
explained as he noticed the warm flush
rising in her cheeks.
In a moment she had recovered her.
self.
"Since you are in hope you like the
divans and the low table and the books
and pictures. Please notice, too, that
things are within reach. 1t doesn't
look. does 1t, as II were trying to live
up to my fortune or suggest that I
have stopped to think what Mrs. Lofty
would have done under similar cir
cumstancesT
''Not a 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
room, which has everything beautiful
and useful and comfortable that I
could find to put into 1t, is for my
heartsick and discouraged friends.
Some Of them I shall not have met be-
fore. But in some way, don't know
how, they will find their way to this