The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-04-12
In the House of
the Loving Heart
BY Keith Gordon


The idea OF any wise person caring
for money, especially in New York"
she gibed as they sank down upon one
OF the benches at the entrance TO the
park. The carriages were hurrying
feverishly after one another as II hap
piness lay at the other end or else roll
ing sadly back again as IL to indicate
that il was not there after all.
Hazard turned an astonished face
| toward her.
You're guying." he observed disap-
provingly. New York's the place
where one needs il 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 TO en-
| joy. They buy--buy -buyl Then they
| put what they have bought Into a safe
| deposit vault and hurry or to Europe,
where they begin all over again.
There's one OF them now" And she
nodded gayly in response to bow from
| a lady in a passing victoria.
Il Nno II tF dsAeu ha<afu iacohica-
iy.
Mrs. Lofty" laughed the girl. fol
lowing the disappearing carriage with
derisive eyes. Poor thingr'
| Then you'd rather be Elise Sher-
win. student OF art, and sit here on a
bench with a poor young lawyer than
/, be Mrs. Lofty, would you?" he asked.
| watching a lock of hair which the
| spring wind blew softly across her
| cheek.
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 / 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 for breath, with a remi.
niscent expression. Then she continued;
You feel as II 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, 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 repub
lican life in II, though I'm sure don't
know why" she finished thoughtfully.
'Still, money is a good thing, and you
can't say that 1t isn't. A fellow mus,
have decent clothes, and It strikes me
that that simple little tailor made
gown that you are wearing cost'-ht
screwed his face up in the effort at ap
praisement-"about $780,"
"Only S75," she corrected and re
turned to her subject somewhat hur
riedly.
There's another thing When you're
rich you Just have to have q complex
ion-and no mere man can know wha'
fearful responsibility that is. IT.
worse than servants! You have to EN-
ploy beauty doctors and have littl'
pots OF greasy stun about. You shouls
see Mrs. Lofty's supply. 1t is i'm
mense."
Hazard smiled in an absent way ant
then began with the air OF q man VIII
is weighing his words. III you reall,
prefer a castle In Spain to anything
! She cut him short.
Have / ever told you about miner
He shook his head.
She pointed In the direction Of tn
great. dark hotel which frowned dow
upon them
1T ees vanish. nest pas?" she min
licked. Behold in its place my Hous
OF the Loving Heart think the nam
especially telling since IL is situated
as you see, on what we might call tn
Street of Love of Money.
81 hope you see the house plainly
The style is a sort OF modified Italian
with a projecting cornice and an inne
court"
Hazard nodded.
Don't you think the boxes OF hys
! cinths I'm the windows and the big, loy
entrance give II a friendly look? Tha
Is what / aim at particularly" she ez
plained with well feigned anxiety. 'i
. friendly looking housei''
,, Great was Hazards feeling CON
ment. But who in thunder Is tina
man standing at the Window an
he strained his eyes toward the grea
hotel. Then he turned To her with a
expression of pleased and innocent SUI
prise. by Jove. it's me"'
Il lnnEaI 90 hAntutv nd Inrftfncr
suppose. that | couldn't resist It," b
explained as he noticed the warm Hus
rising in her checks.
In a moment she had recovered hel
: self.
D "Since YOU src In hope you like th
Givans and the low table and the book
i and pictures. Please notice. too. tina
things are within reach. 1t doesn
$ look. does IL. as II | were trying to llv
= up to my fortune or suggest that
have stopped to think what Mrs. Loft
b would have done under similar Gil
e cumstancesg
e Not Bit" he assured her heartily
while the peculiar compression OF tn
y lips of an old gentleman sitting mex
u them indicated suppressed Amusement
We'll. come OH. them Now, thi
4 room. which has everything beautlfl
and useful and comfortable that
e couh find 10 put into II, Is for IN
hearlsick and discouraged friend
J. Some of them shall not have met b,
u fore. But in some way. don't kno,
how. they win find their way to thi