Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-05-04
Il SON OF
WEALTH
BY KEITH GORDON
Co-vi-lf. I901 by r. c. Mecirre
co.yi-lt. Igo.. b. r. C. Mtc,sy.

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'he h'io"ieuse mat hemingway Trent
was 10 spend q month with his aunt,
Mrs. Ordway
Set down III black ana white, tins
tact appears insignificant. but just
thlhk a moment and repeat the name
over ana over to Trent,
I Trent and you Will doubtless begin
TO thfill, Tor the name OF Trent Is
known wherever pickles are eaten or
money spent.
1t is only lalr TO the present IrenS
to explain that 1t Is far cry from the
| original pickle, or, rather, from the little
patch of ground on the edge of young
city where that first pickle, that Alld-
din's lan!p of Il pickle, grew to the
! present representatives of the family.
Hemingway, the future head OF the
| Trent family. aged twenty-siX, was
coming 10 Carriston for IA visit. a
blaze of interest sprang up in anxious
| mother hearts at trst runor or TINS
fact, AND, though they guarded eye
! and lip. some sparks iew ana httle All
ditlonal fires sprang up i'll the hearts or
| marriageable daughters. Finally the
air became surcharged. Adamantine
father hearts gave signs of emotion.
restlessness, critical lingering sur
yey of dauShterly charms. Several
rush orders for gowns of more than
ordinary beauty We're sent scurrying
across the continent. And it was sig
niiicant that this tincry TO come was
never mentioned, not even between the
best Of friends.
Amid all the intense subdued fur
ry Of preparation there was one family
that remained serene. !lr. and Mrs.
Barry of Rarrydcnc went their elegant,
languid way. uadistractei and unmov-
ed, though they, too. had marriagca-
BILE daughter. The way Of the Barr~s
had long since ceased to lie alfluent. If
the llemingways, for whom Trent was
named, had left n r@mshackle shaRT
far behind them the Barrys, on the 9th
er hand had come from a rare Old co
lonial mansion that overlooked the riv-
er Severn. The only difference be-
tween them was that they had started
at different ends of the chain.
Still, Brenda Barry, only child and
chief depository Of the practical sense
of the house Of that name. was usually
filled with a tingi,ng resentment when
she heard Of the enormous fortunes of
the new" people. Being Il woman. she
could not fail to feel the subtle tense
ness in the social atmosphere and for
the same reason she instinctivcly divm-
ed its cause. And to say that she WAS
scornful but family expresses it.
There was nothing about the good
looking, athletic young fellow whom
she met week later to Justify that
scorn. He was the usual thing-a very
much washed, Immediately dressed
young man of the day, with a desire to
please which was so apparent that
Brenda had to goad herself into remem-
bering how frightfully new and dis
gustingly rich he was.
This attitude on the part of one whose
head might well have been turned by
the tiattery and attention he was re-
ceiving on ali sides Modified her some
what. Then by chance she happened to
encounter a rather vindicttve glance
from Helen Carrington's violet eyes
Helen was wearing an eXquisitely sim
pie gown that had not seen the light
beforehand suddenly her own plan of
actloh was clearly mapped out in her
mind
TOO much soothing sirup," she re-
hected Ironically What be needs is
Il tonic. This mental comment of
hers may have had something to do
with the delightful sense of refresh
ment young Trent felt in her presence.
She asked him none of the usual quc'-
tons with which the others had pes
tered him until he wondered inpa-
tiently if they had nothing to think
about but him. Indeed, she didn't sccl
to be very clear as t. his identity. 80
that he felt compelled TO refer rather
ditfidently 10 the fact that lie was on
to visit his aunt, Mrs. Ordway. Even
then her face was impressive.
Rather stunning girl, that Miss
Barry" he remarked to his aunt The
next day on their drive as she pointed
Barydene to him. while he noted with
interest its picturesque decay The
or