The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-10-18
Forgetting the Money,
BY ELMER GARNET.

Copyright. 1906. by Daily Story Pub. Co..
We'll" demanded the doctor as he
honed the carving knife preparatory
20 cutting the juicy steak. what's In
the paper?"
lie glanced severely at his ward
Helen. whose duty II was TO scan the
japer while the doctor attended TO his
amlly duties. The girl. usually quick
% respond and tell the family the prin.
'lpal news OF the day. was strangely
silent Then she gave a great sob and
aid her handsome head Of glorious
brown hair on her arm and sobbed VIC
emily.
The doctor ceased his carving and
cached for the paper with only tho
exclamation: We'll. I'll be dlshedl"
The family awaited In fever OF i'm
patience. Finally the doctor laid down
he paper and-said in husky voice:
yes, It's pretty bad-but not hope
less. He's young. you know and one
knockout ought not 10 carry him I'M
der. Besides. II you care so much
your fortune is ample"
That's the trouble" the girl sobbed
He Is so proud that he will not LET
anyone help him--least Of all WON
an. and the woman he loves"
The other members OF the family
who had listened to this obscure con.
yersstion patiently hoping that the
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this point
Doctor" remarked Mrs. Doctor. Sc
yerely. will you kindly serve the
breakfast--or let US know what 1t is
all about"
Without responding to this sarcasm
with his usual righteousness the doctor
silently passed the paper to his better
half and after she had read the impor-
tant story which had SO perturbed the
other two she wiped her eyes and
passed the paper along.
And really Il was too bad. Great
black headlines chronicled the failure
of the house of Cudover & Co.. which.
while merely meaning the loss of so
many thousands to Cudove. with his
millions. meant the entire wiping out
OF Bently Chalmers-the Co., who
had all his patrimony invested In the
business. The paper stated speciflcal-
ly that the failure not only would wipe
out all the young man had invested,
but would eat up the entire Chalmers
estate. Also that young Chalmers In
sisted that every dollar Of indebted
ness be paid II he had to take the
clothes from his back.
Now the interest in all this lay In
the fact that Bently Chalmers was the
afiianced husband of Helen and that
theirs had been the most perfect and
beautiful love story possible to i'm
agine Both of the best type OF Amer
leans, both left with ample fortunes
the attraction was not strange.
Chalmers, with the independence OF
the young american. however, was not
satisfied to lay back and live on the
income derived from the struggles and
labors of the past generations and had
plunged into business to carve out his
own career.
To the doctor the failure was sad
because he well knew the terrific diff
ficulty in recouping fortunes-and he
well knew the value of money.
To the girl 1t was catastrophe be
cause she knew the indomitable pride
of her lover and she foresaw the end
Of her own happy dreams.
Even as they talked the matter over
the doorbell rang and Miss Helen was
summoned to the door. When she re-
turned her white face told the story.
She sat moment as If dazed and then
dropped her head onto her arms and
sobbed in a way to draw tears to every
eye.
Come, come" cried the doctor;
this is no way to carry on. Out with
It, Mistress Helen. Has he Tilted yol?"
Released me-" she nodded, and says
he starts for the West tomorrow to
begin over again--and that / am not
to wait for him because he evidently
IS cut out for failure and is unworthy
for any self-respecting girl to think
about"
"Um," grunted the doctor. We'll |
cheer up and eat a piece of this ten.
1erloin. l think there are ways to
bring young fools like that to their
milk"
The girl looked up with hope shining |
through her tears. When the doctor |
Used that particular tone she knew
lie was on the warpath and that he
lad an idea or two up his sleeve-and
Ill the town knew when the doctor got
IN the warpath there was trouble in
light for the enemy. And Helen knew
hat the doctor loved her as his very
,wn and that all things would be done |