Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-11
CUPID AND CUPIDITY
 By Walter ]. Mowbray

'My dear Dorotaea. see must once
 more protest. Yet you must know alresd,
 what my views are upon this matter. yoai { money is subject in which have little ol
 no interest. Indeed, heartily wish l couie forget it altogether. It is an insult to iovs
 to discuss such sordid details"
 Ashley cieet waved his hand as though
 to dismiss the topic for all time. Dorothel ] Spray regarded him admiringly.
 "You are so different from the rest of n.en.' she said tremulously livery one , told me that 1 should 6nd my money a great temptation 10 avaricious people They said | should be courted for its sake alone and be deceived. And-and I have foun. you .'
 She smiled compiacently. Clearly her al. viseis were at fault fin their Judgment of l men and their motives. For here was q man who would not so much as allow her to tell him how much money sie really had-who loved her for her own sake and vigorously opposed the discussion of 6 topic which, as he himself affirmed. was an insult to love.
 'I want nothing whatever 10 do with your money. Dorothea," he said finally. "I have my four hundred q year, and that Is ali wAich concerns me"
 But the girl had not yet made herself understood. It was rather a delicate sub ject to broscb. But she had already made up her mind as to the course sine should pursue.
 "I know--l know she said. But that Is not quite all, dear Ashley. Other people are saying horrld things about you. They do not know you ss l do. And--and I want to prove 10 them all that they are wrong. I want to triumph over tnem and show them how splendid and noble you are"
 A lock of interest came into Ashley'- face.
 But such people are obstinate and rnth- CT difficult to convince. he reminded her You had much better let them alone
 But Dorothea was not to be dissuaded from her purpose.
 Nc" she said. decidedly; 'I have found a way to show them all how wrong and unjust they are. want you to remain in this room during the interview am about to have with my dear fr.erd and solicitor. Mir. LucIan orme. He is coming up the stairs at this moment"
 There was no time to do anything else. So the man kept his seat. It could not make him any the less dlsinierested to be obliged to listen to the approaching discus sion of iegalities- And he was not alto gether free from s feeling of curiosity. It showed itself in a queer little nervous un. easiness that now took possession of him. But this the girl did not sec. The door opened and Lucien orme was announced. He was a man of close upon forty, with frank open face and gentiemanly bearing. His greeting with Dorethea was more than cordial. Indeed, one might even have sus- peeted, by the curious way in which his deep eyes rested upon her from time to time, that he too was in love with this slender, graceful girl She motioned him to a chair. and began her explanation Ashley Greet feigned indifference and looked out of the window.
 ''Mr. orme," he said deliberately, "I am going to ask you to do a curious thing. am going to be married to Mir. Greet as soon as arrangements can be made My friends are saying horrid things about 1t, and I amb going to teach them lesson. My tastes are, as you know. of the simplest My money Is never used, and the capital year by year. NIT. Greet Is quite indifferent to 1t, and declares that he will not touch 1t. He has four hundred year of his own. which will be ample for cur wants. So I am going to msks deed of gift in favor of my old nurse and Margaret Swan. She shall live In ease and luxury for the remainder of her days. And people shall know Of truth that my husband is above their un- worthy suspicious and insinuations."
 She stopped There was a glow on her face as she triumphantiy proclaimed her