The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20
Der Brilliant
failure
BY katherine LetOis
Copyright, 1906. by NJ. NJ. Cunningham


meet fate.
Fate i'll this particular instance was
represented by Margaretis father, II
SELF opinionated, self made man with
4 grievance. Margaret realized fully
that she was Il factor In the grievance
Her three sisters constituted the re.
naming factors.
played scuryy trick when. having
proved that he could surmount obsta-
cles before which the average man fell
back dismayed and could rise from
nameless, penniless obseurity to II posi-
ton of power If not popularity among
men and affairs, nature had sent him
daughters instead of SONS. His wife
had died of very shame for having
failed so signally TO fulfill her duty In
this respect.
The eldest daughter had tried to ex-
plate her mothers offenses by enter
in% her fathers Office as bookkeeper.
Today she ranked as his right hand
man. She Wore mannish clothes, too.
and talked shop with her father from
soup TO coffee and was tremendously
bored when her sisters proposed enter
tanning Il few friends at dinner.
The second daughter had chosen art
and had opened n small studio In
ton, WAS preferable to being told
whenever she met her father that If
she had been Il man she might have
built iron bridges instead of air castles
in art.
One thing John Eeelie had done-he
had given them the best educational
advantages money could buy, and then
he had said Now go out and do
things.
Margaret, fresh from the trip abroad
which Leckie considered the essential
finishing touch of II girls education,
Knew that she would be expected 10
do things. Her father had given her
time To unpack her trunks, TO call on
her few relatives and the intimate fam.
lily friends and to recover her equilib.
rum. so 10 speak. Now. when he sent
for her 10 join him In the library, she
knew what his question would be. Nor
was her surmise incorrect
John Ieekfe leaned back In his nm
tufted leather chair and stared frankly
ut the tall. slender girl who from some
unknown and far distant ancestor had
inherited u grace almost potrician
"Sit down. Margaret. I've spent a
good many thousand dollars on your
education What d,you exnect IN dr.
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Oh the table WIN II ringing 'hunip.
80 af'er az the money We speh'
on you, aftef all me p'ahs We maae
Tor my girls TO take piace III the
world MS GOOD as 'heir iathcr mace Ior
himself, you nave no digger ampition
than TO mend SOCKS ana pake pies.
That VIII add to the ulster or our ram
ilv name, won't IT."
Margaret bit her HIP. Leckie had
spoken ms II the name had been handed
down through ten generations instead
of -one.
Now. see here. That gag doesn't go.
You're going to do something! Think
OF vour sister Harriet
Margaret did think, and then she al
most shuddered. She remembered
Uarriets mtidy room, some cigarette
stubs she had seen lying on the unpol-
ished brass tray. Harriet had said that
after the long day In the office she
simply had to smoke to quiet her