Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-06

 "l Couldn't Marry Girl for Her Money"
 "Oh, the business didn't amount to much," was my answer to one of my mothers first questions. on nay re- turn. She smiled peculiarly. In spite of my efforts, the red came-at least felt red.
 How did you like his sister, she went on, again with that fiutter- ing smile in the eyes only.
 "A very nice girl" said I, ia any thing but natural manner. My moth CT expression leased me into adding: Don't be silly. Nothing of that sort. You are always imagining that every one shares your opinion of me. She isn't likely to fall in love with me. Certainly I shan't with her"
 Mothers silence somehow seemed argumentative.
 T couldn't marry a girl for her money" I retorted.
 "of course not" rejoined mother. But there are other things to marry for besides money or love-other 1 things more sensible than either. For instance. there are the principal things-home and children"
 was listening with an open mind.
 The glamour of courtship and honeymoon easses." she went on. Then comes the suber business of lving-your career and your home. The woman's part in both is better played if there isn't the sort of love that is exacting. always interfering with the career, and making the home life a succession of ups and downs, mostly downs"
 "Carlotta is very ambitious" said I.
 Ambitious for her husband" re- piled my mother, "as a sensible wom- an should be. She appreciates that a woman's best chance for big divi. dends in marriage is by being the st. lent partner in her husbands career. She'll be very domestic when she has children. l saw it the instant look cd at her. She has the true maternal instinct. What a man who's going to amount to something needs isn't a woman to be taken care of. but a woman to take care of him"
 She said no more-she had made her point; and when she had done that, she always stopped.
 Within a month Ed Ramsay sent for me again, but this time 1t was business alone. found him in a pan ic, like a man facing an avalanche and armed only with a shovel. Dun. kirk, the senior United States sena- tor for our state. lived at Fredonia. He had seen that, by tunneling the Mesaba range. a profitable railroad between Fredonia and Chicago could be built that would shorten the time at least three hours. But 1t would take about half the carrying business of the Ramsay company. besides seri. ously depreciating the Ramsay inter- est fin the existing road. And" con- unued Ed, the old scoundrel has got the capital practically subscribed in New York. The people here are hot for the new road. Itll be sure to carry at the special election, next month. He has the governor and leg islature in his pocket. so they'll put through the charter next winter"
 T don't see that anything can be done" said Eds lawyer. old Judge Barclay. who was at the consultation. Tt means a big rake-oh for Dunkirk. Politics is on a money basis nova days. That's natural enough. since there Is money to be made out of it. don't see how those ia politics that don't graft as they call it, are any better than those that do. Would they get ofice if they didn't help on the jobs of the grafters? I suppose we might buy Dunkirk of."
 What do you think. Harvey.- asked Ed. looking sn1iously at me. We've got to fight the devil with fire. you know"
 I shook my head. Buying him otf isn't nghting-it's surrender. We must fight him-vith fire"
 I let them talk themselves out, and then said: ~well. I'll take 1t to bed with me Perhaps something will occur to me that can be worked up into a scheme
 In fact. I had already thought of a scheme. but before suggesting 1t wished tO be sure 1t vas as good as 1t seemed Also. there vas a fuuda- mental moral oestaele-the road would be public benefit: 1t ought to ee built That moral problem caused most Of my vakefulness that night. simple though the solution vas when q finally cane The first thing Ed said to me. ss ve faced each other alone st breakfast. showed ne hox vel speut those hours vers.