Putnam patriot., 1908-06-26

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 neyef kneV Him very weil-ia fact. ohly saw him oaee eT twiee-but I've heard hc was . fiae manly boy. The shock must have been worst of al on him
 'Se q aien lost his gooa name and his fife. hts wife died his sons life was wrecked anj his daughter impov- erishea@ - mRss1 Dallas. and ali that 6 dnaneier might grow little richer. can't believe itr'
 X little ashamed of display ing such yehemence in the presence of one of her uneles dependents. the girl glanced toward the table But the secretary had gone
 My husband" prattled Mrs. Bennett compiaeently. always said that the men who rose highest in the money world reached their lofty places over the despoiled bodies Cf hundreds Of victims Thank God. my boy has no such parental record to look back on My husband was one man in mil iion-the soul of honor both in husi- htN> lh HtiNatt ilt. lOu Nt Tttu of his splendid civil war record Then he went into business as s contractor and engineer and earned fortune, every dollar of which was honest. That's something to be proud of in these money loving times"
 What was the name of the financier who ruined Mir. Garrisonf' asked Dal- las. still haunted hy the narrative she had just heard
 No one knows. IL was suppressed at the time The facts in the written confession left by Mir Garrison be came public property. but. through DO litical influence the name of the man responsible for the tragedy was sup pressed Here l sit chatting on dole fal topics. while those two young peo. pie are running all over the place un chanerened. Excuse me won't you. and Fl look them npf"
 sAe smiled at Alw.a as she left the room and his answering smile showed how fully he understood and appre- ciafe1 her motive in leaving him alone with Dallas Wainwright. Perhaps Dai- las. too understood. for she made as though to follow Mrs. Bennett out into the lawn. But Alwyn stepped between her and the window
 Don't go just vet" he begged. Eve so much 10 talk over with you. When they came in We were speaking Of that para graph about Gibbs and yourself You don't love him. do you. Dallas Tell me you don't.s
 What right have you to ask nee such a question:"
 Only the right that my love for you gives me. dear heart You must have known l loved yon even though I've never said it before. I love you. pal- las. though till teday. think. l never realized how much. Tell me it isn't true that you're going to marry Gibbs :"
 Even 1T it weren't true should mot marry you. Alwyn.''
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 The exclamation was wrung uncon sciouslv from his whitening lips IL was as though | pang of physical pain had pierced him.
 T wouldn't marry you,' went on Dallas. though more gently. because you don't really love me"
 T do, I do. With my whole heart I"-
 "0h. Alwyn." she exclaimed with al most mother-like tolerance. what q child you are. What mere child Some one tries To take away from you q paything you've grown used to hay ing. You never cared especially about the piaything before: but. now that you're in danger of losing 1t. you cry out. .sOh. love it, I love it" You'll soon find another toy that'li make you iforaet.--
 ..Dafias. you are unfair, You have no right to treat my love for you as if''-
 "As if It were a mere whinf? Isn't its Now. don't say No but look me in the eyes and answer one question. 1T Scott tse,,s hadn't proposed to me fl that paragraph had not appeared in the naper-sn snuld you have eou,s here today and bid me yoI loved me- No. you know you wouldn't'
 Don't talk like that. dearr' implored Bennett. 'i tell you l love you. More than eyer dreamed q woman.cenld be Ioeed l love yeu. r.
 '.rhere's an easy way te prove fl. then''
 What wavs Anything
 "By doing something to make rne feel proud of you. l don't feel so now could not marry a man wiio ioiters his life away-=a man who sits idjr wh4ss others are fhronging past bffn in the sapward ,clsssh You are rich thafks fs your fathers efforts. What have sssl Gone with that wealths if you've Assne TO harB with 1t you've at least pst sf fS DO ga-ad use. You are young. fsiebfed. highly educated What hsse yx.u done with your youth. your taeats your education How have you used ilsen for ysr own bet ferment or for xear fsIjsw men'sf What have yos fo eeer me! Money Social positiooS 1 hsrs plenty sf both What else can you offer osss Nothing absolutely nothing
 .siy love. for ons thing can cher you tkat-"
 Tn ~hat is your love tsffSr than any otl~r mans. Behind II l. not . record of hard work Of self sacrifice. Of achievemeDt--of any of the things that go toward making love strong and erz.lurfnv and fs1aufiftiI- fo make ft a