West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-12-02

are clean. You've got no Eureka soap
on en- You've been TO college. but
/ she'll overlook that"
Il haven't had a chance" said Rich
ard.
Make one." said Anthony. Take
her Tor walk In the park or a straw
ride or walk home with her from
church. Chance, Pshawr'
You don't know the social MILL. dad
She's part OF the stream that turns II.
Every hour and minute OF her time Is
arranged for days In advance. must
have that girl. dad. or this town is a
blackjack swamp forevermore. And I
can't write It'll can't do that"
Tutr' said the old man do you
mean TO tell me that with all the
money I've got you can't get nn hour
or two OF girls time for yourseif?"
I've put Il or too late. She's going
TO san for Europe at noon day after
tomorrow for a two years stay. I'm
TO see her alone tomorrow evening for
few minutes. She's at Larchmont
now at her aunt's. I can't 70 there
But I'm allowed TO meet her with n
cab at the Grand Central station to-
morrow evening at the $50 train. We
drive down Broadway TO wallack's nj
gallop, where her mother and n box
party Will be waiting for us In the
lobby. Do you think she would listen
to declaration from me during that
six or eight minutes under those cir.
cumstances1 No. And what chance
would I have In the theater or after
wardr None. No. dad, this Is one
tangle that your money can't unravel.
We can't buy ono minute OF time with
cash. II we could rich people would
live longer. There's no hope OF get.
ting talk with Miss Laptry before
she sails"
"All right Richard. my boy" said
old Anthony cheerfully. "You may
run along down to your club now. I'm
glad IL amt your liver. But don't for
get TO burn few punk sticks In the
Joss house TO the great god Mazuma
from time to time. You say money
won't buy time? Well, OF course. you
can't order eternity wrapped up and
delivered at your residence for price.
but I've seen Father Time get pretty
bad stone bruises on his heels when
he walked through the gold diggIngs."
That night came Aunt Ellen. gentle,
sentimental. wrinkled. signing. op-
pressed by wealth. In to Brother An.
thony at his evening paper and began
discourse on the subject OF lovers
woes.
HE told me all out It." said
Brother Anthony, ,aw dug. 81 told
him my bank accoI was at his sery-
ice. And then , began to knock
money. Said mon, ,uldn't help. Said
the rules Of socicis )uldn't be bucked
for yard by team OF ten million
aires.
"Oh, Anthony" sighed Aunt Ellen,
II wish you would not think so much OF
money. Wealth is nothing where a
true affection is concerned. Love Is
all powerful. II he only had spoken
earlier! She could not have refused
our Richard. But now I fear IL is too
late. He will have no opportunity to
address her. All your gold cannot
bring happiness TO your son."
At 8 O'clock the next evening Aunt
Ellen took a quaint old gold ring from
a moth eaten case and gave IL to Rich
ard.
Wear 1t tonight. nephew" she beg
ged. Your mother gave It to me.
Good luck In love she said Il brought
She asked me to give IL TO you when
you had found the one you loved"
Young Rockwall took the ring rev.
erently and tried It on his smallest
finger. 1t slipped as far as the second
Joint and stopped. He took it OF and
stuffed 1t into his vest pocket, after
the manner OF man. And then he
phoned for his cab.
At the station he captured Miss Ian
try out OF the gaddIng mob at S.32.
I'VE mustn't keep mamma and the
others waiting" said she.
ITO Wallack's theater as fast as you
can driver said Richard loyalty.
They whiried up Forty-second to
Broadway and then down the white
starred lane that leads from the soft
meadows OF sunset to the rocky hills
Of morning.
At Thirty-fourth street young Rich
ard quickly thrust up the trap and or
dered the cnbman to stop.
1--WE dropped n ring" he apoiogixed
as he climbed out. "It was my moth
er's. and I'd hnte 10 lose II. / won't
detain you a minute. ] saw where It
fell"
In less than a minute be was back
In the cab with the ring.
But within that minute a crOsstown
car had stopped directly in front OF
the cab. The eabmab tried TO pass 10
the left, but heavy express wagon
cut him or. lie tried the right and
bad TO back away from a furniture
van that had no business TO be there.
He tried TO back out, but dropped his
reins and swore dutifully lie was
blockaded IN n tangled mess OF Ve-
hicles and horses.
One OF those street blockades bad
occurred that sometimes tie up com
merce and movement quite suddenly
In the big city.
why don't you drive onY' said
Miss Lantry impatiently. "WeTl be
late"
Richard stood up In the cab and
looked around. He saw n conRested
Hood Of wagons, trucks. cabs. vans
and street cars ninng the vast space
where Broadway. sixth avenue aud
Thirty-fourtb street cross one another
as a twenty-slx inch maiden fns her
twenty-five iucb girdie. And still ffom
all the cross streets they were hurry
ing and rattling toward the converg.
Ing point at full speed aud hurling
themselves into the struggling mass.
locking wheels and adding their driy.
ers imprecations 70 the clamor. The
entire traffic Of Manhattan seemed TO
have jammed itself around them rue
oldest New Yorker among the thOu-