Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-13

was this that had turned him from
her He closed his epistle with the
word farewell and she knew that
he had passed beyond recall.
For a time the Murphys heard that
Keith was being introduced under the
wing of the Forbes. Then they began
TO hear his name mentioned among the
people and in the society notes indie
pendently of his introducers. and 1t
was not long before they learned that
which travels on the wings of the
wind Keith was rich. He had be-
come interested In certain western
speculations with Mr.. Forbes and the
two had made money together. Then
came a rumor that Keith was to marry
Miss Alice Forbes.
Up to this time the Murphys had
merely wondered Now they were
astonished And over Mary Murphy
came a wave of regret. 1t was not
for the loss of Barton Keith's wealth
or position: it was for Keith himself.
The prize they sought for and for
which she had snubbed the lover OF
her young gfrlhood every day seemed
further from her grasp. Despite their
possible to effect an entrance into
Newport society. Mary had become
accustomed to wealth. and IT failed to
satisfy her. She was hungry for the
boyish love that had been hers in
poverty. but she had thrown it away.
The report that Keith was to marry
Miss Alice Forbes proved true. When
the engagement was formally an
nounced the Murphys read in the So
siety columns Of New York news
paper story concerning the contract
ing parties that gave them the key
to the situation. 1t told how Mr.. and
Mrs. Forbes and their daughter were
travelling in the Rocky mountains, how
a stage driver fell asleep, how a young
man who had been formerly a handler
of the ribbons saved the passengers
from death. how Mr. Forbes had taken
him up and enabled him to make a
fortune. But the story did not tell the
most important feature that had led to
the union-a. young girl seeing an act
of cool bravery on the part Of young
man.
The wedding of Barton Keith and
Alice Forbes was not celebrated with
that splendor usual to nuptials in the
fashionable world. 1t was said that
this was in Difference TO the wishes of
the groom, who bore the reputation
of being an extremely modest man.
He devoted himself TO business, his
only recreation being driving fourth
hands, and this was supposed to be in
memory Of experiences of former days.
Mother" said Mary Murphy one
day, 81 have a plan"
What is 1t, Manner
1--WE can't break through the shell of
this Newport egg. We must go else
where"
where shall we goT
ITO London"
GOOD gracious. daughter! If we
can't succeed here. how can we do so
among the British nobility"
"Others who have failed here have
succeeded there. Leave it TO me.
Money. dear mother, is the power that
opens doors wherever money is need
full. These British mobiles are getting
poor. Our people are getting rich.
Many here have always been rich, and
some care nothing about becoming
richer. In England commoners have
been getting rich. while the mobiles
have been getting poor. Noblemen
would prefer to marry an American to
a commoner of their own country.
there being no titles here. l shall go
to London, marry title and come back
here for just long enough to snub
those who have snubbed us"
Two years later Mary Murphy re-
turned to Newport as the countess of
Munkennon. Her advent was herald
ed. and when she arrived invitations
were piled on her table. Before look
ing for those she intended TO accept
she picked out those from certain peO-
pie who had snubbed her as Miss MUIR
ply and sent immediate regrets"
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