Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-12-29

they snubbed US"
for the time to come when l can get
even with them"
But. mother. how are we to fix IT
up with Bait?"
IL don't know. Name. unless you
have the same power you used to have
over him"
Name cast a glance In mirror. Art
had donea great deal for her since she
waited on the railroad men her mother
fed in their days of poverty Nothing
that money could buy was now denied
her. But she knew Bart Keith well
He had loved her In calico, and &c
love her in costly fabrics must excite
an entirely new sensation Besides he
was in the swim at Newport, where he
would meet the finest costumes in
America. TO say nothing Of the women
they incased TO make matters worse
she had cut him.
Mother" she said. Il believe III
write him line saying I've heard of
his being in Newport and telling him
we're here That'l look as if we
hadn't seen him on the avenue
do you think he'd tumble to it,"
The girl pondered awhile, then ad.
United that she knew very well he
would; their eyes had met and there
had been mutual recognition. She
dare not write the note
But one morning she received a note
from Keith. He told her that having
heard she was at Newport. he had
time had made great changes for both
Of them and he did not doubt she was
following Il course which seemed In
vlting TO her in her new sphere. He
shrank from parting with her without
letting her know that he had kept the
boyish promises made years ago. lie
refrained from mentioning the cut she
had given him. but II was evident II
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 it
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 rumor that Keith was TO marry
Miss Alice Forbes
Up to this time the Murphys had
merely wondered Now they were
nstonished And over Mary Murphy
came wave of regret 1t was not
for the loss of Barton Keiths wealth
or position it was for Keith himself
The prize they sought for aud for
which she had snubbed the lover OF
her young girlhood every day seemed
further from her grasp Despite their
millions the Murphys found It i'm
possible to effect an entrance into
Newport society Mary had become
accustomed to wealth and II failed to
satisfy her She was hungry for the
boyish love that had been hers In
poverty. but she had thrown 1t 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 We're
travelling In the Rocky mountains, how
n stage driver fell asleep, how 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 aud
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 60 business. his
only recreation Being driving fourth
hands, ana this was supposed TO be in
memory OF experiences Of former days
Mother" said Mary Murphy one
day, Il have plan
What IS t. Name
"Wc can't break through the shell Of
this Newport egg We must go else
where
Whore shall we 90"
ITO London
Good gracious. daughter! II we
can't succeed here how can we do so
among the British nobility"
Others a,n have failed here have
succeeded there Leave 1t to me
Money. dear mother, is the power that
opens doors wherever money is need
fu These British mobiles are getting
poor our people are getting rich.
Many hero have always been rich, and
~alup care upfhfnt about hecopn{utg