Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-22

ular, But what is one to do? One
can't remain In New York in the dog
days.
For me, I'm sick and tired Of the
mountains" announced Beth. I'D like
to go to Newport, where we'd stand
chance of meeting somebody and
where anyhow we'd be able to see real
society people"
Bother societyv' said Emma hap
PLY
Both her mother and Beth looked
shocked.
thing?" reproved Mrs. Harris. envel-
oping herself in an air of loftiness.
II hope you have not allowed your
self to be influenced by the anarchistic
vaporings of your-of that unspeakable
person whose n,me is not to be men,
toned
1--WE read somewhere that fine soci-
ETY. is only self protection against the
vulgarities of the street and the tav.
ern." chirped Beth primly.
THAT all depends on how you define
fine society Beth" said Emma.
81 mean the society Of wealth, the
Four Hundred, of course. pray every
night that may marry duke or a
count
Beth has such elevated ideas!" COM
mented her mother admiringly.
such petitions" observed Emma,
becoming grave, never reach the
mercy seat. 1t is said that at mid
night every New Years eve, when the
bells of the churches ring out the
dying year, there issue from the bel
| fries streams Of vapory spirits with
distracted, terrified faces, their hands
clasped to their ears. They are the
prayers of worshipers in the churches
who repeated them mechanically, as
they are accustomed to do every Sun
| day, without realization of the signifi-
canoe Of the words they utter; prayers
muttered by those whose thoughts
were on other things; prayers of the
hypocrite; prayers of the humbug;
supplications to- the most high for the
!. preposterous and the impossible; pray
ers of those who do not practice what
1 they preach; prayers of those who do
those things which they ought not to
do and leave undone those things
which they ought to do and think
4 their weekly glib confession of it and
their obolus in the collection plate alb
solve them. With the jangling and
Changing of the. bells they are borne by
| n
are lost forever in the eternal void
between the worlds. All such prayers
wherever uttered must share this
fate
BY this time Mrs. Harris was agape
too astonished to utter word.
"Gracious Emma" gasped Beth
"You talk like book. l don't know
what's come over you"
at is m, new birth. l told you II
: was as though l had been born again
hope you will marry duke or 6
count IL you want to, Beth. AS rule
l believe they are real men, ever.
whit as worthy as good men who dom
bear this distinction of title. Still, thu
field is necessarily restricted, and 70,
noble men as distinguished from no
blemen-men of sterling value, VIII
ring true under every test"
> "Like--like Jin,sy," ventured Bet
with dubious air. casting about an'
on the spur of the moment thinking
of none other she knew who would fl
the description.
Like Jimsy." assented Emma en-
Q phatically.
$ But he's so ungrammatical, Scr
l shy on education. besides which b
r hasn't any money" objected Mrs. Hal
! ris
o None to speak Of" seconded Betl
pursuing her lips deprecatingly.
a aside from that, though" cOncede
n Mrs. Harris, Il must say Jimsy's
e real good man and most obliging. b
: cant help his INFRINGING"
1 How about Captain Williams
II questioned Emma. How would yo
l class him.
! My dear" answered her mothe
you Wouldn't put him In the san
4 class with Jimsy-l mean social
] He's so rich! l wouldn't be surprise
] if he were several times a millionair
| Remember he has two automobile
!; And the handsome way he treated 70
] Why. he crossed out the $4,000 tn
| nbomination stole as though it were
| matter of l, cents"
/ "A mans true wealth is the good
does in this world, mother. accordiI
to Mohammed."
| THAT is now it may have appear
| to that 70. .ign prophet in the We
l." retorted Mrs. Harris with a to
| of finality. but in this age of hor
/ sense in the United States Il milli
IL dollars in tue bank is the real standa
of wealth. With money you can
i verything. If you have plenty of
i you can do plenty of good, and ever
4 body else sill sit on the fence a
X clap. but II you haven't any you a
IA no good to Yourself, can do no good
II Iotlrrs. and everybody else will {
II down from the fence to kick you"
n
"A Left to his own devices, Brooks to
" survey Of the position in which
found himself, and his conclusion "
II not without qualification to him. I
clean bill Of health" she had been
means Of oil aiming for him from G
tain William had In fact left ut his
IN disposal rs his own property seve
We hundred do. ars from his stealings a
Or from his Ii plunge" i'm the hort
*, which bad been a winning one. II