The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-31
CHAPTER l-contlnuel.

working women which was the pride
Of her heart. and he promised hor
that - the work developed. ~ he
had NO doubt II would Develop on the
foundations she was planning. be
would follow up the nrst gift By others
even larger. He told her that he vas
willing 70 devote . million o. perhaps
more to the enterprise. II n proved
worth while. especially - 20 many of
biz ovn employees would b benefited
by It
Mis- Haldans AA not intsaA 70 I've
\ b the social settlement herself. Ghs
might perhaps have enjoyed such .
ME: but her social duties at the other
snd of society were Of 20 exactins .
character. and her family wsre 80 op-
posed to her undertaking such work.
that she coutented herself with fur
ehering from afar the efforts OF Ger
tain Of her college mates In that d.
section.
Ono thing possibly that induced
0ormly to promise this great sum Of
money, which he could very well
spare. was the knowledge impaired to
him by Miss Haldane that she herself.
through her father and friends. would
give q like amount
Gormly had exacted = pledge from
the young woman that she would not
betrsy him - benefactor in her In
stitution. He had actually made out
the check to her for the amount In
question and turned It over without
hesitation after an interview lasting
less than half an hour. in which Miss
jFaldane had set forth her plans. her
hopes, and her ambitions with all her
charm Of manner He was not GER
tain that he could have refused her
The store II she had demanded i'll
When Miss Haldans left his bust
ness once. check in hand. she felt
that she had indeed accomplished
much. She was quite satisfied with
herself
Gormly was equally satisfied with
himself. Then and there he deter
mined to marry Miss Haldane. n
takes the cool headed. prudent man Of
business to make the most extraordi-
nary plunges into wild endeavors at
times. He felt - . man with the
Wall street germ in his blood might
feel who was suddenly, after . quar-
ter Of . century Of restraint. launched
on the sea of speculation. What CORN
ly determined was usually brought
about sooner or later. In this in
surance Of success. Matrimony is the
oretically regarded As q contract be-
tween two equals into which neither
enters upon constr amt. That was
Gormlys view Of It, He could buy
and sell merchandise. He would not
buy or sell q woman.
Nor had George Gormly . particular
knowledge to enable him to play the
game he had entered upon with such
impetuous indiscretion He could hand
out q million dollars or so on occasion
without feeling It.; but cynical though
he had become about womankind in
! general. Gormly iI.stinctively realised
that such means would be entirely in
adequate to do more than arrest tenn
porary attention and excite a passing
interest in such q woman as Miss Hal
dane. Indeed, too freely resorted to.
such practise would inevitably dis
gust her.
Meanwhile he must keep in touch
Aith her. At intervals. therefore. he
won himself Z sight Of her and main
tained q speaking acquaintance BY
further remittAnces toward her pro-
feet; which had already started with
~ f. nd
great interest on the part Of the pub
uc
Miss Haldane, for all her other quail
tiles. was human and woman.
There was something rather allurins
In . secret even to her. She enjoyed
being the means Of disbursing for
good ends ueillions that remained
anonymous to the general public. She
was quite willing to call at Gormly's
business ofnce on occasion for the
purpose Of relieving him Of further
donations. Naturally she conhded
more and more Of her plans and
sometimes her dimculties to the same
astute man. She found Gormly re-
markably intelligent on such matters
and able to give her the very best pos
able advice. Sometimes she even
came to him Of her own motion to re-
ceive something else than signed bits
Of peper good at the bank. and to dis.
cuss vexing questions and problems
mat arose from time to time. She
grow TO respect him and then to like
him. Fortune - usual favored him.
Miss Haldane wss tvonty-two. Nat
raly she REGARDED . man OF forty