News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-12-06

: book agree she came upon an item of
A20O to the family credit that she
could not account for. Her mother
should have provided some means OF
concealing Toppington's check, but
had failed to do SO. Gladys demand"
ed to know what the check was for.
There was Il family jar, at the end of
which Lady PoindeXter confessed
that the money had come indirectly
from the American.
Had Gladys been Indifferent to
springer the discovery would have
been extremely painful but since she
had been, to say the least, much
pleased with him the incident plunged
her into the depths of modification.
Filial consideration prevented her
venting her feelings upon her poor old
parents. Toppington was beneath her
contempt. Springer was the only ope
fit to be made to feel her Indignation.
The next time she met him socially
at ball given by the Warehouses of
Bladesby-she turned her back upon
him. He at once OWNED the cause.
For the first time since his arrival
in London Springer felt that he had
encountered something that his mil
lions were powerless to smooth away
Here was a girl striving to maintain
for her family-contrary to her own
judgment-the social standing they
had always enjoyed, maintaining for
herself rather the substance than the
shadow of that position. for whose
acquaintance. unbeknown to her, he
had paid out money from his newly
acquired millions. 1t was doubtful to
which of the two the situation was
more painful. the American or the
English girl. His having purchased
an entire from the Others gave him no
qualms of conscience or self contempt;
his purchase from Gladys Poindexter
he regarded a brutal use of his money.
He did not know how to go about
making reparation. He had no right
to enter her house and had not had
any such right from the first since
had she known the terms on which
the acquaintance had been made she
would not have consented to them.
To write an excuse would be only to
add to the insult he had offered. 1t
seemed to him that he could do moth
ing but grin and bear the position he
occupied toward her.
Toppington. who was very adroit,
very tactful, felt it to his interest to
smooth the matter over. The Poin-
deXters were among those whom he
considered his stock in trade, and any
break between him and them would be
TO his injury. After giving Gladys
time to cool he went to her and exon
Grated Springer from all blame, assur-
ing her that he had known nothing of
those who were to be approached with
q view to buying his way into society.
She averred that no man with the in
stincts of a gentleman would buy his
way into any society.
However. the more she thought OF
the matter the more she blamed every
one connected with it more than she
blamed the fountainhead. Indeed.
CHt tLlIlC " iCCi a. oC1iSt
for this man who had so profound a |
contempt for the effete social distinc- |
tons Of the old world that he set about |
It's purchase in the same way he would |
buy a country place. She had always |
heard America and Americans decried. !
but the incident had brought out, as
she had never felt it before. the prac-
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with the decay of social grandeur in
Europe. The result of all this was
hat she wrote Springer a note apollo
yizing for cutting him, combining her.
self to the apology, ignoring any blame
II excuse for his own part in the mat
er of buying his way into society.
This gave him an opportunity which
le was not slow to improve. With
lis usual direct action he invited her
o a farewell dinner he was to give be-
ore leaving London, mentioning that,
hough valuable favor would APP
'ear on every plate. in her case the
lift would be worth not over a few
Gladys debated for some
ime whether TO accept or decline the
INVITATION. Her own parents had been
ought On their account would it not
re better to ignore openly a matter
which she would bury down in her
wn heart. She wrote an acceptance.
At the dinner where the guests open
d packages containing their favors
hey were found to be very costly.
'ladys PoindeXter found upon her
late a sealed envelope which contain
d. Judging from its want Of pliability.
Her host admOniShed her
, refrain from opening it before her
9turn home, and she needed the adj
IGNITION. A natural curiosity induced
er as soon as she had retired to her a
Dom to open her favor. She found a
lly a photograph of the host of the s
7ening. Fl
There seemed to be no special apti- II
lde to the gift. The girl was sur O
Used. for she hid expected that D
)ringer would by it make some deli u
tie PREPARATION for having paid money c
r his acquaintance. His photograph
cant nothing. Indeed since cordial
had not been re-estah'ished between
EN-, there was a positive indelicacy
the gift. p