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CHAPTER i.-continued.


Tie actually gave her S-oo'ooo 70
Start that great institution Tor young
working women which was the price
Of her heart, and ne promised her
that az the work developed As ne
naa no douot IL "ouid oeFe'op On Tue
'oundauohs she was planning, ne
would ioiiow UP the hrst git oy others
even larger. lie toid her that ne was
Wiling 10 devote tniiioh OF perhaps
more 70 the enterprise proved
"orth whiie. especially as SO many Oh
MS own employees would De oehen'ed
oy "
Miss Haidane did not intend 10 i've
IN tue social settlement herseh. she
might perhaps have enjoyed SUCH
ne out her sociai duties a the o'ner
~hd OF society were OF SO efac'ihs
character, ana her iamiy were SO OPP
posed 70 nor Undertaking such "ork'
tha' sue cohten'eo herseh WIN tut
thee'ng rom aiar the enor's OF Ger
ta'h oi ner cohese h's'es IN 'na' u
SeCuon'
ohe tnihs possibly 'ha induced
"or"iis 10 promise tnis srea' sum VI
"oney' "hlch ne couiu very wen
spare was the kno~iease impaired 10
MN os MISS haioane ,nat she he'seh,
inrouen her ta'he' anu ii'enas' Nou'u
give IKE amount
Gormly had exacted pledge from
the young woman that she would not
oetray him as benefactor Ia her IN
stitaton. lie had actually MADE out
the check to her for the amount In
question and turned II over without
hesitation after an interview lasting
less than half an hour, IN which MISS
faidane had set forth her plans. her
hopes. and her ambitions with all her
charm OF manner. ne was not GER
tain that he could nave refused hef
ehe store u sne hsd demahdeu u
When Miss Haldane left his bust
ness ONCE. check In hand. she felt
chat 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. II
takes the cool headed. prudent man of
business 10 make the most eStraordi'
nary plunges into wild endeayors AT
times. He felt as g man with the
Wall street germ In his blood might
feel who was suddenly. after quar-
ter OF a century of restraint, launched
iy determined was usually brought
about sooner or later. In this In
stance, however. there was no as
surance Of success. Matrimony Is the
Oretically regarded as a contract be
tween two equals Into which neither
enters upon constraint. That was
Gormly's view OF II. He could buy
and sell merchandise. lie would not
buy or sell a woman.
Nor had George Gormly q particular
knowledge to enable him to play the
game he had entered upon with such
impetuous indiscretion. He could hand
cut q million dollars or so on occasion
without feeling It; but cynical though
he had become about womankind In
general, Gormly ii.stinctively realized
that such means would be entirely in
adequate to do more than arrest TEN
porary attention and excite a passin.
interest In such a woman as Miss Hal
dane. Indeed. too freely resorted to
such practise would inevitably dis
gust her
Meanwhile he must keep in toucl
with her. At intervals. therefore. h
won himself a sight Of her and main
tanned a speaking acquaintance b,
further remittances toward her pro
feet: which had already started will
tremendous flourish OF trumpets an'