Middletown transcript., 1911-04-15

VINO COulQnb see 1Gs 1Q0 DARN
fell in love with my daughter in
Berlin, and followed US here. He
discovered my wealth. He would
have become my son-in-law for
cash. Betty will never marry
unless her heart goes with her
hand. She turns the baron down,
and, having reached the end of
the rope, he suicides. Do you
catch onP
But he suicides in my hotel,
protested the landlord.
For sure, but that's the key
note. He does it for love. That's
where the romance comes in. He
does it for the love of my Betty,
and we are going to stay right
here through the season. It will
go out that we are a trust-mag-
nates-syndicates
aires. Our incog is lifted.
And the titled will flock here.
for the love, the romance, your
daughter and your cash?
Right you are. You are i'm
proving on it. They'll come from
every township in Europe like a
drove of steers. You can put up
your prices 80 per cent, and then
have to turn them away. We will
now settle on what whack of the
profits am to have, and then
I'll see that the telegraphic &C.
counts of the baron's suicide are
doctored to suit the case. From
this time on cringe to me when
ever I pass through the Office.
Tell your porters to get down on
their knees. Let the walters
stand in awe Of me. l have got
no royal title, but I've got Betty
and the cash. I'm the 1t. I can
she'll out the plunks to pay the
debts of three or four dukes, and
I can dope out the sugar to re-
store the castles of half q dozen
counts. The barons are small
game, bullet 'em come along and
pay board and room rent. Every
thing counts. There will prob
ably be some sirs and honorables
among the gang. Put 'em on the
top floor at parlor prices. Do you
savey?
What a man-What a man! an
sWered the landlord as he threw
up his arms and laughed in glee'
The baron's suicide, as plain,
straight case of shutting off
would doubtless have hurt the
hotel, but when it was known
that he had died for unrequitted
love of q multi-millionaire's only
} daughter, the case excluded ro-
nance and interest. That the
young lady and her father had
! Travelled over Europe incog to
keep clear Of wife-hunters added
interest. That the father owned
the Sycamore river. the state OF
Indiana and ever so many mill
} dams, as the papers had it, ex-
} cited the avarice of impecunious
noblemen, and day by day the
landlord of the hotel patted the
Hoosier on the back and whis-
| pered:
More great people coming!
More rooms reserved! Mon
Dieu, but what a man-What q
head on a man! A baron ruins
: my hotel and a mill dam saves
her!
Miss Betty continued to be
plain Miss Betty. A few of the
aristocratic but untitled guests
sneered at the personal looks and
her wardrobe and speech, but
she made no change. The great
majority whispered: American
eccentricity, and that covered
everything. She numbered her
victims by SKIES and sevens,
They came to admire and to love,
and to tell their love. They
, loved her for herself alone, and
then went down to the Office to
hear from the. fathers own lips
, just how many mill dams and
saw mills he owned, and how ne
proposed to divide with his SON.
in.law.
Miss Betty didn't play any
game. She-was just Indiana all
the time. She had smiles for
all. Once in a while she did say
that she could never love a man
who was after her money, but
she of course added that present
company was excepted. A week
before the season was to close
the father said.
Well, Betty, the play is played.
We are going to head for home,
and I'll either build a dam across
| the Sycamore or tear the Legis'
) Iatrrn ont hv fha roots. You