The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-02-10

81 thought OF you" ventured Sydney.
You married q rich man-and o
look happy-and he does not seem TO
be ruined"
We are happy" There was a thrill
in Christabel's voice. Butt II not
always safe to draw parallels. Now.
with us. Mr.. Burke's money wa his
own. he had no family he cared moth
ing for society. and neither did /. Con-
sequently We have gone our own gait
we have been wholly Independent.
Could IL be so with you?"
Sydney shook her head doubtfully.
I'm afraid, from what he said hat
Mr.. Tremper must be someway depend
ent on his father"
Temper"
Sydney blushed. az didn't NEAR to.
butt doesn't matter"
"Ah. / see"
You know the TrempersT"
Not personally. l know something
about them though. from hearsay.
They're a kind OF family. I think"
Christabel continued thoughtfully.
much more common in the East than
out West here. Very aristocratic. as
you said-not TO say ~snobbish." She
made a wry little face. "It seems to
me one OF the daughters married an
Englishman with a title OF some sort"
Sydney caught a half-sob in her
throat. From the moment when she had
beheld his mother. the gulf between
Tremper n herself had seemed 10
widen until II was becoming an abyss
in depth. a chasm in width-wholly i'm
passable.
But turning an abstract lover into a
definite Tremper. served TO point
Christabel's view OF the matter. what
does Mr.. Tremper think about all
this?"
Sydney admitted hat she had really
not discussed IL with him. Christabel
broke in with sudden conviction.
Believe me. IL all depends on what
he is. What is best for you to do de-
ponds on what sort OF man he is. Can
he stand alone. or is his far1ily's sup
port, his social position. vital TO him?
Are you essential 10 his life-does he
really love you, or-forgive me is 1t
only"
Sydney closed her eyes. her lips
quivered. 81 think hope he does
Then cried C~hristabel, leave the
decision to him. You are willing 80
bear h comes, | know. You are
only thinking OF him now. Let him
decide for himself. Oh. my dear. r.
seems to me we let such trivial things
stand in the wa OF our lives and our
happiness, Why. when | was working
/. In the store as you are now. | thought
! would do anything for money and
ease and beauty and all the things we
miss so much. These things are pleas
ant, II would be foolish TO deny g..
but now that I have them. I see thai
they are really unimportant beside the
big things. the things hat really mat
. ter, IL is my love for Val. his for me.
. that makes us happy. not all this"
/. Her gesture relegated the luxury OF
I her surroundings 20 its real position
] of minor importance. IF your man is
the right sort. you can give him what
his money and HIS family and their
= ~family-prids never could. As for the
; right OF n. why should We let some OF
J. the worlds foolish little barries keep
4 US from our own? This is Tremper's
? test. If be SAYS Come. I'm a man in
Z my own right anyway. and ! know
2 what ] want then ] saw. 20 with him
But II he hesitates-ah, we'll" she
h gave a little shrug
n sydney understood. Yes. 81 must DO
: better 10 let PEOPLE decide things out OF
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