Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12
MARR!EDF0R money
Then the Woman Fell Desper-
ately in Love With Her Nom
descript Husband.
BY LILLIAN PETERSON.

brought up as had been to look for
ward to wealthy marriage as the
only fitting elimination to my social
career. had unhesitatingly accepted
him when he asked me TO be his wife.
But would make no false bretensions
OF love, to gloss over the barter Of my
body and soul to the god OF mammon,
and 30 told Leland plainly. ll0
When our engagement was an
nounced / was criticised freely. A Van
Cortland with some of the bluest blood
in the land flowing through my veins
to marry a son of John Lawson, who
openly declared he had worked as
common miner before he had struck
the vein in the silver mine out OF
which had come the stacked up mil
lions. However. / was perfectly indif-
ferent to the opinion of society in gen
eral. knew 1t too well to have a
very high estimation of the value of
its censure. When the millions were
mine could soon alter all that.
Our wedding was an imposing spec
tacle; very touching and impressive to
OhAOOhCiS uhOOuOlCuAJs Oub ACib 90 -
l was the principal performer in an
up-to-date farce. 1t was only after the
ceremony was over and we had driven
away amid a shower of confetti that.
looking over at the commonplace man
sitting beside me | wondered what
my future life would be.
We went over to the Mediterranean
for our honeymoon, going first to AL
giers and gradually working our way
back to Paris. How l did love those
first few months!
A wonderful Frenchy, frilly maid
was the first use l made of my newly
acquired wealth, and only a woman
who has had to go out without the aid
of one of these wonderful creatures
can realize what Joy she was to me.
Then Leland was the best of travelling
comp~lions. 1t really was astonish-
ing the amount of general knowledge
he possessed; he was continually sur
prising me as the day when we arrived
in Rome and l heard him talking Ital-
ian to the hotel porter. had always
thought him absolutely devoid of that
education which comprises a knowl-
edge of tongues. fIt,T .f.1f
In wierdly beautiful Venice while
out in the broader moonlit waters, L
almost fell in love with Leland, IL he
had been tall and dark certainly
would have succumbed to the foolish
passion. but he was just my own
height, five-footiseven, and monde
script, so dismissed the idea as abb
surd. But ! could not endure his alb
solute indifference. He was always
most considerable and never failed in
any OF the small attentions had been
accustomed to receive from men Of
my own class, but he showed not the
slightest appreciation of my beauty.
/ became terribly lonesome; money
was not quite everything What was
the use of spending my days in Paris
buying gorgeous frocks and marvel
Gus hats when there was no one to
care how / looked. BY the time we
had been a month in Paris was des-
perate. Why had / married Leland?
/ fancied he actually disliked me, and
/ did not wonder. What must a man
think of a woman who frankly con-
fesses she is marrying him for
money? II he had been older, 1t might
have been easier, but we were both
young and knew he had loved me
once. Why had ever been such fool
as to let him know / cared so much
for those wretched millions? or
course he would never believe now
that | loved him. used to lie awake
at night wishing that odious money
could be lost or stolen so that 1 could
prove my devotion. for there was no
doubt about the fact that passionate
ly adored my own husband. At length
one day as we were motoring along
the smooth roads outside Paris an
idea came to me. and |. gave a little
gasp of delight, ii was all so beautiful
ly simple. A letter to Leland's father
explaining everything and asking for
the help which knew the shrewd.
kindly old man would never refuse to
give. wrote as soon as we got back
to our hotel. A lengthy letter. saying
exactly what wanted and why
needed IT,
We went on a motor tour through
the chateau district. and daily ] fan
cied Leland regretted more and more
his shasty marriage. and ] fell more In
love than ever with the quiet, thought
ful man whom ! was hourly discover
ing soryAstiy different from the COM
monplace. nondescript being, had
imagined ! was marrying
My answer came at last, suddenly
and unexpectedly. as things eagerly
waited for generally do. We were din
ing incur private dining room when
a bellboy entered with eablegram.
Leland took II from him and opened
II earelessly; AS he read the type
written message queer. puzzled look
came into his dark grey eyes. He said
nothing. but handed the pink slip