Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-04-09

rich mother. You have been mixed
up with scandal after scandal. You
have thrown away thousands and
not yet earned one. Your standard
of womanSind is got from the chorus.
You have almost ruined yourself
physically by the fast pace"
She waited for him to protest, but
he was too surprised. and she contin.
ued:
Have you any dignity Any ambi-
tom Have you the respect Of the
solid men OF your clubs? Have you.
up TO this time. given the world one
single idea to benefit It? Are you
helping in science. business, morality,
or charity?"
Why, l am doing as other young men
with money do" protested Mr.. BAN
ford.
As some other young men with
money do corrected the girl. If 1t
wasn't for those who have common
sense and business ability with their
wealth this country would be a laugh
iHS sNtth VI NhS iVaI Vi AN "a
Don't demean by talking OF love at
first sight"
Fred Bamford went away in a hum
and also astounded. He had flattered
himself hat he stood at the head and
was q leader. No one had ever found
a flaw nor made a criticism. His ego
had been encouraged until he COM
pared himself with men who had done
things.
For the first time in his life Fred re-
fused his mothers condolences. He
wanted to do some thinking, and when
he had done so he was honest enough
to say to himself:
She rubbed 1t in like blazes, but
she was honest about it. Maybe have
been and I'M making a fool Of myself
The change that began in him held
out hopes, though 1t worried his moth
driving during the next fortnight-be-
cause the newspapers didn't state that
he had been thrown out Of some res
taurant-because no n whispered to
her that a certain chorus girl was to
sue him for breach of promise, she
wanted an eminent physician sum-
moned to feel his head and sound his
lungs and toy with his heart.
DO you know that you have
changed terribly in the last few
days." she exclaimed when he refused
to be paved over by a doctor.
.I o-a IL p-iI1 Hnnn univ U'ac the
answer he made.
Queerly enough, Fred Bamford
found himself actually in love with
the only girl that had dared to criti-
else him to his face. Day by day, as
he thought things over, there was a
change that more than his anxious
mother saw and spoke about. At the
club, when some n asked Captain
Briggs what he thought allied the boy,
he replied:
Nothing that will carry him to the
grave. He's doing a think by himself,
and | hope nobody will disturb him.
"Fred's mother worried over the
case until it drove her to say to Aunt
Haskell:
Something inclines mt to believe
that Fred must have proposed for Es-
telle's hand and been rejected"
Something inclines me to think the
same thing" vas the reply.
But the idea of her rejecting him."
Fred called at intervals, but he was
no longer the Fred Of the first call. He
did not talk of love, but sought to
find out the girls standard.
Il am old-fashioned enough to be-
Iieve that men, young and old, should
respect morality" she said. A spend
thrift Is worse than a fool. A man
who is not respected by other men
will not be respected by women.
When a young man is lucky enough
to discover that he has more money
than brains he should make an effort
to ~equalize things. Brains and money
are given a nan that he should take
a high place among men. That Is all
Mr.. Bamford. Must you go? Well,
good afternoon"
Can the leopard change his spots?
He can't, but now and then human
| character can change itself all over II
the incentive is strong enough, and
there is no incentive as strong as love
After a long, long time Captain Briggs
sat in his club and said to a friend:
Ever see such a change as there
has been in young Bamford?'
Seems to have been made all over
again." was the reply.
Wonder what did it,"
"He fell in love with a girl who has
old-fashioned notions"
But not here in the city,"
For a miracle-yes.'
"And-and-"
"Oh, the news of the engagement Is
out. He's investing his money in bust
ness and will be among the big ones
some day"
rconvripht. 1914, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
Is.n,r.riafiye Travellers.