The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-05-26
"But-but I don't understand. >

!
Who are you, sir? The son of q
rich mother. You have been mixed
up with scandal after scandal You
have thrown away thousands and
thousands of dollars, while you have
not yet earned one. Your standard
of womankind 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-
ton? ave you the respect Of the
solid ran 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 am doing as other young men
with money do protested Mr.. Bam-
ford.
AS some other young men with
money do" corrected the girl. IF it
wasn't for those who have common
sense and business ability with their
''S~AS-A Wis OO0AeAy WOuAQ OO q laugh
Ing stock of the rest of the world.
Don't demean by talking of love at
first sight"
Fred Bamford went away in huff
and also astounded. He had battered
himself that he stood at the head and
was leader. No one had ever found
a flaw nor made 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 it in like blazes, but
she was honest about it. Maybe have
been and am making a fool Of myself"
The change that began in him held
out hopes, though it worried his moth
er. Because he wasn't fined for fast
driving during the next fortntght-be-
cause the newspapers didn't state that
he had been thrown out of some res
taurant-because no one whispered to
her that 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 doctor.
Il hope 1t will keep up!" was the
answer he made.
Queeriy 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
change that more than his anxious
mother saw and spoke about, At the
club, when some one asked Captain
Briggs what he thought allied the boy,
he replied:
Nothing that will carry him to the
grave. He's doing 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 me to believe
that Fred must have proposed for Els
telle's hand and been rejected"
Something inclines me to think the
same thing!" was the reply.
But the idea of her rejecting himi"
| 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-
lieve 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 man that he should take
high place among men. That Is all,
Mr. Bamford Must you go? Well,
| good afternooni"
Can the leopard change hts spots2
He can't, but now and then human
character can change itself all over, If
the incentive is strong enough, and
there Is no incentive as strong as love-
After long long time Captain Briggs
sat in his club and said to 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 itf"
He fell in love with a girl who has
old-fashioned notions"
But not here in the cttyf"
For a miracle-Ves-"
"And-and-"
ooh, the news Of the engagement is
out He's investing his money in bust
ness, and will be among the big ones
some day"
Copyright, 1914, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)