The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-08-04
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Copyright. 1916 by the star Company


but what is the use of little girl
who lives in heaven to a young man
who doesnt7
But Mary Blackstone did not live
In heaven, did not wear a halo, did
not string golden harp or sit around
and look as If butter wouldn't melt In
her mouth. She lived in low white
house near Southampton, L. l. Tommy
was on the most charming and inti-
mate terms with her father, and there
was one southwest room in which he
spent many and many a weekend,
and which was always known to the
Blackstone family as Tommy's room.
Mary Blackstone rode horses, played
| tennis and swan in the surf as well as
strong and courageous boy.
II she liked Tommy better than
! anybody else she was in no hurry to
say so. She didn't want to cut herself
off from all the other young men,
whom she liked almost as well, Carl
ton Fitch, for instance.
Carlton Fitch was Mr.. Barclay s
nephew, and in some ways was a great
favorite of his uncle's. He took so
much interest in his uncle's banks,
railroads, mines, ETC., that you might
| have thought that he expected to own
them some day.
| Outwardly he and Tommy we're al
ways friendly and polite to each other,
even after they had become open RI
walls for Mary Blackstone's approval,
/ but inwardly each had a certain con-
tempt for the other and, in addition to
this, Carlton Fitch was Jealous OF
Tommy, for he had expected to in
herit almost the whole Of Mr.. Bar
clay's money, and since Tommy s
| adoption 1t looked as If he was going
to inherit very little of it indeed. He
would be rich, anyway, but he was
very greedy for power.
Mentally they we're poles apart
Tommy, though he loved to spend
money. was given to asking foolish
| questions about the ways and preroga
tives of capital He couldn't under
stand why the majority of people in
|
and unhappy. Why the real producer
should have such a small share in
what he produces. He did not go into
these questions very deeply. but just
enough to be something of socialist
at heart and to feel a certain con
tempt for people to whom the collect
ing of money was the most important
thing in the world. Perhaps he only
took up socialistic ideas in order t.
amuse himself at the expense Of those
who maintain opposite theories, for he
didn't go into anything, except games
very seriously or very thoroughly. Hi
did feel very strongly, however, that ir
world containing so many able minds
il was a shame that so much poverty
! and misery should be allowed to exist
Mr. Barclay was supposed to be the
coolest calculator of possibilities II
America. AS matter of fact, he wal
man who owed his greatest sue
cesses to impulse But in the cast
of Tommy Barclay, whom he hat
adoped, not after careful deliberatior
~
hooked as if he was going to be disap
pointed.
He had planned in complete detail
splendid destiny for Tommy. Thu
boy was to be one OF the worlds great
est names and powers; its riches
man. To the millions that he was t.
inherit from Barclay the Blackston,
millions were to be added by mar
riages Why, in case 1t ever developed
that government by the people is ,
failure, when that government SHOULD
at last collapse, as in his heart Bar
clay thought and hoped that it would
Tommy Barclay might aspire to be-
anything, dictator. q king.
For a long time Barclay kept OF
hoping against hope. and attributes
Tommy's failures and wrong-heade'
principles to his youth and higl
spirits. Then one day there had ar
peared an interview which Tommy ha,
given to reporter. between the chuck
ers Of polo game. and Barclay threw
up his hands.
| ldihluS Win INC VIII CdIcicbSucb
Of youth. Tommy had given 1t as hi
opinion that In the great coal min
strike in western Pennsylvania. thel
at its height. the miners were real,
fighting for their existence. and tina
the owners were depressing them.
To Barclay such opinions uttere'
by his adopted son amounted to tres
son. And he had the impulse to aban
don all those hopes which he had en-
tertained for the boys future, and h
! had abandoned them.
First. he sent for his nephew. Car
ton Fitch. To this one he made N
} elaborate explanation of his changes
} attitude. He said: Carlton, wan
to see you married and settled down
J You are said to be In love with Mar
Blackstone"
A light seemed to glitter in Fitch
eyes.
I I'm afraid her father doesn't lik
! me, uncle" ne said, "and there
| .omaona whom I think she like