The Monticellonian., 1916-05-04

the heroine or novel, men would have cried "Tush," and flung down the book declaring that no such woman existed It wasn't true to human nature! But the woman who has stepped suddenly into the worlds limelight proves that there is a class of women who hold honor more sacred than wealth.
 Recently man known as bachelor died in the good city of churches. He left no will, but scribbled on piece of paper was the memorandum that when his end came he intended to leave, out of his accumulated wealth of $200,000, $40,000 to his niece who was his next of kin, and the balance to charity. The niece heard of the wind. fall of wealth She startled the whole world by declaring positively not a penny of her uncles money would she accept.
 She gave as her reason that 1t had not been acquired in way she ap- proved of; called 1t tainted money" People fioeked from far and near to
 
 poor as church mouse and who delib- erately cast fortune out of her hands because of her moral principles Rep resentatives of the press sought her out.
 In a small house, in an unpretentious street, the nieee-whe was a little lady no longer young-rented a smaller room. She had made her home there for years. living on an annuity of $500 This littls lone spinster cooked, ate and slept, happy with the books she had gathered about her, giving not rap for the outside world how 1t logged along. She enYied not it's luxu- ries. cared not for society. She had no thought of love She was bright and happy in her own way. She did not feel the want of companionship or sympathy She would spend 30 cents day for her meals and S2 for a copy of Goethe or Aristotle. When not reading or tidying up her room. she spent hours out of doors. enjoying sun shine and long walks She had con tempt for fashion. On days when other women were wrapped to their eyes in furs, she sallied forth for a sumter, her tiny form enveloped in a big Mother Hubbard cloth cloak and hood. Her small feet boasted of neither shoes nor other protection save sandals.
 Why woman having so little should spurn such windfall fairly staggered folks The wealth which she declared tainted" had been accumulated by the uncle in loaning money to the very besS advantage. standing not upon ceremony in collecting it on the day it fell due. Be this as 1t may, the niece had strong seruples about such deal ings with the poor and oppressed. For this reason, she declared that money unlucky; that crust of bread bought with honest money was preferable to a feast purchased otherwise.
 There are many viewpoints to this strange affair. There are those who may sheer at her A far greater mum. Der of people will thank God that the world still holds women who set for themselves a high standard of morals In the mad grasp for wealth, few con sider it's source or how it was gained Hearts such as this womans are rich in purity There are men who think no matter how bad life they have led when 1t comes to settling down all they will have to do is to shake money bags at a woman. They never dream of being refused her hand. The type of woman here described will be an eye opener to thousands of men who haven't realized the magnitude of woman's honor.