The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-21
AUNTIE CONCILIATED
BY CATHERINE CRANMER.

fond of her worldly aunt, she was also /
amused at her sometimes But my t
decision wasn't based on pennies so
much as on principles. It's making
money the first consideration that |
makes so many marriages failure"
Dreaming, as usual" Mrs. Martyr |
shook her well-groomed gray head. |
"Still, I've hopes that you'll wake up |
before it's too late. Come with me to
the Seashore and make yourself agree
able to the men you meet there"
While Marian swan, gOlfed and
flirted with the eligiblessat the sea-
shore in a way that misled her ambi
tious aunt, Gerald Holmes busily
clicked away on his typewriter in a
manufacturing section whose laborers
produced the wealth which made it
possible for the rich eligibles to live
in luxurious idleness. Every day let
tiers passed between Marian and Ger
aid and every letter contained a bit
of description of the life around the
writer. The contrasts were so Strik-
ing that Gerald got the biggest plot
iuttt llC nav ChCI litlNi, anu III SGT Nety
after day and sometimes until far into
the night, working on his first novel.
"Kindling the Worlds Kinship' was
the title of his book, which came out
early in the fall, when the summer
idlers were returning to the city. Il
was the story of a millionaire mine
owner. who, when he went for the
first time to inspect conditions in his
mines in the hope of averting a strike,
was overwhelmed with the response
bility resting upon him in providing
the means of existence for that small
world of workers. With the aid of
! miner and his daughter, who proved
sort of prophet and prophecies for
| their people. the mine owner faced
this responsibility so frankly and dis
charged it so fully that life after
wards meant infinitely more for him
and for the laborers and their chill
! dren than any of them had dreamed
| that life could mean. Gerald pub
/ lished the book over the name of
Gerry Marion" but covering the iden-
tity of both of them.
At Mrs. Martyrs first reception
after her return to the city this book
was q main topic of conversation. At
! Marians request, Mrs. Martyr had in
vfted Gerald to the reception, and he
| had the unusual experience of hearing
his book criticized with absolute can
dor. He had the very uncomfortable
| experience, however, of seeing that
John AIOrehead. one of the most dis
| tinguished-loOkine men present, was
deyoting himself 60 Marian and of see
| ing by Marian'S manner that those
attentions were not unwelcome. Ger
aid knew that Morehead was one of
the many young married men whose
marital infelicitieS had been aired in
the newspapers, but in the midst of
his anxiety over this unpleasant dis
covery Mrs Martyr called him to her
and presented him to Mrs Morehead.
| "Everybody's discussing ,Kindling
the Worlds Kinship,'" began Mrs.
Morehead "and as you are writer,
perhaps you'll divulge some of the
tricks of the trade. I'm not the one
to say whether this book is good liter
allure. but | know it has made me
shudder at the thought of the amount
of money thrown away on gewgaws
by the few when it could be used to
make life more worth living for a lot
of people"
Gerald saw that the woman was in
tensely interested and that she was
seeking to regain a normal outlook on
life, but his interest in her suddenly
ceased to exist as he saw Marian and
John MOrehead approaching them
after a tete-a-tete over their tea.
Mrs. Morehead," said Marian cor
, daily, this is the opportunity I've
been hoping for, and I'm going to
throw myself on the mercy of all
three of you at the same time. To
. you, l have to confess an unfair
monopoly of your husband all through
: the afternoon; to your husband, have
i to confess my responsibility for some
of his identical speeches being put
into the mouth of the hero of Kin
ding the Worlds Kinship,' and to Mr.
Holmes, | must confess that | have
allowed the authorship of his book tc
become known to Mr.. Morehead as the
: last step in proving that it was mo-
: prompted by envy of the wealthy
classes"
: MIR. Holmes, forgive me for sus
: pecting that you could envy anybody,
!, said John Morehead CALAMITY, 'bu
: until a few moments ago | didnt
!. know you were Miss Martyrs fiance
: l congratulate you"
But we must keep that authorship
a secret among us for a while longer,
said Marian, with blush and /;
laugh as she and Gerald started
away from the MOreheads, for W,
don't want our honeymoon spoiled b,
enraged milliOnaireS."
John Morehead looked into hi
wife's eyes and asked her if the,
couldn't take a little honeymoon tril
to the Pennsylvania mountains wher
his mines were. The naughty hea,