The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-03-15
AUNTIE CONCILIATED
sy CATHERINE cRANMER.

question abruptly at her niece.
YES. Aunt Caroline" admitted
Marian, with a smile, for, although
fond Of her worldly aunt. she was also
amused at her sometimes. but my
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 10
| the seashOre and make yourself agree
( able TO the men you meet there.
/ While Marian swan, gOlfed and
/ firted with the eligibles at the sea-
/ shore in a way that misled her ambl-
! tious aunt, Gerald Holmes buSlly
! clicked away on his typewriter In
manufacturing section whose lab0rers
produced the wealth which made II
possible for the rich eligibleS to live
In luxurious idleneSs. Every day let
ters passed between Marian and Ger
aid and every letter contained bit
of description of the life around the
writer. The contrasts were so Strik-
ing that Gerald got the biggest plot
idea he had ever had, and he sat day
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. Ii
was the story of millionaire mine
owner. who, when he went for the
first time to inspect conditions in his
mines in the hope of ayerting strike,
was overwhelmed with the RESPONSE
bilIty resting upon him in providing
t the means of existence for that small
world of workers. With the aid of a
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 a main topic Of conversation. AT
e Marians request, Mrs. Martyr had In
vited Gerald to the reception, and he
n had the unusual experience of hearing
his book criticized with absolute can
dor. He had the very uncomfortable
! experience, however, of seeing thai
John Morehead, one Of the most dis
Misunderstanding men present, was
devOting himself to Marian and of see
ing by Marians 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 II
the newspapers, but in the midst o.
his anxiety over this unpleasant dis
covery Mrs. Martyr called him to hel
and presented him to Mrs. Morehead
"Everybody's discussing Kindlint
the Worlds Kinship,'" began Mrs
MOrehead, land as you are writer
perhaps you'll divulge some Of thu
tricks Of the trade. I'm not the ont
to say whether this book Is good liter
allure, but 1 know it has made MI
shudder at the thought of the amour
of money thrown away on gewgaw
by the few when it could be used t
make life more worth living for 10
of people"
Gerald saw that the woman was In
tensely interested and that she wa
seeking to regain a normal outlook OF
life, but his interest in her suddenl.
ceased to exist as he saw Marian an,
9 John MOrehead approaching then
II after a tete-a-tete over their tea.
Mrs. Morehead," said Marian cor
70 daily, this Is the opportunity Nv
been hoping for, and I'm going t
throw myself on the mercy of al
three of you at, the same time. L
you, L have to confess an unfair
. monopoly of your husband all thrOug
the afternoon; to your husband, l hav
to confess my responsibility for som
of his identical speeches being pu
into the mouth of the hero of Xii
ding the Worlds Kinship,' and to Nj
Holmes, l must confess that l hav
allowed the authorship of his book
become known to Mr.. MOrehead as tn
last step in proving that it was nc
prompted by envy of the wealth
classes"
"Mr. Holmes, forgive me for SUI:
pecting that you could envy anybody,
said John Morehead CALAMITY, ''br
until a few moments ago L didn
know you were Miss Martyrs fianc
l congratulate YOU"
But we must keep that authorshi
a secret among us for a while longer
said Marian, with a blush and
laugh, as she and Gerald starte
"a away from the Moreheads, for W
don't want our honeymoon spoiled b
IN enraged milliOnaires."
John MOrehead looked into h
wife's eyes and asked her if the
couldn't take a little honeymoon tri
to the Pennsylvania mountains whel
his mines were. The naughty hea
lowered little, and the words tn;