The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-08-28

VI IHein ana ne ulu not doubt she was
Following a course which seemed in
vitlng to her in her new sphere. H,
shrank from parting with her withou
letting her know that he had kept the
boyish promises made years ago. He
| rerramed from mentioning the cut she
had given him, but it was evident il
was this that had turned him from her
He closed his epistle- with the word
farewell, and she knew that he had
passed beyond recall.
For time the Murphys heard thai
Keith was being introduced under the
wing Of the Forbeses. Then they began
to hear his name mentioned among the
people and in the society notes indie
pendently Of his introducers, and ii
was not long before they learned that
which travels on the wings of the
wind. Keith was rich He had be-
come interested In certain western
speculations with Mr. Forbes, and the
two had made money together. Then
came rumor that Keith was to marry
Miss Alice Forbes.
Up to this time the Murphys had
merely wondered. Now they were as.
tonished. And over Mary Murphy
came a wave OF regret It was not
for the loss of Barton Keith's wealth
or position; 1t was for Keith himself
The prize they sought for and for
which she had snubbed the lover OF
her young girlhood every day seemed
farther from her grasp Despite their
millions the Murphys found 1t impossi-
BILE TO effect an entrance into Newport
society. Mary had become accustomed
to wealth, and 1t failed to satisfy her.
She was hungry for the boyish love
that had been hers In poverty, but she
had thrown 1t away.
The report that Keith was to marry
Miss Alice Forbes proved true. When
the engagement was formally announc.
ed the Murphys read In the society
columns of New York newspaper a
story concerning the contracting par
ties that gave them the key to the sit
uattOn. II told how Mr.. and Mrs.
Forbes and their daughter were trav-
effng In the Rocky mountains, how a
stage driver fell asleep, how young
man who had been formerly a handler
Of the ribbons saved the passengers
from death, how Mr.. Forbes had taken
him up and enabled him to make a
fortune. But the story did not tell the
most important feature that had led to
the union-a young girl seeing an act
OF cool bravery on the part of young
man.
The wedding of Barton Keith and
Alice Forbes was not celebrated with
that splendor usual to nuptials in the
fashionable world. 1t was said that
this was in Difference to the wishes
of the groom, who bore the reputation
of being an extremely modest man.
He devoted himself to busines his
only recreation being driving f0ur-in-
hands, and this was supposed to be In
memory Of experiences Of former days
Mother" said Mary Murphy one
day, Il have plan."
What is 1t, Afame%
1--WE can't break through the she'll of
this Newport egg. We must go else
where"
Where shall we goT
ITO London"
Good gracious, daughter! If we
can't succeed here, how can we do so
among the British nobilityT'
Others who have failed here have
succeeded there. Leave it to me.
Money, dear mother, is the power that
opens doors wherever money is need
full. These British mobiles are getting
poor. Our people are getting rich.
Many here have always been rich, and
some care nothing about becoming
richer. In England commoners have
been getting rich, while the mobiles
have been getting poor Noblemen
would prefer to marry an American
to commOner of their own country,
there being no titles here. l shall go
to London, marry title and come
back here for just long enough to snub
those who have snubbed u.s."
Two years later Mary Murphy re-
turned to Newport as the Countess of
MunkennOn. Her advent was herald
ed, and when she arrived invitations
were piled on her table Before look
ing for those she intended to accept
she picked out those from certain peo-
pie who had snubbed her as Miss Muir
ply and sent immediate regrets"