The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-08-17

IOr tue time 10 COME Wien l Gun get
even with them"
"But, mother, how are we to fix it
up with Bart?"
II don't know, Name, unless you
have the same power you used to have
over him."
Name cast glance in mirror. Art
had done great deal for her since she
waited on the railroad men her mother
fed In their days Of poverty. Nothing
that money could buy was now denied
her. But she knew Bart Keith well.
He had loved her in calico, and to love
her in costly fabrics must incite an EN-
tirely new sensation. Besides, he was
in the swim at Newport, where he
would meet the finest costumes in
America, to say nothing of the women
they incased. To make matters worse.
she had cut him.
Mother" she said, II believe I'll
write him line saying I've heard of
his being in Newport and telling him
we're here. That'll look as If we
hadn't seen him on the avenue
do you think he'd tumble to it?"
The girl pondered awhile, then ad-
mitted that she knew very well he
wouldn't; their eyes had met and there
had been a mutual recognition. She
dared not write the note.
But one morning she received note
from Keith. He told her that, having
heard she was at Newport, he had
come on from the west to find her. But
time had made great changes for both
Of them and he did not doubt she was
following a course which seemed in
viting to her in her new sphere. He
shrank from parting with her without
letting her know that he had kept the
boyish promises made years ago. He
refrained from mentioning the cut she
had given him, but it was evident it
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 a time the Murphys heard that
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 it
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 a rumor that Keith was to marry
Miss Alice Forbes.
N 70 no, ttx,,A he
merely Wondered. Now they were as
tonished. And over Mary Murphy
came wave of regret. 1t was not
for the loss Of earton 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 it 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
uation. 1t told how Mr. and Mrs.
Forbes and their daughter were trav-
cling In the Rocky mountains, how q
stage driver fell asleep, how a young
man who had been formerly 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 business, his
only recreation being driving four-in-
hands, and this was supposed to be in
memory Of experiences Of former days.
Mother" said Mary Murphy one
day, II have plan."
what Is it, Manner"
1--WE can't break through the shell Of
this Newport egg. We must go else
where"
where shall We goT
ITO London"
Good gracious, daughter! II 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 a commoner Of their own country,