Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-04

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4 Stanley @. Fulton. muitimillionairs, Il
masquerading in Hillerton as John Smih
genealogist. interested In data concerning
| the Blaisdell family. As q matter Of fact
he Is busy watching relatives he has sud
denly made wealthy. And he In already
showing lot Of interest In Miss Maggie
Duff. who has received none Of his wealth.
CHAPTER XIV (Continued).
whats the good Of giving, if you
aren't going to get any credit, or
thanks, just because you're rich, |
should like to know? And they aren't
the only ones. Nothing has been ap-
preciated," went on Mrs. Jane dis
contentedly. Look at Cousin Mary
Davis-you know how poor they've
always been and how hard its been
| for them to get along. Her Carrie
Mellicent's age, you know-has had
to 60 to work in Hoopers store.
Well, sent Mellicent's old white
lace party dress to Mary. Twas
some soiied, Of course, and . little
torn; but thought she could clean It
and make it over beautifully for Car
rie. But what do you think!-back
it came the next day with note from
Mary saying very crisply that Carrie
had no place to wear white lace dres-
Uses, and they had no time to make it
over if she did. No place to wear it,
indeed! Didn't ! invite her to my
housewarming? And didn't Hattie
too? But how are you going to help
person like that?" \
"But Jane, there must be ways
some ways" Miss Maggie's forehead
was wrinkled into troubled frown.
They need help, I know. Mr.. Davis
has been sick long time, you re-
member" ..
eyes, ! know he has; and that's all
the more reason, to my way OF think
ing, why they should be grateful for
nything-anything! The trouble is,
she wants to be helped in ways Of her
own choosing. They wanted Frank
to take Sam, the boy-he's eighteen
now-into the store, and they wanted
me to get embroidery for Nellie to
do at home-she's lame, you know,
but she does beautiful work. But l
couldn't do either. Frank hates re-
latives in the store; he says they cause
all sorts of trouble with the other
help; and I certainly wasn't going to
ask him to take any relatives OF mine.
As for Nellie-I did ask Hattie if she
couldn't give her some napkins to do,
or something, and she gave me a
dozen for her-she said Nellie'd prob
ably do them as cheap as anybody,
and maybe cheaper. But she told me
not to go to the Gaylords or the Pen
nocks, or any of that crowd, for she
wouldn't have them know for the
world that we had a relative right
here in town that had to take in sew
ing. I told her they weren't her re-
lations nor the Blaisdells; they were
mine, and they were just as good as
her folks any day, and that it was
no disgrace to be poor. But, dear mel
You know Hattie. What could | do?
"Well, what could I do?" bridled
Jane defantly. Besides, if I'd taken
them to her, they wouldn't have ap-
preciated it, know. They never ap-
prciate anything. Why, last Novem-
Der. when the money Same, I sent
them nearly all of Mellicent's and
my old summer things-and if little
Tottie didn't 60 and say afterward
that er mamma did wish Cousin Jane
wouldn't send muslins in December
when they hadn't room enough to
store a safety pin. Oh, of course,
Besides, she got mad then, and took
back the dozen napkins she'd given
me. So I didn't have anything for
poor Nellie. Wasn't it a shame?"
II think it was" Miss Maggie's
lips shut in \ thin straight line.
Mary didn't say that to me. but she
must have said it somewhere, else
Tottie wouldn't have got hold of it.
Children and fools you know" she
finished meaningly, as she rose to go.
Mr.. Smith noticed that Miss Mag
gle seemed troubled that evening, and
he knew that she started off early