Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-02

a little. We were talking one day abou'
~youJane and Mellicent and meant
we said you were a saint. only not Q
marrying saint. But Inefficient thought
Oh. Of course, we'd all thought once Mr.
Smith might take a fancy to you, but
We never dreamed of such a thing al
,his-Mr. Stanley G.. Fulton. Sakes
alive-I can hardly sense II yet!
Jane, for a minute. forgot how rich
he was and spoke right up real quick
It's for her money, of course. I knew
some one would marry her for that $780,.
600! But she laughed then, right off
with the rest of us at the idea of a man
worth millions marrying anybody for
$4,000.
Benny says there amt any man alive
good enough for his Aunt Maggie, 80 II
Mr. Fulton gets TO being too high-headed
sometimes, you can tell him what Benny
but we're all real pleased. honestly.
Maggie. and of course we're terribly ex-
cited. We're SO sorry you're going to be
can't you make him come to Hillerton?
Jane say shed be glad to make a real
nice wedding for you-and when Jane
IA a thing like that. you can know
feeling awfully poor these days since
they lost all that money. you know.
AND we'd all like to see Mr.. Fulton.
too-'Cousln Stanley as Hattie always
calls him: Please give him our congratu-
lations-.but there, that sounds funny,
the magazines say we must always give
best wishes to the bride and congratula-
lions to the groom.) Only It seems funny
here to congratulate that rich Mr.. Fulton
mean it that way. Maggie. I declare, II
hat sentence wasn't way in the middle
of this third page, and SO awfully hard
for me to- write. anyway, "a tear up this
sheet and begin another. But, after all.
you'll understand. I'm sure. You know
we all think the world Of you. Maggie,
and that I didn't mean anything against
o u It's just that-that Mr.. Fulton is
lis such a big man. and all But you
well. anyway. il you can't come here
to be married. we hope you'll bring, min
here soon so we can see him, ana see
you. too. We miss o awfully, Maggie
truly we do, especially since Jim's folks
Jane and I are real lonesome.
Jim and Hattie like real well where
they are. They've got a real pretty
home, and they're the biggest folks In
town. SO Hattie doesn't have to worry
her her fe eeIes she wots myS q realty 50 think
Hattie's got over that now a good deal.
That awful thing of Fred's sobered her
a lot and taught her who her real FRIENDS
were. and that money amt everything.
Fred is doing %splendidly now. just as
to see him and his father together. They
are just like chums. And Bessie-she
isn't near so disagreeable and airy as she
was. Hattie took her out of that school
and put her into another where she's
getting some real learning and less So
ciety and frills and dancing: Jim Is
doing well. and I think Hattie's real
happy. Oh, Of course. when we frst
heard that Mr.. Fulton had got back !
tt-N. H. 500, lrS-I ~ Ifuo nnninfnh Won
know she always did insist we were
going to have the rest of that money II
he didn't show ~. But she told me Just
Thanksgiving Day that she didn't Know
they didn't have that honey for maybe
Fred'd go wrong again, or 1t would strike
Benny his time. Anyhow, however much
money she had. she said. she'd never ie!
her children spend so much again n
she'd found out money didnt prlns nap
piness always. anyway.
INTELLIGENT and Donald are going to be
married next summer. Donald don't get
a very big salary yet, but Mellicent says
she won't mind a bit going back to
economizing again. now that fos 0ins
dresses she wanted. What a funny girl
she is-but she's a dear girl. Just the
same, and she's settled down real sensi-
BILE now. She and Donald are as happy
as can be, and even Jane likes Donald
real we'll now.
James gone back to her tides and
aprons and skimping on everything; Sne
says she's got to make up that forty
thousand dollars. But she enjoys 1t, I
believe. Honestly: she acts most St, as a y
does earning It In his old place behind
the counter. And that's saying a whole
lot, as you know. Jane knows very
we'll she doesn't have to pinch that way;
They've got lots Of the money left and
Franks business is better than ever. But
she just likes to.
you complain because I don't tell you
anything about myself in my letters, bui
there isn't anything. to tell. l am wen
and happy and I've just thought of the
incest thing to, do, Mary Hicks came
and she's been here at my house ever
since; Her w home amt no place Tor
children, and they're awfully poor. too.
So l took her here with me. She's a
real nice girl. She works in a depart.
ment store was all played out, hut
she's picked up wonderfully here and Is
going back next week. 4
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