The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-28
TIE DAILY
|sHORTST0RY
The Wretched Deceiver.
By r RAY BAKER.

b
eEYr seems 50 good 70 set away Y
from the cares Of social lie,
nuYmured Winnie Alton. as
tae cool breeze Of Little Traverse
nay caresssd her brow. She wss
speaking to Leonard Brockwel'
, NO sat on the hotel vetanda OF.
Side her, striking imaginary ties
On the railing with bis dainty
cane.
Leonard was not dainty. Re Wa
more than six feet tall and tno
rnscles Of a perfect physique ~
plrd under his Palm Beach sui
&c was a good-loohng DOE
young man.
Winnie was the dainty one, >
! ng fasillonably slim and only five
feet three In height. She was pro
rounced brunette, and q summer.
White frOck with q tilted pini hal
made her look exquisite.
sYes, It's So" replied Leonard,
Sitting a yuwn and watching a
We steamer loaf INTO petoskey
Lntrbor. .Brt do you know what
appeals to me most is 10 gel away
from driving the everlasting mo
. tor cars. live had so mrch OF It
+ was glad 10 leave the c:rS In the
garage and be abe 10 s:Fe.ca ny
legs without depending on gaso-
line.y
you're right" y rnie agreed.
driving motors atS me 10
death"
Poor, pretending Winnie! Her
social Obligations coREsted OF an
occasional visit 10 q daGcins as
sembly back IN Cnic2g0, when sae
1tas not too tired from her actiy-
Aties behind the silk counter. And
III the motor she had ever driven
vas the relic thGt did service on
Aunt Mafiha's iarn IN central
Ohio, where she spent last years
flcation.
For four years Winnie had saved
Z honey. anu il would have remain-
"a In tne BAN; gaefe ii Eas put
I It had notsbesa %. Phoebe VII.
4 iiams.
I All Phoebe had J. wcS 10 30
and get married. soMe man.
ief sne had caugt. :!ch man
and now when she st.t!t;ed into
the store she LETT an electric out
AIN front.
4 That had set Winnie thinking,
Nd she had come to the conclu.
Sion the only way TO enjoy life
was 70 have al! the money one
wanted; and II seemed the on.y
way 70 such an attainment was
Dr. means Of a matrimonial knot.
NHer roommate had agreed, in SO
At&r as the latter part Of Winn!e's
philosophy was concerned.
y Fits done lots and lots OF times
the chum declared. "and the rich
+ rren are hooked the easiest At
summer resorts. All you need is
enough dough to live In style for
y Z few weeks at one OF those places
and the first thing you know some
sfnn Of the Idle rich Is proposing
% You. It's easy, they say. but
for me I'll stick to jim Wilson
lSven u he Is Just q truck driver"
That looked good-not the truck
driver, but the summer resort idea
Z 80 when vacation time came Win.
ne drew her seven hundred from
the bank, invested Q considerable
portion o. It IN clothing and took
8 steamer for northern Michigan.
At Petoskey she took loom in
Z hotel close to the shore O.! the
bay and began her campaign.
Winnie had the looks and per
souality. to win, and at the start
tie young men staying at the no.
II haid homage to her. One OF
Z u ME q traIl anemic youth who
n5fef drew a breath untayored
8 cigarette smoke, proposed the
econd night she was there, but
omehow, for all his evident wealth
Winnie could not bring herself to
accent. She still retained girl
hood ideas IN which marriage min
love did not fit.
IN the first week Winnie had
three proposals 10 her credit and
i've hundred dollars on the other
Side Of the ledger. She was prog.
raSsing tamously, but she was not
satisfied. All the men who had
ulaced themselves in her marriage
id6tket were wealthy, no doubt;
Tbut there were insipid' parasites
Hinging for life to the riches their
more ambitious fathers had accu'
1 nllAted.
I Then along came Leonard Brock.
Nell and she fell In lore WITH. him.
"a Sc sure the wealth that was
evident In his dress and bearing
attracted her as much as his hand
Zone appearance; but before she
hId Known him twenty-four hours
tie money question faded into In
dIuitcance before the mans
{. wonderful personality.
She feared she would lose him.
% che. felt obliged to continue the
rtetense she had begun, which &C.
ounted for her refernce now and
,hIn 10 her social sphere back
0ntthe fourth night the climax
csmee They walked along the
h9ach. IN the.light Of full moon
Whiehjturned ,the blue Of the water
"a htrnished silver. They sat In
- athor Of trees and there he pro-
posed and she accepted.
@rhe only girl / ever could be-
I'm 10 love-" he breathed and she
tcld him similar things; and they
were the truth.
But Winnie had a conscience
md Il began to intrude itself. She
fo1Oed all night in bed, unable to
roconcile herself to the idea OF
eing won a husband by decep'
4. Here was this man, rich IN
I'll own right, asking her to be his
Eiie under the belief she was his
social and financial equal. She be.