The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-12-14
THE DAILY
Where Money Was.
BY II. LOUIS HABoLD.

! again with the Prescott girl"
and Ruth Cole drew her compan.
IONS attention 70 the occupants OF
a low-hung. maroon roadster one
Of whom raised his hat as they
sped by.
The woman with Miss Cole nod
ded pleasantly. She was a slim,
graceful person, not at all showing
her thirty-four years. nor eXhib-
itInE in her attractive face any OF
the ravages which might possibly
be expected after twelve years
sp0nt %InstructIng GigglinE. ire
sponsiVe girls in the i~ntrtcacieS Of
Greek accents and declensions.
He Is rushing her for fair"
rambled On Miss Cole. land who
can blame him II he believes In
that old adage. Don't marry Tor
money. Don't marry for money,
but 20 where money isl Her
money must look pretty good to
anybody struggling along nova
days on the salary Of a professor IN
a woman's college. But what sue
sees in him is what gets me-.
Hllda French turned her head
away to hide an annoying hut IN
comfortable flush. "He's-very IN.
tercstlng to talk TO-" she returned
quite steadily.
well, you ought to know con
siderlng he's the head Of your de-
purtment," and Ruth dismissed
the subject for something more
vital to her own interests.
But HiIda's thoughts did not
change their channel, even though
she managed very canditnblc re-
plies 10 the others incnnscquent
remarks. And she wasn't wonder
ing what Celia Prescott saw III
John Latham. What did ON
Latham see in Celia? II must b"
sOmethinE visible to no other lItan
for after six seasons as Il bud,
Celia stiIl bluOmCl ~unpluClled iiOm
the family tree. although three
sisters kHd b~loSsOnlcd and
gone their way 10 adOrn homes OF
their own.
The truth or the matter VIE
that John Latham's head was teuI-
porarIly turned. When a m&A
gets to be forty unmarried, almost
any young thing not too homely'
possessing clothes which in them.
selves are u lure, and every kind
of a device for making the time
pass pleasantly. such as automo-
bllcs, speed boats. wonderful sum
MGR and winter homes, can get IN
her work without any help fro!a
Cupid,
Hildu watching the affair not
disinterestedly. was convinced
Celia would succeed. And when
one memorable afternoon she han
ded in her resignation rs instruc-
tor in Greek and it VAS received
with Just the amount OF polite re-
Gret that might be expected. she
fS1t sure Celia had succeeded.
So HiIda quietly arranged her
things in e~xquisir" order Tor lac"
successor locked her door for the
last time, gave the key 10 IN" JAM
tor and went to live
Well, John Latham did ilnd
time in between his pcrsuit OF the
heiress to wonder where and On
what Hilda went to live.
She had said she wasn't accept
ing another position, aud her sal
AIRY had hardly been enough TO en-
able her to save sufficient TO re-
tire on.
With her departure, the man,
for some reason. felt Il strange
of loss. And as time went
on, he realized slowly but surely
that Hilda French had been bis
compensation for his work. yes,
lust that. Always, beneath the
fret OF examinations to be correct
ed, of marks 10 be computed, OF
students who blundercd %callously
through the beauties of his beloy'
ed Greek, had been the restlul-
ness OF her serene, dependable
personality. What a fool h" mad
been! Blind to her wonderFiness
when he saw her every day. and
only awakened to it when he no
longer knew where to find her.
For he had let her go without as
pertaining her address. Finally he
approached Ruth Cole. between
whom and himself wagrd II per
petual war of the modern Ian
unges versus the classics, Miss
Cole gave the information.
About that time Celia. inherit
ing With her sister Il portion OF le'
Eancy from some eccentric uncle
out West who had made a sud.
den fortune from an abandoned
mine, had devoted n part of 1t tc
the purchase OF first editions il
which the dear professor mus.
help her.
The following evening a middle
aged man, a bit stOop-shouldercC
vet with undoubted dignity, stool
perplexed at the entrance OF tho
Belletcrre Apartments, those ultra
fashionable. albeit ConyersatIvc
dwellings on windy turn of The
Lakeview Drive. John Latham
turning his back on wealth, was
seeking love, expecting to find i
inhabiting a humble, out OF the
way abode.
TTsherad presently by FoFt-stcp,