Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-07
rEE DAILY NOVELETTE,
orr Human Nature ! ..r.

BY II. RAY bAnnn AZ.
+ Gamer Huntington went tnlousu ahu
Us,s NJ the First National bnnk ieet
very insignificant, gazing WIN y
tti,ne Of awe at the massive co"''"e
r,ons which he. passed. "A ....rr.,,,n,
n was new buiiding anu esSss W. Is hnss
.hout II was signihcant on ;ne fnwns
@ 'ns Of money that furnisnee , ,a Vt III soh had
uMs Yes, Casper felt lost. ne naa
detion. uaintance with banks and was
nule are now of his own choice 1e
ggro. ns a,, enmmoned by a letter when
tad IVA IVA NJ his room when he returned
% Iouust ster calling on Bertha Walton.
bone d,na his way among the pillars
!hl. mr.. neoole. Casper found the pres
snd vuss acc. and that official, In com.
Y idens .;th the vice president, greeted
peny offusiyely that he was taken
him 50 and could not comprehend the
~meaning Of It., ., cosner went
sonne on,,an those same portals he was
cut ,h.o , conscious OF feeling OF DIS.
\ yagucE ~ the grandeur that surrounded
ta,n III iI;s stems were no longer hest
him. no seemed walking on air. In.
TAM of feeling insignificant. he felt
Hr;or Hsau TO those about him. There was
WpsiiiHl; ps,iil;on dollars to his credit IN the
First National. a. ,.rso. ond h;s
q. n,,rIcd as he waited for handsome,
ppp,amobile ~ to sail past. he wouIa
su',o better one--tomorrow. nc wen.
H. rooming house, and Tor the nrs'
-. he noticed cracks IN the wah-
u.rer nme and ceiling and the frayed corner
ps rug. He sat IN the only sna'I
.ssilablc and pondered. pew,iugred ,sst hed
s,sr the sudden fortune 'h"' ""'
S,opped from the clouds. ., u,;u;on
~, tbe first thing. Of course. would
wF,,, res;pn his position. The next
% "a ~ he to buy the most expensive car
y town Then whatf ,,.
~ rhosa Maze ruminations recalled to ma
.,nd conversation in which ne hnu
nl,nu mart Inst night at Bertha's home.
h he1y Walton had been reading something
Mr, ,he noper about millionaire, ana
y "a rpy naursed rS to ask that question which
y ,~WSot aSS would you do il you should
Au hc;r TO 81, ,O00. .000?'
NJ asner had told them he would use
= nb;lanthropic work, and Bertha,
listened with glowing cheeks and
p,d peu ojistening eyes, while Mr.. wal
In had laughed and said;
WI ives Won. would. That's what you
..;,t hit if you should fall heir to
rnii,lon you'd forget about rhilan-
s.,onv , and spend it for your own COM
~ trI and pleasure. It's only human ma
ture."
Rat he had meant it--then. He had
.Aaurbt little further on the subject, be :
..vss the possibility Of his possessing
yn,lion or even a thousand dollars had
s.smed SO remote. Not even the letter
Ss Ind found in his room had recalled
me conversation.
a "If YOU will call tomorrow after
noon at the First National Bank and
sst for the president you will learn
something of benefit to you Thai
vas the way the letter read.
n Now he smiled at the ideas he hat
expressed at Bertha's home. Yes, Of
course. he would engage in philan
thropic efforts, but they could wait
awhile. He must invest in an automo-
Nile and then he must travel. AND
Bertha? Well, he was engaged to her
mt she could wait, too. He was reall,
N different stratum of life ant
perhaps he had better give her up alto
rether.. That reminded him that hi
lad an engagement to take her to thu
theatre this very evening, so he called
her up at the Office where she worked
and pleaded lame excuse.
"Of course it's all right" she as
sured him, but she did not prolong the
conversation. 1t was just as well. Per-
baps it would be better now for him tc
form the acQuaintanceship of girl il
Bis own social sphere ,.r''- -.
3 Casper decided to keep his good for
tune secret for a while, but in this hi
gas frustrated by the newspapers, who
managed to find out everything some
how. Reporters started calling on hin
that very evening and he was forced
to give interviews, telling them how
the money had come from an estate in
Scotland which he had heard of wher
q lad, but had forgotten about rs ht
grew up. The next morning he was
spread all over the front pages.
Bertha solved the problem of his
matrimonial obligation by writing hin
brief note, in which she congratu
lated him on his good fortune anC
Voluntarily broke their engagement.
"You are on a different plane of life
now" she wrote. ''and it is only hu.
man nature under such conditions tc
form friendships among the wealthy
Siuss. DO IL say BOOu-Dy
She was right, and he was glad she
looked at it that way, he told himself
and went out to take possession of thu
expensive automobile he had ordered
The car business was not so rushing
now and orders were filled promptly.
At the wheel OF the twelve yhndel
machine he motored out into the coun.
try, School children on their way home
asked him for ride, but he paid n,
attention. Later he would take peopl,
Tor rides, but just now he was toe
busy.
Casper opened the throttle and tn,
motor hummed. When smaller car'
GOT In his way he dashed ahead ant
passed them dsdainfully. He turned
70 look at big ramshackle buildinl
beside the road, and while his atten
ton was thus engaged his machine lef
me road and struck telephone poll
with terrific force. Blackncss ensued
In q semcOnsciOus condition he fel
nimselt picked up, seemingly hours
after the crash, and carried somewhere
when he regained his complete senses
ne found himself in bed in a very plain
ooking room. A sweet faced. middle
ssed lady stood near him. Acute pail
an nls right arm caused him to vince.
Broken, said the woman sympa
In white.
Hospital" he asked. ..
n Not exactly" she smiled. "It's th
business Girls Home for Crippled
.ailoren. @ You were brought here a
IN emergency"
Yes It's an organization of younI
women who pay a certain amount o
taeir earnings every week to maintain
ia,s institution. They work in secret
,ueneying that charity that proclaim
Nseli to the world is no charity at all
Is not very elegant she apollo
sneo, but We hope to have bette