The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-12

marry me on It II wouldn't be quite
so out of the question II you knew you
were going to have II forever. but you
don't. II may be cut Off"
"Any day." said Bobby promptly
"It isn't likely, after all these years.
but IT may"
swell, there you are" Miss Van T.
repeated herself I'm not altogether
a pig. Bobby. Ten thousand with you
thrown in is enough to make any
woman think three times. but the
truth is you have been killed by too
little and too much kindness. If you
had never gone on as super for a dis
appearing heiress. YOU might have
amounted to something by now. W.
stead of making you, that money has
buried you"
"You don't know me altogether,
Madge." said Bobby. do you think
I've never thought things out? When
I need to make money, I'll do 1t. The
great thing nowadays, 1t seems to me,
Is not to have too much"
Not to have too much u" exclaimed
Miss Van T., puzzled frown on her
forehead. Bobby. do you know that
you've said something original? No;
won't put 1t quite as strong as that,
but will say that you've given birth
to an exotic idea.
But it doesn't alter things as far as
l am concerned" she continued, al
most without a pause. ''In fact, 1t
only simplifies matters. You've signed
the warrant. I want loads Of money ;
you're afraid of having too much. So
we'd better turn our backs on each
other and march,"
Mr.. Randolph looked at her through
narrowed eyes.
81 suppose" he said, you have
picked out the man with hundred
thousand year,"
Not finally" said Miss Van T..
though they are not so scarce in this
hurly-burly world as your question i'm
plies. After all, 1t isn't the cash I'm
keen on, but what it will bring. If
necessary. I'll earn my own living"
Earn your own living" exclaimed
Mr.. Randolph. evil you please tell
me how you could earn anything?"
'"Well." said Miss Van T., 1--WE had
a couple of offers without even ask
ing When tried to jew Simon Simon
down on this very frock on the
grounds that l was hard up, he said
in the incest way. that he would take
me on at sixty week any day during
the next five years."
"And the other?" asked Mr.. Ran.
dolph.
"The other" said Miss Van T., drop.
ping her eyes. twas Beacher fremont
He wasn't quite so nice. but he offered
more He said he was looking for q
private secretary, who could name heI
own price,"
During the next five years-at your
own price," repeated Bobby, his mind
dazed but nevertheless going straight
to the kernel of each proposition
"Madge. do you know what you're
saying? Do you know the horrible
! things you inferr"
She moved one hand impatiently.
Bobby" she said, "don't get the
atrical. l tell you New York is fever
I've caught 1t, and I'm not bit sorry
The choice between being a Van Tel
lier corpse and a fastish woman II
easy. The semi-declassees Of New
York, If they play for high enough
stakes. have a world of their own tina
is worth moving in. Money is merely
an adjunct to it-nothing but thu
bridge across which clever men come
to show themselves OF at their un
trammeled best"
"Madge," said Bobby, at once fright
ened and earnest, "you only half know
what you're talking about. There Il
such a world as you speak Gifts thu
world Of insatiably hungry women
It's brilliant and fascinating for ,
while, but II breathes a poisoned air
and all Its roads lead down. Ever!
woman that goes into 1t with her eye
open has an idea that. with her beaut!
and her brains. she can buck the tigel
and get away with II. She won't lool
over her shoulder and read the recort
of an endless losing run on the black.
Miss Van Il. smiled.
I'm already beginning on my re
ward" she said. you've never talked
so well before In your life."
"It's more than talk" said Bobby
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