Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18
HER MONEY
BY CAROLYN BEECHER

by lnn6rlIS fortune on COnQ1JlOn tnaC
she marry before she is thirty-tfve. She
falls in love with handsome young DR..
Peter Graham and marries him without.
telling him about the condition in the
will. Eventually he hears gossips dis
cussing it and assumes she married him
to get possession of the fortune He be-
comes cool and she assumes he married
her for her money. She becomes very
jealous of her husbands attentions to.
Mrs Ruth Williams, a wealthy patient.
Althea meets Kenneth MooAs and his
gayety attracts her.-Now FL Oh with
the story.
CHAPTER XXXII
DETER had invited colleague to dinner,
T. physician from the west. In the
course of conversation DR.. Small re-
ferred to the difficulty a young man must
experience in getting established in large
city like New York.
1T is hard" Peter acknowledged. "and
slow. But when does succeed the re-
wards are, L believe, greater than else
where, both as to pecuniary advancement,
power to do good, and the chance for special
work not found in smaller places Our hos
pitfalls are so well equipped our opporturs-
ties for consultation with the greatest
scientists so arranged that one forgets the
struggle in the joy of what comes after"
But the cost of living is so great here
that unless young man has a bit of the
WhereWlthal to care for himself until he be-
comes established | can't understand how
many of them exist" DR.. Small answered.
Then with smile: UNLESS they marry wom-
en- with money"
"Many of them do" Althea said dryly.
"They show their good sense in that" the
physician returned, still smiling, 'for accord
ing to your husband they should soon be in
a position to not need it and be able to re-
turn 1T. But [ am rather Old-fashioned. II
believe in marrying for love even if one
doesn't get on so fast"
You are right" Peter replied, to Althea's
surprise. ITO marry for self-advancement
never means happiness"
He was thinking of Althea, thinking that
she had married him only to get her legacy,
while her.thOughts were upon him. She was
thinking that he had married her only to ad-
vance himself. Neither had an idea now
that love, real affection, had any part in their
union.
And Peter had realized that marriage TO
her hadn't brought happiness even though
1T had enabled him to mount the ladder of
independence more quickly. He had Just
declared himself
Inc conversation changed and the subject
was not mentioned again, yet it was long
before Althea could dismiss it-Peters frank
aVoWal that marrying for elf-advancement
never brought happiness
More and more was Peter giving himself
TO ms profession. He did not realize the
Loneliness of Altheas life in the least he
cause he felt himself unwelcome She had
many friends, went out a great deal enter
tdlhed often yet she was very lonelys at
umes sad. They were husband and wife
out llVed almost as strangers. Save at meals
ana an occasional evening spent socially
with others they were seldom alone.
Wmle Peter hungered for Althea's love
yet ne had his profession, all the interests il
orPqgnt into his life. And she had-nothng
HAD she been an intellectual woman. a
woman interested in clubs suffrage ami all
the new ideas at which so many women
grasp, she might have been happier. But en-
cept Tor her home seeing that it was per-
1ectly kept and well managed. she had No
interests aside from social diversions y,
A dangerous situation for a. woman
young, lovely and seldom escorted bv her
husband. ~ e. Il,
Peter had thought Althea might take an
interest In his plans for the crippled Children
az me hospital after he had talked to her
ana NEIL Langford but he was disapnointed
SuOsequent eVents-Altheas jealousy Of
MRS. Williams, her failure to get rid of Miss
ho"ard-had taken from her all desire to
40 anything in the matter
irt reter held hope that by rousing her
HteIeSt III the children he might also lead
her TO snow more regard for him he did NOT
snow 1t IN any way. He simply mentioned
the entertainment as on such date adding
t .Iy needed all the help they could get ,
q ir xyo0
not mentioned again ~
In the morning paper AIthea read IN +ba
uay Following the event there was 1ono
drticle pertaining to the affair, giving a list
oI the women who assisted in giving tho liz
TIC crlples a happy time. Almost at the tor
came the name of Mrs. George Williams -
" course she would be theret" AItbaa,
Sdiu Dltterly. 1T gave her a chance tn ha
win Peter.' She could read no further ber
were concerned "onieh
lately taken from her. Mrs WiIIian,S ny, 90
passlonately anxious to do for cbi1dron a." ~
inca Oh course knew nothing IF she bad
hnoWn she would not have believed M.
w IlldmS 10 be single minded It was tn ha
where Peter was, be with him that She bod
gwen OF her time and strength to the cbfr-
ureh. AIthea could not help reading the re-
mdInder or the article. When she saw Mrs
WllIlams name in the list of those Who had
contributed 1berally to help carry on the
work she attributed it to the same cause
Peter, her opportunities to be with him - ;.
associated with the hospital
never shall have him-never he han.
ply, Althea soliloquized, the paper in her
hand. Thoughts of Kenneth Moore came tn
her unb1dden-the admiration in his ewes
when they rested upon her. his evident
pleasure in her society. Well, why not take
his devotion. be as happy as she could, she
thought dreamiIy.
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OUIPS AND OUIDDITIES
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