The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-21

LETTER FROM LESLIE PRES
COTT TO RUTH BURKE,
CONTINUED


The hours wore on, mother be-
coming more and more excited. l
called up Karls house almost every
| half hour At last, about l o'clock
at night, l tried to make mother go
to bed She would not. however, but
she insisted that I should lie down
| for a while.
/ l must have dropped asleep. for
| about Z o'clock the next morning she
same to my room in very excited
manner an dsaid:
Leslie, look here what the morn
ing papers have to say about Alice. -
My heart sank clear to my feet.
Had Alice really made good her
threat and killed herself?
She certainly had not. Instead.
she had gotten hold of Karl Whitney
and they had been married late in the
afternoon and left for New York.
Anything!
Just what Alice told Karl l can't
imagine, but l know him well enough
to know that whatever she told him,
il she threw herself upon his plying
chivalry. he would do anything she
asked him.
The clipping from the paper read:
Late yesterday afternoon Miss
Alice Hamilton. daughte rof Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Graves Hamilton, was
married to Mr.. Karl Whitney very
quietly. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Whitney and Miss Hamilton
issued invitations to a large we'd
ding a week or two ago but owing
to the sudden illness Of Miss Hamil-
tons father, the invitations were re-
called.
THE young people were married
at the rectOry OF the Church of the
Epiphany, and evidently have gone
out OF town for a day or two. For
moment Mr. Whitney was seen as
they were leaving the rectory. and
he said that the hurried marriage
was decided upon yesterday, for
although Mr. Hamilton was gaining
daily, it would be quite a while be-
fore he would be able TO stand the
excitement Of large wedding. Nat
urally,' said Mr. Whitney with a
smile, neither myself nor my wife
cared TO wait for an indefinite
period
Two Fortunes
"The wedding Of Mr.. Whitney and
Miss Hamilton unites two of the
largest fortunes in Pittsburgh. Mr..
Hamilton is one Of the great steel
magnates of the world. and Karl
Whitney was the heir 70 not only his
fathers immense fortune, but those
Of his two uncles. He is reputed to
be worth sixty million.
at has been rumored that Mrs.
Whitney was so pleased with her
visit abroad that she would like to
make her home there. II this is
true. it will mean that another great
American fortune will be taken to
England"
Ruth, doesn't that sound just like
one of our blatant, snobbish. bowling
to-wealth notices of rich marriage?
Sometimes I feel as though Ameri-
cans, with their worship of money.
are thoroughly disgusting. If
should say this to any one but you,
ehey might think that I was jealous,
but I certainly am not.
I'm very happy to think that I am
able to earn my own living with our
little shop. il necessary. and that if
Jack and do make up our quarrel
and. oh. Ruth, 1 cannot think Of
living without Jack-that we both
will have to work and worry and
plan to put little Jack through col
lege and live as respectable and self
respecting citizens.
Mother just broke down and cried
as read the clipping which I have
quoted to you.
II wish 1 had never sent Alice to
England" she said.
Copyright, 1924. NEA Service. Incl
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