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Show THE HELPER TIMES. HELPER. UTAH those of Chicago's gunmen, has started on a campaign to rid itself o those thugs. The police force was told to arrest all known or susA great mass pected criminals. meeting was held in Madison Square garden and the speakers, who included Buinbrldge Colby, blamed prohibition and crooked politics for the gang outbreaks. The city administration was bitterly denounced, News Review of Current Events the World Over National Government Under MacDonald Supplants British Laborite Cabinet Gilford Organizes Campaign for Relief in America. GREA 1 T- - a economic nnd financial crisis i I I ' i - Stanley has resulted In the formation of a national or coalition ministry which Is expected to hold office for only a few months and in that ' time to work out the grave problem of balancing the budgeL Prime n later MacDonald found himself caught between the two fires of the demand by the Conservatives and Liberals for reduction of the dole and the absolute refusal of the trades union congress to accept that expedient for the financial relief of the country. Eight members of his cabinet of Labor-ite- s resigned, so Mr. MacDonald gave up the struggle and hurried to Buckingham palace where he handed to King George the resignation of the entire ministry. The king, who had rushed back from Scotland, called Stanley Baldwin, the Conservative leader, and Sir Herbert Samuel, acting leader of the Liberals, Into conference, and It was decided that a national government should be formed. At the suggestion of Mr. Baldwin, Mr. MacDonald was persuaded to resume his place as prime minister, and a cabinet, small ns In war time, was selected, these being the mem- TSIDRO AVORA. President of Ecuador since VJSJ. resigned im mediately after his cabinet quit their posts as the aftermath of a "peaceful revolt" among the officers of the Chimborazo garrison. ' Before stepping down. Ayora appoint ed Col. Larrea Alba as minister of government and he assumed the Presidential powers in accordance with the constitution. Ayora took refuge in the United States legation bers: Laborltes Snowden, J. Mr. MacDonald, Philip IL Thomas, and Lord Sankey. Conservatives Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain, Sir Samuel lloare, former chancellor of the ex chequer, and Sir Phillip Cunllffe-Lister- . Liberals Sir Herbert Samuel and the marquis of Beading. Eight other ministers without cabinewrank were appointed. In a radio address Mr. MacDonald defended the proposed reduction of the dole. Mr. MacDonald Is denounced In some Labor circles as a traitor, and elsewhere Is being hailed as almost a hero, lie seemingly has sacrificed his personal ambition and perhaps his political future to help his country out of its financial distress. The London Daily Herald, chief organ of the Labor party, charges that the fall of the Labor govern ment was dictated by the United States Federal Reserve bank. A condition to the granting of further credits. It says, was a drastic reduction In the dole. This was flatly denied by Snowden and others. High officials In Washington said they had not heard that an additional loan had been asked of the federal reserve system by the British government. It was their belief that the coalition ministry would be able to rescue the nation from Its difficulties. WITO head- - w Ing of the Depart ment of Commerce In rt 4 Washing ton, Walter S. Gifford, head of the American Tele-grapnnd company, and now director of national relief. W. S. Gifford h Tele-'phon- e Is f ; thousands of rural families. In Quito. SEVERAL protected. family employed by the Ford Motor at Iron company M I c h., Mountain will have to culti.1 "J vate a garden next If he expects year . I LI. I l 1 Such 13 the eclIct 0f Henry Ford, who lllLICO IUU3 lu ic- lleve his employees Henry Ford from the effects. of EVERY I Ws0 the temporary business depression. He believes other companies throughout the country will take similar measures. lie has been studying the problem while on a tour of Inspection and Is convinced there Is no use trying to help men who do not try to help themselves by raising vegetables for their fam- ilies. "When the people of our country learn to help themselves they will be benefited far greater than they Insurwould be by unemployment ance, as Is being suggested m confess," Ford said. "If our agriculture plans are adopted throughout the country such a thing as the dole system need never be thought of." Family men who have no avail able space for gardening. Ford said, would be supplied with land by the company, which would provide ex pert advice for those not familiar with garden work. He added that an Investigation would' be started soon to determine which of his era ployees needed Instruction. "piIERE were Indications that the campaign In the Southwest to force the price of crude oil up to $1 a barrel would be successful, but the fields of Oklahoma and east Texas were still kept closed tight by the militia, and those of Kansas were shut by order of the state public service commission. Several big oil companies made overtures to Governors Murray and Sterling, but both said the lid would slay clamped down until all the major purchasers met the price of $1 a barrel. Meanwhile the prices paid for oil moved steadily upward In rapidly getting ready his organization for the strenuous work of combating unemployment and distress throughout the country. His able assistant is Fred the states named, and also In Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New MexC. Croxton, acting chairman of the ico, Louisiana and Arkansas. emergency committee on unemployCalifornia refiners profited by the ment which has been busy since last fall gathering Information. And the shortage caused by the shut down, 52 members of the advisory comshipping gasoline In large quantities mittee named by President Hoover, to the east coast. A curtailment representing all sections of the land, program Is In effect there too, and are rendering such service as they producers are drawing from the can. Then, too, there are many storage tanks to supply the eastern capable volunteers, and also hired markets. experts to handle technical matters In connection with the groat camrAY by day the flood disaster In central China grows worse. paign for funds that Is planned Plans worked out by the PresiDispatches describe the terrible dent and Mr. Gifford call for comIn the valley conditions of the plete organization of the entire Yangise where all the country excountry for the relief task the nacept the hilltops Is under water, tion must face this winter. All rejunks sailing unobstructed over lief agencies are to be welded Into hundreds of towns and villages. Unone system so there will be no counted thousands of the Inhabitduplication of effort, nnd no section ants have drowned, and hundreds of the country will be neglected. of thousands of others are starving Under the direction of the Washor. dying of pestilence. On every ington organizations communities bit of land that Is still unflooded which have not yet begun to preare throngs of refugees without pare for the winter are expected to food, drink or shelter, and most of muke new efforts to obtain funds them beyond help. The three great with which to supply local needs. cities of Hankow, Wuchang and The President and Mr. Gifford Hanyang are In desperate state, were In agreement that the relief threatened with complete destrucload must bo carried by combined tion, and Anklng, Klukiang and state and community effort. While other cities are little belter off. The the federal government will aid In tea crop of central China has been organizing relief activities and In utterly ruined. the drive Tor funds, every attempt Is to be made to frustrate all at XT EW YORK city, aroused to tempts to pass "dole" legislation. fury by the exploits of Its Senator Couzens of Michigan has gangsters which rival or surpass $-- I ' Liz John Gresham's hard slaps. generously offered to donate $1,000,-00- 0 to the Jobless of Detroit providing $0,000,000 can be raised from other sources. In the effort to avoid a winter shortage of food In drought sections the American Red Cross is sending fall garden seed to tens of congressmen, speaking of American shipping Interests, are protesting against the deal made between the federal farm board and the government of Brazil, because the 25,000,000 bushels of wheat which will be traded for coffee will be transported to Brazil In Brazilian vessels. Chairman Stone of the farm board said nothing could be done about It, as negotiations had been closed. Representative Frank L. Bowman of West Virginia declared the action of the board In allowing Brazil to arrange the transportation was a "colossal economic blunder" and In violation of the spirit of the merchant marine act The American Steamship Owners' association sent a protest to President Hoover. Probably, as Mr. Stone says, nothing can be done In this Instance, but It Is more than likely that If the board makes sales of wheat or cotton to China and other countries, American shipping Interests will be w of OPPONENTS prohibition are rejoicing In the acquisition of an important recruit to heir ranks. He is Samuel Vauclain, steel magnate and locomotive builder. one of those cap tains of Indus try whose opinions are generally held - S. Vauclain. In respect. high Vauclain was a strong supporter of the dry law on economic grounds and because it abolished the saloon. But he now declares the speakeasy has nullified the benefits of the law, the attempts t or years Mr. at enforcement are failures, and the Eighteenth amendment should be repealed. The national treasury should collect much of the millions now going to the bootleggers, Mr. Vauclain avers, and he supports. to some degree. Senator Morrow's plan which would restore to each state the power to enact its own dry laws. Somewhat the same plan was advocated by Senator Robert J. Bulk-leof Ohio In an address before a big Democratic rally In Kenton, Ohio, in which he declared the right to control liquor traffic should be returned to the sovereign states. Outlining a plan for resubmission of the Eighteenth amendment to the states, Buikley said he hoped such a plan would be placed before constitutional conventions rather than state legislatures. He urged a plank for the Democratic party "which would take prohibition out of national politics once and for all." Incidentally, Senator Buikley Is still looked upon as a possibility for the Democratic nomination for President y -- II REE hundred p economists, in- 4 K j labor dustrialists, leaders and govofficials ernment were present when the world social economic congress began S A. - Its sessions in Amsterdam, Holland, in the chair ns presiding officer S was C. H. Van der Leeuw, an eminent Leeuw Dutchman who Is president of the International In- C. H. Van der dustrial Relations association. There were delegates from "0 countries, S3 of them representing the United States. The topic for the first session was "The Present Paradox Unemployment In the Midst of Economic r Progress," and, to start with, a world prosperity plan was outfive-yea- lined by Dr, Louis L. Lorwin of the Brookings Institution In Washington. He said that a general moratorium on all war debts nnd reparations payments was the first necessary step to give the world a breathing spell from what he termed its most aggravating and dangerous postwar problem. Such a moratorium would leave open final settlement of the debts and reparations question, he said, but the presumption would be In favor of further extending it and a final cancellation if the effects proved as beneficent as expected. An entire session of the congiess was devoted to hearing first hand reports from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the experience of the Russians in economic planning. five-ye- DIRECTOR PROHIBITION after Investigation of charges, has ordered all dry agents to cease the employment of women In gathering evidence, either as informers or companions. lie says it Is unnecessary, thereby disagreeing with McCampbell, the New York enforcer. Woodcock, COLONEL AND MRS. safely at Kasiml gatira naval base In Japan, near Tokyo, nDd proceeded to the capital where they were accorded a tre- mendous welcome by government and citizenry alike. They planned to remain In Japan about two weeks and to fiy from there to China. Aft crwards they may go on to Manila, and It Is thought they are likely to continue on around the world. However, Hip colonel declared in Tokyo they had no fixed plans. (iti. 1331 Wenttr-- Ncwsuautfr Clilon.) Girl CONCORDIA MERREL By chance James Lee meets Lucy Gresham. daughter of Sir John Gresham, ship builder. Lee seeks revenue for being unjustly accused of robbing the Gresham firm and being sent to prison, lie blames Oliver Ames, Lucy's cousin, and Gresham's manaeer. Lee has Inherited wealth and changed his name from Warrington, in compliance with the terms of the wllL He secures an Invitation to Lucy's birthday party. Lucy is practically engaged to Ames. Lee makes love to her, his only idea beingr to hurt Gresham and Ames. With her father's consent Lucy Is married to Lee. He stuns her by telling her he does not love her and hates her whole breed. Lucy hears Lee's story of his wrongs and his determination to be avenged. CHAPTER IV 6 Continued Lucy sat on the edge of the big bed staring out helplessly before her, trying vainly to get a hold on life again. Reality seemed to have slipped from her grasp, and she felt that she was struggling in the throes of a nightmare. And yet she knew that the nightmare was only the truth. It had happened, that ghastly scene just now, with Jim. He had told her all those terrible things. She knew that they were true, and she knew that they had changed everything for her. Yesterday seemed centuries past. her Her love, her engagement, wedding all seemed as if they had happened to some one else. Jim was that man who had gone to prison for robbery with violence; a workman at Gresham's. She had heard her father speak of that man; Ames, too; but she had never heard of the affair in much detail. What was she to do? Go back to her father, as Jim had suggested? She could be sure of sympathy and comfort there. . . . Yes, she supposed that was the only thing to do. Go back and tell the truth. Tel) that It was for this for which you suffered so badly. I don't believe that you did do It . . . And I apologize for asking." That-shoohim badly; it was so unexpected; and so brave. "Believe what you like about It," he said roughly to hide that he was moved. "Well, then, I believe that you didn't do it And now, Jim about us. You married me to revenge yourself upon father and Oliver, but your revenge has fallen, cruel-es- t No matof all, upon me. ter what they might suffer because 6f it, it could never come so near to them as it has to me. Because you see, Jim, I did not marry you for revenge or for any other reason in the world other than that I loved you. It's best to put things quite squarely between us." and She spoke very gravely steadily, rfle scarcely knew what to say. He had regarded her as little more than a child, but he saw now that that was a mistake. It was a woman who stood there, confronting him; with a woman's suffering in her eyes. "Yes," he said, after a moment "As far as it's possible we may as well , . , have things square. . . He paused again, then added, "So you may as well know that nothing you say or do will turn me from my purpose. . . . Those who punished me have got to bear their punishment In ... rose-strew- d 1 A few days later, when they wfa out walking, he suddenly TUiXSjr, his arm through hers, and said close to her ear: "See that man at the top of the lone? Well, he owns the place next to mine. It will look convincingly blissful, If we pass him . . ." And another time, when he was going out by himself, he stooped and kissed her forehead, and when she raised her face, quickly, startled, to his, he said In a whisper: "Mrs. Jebb is in sight You Imposed the terms, remember." She did remember, and, In consequence, had nothing to say. But when there was no one to show off to he seemed content to maintain a condition of neutrality. Armed neutrality, perhaps, but ha arm-in-ar- did not make that too obvious. Sometimes, and it rather bewil dered her, they seemed to be almost friends. At these times It was Impossible to believe that ha was plotting revenge against er and hers. Impulsively, one day, she spoke this thought to him, and he answered Instantly. "I'm not I'm on a holiday. More. I'm on a honeymoon." "So we can call a truce this. lasts?" sha honeymoon whir' "Yes; If you like to put it that way," he said. And that same day while they were riding together, he looked at her a great deal, and out of a long silence said sud: "I'd like to ride as well as you do, Lucy." "I've ridden all my life." "I haven't. Working men don't get the chance," he said. She glanced at him quickly. "I've never known you without plenty of money . . ." she said "It's difficult to picture slowly. you . . . poor. . . ." He shot her a quick look, and a queer smile twisted his lips. "If I had come to you poor; a workman; would you have . . .?" He broke off. return. . . . Nothing that has happened between you and me Is going to alter that . . . You are your father's blood, and as long as life lasts, his blood and mine will be at war. I'll beat him, humble him, drag him down as be allowed me to be dragged down. I'll make him suffer, through you, as he could never suffer for any pain of his own. . . . I'll do this still, and you cannot stop me." He broke off, drawing a breath. "I've admitted risking my first move for some weakness that I can't explain, but it cannot hurt And It shall my main schemes. not You can do what you like; I shall not consider you again." She answered the challenge of his tone and eyes with an unflinch- ..." "Very well," he said, after a mc ment of thought. "As far as I aa' capable of giving such an impression, the world shall be given the Impression that we are a blissfully happy couple. . . ," A He swung round, strode back t the door and went out And as ha went her voice followed him, saying quietly: "Thank you, Jlra." denly y: man who could deal so. treacherously with her, that she had given n up her girlhood; for a man who could wound her In this terrible way, that she had refused ing look. "I quite understand, Jim ; and I Oliver's devoted love. . . . For a 1 shall Interfere man who had suddenly become this don't think that About that, I haven't terrible, this monster thing that very much. Jim had shown himself to be. quite madeI up my mind. . . . But shall leave you to go From being everything she had I believe your own way without attempting loved, he bad become this. What did she feel for him now? to Interfere." to hear It," he put in "I'm glad An answering hatred? An answergruffly. She searched ing vengefulness? Everything she said was unexher heart for the truth. It was none of these. She did not know pected, and the unexpected Is nearquite what it was. Just a sort of ly always disconcerting. '"First of all, Jim," she said aftnumbed horror was as near as she could get to it. Fear? No. There er a moment "I want you to tell "vas no fear of him in her heart. me ail that you haven't yet told She had told him that and it had me. You owe me that, I think, and not ben in anv way a bluff. Just I believe you will have the justice horror, that was ull. Horror of to think so, too. What was your she had name when you were at Gresham's? finding that something loved and reverenced was really a I don't remember ever hearing fathing to be hated, despised, ab- ther or Oliver speak of James Lee." horred. James Warring"Warrington. Thoughts began then to go round In circles; repeating over and ton," he said at once. "Why did you change your name? over again ; dinningly ; unbearably. it just so that father shouldn't It was nearly dawn when she Was know you when you. . . ." She wearily undressed and got Into hesitated. bed; and full dgy before, exhaust"Came out again?" he put in ed with a sort of utter exhaustion she had never before known, she bluntlj. "No. It was because the cousin who left me his money sank into sleep. I took She did not see Lee again until made It a condition that noon next day. She had not been his name, and his name happened to be Lee. And I to have up long, but evidently he had, for plenty of use for happened several hundreds be came Into the house In riding thousands of pounds, and so I kit. As he crossed the hall, he of It." took turned, and through the open door "I see. And will you tell me just way of the living room he saw her standing by a table, arranging pink how the disaster happened?" roses in a big silver bowl. He Standing there, back against the stopped, startled by her strange air door, he told It bitterly, with many of composure. She had been pale a brusque, unkind hit at her falher, and dazed last night She was but that did not affect her. The pale, still, but there was a look of main thing was that she must determination In her eyes; a queer know everything. He told It all firmness about her lips; the little with the exception of one point He hands among the roses were steady doggedly refused to tell her whether and purposeful. He knew, too, he had been Innocent or. guilty. But that there was almost everything she didn't need to be told that. still to have out with her. He said She knew that he was innocent ; Just how, she couldn't have told, challengingly : unless It was that his mad anger "Well?" She lowered her eyes to the against the people who had made roses, selected two and put them that three years of purgatory posInto the bowl before saying: sible, could not have been so great, Yes, I suppose there are things except for Injustice. "While I stood, threatened by to talk over. . . . We haven't quite said It ail, have we?" Her the disgrace and the torture of voice was strangely steady and prison, your father, d n him, went he finished violent- controlled. She was not the girl cruising he had married yesterday the ly. "He's one of the careless peo- bride who had pie; the carelpss people who have happy, radiant-eyeto be hurt. . ." His voice fell put her fond little hand Into hls but at least she was not the obrutly to silence, which remained stunned, hurt thing she had been unbroken during several minutes. last night. Evidently, even though Then she said: "Thank you for telling me everythere had been no magic wand to work its wonder for her, sleep hnd thing, Jim. I think I see things brought some sort of peace and rather more clearly now. And determination with It. now, I'll state my terms." He looked at her In blank astonHe was silent, and he couldn't quite look at her. Then she said, ishment "Your terms?" he echoed. looking him up and down: "You speak of my going back to "I have been thinking, Jim, she said slowly. my father. Now that would he to confess the titter failure of this "Yes. 1 suppose fo." She hesitated a moment, then: marriage I have made. And. Jim. "First of all. I want to apologize I am not used to confessing fall ure. I'm rattier used. In my verj to you. . , ." small way, to succeeding In whatHe Hashed a sharp look at her. "In ever I undertake You'll laugh at "To mo?" lie exclaimed. heaven's name, what for?" do, usualthis, perhaps . , . but "I asked you lnt night whether ly, carry tlilnns through successful you hud dor.e that horrible thing ly. It's (lend galnst something out out." "Yes, I do see that," she answered. "And it may seem odd that I should . . ." She paused. "Play Into the hands of the enemy?" he suggested with an abrupt laugh. A shade of pain passed over her face. "If you are my enemy, Jim," she said in a low voice, "you have But perhaps made yourself so. your revengeful schemes will prove bigger than you can manage." "They won't," be said sharply. "I've thought too carefully." "I have thought too," There was a touch of stubbornness In that that gave him the Impulse to string her. "You can't win," he said bluntly. "There Is too big a weakness on your side." "And that Is . . . ?" she asked, her eyes meeting his. "Love." His look challenged her. She drew a breath, but met the look unflinchingly. "The love I have had for you?" she said slowly. "You say the love you have . COPYRIGHT W.N.U SERVICE WHAT WENT BEFORE are my terms, Jim, and I shallx? pect you to help me to carry them that was born In my nature, to knuckle down to failure." There was a gleam of admiration in his sullen eyes as he looked at her. Then he said: "You aren't going to leave me, then?" "At least, I am not going to leave you yet. I may, later. I cannot be sura But to go now, would be to And I . . . just go crawling. can't" She drew a breath. "We are at one there," he said quickly. "Failure is a word I've no use for. But can't you see that It suits me best that you should stay? It was just the' thought that you would go back to your father and reveal to all the world who I am. that made me curse myself for telling you the truth last my night Not that it would alter cerultimate plans; but It would tainly make them harder to carry l Walker coming in for some Mayor By EDWARD W. PICKARD B R Tl"l-li- Ill" "That isn't playing fair, Jim," she protested quietly, answering his look. "AH the same, I'll tell you: I think I would. He colored slightly and said nothing more until they reached the common. Then he said, with a change of voice: "I want to ride well. Tell me- -J where I go wrong, Lucy. If Ym2 going to do a thing, I want to" do It as well as It can be done." "Ride past and I'll watch," she This led to a regular suggested. lesson, and for half an hour he quite gravely let himself be coached her. He was tremendously in earnest, which made her earnest, too, and while that lesson lasted, personal questions seemed forgot- ..." w Ha Looked had. . then?" j i j j j . . at Her in Blank Astonishment ten. You don't love me still, "You've She colored hotly. "Do you think love could outlive last night, Jim?" she asked quietly. "No; I suppose not Well, what do you feel for me?" She looked at him steadily. "I don't quite know," she said slowly. "The man I knew and loved Is gone. You are strange to me, Jim. And rather awful." She caught a- sharp breath. "You said last night that you were not afraid of me," he said roughly. "I'm not Not in the least What more have I to fear from you, Jim? I don't believe you would hurt me, physically; and you have hurt me all that Is possible In every other way. . . . What more can you do?" He came toward her quickly, an odd light In his eyes, and stretched out a hand toward her; but she stepped back from it, her face suddenly white; eyes wide. "Don't touch me, Jim !" she said In a tone ofalmost fierce command. He fell back from her, amazed again by the totally unexpected spirit of her. "Yet you say you are going to stay with me," he cried after a moment. "Because to go would be to confess my failure," she answered at once. "And I am not ready to confess It yet. I'm all in the dark; can't see my way. But there is a faith deep within me that no matter how dark things seem, there Is light ahead; always; Inevitably; and somehow, sometime, I am going to find It Meantime, I shall pretend to my father and to the world generally, that our marriage is a success. And, Jim. . . ." tills very slowly "I shall expect you to keep up that pretense, too. You married me to suit your own Now you will please convenience. do this," she raised her blue eyes very stmlghtly to his "to suit mine. That's why I am not going to leave you, Jim; I'm going to stay with you here until the three weeks of our . . . honeymoon . . ."she said the world bravely "are through. After that it will all depend. One cannot plan too far ahead" She stopped speaking, remained looking at him for a moment longer, then finished her roses and curried the silver bowl to a wide wimlowsill. Lee listened In astonishment. That this little, childish thing should show so much spirit; so much determination; should be so definite and decided. Whatever he had expected as a result of his revelation to her last night, it certainly had not been this. She turned and ppoke from the window. "Perhaps It is pride; vanity; something utterly weak and small that makes me do this, but those a splendid seat," she told him at the conclusion. "But you could just have a lighter hand. . . ." They discussed it together for a little while. "When I see that anyone really knows, I want to get their knowledge." he said, as they rode on again. She' thought over that; It was a new light on him. "I suppose," she thought, "he's always shown that concentration and earnestness over everything he's ever done, big or small . . It's that that's . . . sort of turned to poison in him, nnd filled him up with hate . . ." She found her- self thinking: "It isn't hopeless. ... It isn't We've been mad, both of us . . . Jim, with hate, myself with love. . . . We started ail wrong. I've got to find a new beginning and start all over again. . . J After that, she gave him a riding lesson every day, and the truce lasted right through to the end of the three weeks. And then, he seemed to change abruptly. On the evening before they were to leave for the fiat In town, he said suddenly, while they were having coffee after dinner: "The end of the honeymoon," and laughed In the old disagreeable way. His tone stabbed her through and through; but she answered . . . f - bravely: "Yes, Jim." "This mode of life Is to continue, I presume?" he went on. "Yes. . . ." "Very well, then 1 wnnf tn Do vou inro money matters. trn-A- mind?" "No. But In what way?" "You are Mrs. Lee; I presume the Idea is for you to manage the household affairs?" "I will; certainly." "I like to pay up all round at Run your acregular Intervals. counts quarterly, will you? And then come to me for the necessary checks. I'll pay your dress allowance into your bank, with enough over to give you some loose change for ' current household ex" . penses. "Jim," she interrupted, "1 don't need to bother you for uiy personal I've got heaps of money expenses, of my own. All that daddy settled on me, and all that mother left me, too. Mother hnd an Immense fortune, you know. Did you know I had so much?" "Yes, your father told me that your mother's money came to you when yon married. But I'm not interested In your money. Whatever else you can say of my motives for marrying you, at least your money was not one of them . . ." he said, unpleasantly. "1 know that I only as I had such a great' that thought lot ... ..." fTO HE CONTINUED.) , ' |