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M AD ILION I I r u i a O by w my It B dear Ellen U ta only twO and John Baxter Dute must surely b be- be forty t. t but but what of ItT Mr Mr t sharp little eyes eres peered defiantly de des Into lato the socked face of her herIs isi Is tor Ellen U ta dependent She may neF ne ne get another opportunity Ilka Uke and Baxter l ta-ln ta In many ways ways table Ellen elli be able to herself to tober toper per her heart h erta content She will here h ve Jewels jewel fine dD clothe clothes travel How now could the she attain these theM things except by br mar marrying money f The little lady with the gray grey hair and Bud sympathetic eyes eye looked troubled 1 I 1 know kuO that from the standpoint of Baxter Daxter U to nut But after C ill what U le the real teal v elue lae of money Cnn It purchase l lows Can tt It buy boy rent reel and Iut lasting h pp Ie a r Money Moner said Mrs Dir Gray GraT emphatically ly lr can buy eves even te love Igoe and happiness Money Stoney Is the most moet Important thing In life My 11 niece wUl will be happy ham I 1 have hare hareno baveno no ruts regrets about having Influenced eed her bee herfor for tor her ber own good rood 1 I am glad stad she abe be hat has me to thank for tor wealth w such neb as ae a girt girl n her position never dreamed of oL Mrs Dir Gratton shook hook her ber head bead doubtS doubt roll fully Tou You are making a mistake Adele sald she as she r rose rone e and drew on her gloves tS Money Monet Is a an Important factor Actor ft a wonderful possession Dut there Is la a limit to the things It can do You Vou are unnecessarily making a sacrifice tire ace of Ellen With her youth routh and good looks looks' she can afford to wait walt I I disagree egad aid Ellen's Ellens aunt with withA A 8 decisive movement it of ot her ber band hand I 1 1 have haTe done the r t thing by br my niece end ml Ellen will mil find and It out oot There 1 Is to no knowing what Ellen will willand tin and out out said eald Mrs Gratton thought fully Well good bye bre and I 1 hope h hope I I J hop hO the dear dOAr child will be too happy I 1 no doubts on 00 that score an- an Mrs Lin I Gray flood bye and OCT worry worry S Seven En years had passed since Ellen's Ellens Seven years ears of ot flitting from resort son to winter inter resort from Europe to America from North worth to South Sooth East Enat to west West the envied of or friends and acquaintances and the hoa pride of Aunt Adele Adale On On the II alt anniversary of her marriage El Ellen's Ellens lent lens daughter was wn born horn a haired fair little creature with tx be nr violet vio Tio- let fr and aM a rose bud mouth Ellen took the gruLL t pride In her spent ninny tours hours In the nursery for the thedoor door joy Jor of ot looking at her u v nr v r reet little heiress said Aunt Adele M. M t treasure of a 0 ab declared a tri frei Oration when Vliet she came to see IH Ellen two months after the Infant Infants arrival anini Ellen smiled wistfully Mrs lItra was WIll pained to see lee tears In her bet eyes eres Deer T r friend said the young oong mothr moth moth- r v. v tremulously I am em afraid afraid afraid Of Df what what my asked Mrs Gretton She me be had no children of It h her own and aM find gone gooe to eo school with E Ellen's Ellens El ElLens lens len's mother I I dont don't dont know Of losing her I sup suppose pose e. e D Dont ot be absurd honey honer said Mrs Un Gratton There Is no reason why you should be afraid Of course Im I'm a 0 silly Aunt Adele AdeleS S says L 5 I ought to be the happiest woman In the world I suppose I 1 am really l' l especially nn since bob baby came She bent forward and kissed Mrs Gratton's Gratton wrinkled cheek Ill try not to Indulge In Bulge In any MY funded sorrows A year later Inter saw aw Sirs Mrs Gratton la lD Ellen Etlen Baxter's Baxters sumptuous again greeting a pitiably white and trembling trem bling hostess In n the older womans woman's arms the Good flood of h her ber r grief broke loose and Ind Ellens Ellen's tears Interspersed with broken sentences poured forth You Ton see lee dear friend before I 1 married married mar mar- ried tied John Aunt dee Adee assured me that with so much money I 1 could not DOt belp help being Ing happy happ I 1 was WIlS afraid bemuse because John was wu so 80 much older than L Bathe But Bat Buthe Duthe he seemed fond of me and Aunt Adele Adel raid Mid It was all right On Oh rm Im not Diot com eom John was very Terr very vary kind hut hat Johns John money mone- couldn't save ave my baby my sweet Reet precious little baby and there doesn't seem to be anything In fn life to look forward toOh to Oh Ob why did Aunt Adele say that money moner could make everything right 1 I really lU didn't care for tor that tramping round the world The things that money moner brought me m. were such lIuch useless trivial things thing But Dut m my baby baby almost almost every MT poor woman has hili a 8 child and aDd mine mine mine-mine mine couldn't b be saved eared I What oh what I Is la the value of money Mrs Gratton silently allowed hex her to weep and talk tag knowing that that would be the salvation of the over overcharged charged heart and brain |