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Show fllLOVE and MARRIED LIFE U too. the noted author E Idah MSGlone Gibson V LETTER TO t H VKI.I- FfWM "Dcur dear Charles," I began my' H loiter, "I can not Xf you how sur- VH prised I was when I read your tele-1 H pram. It w.is the first that I know H ihout John's (ranting to sell the old KH home- I am also sure you will under- H stand how grateful I w us thut If the 1 old hom0 had to he sold that you H should he the one to buy it. HH "Dear Charles, I can not take it TTH from jou In fact, 1 am rather glnd :H you have It. It has always been morej H or less a bone of contention between, 1 jH John and me. Tou see, John has m never had that feeling of reverence Ft-M 'cr associations that come-3 to us aC. J from my long line of ancestry. MM "John is wholly a self-made man I ISH . He has no memories of 4nCMtrj In fS H fact, 1 have heard him speak some- contemptuously of his father. who, I have gathered was one of those kindly country school teachers who never made any money. John grew up In, from a money point of View, a meager environment and became Imbued Im-bued with the Idea that nothing but the almighty dollar counts in this world, '"onscquer.tly you can see that i house that was only to be used a few weeks each year seemed perfectly useless to him NOT ABLE TO REALIZE "He cared so llttle for it that ho ip, w as not able to realize my feelings In .. . the matter, and I am quite sure that m, if he had not sold it now, he would, ItW b.i- i -..nsf- ir M u ntlj i im glad that it ii is happened ff iW 'i1 just tins way, The house is yours Jl now and I cun Hot take It from you IQI even when you differ It so generously. I mMm Hut If you will allow baby and your' BI cousin Kathcrlne to sometimes rest Ii PBmI its dear old rooms fai away from the jA A: and bu o ui ei I : . m v. . will ilways be our grateful debt- "It is needless to tell you that I for- r I ret .ill a I. -.i.l !i. it power ' ' H' I and although I have nothing left. I W I bo all revoke it .ioy f w "Don't thllilc I am complaining. It H only that John and I have two rtls-' itlnct viewpoints on the question of propertv or mnni'v John thinks that i i-ryt htlng that belongs to his wife be-' be-' longs to him. In fact; he thinks that i his wife I'olonga to him Utterly, find he orders his life on this supposition entirely. I, of course, feel verjy differently. dif-ferently. To John marriage means possession. To me marriage means a partnership. Perhaps some lime wo 'shall compromise on something elyc. ER1 MUCH DM . si:d. T am very much pleased with our row home here In the city, but I do rot think that I am so much In love With It that I would give up my birthplace birth-place and the blrtliplace of my family fam-ily for generations, to have it. I "Baby Is fretting a llttle today. I think she has taken cold, but we expect ex-pect to get Into the new homo some I tune next week, and she I: going to hjve n delightful suite of rooms all to herself. Vou must come and see I her very soon. Oh, Charles, sh Is perfectly delight fuL, Every day I find ' something new about h ir lo love. Something wondrous to enjoy So one can give me any great unhapplness as long as I have her with me- " By the way, I am fitting up a suite of rooms In the new house for your I use. 1 am putting the llbrarj furnl-lure furnl-lure that was In dad's room In your silting room, and the old colonial furniture fur-niture from dad's bedroom In your bedroom. I know you always liked ded's rooms, and I want you to understand, un-derstand, Charles, don. thut this place is yours, and when you ate no' l those rooms, they will be vacant, waiting wait-ing for yon. IM I OSES M UtY'S CHE K. "I am Inclosing Mary's chock that you made out to me. Will you Invest It for me" I am ncceptlng it for Mary, because t know It will give you great pleasure to gle it to her. Come very soon and see he", and I am sure that Jus? the sight of her sweetness will make up to you for all that you have given to her and to me. With much love, I am, "Your cousin, "K VTHERINE." |