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How a Family
Climbed the
Social Ladder
By EUNICE BLAKE
In tile town of I*, in the Berkshire
hills, where the country residence* of
fashionable people shone in the sum
mer sun, dwelt Mrs. Obrien and her
daughter. Marguerite. The family name
had been O’Brien, but when its founder
Jeft his widow and daughter a couple
of million dollars, made in a western
gold mine, and they departed for the
Atlantic coast to begin to climb a social
greased pole they Frenchified it into
Obrien, and the daughter, who had
been named for her native state, Mis
souri. became Marguerite.
The Obriens had built n palatial re and
denee in L. and begun their climbing,
but the pole had' been so well greased
that they had made very little head
way. one morning fit a tennis tourna
ment Marguerite suddenly caught her
breath, then said in a low tone to her
mother:
“Oil. my goodness gra< Jons, if there
ain't Tom < Hderslia w 1"
Several years before, when the
O'Briens had not become Obrien , and
were living on a small ranch in the
west, a young Englishman, a neighbor
of theirs, had fallen in love with Mis
souri O'Brien. Missouri was a pretty
girl and knew how to captivate n man.
Oldershaw was a refined follow, and
nothing saved him from a marriage
with .Missouri hut Mu* fad that news
dime that Mr. O'Brien had “struck it
rich ” Visions of being wealthy had in
duced the girl to turn down Mr. Older
tdiaw, and she had never seen him
since the evening when she had given
him his quietus.
And now here he was at L., hobnob
bing with the elite of the place, remem
bering them as the O’Briens, they hav
ing become the Obriens, and Mis
souri had become Marguerite. And
how had this Britisher, who when they
had known him was riding about like
a common cowboy in woolen shirt and
trousers in boots, suddenly become a
gentleman In fashionable attire? There
were two shocks, the one a fear that
he would give away their change of
name, the other that lie had an entree
to the circle from which they were ex
cluded. Besides, It at once occurred to
Marguerite that she might have made
the mistake of her life in throwing him
over her shoulder.
The meeting with the O’Briens, as
he still supposed them to be, was as
much of a shock to Missouri’s former
lover as it was to them. Put a man
in a strange country where he sees no
women of ids own station and there is
no folly he may not commit with one
of another class. Tims Oldersliaw had
begun to recover from bis infatuation
for Missouri as soon as separated from
her and when restored to ids proper
social sphere had shuddered at Ids nar
row’ escape. As soon as he caught
sight of the mother and daughter
dressed in the latest fashion the situa
tion flashed upon him. They were In
Ij. That meant that they were am
bitious to become members of the so
cial swim. lie would be called upon
to help them, and since ills disillusion
he knew’ very well that they had no
place there.
But Oldersliaw was true blue. They
had been so far ids friends that he had
offered ids hand to Missouri. Now that
the scene had changed lie would not
go back on them, lie marched straight
up to them and greeted them, though
with embarrassment. Marguerite gave
him one of those looks that In the wild
west had enslaved him, but saw that
now It was without effect. During the
Interview she slid dexterously from
Missouri to Marguerite nud from Miss
O'Brien to Miss Obrien.
Olderehaw’s name had also changed
In the meanwhile. Ills father, who
was an English baronet, had died, and
the son was now Sir Thomas Older
ehnw. However, his family, which
was a very old one of extremely blue
blood, was poor, and the young man’s
Income was barely enough to enable
him to maintain his social position. As
soon as Marguerite Obrien learned of
the change she was smitten with re
gret Had she accepted him when he
was a ranchman she would now have
been Lady Oldershaw and her fortune
would have enabled the two to climb
to the very top of the social pole.
She would have hoped that it was not
too late had she not been made to un
derstand by the reception of the look
by which she wished to test her power
over Oldershaw* that It hud vanished.
The summer was passed by the
Obriens with the saddest of words of
tongue or pen, “it might have been,”
constantly ringing in the ears of moth
er and daughter. Then caine rumors of
Sir Thomas’ engagement to one of the
most modest and retiring of the L. so
cial circle, one whose fortune was a
mere bagatelle compared with the mil
lions of the Obriens. Meanwhile the
young baronet had gradually with
drawn from association with the latter,
though he always greeted them pleas
antly when he met them and granted
them any introductions for which they
asked. When he was married he invit
ed them to uis wwiUipg, amj. although
The Winder News, Thursday Afternoon, December 2nd, 1915.
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It was a bitter pill for Marguerite to
swallow, a place among so many dis
tinguished persons was not to be re
fused, and she bore herself like a gren
adier marched out to be shot.
That was years ago. Sir Thomas and
Lady Oldershaw live a quiet life, part
ly in England and partly in America.
Mrs. Obrien has passed away. Mar
guerite is still unmarried. She climbed
so high in the social circle that she
could only be content with a duke or
an earl, uud she has not yet made a
match. She has now passed the bloom
oi youth
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Never before have we enjoyed better shoe business—
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GETTING AT HIS MOTIVE.
“Will yu have my seat.” h*s in
quired politely, according to the Bos
ton Transcript.
“On the ground that I am used
and decrepit,” the woman asked.
“No. indeed, madam.”
“That I am young and beautiful
and possibly not averse to a flirta
tion.”
“Certainly not. That a* —”
“Then it must be because you are
a gentleman, in this respect differ-
ing from the fat person on the left
and the scrawny specimen at the
right. I am glad, to learn your prin
ciples, sir; but here is my street.
Good day.”
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hell of battlefields
IS THAT ALONG ISONZO.
Amsterdam, Nov. 30. — The fighting
along the Isonzo is described by Arch
duka Joseph Ferdinand, the Austrian
commander, as the “hell of the bat
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by the Barlinger Tageblatt’s corre
apandemt. The battle for the Gorizia
bridge-head -still undecided, is said
by the coriospor.d nt to be the bit
terest and meet bicody cf the cam
paign. Loses are enormous and there
is a tremendous expenditure of ammo
nit ion.
Afrmen are playing an important
part. The Italians are employing
great battle planes of anew type.
When the weather is clear these
armored flying machines, thirty' yards
long, equipped with three motors and
two or three machine guns, can be
seen, plainly fnoni fhe Austrian lines.
I'requ n-tly en ire squadrons take
part in aerial battles
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