Daddy and I always have had lovely times together, and I would
call him successful. Wouldn't you?"
"A fine business man!" said Mr. Minturn heartily.
"You could have had much greater advantages if he had made more money,"
said Mrs. Minturn.
"The advantage of more money--yes," retorted Leslie quickly, "but would
the money have been of more advantage to me than the benefits of his
society and his personal hand in my rearing? I think not! I prefer my
Daddy!"
"When you take your place in society, as the mistress of a home, you will
find that millions will not be too much," said Mrs. Minturn.
"If I had millions, I'd give most of them away, and just go on living
about as I do now with Daddy," said Leslie.
"Leslie, where did you get bitten with this awful, common--what kind of an
idea shall I call it? You haven't imbibed socialistic tendencies have
you?"
"Haven't a smattering of what they mean!" laughed Leslie. "The 'istics'
scare me completely. Just _social_ ideas are all I have; thinking home
better than any other place on earth, the way you can afford to have it.
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