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Excerpt from Their Mutual Child
Unfortunately, the rising generation did not seem dis posed to a careful perusal of anything except the baseball scow and the beauty hints in the Sunday papers, and Mrs. Porter's public was small. In fact, her only real disciple, as she sometimes told herself in her rare moods of discour agement, was her niece, Ruth Bannister, daughter of John Bannister, the millionaire. It was not so long ago, she re ?ected with pride, that she had induced Ruth to refuse to marry Basil Milbank - a considerable feat, he being a young man of remarkable personal attractions and a great match in every way. Mrs. Porter's objection to him was thathisfatherhaddiedbelievingtothelastthathewasa teapot.
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