The Model Millionaire
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE (Oscar Wilde) Hughie Erskin was a very good looking young man. Men and women liked him because he never sand an unkind word about anyone. But he was not rich and clever and was always changing his job. Hughie loved a girl named Laura Merton, the daughter of a retired colonel. Laura loved him too, but his father would not allow them to marry unless Hughie could provide ten thousand pounds. One morning, Hughie visited his friend, Alan Trevor, a famous painter who was finishing a full-sized picture of a beggar man. The beggar was standing in a corner of the room. He looked so miserable that Hughie felt sorry for him. When Alan came out of the room, Hughie gave the beggar a sovereign, the only thing he had in his pocket. Then he said goodbye to Alan. That night Hughie went to Palette Cub and met Alan. Alan told Hughie about the old beggar he had used as his model. The beggar asked Alan about Hughie. Then Alan revealed that t