The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16


1You Say. that in ~ hour yoi W. seha ~
lin none ono hour MT the furthest. philan-
throplst never breaks his word a'h pn'-
lanthrupist." ..,,t, a.,
=, ,ne N Till lid greatest services " Ia IN the
nnwer of a man to render TO- his fellow"
"Al right not wn ,,, o. tnanas ', - Won nd
awny. nuttarlng tn himself: Come, come.
have not lost day to-day
Savernl days passed, during which Marcel
heard nothing further from hia banefnrtorr.
Jhe protniaeh money did not come To hand.
with mailman or practical lpker
III point Or fact. when M. Lnliblern. went
home he opened tho drawer of hls library
table and took out fifteen Napoleons, ton five
franc pieces and silver franc
"Nlle uroas T. Eolloqulaed tho philanttro~
pist. ohlnking tho money ~ bis palm. "vtle
drosa Then something can be effected with
thee after all Through thy agency become
n messenger Of Provldencn. aid an unfof-
tnnats wretch perhaps save him from hum
ger or death for IN spite Of hla assurances
,ipon tile subject tile story that he had light
ed thnt braHler merely TO cook his sausaEas
seems tp me altogether too thin. IL n sad to
think TINT 40 generous III. action WILL not
evell be mentioned among tho Miscellaneous
| Items In Tho nnwapHpara. Nevertheless. let
me ring for my servant and send these 35s
| francs III my protcEs VT She Avenue FrOehot.
4 Let lna moi forget TINT from the heights Of
yoner chimney. piece St Vincent ~ Paul IL
4 looking down upon me And yet what i
that young artist should be iudolent Or Ii
dcba,lrhee2 What III instead of saving him,
! should he merely furnishing him with the
eipaiionp Who Ia thla maup Shall ] ever
Ena NY money agn'n2 The provorb says TINT
sleep brings counsel; lot mo sleep on
thla. Twenty.four hours will not make much
difference 10 tho young man he has sat-
snge.
Having THUS reasoned out tho matter tho
good man put his money carefully away, and
| IL being his day ~ perform that duty IA n
member Of the Iitfe-S Saving Society, whtstled
| 10 his Newfoundland dog anti went OF tn pa
| troll the banks nf tho Seine, uDhappily With
out having Hi opportunity to suceor any
body.
rho aale 1t Marcel's effects had been fixed
| for tbs thirteenth of December On tho olev-
| enth not knowing what to do he wrote q let
! tpr TN M. Ialhlsrp. for nh answer To which hn
called In person the next day. The philaf-
thruplst wns somewhat disappointed on see-
ing hin, but concealed hts chagrln very sue
ueastnly.
| there we AFRO again. sh? Tho money Ia ready,
waiting for you. why didn't you come Tor "
soonerY'
Il
10y. Let HI ace IBID francs. wasn't III"
| Ea aThrce hundred and ility-siS. Str
"Sure of it,"
i "guitc, SIR
81 could have sworn y was 256 on tho no
/ tIcr. hut perhaps | was mistaken. Anyway,
here la your money, and now sit down and
write me Il note for the amount nv one year
without interest Merely ~ matter Of form
you Will understand; IT You can't meet she
note when III comes due you can renew II, and
30 on al intlnitum. Lot mo trust that You com.
prehend The duties which my liberality I'm.
poses upon you. No more renklessness and
ideness. spring from your couch To yonr work
with tho lark. aud lot night SIRE you stlll toll.
lng. II you have any unprotable acqnaint
anrnR md associations. break with them ~
once and finally. A fe passed In acts 81
kindnesa TO my fellows authorizes mo V
speak thus plainly to YOU. 80 comport your
tsity toward you. need not sny that the
entire universe shall never hear whisper
II breath Of this. | am diacrent, nm dumb
not man, but d tomb. III such lnntteran
That night mt "A dinner party. M. Lnl1blart
told tho story Of Marcel, which he enriched
with H,lnhry dramatic details.
And co. no snid. when ] broke into his
, wretche,l garret found the unhappy young
man kneeltng on the floor and with his fever,
! ish lips trying " fan into activity the fatn
brazler which M instant later would have BE-
!, come hia tomb T.
Two DAYS later. at another dinner party, NJ
: |
attracted by the cnnvulaivN Rohs of the young
, artist. he had dashed In the door and fount
linn stfetched upon tho ltpor. giving no signs
of life, and how he had given him 1000 francs
which. Ut course, no would never STE again.
"Imrkiiy." went on the good man with {
heaninE smile. "as MI thy heirs nre well OIL
, have no reason io tcar TINT 10y such acts 2
prodgpl generosity. which | commit almoa
daily, will move Thorn Ia have mo locked uI
for being unable 10 take care Of my estate
VII.
, Tho shoemaker's I'LL having been paid Of
Marcel had To set himself industriously Y
seeking orders.
ton on returning ut night from his futile
! aearches ana the conclerges lnvariable an
swer was. IN allbioro was here ut noon
ANY one else?"
Eyes; M. Ialiblero camo back ct o'clock.
ibid hep Any ono elseY'
.'Oh. yes M. Iaihiero was hero NJ Z 100.
i Ibid ho leave any message Tor msf
ooh, yes he snid that this wouldn't do ~
| all ali; that he was dissatisfied with you
r conduct, that you spent your time In runnins
! about tho town instead 81 working, and thai
: this was not tho way to make provision 10
4 your Old ago.
! Irritatcd by thIs Marcel finally resolved
: stay ut home and have IL out with his bone
i factor. ~,
i "Oh, I've caught you ut lastN' cried tn
!, philnnthropist as next day he entered Ma,
I cells apartments. How arc your what MI
i you doing Come: give an account 81 YOU
Il SELF
!. II have been out on business, runnin
q about town looking for commissions
j "No. young man, you have been out inter
= !, on sllly. frivolous pleasures; wallowlng |
! the designations OF the city, and this Will y
i on SO long as you have any money left
y Money! / have no money!
mo money! Have you already run throug
my 456 francsg'
"Allow mo to observe that 1t was 500 IN
II not 456 francs which you lent me. Furth.
u LIT me call your attention to tho fact that u
n money went from your hands to those Of VI
10 haiiff and that never had d centlme 81 |
" You rendered me h grcat service, and for TIN
J, ! am duly grateful to you. but as for sayln
me
q "Whatt Haven't | saved you after al
a Come, now; how much will 1t take to sax
your
$ "Let me explain | have no money to liz
A. on while waiting for orders to come IN ~
81 during their execution. Lend me 500 franz