Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-08

ouslness, row long he is likely tn linuar on +h,a
knows u ra ~ mas made q will ID my favor, as he
proved. Why we shos sSs4 i 5 not be sorry to get i
meetp Tn,, ~ tannts me with every time we
comes9 S3 ~. You lend me fifty till the time
Tell me tr y4nIge nfty per cent: If you like.
wen Il # you give him i've years longer ger 'y Tsba II
pear II still better If YOU confine him n Ave-
" Tours, +. DEXTER.
:aeartless brutel' thought Maitland. ON
a = nsa1ng Though certainly he never makes
9 pretense of being ANYTHING else. r. ia for.
Slnate Tor him that his uncle knows so little
apo9g hlm, or his chance Of succession
WIZ" 'Ml De considerably smaller.0
sim me ,sci ;aeled q note in reply to the letter
Gended journey and of his state Of health,
ne omitted to give any opinion a. to the
probable length Of his tenure Of life.
II. maitland was still a young man In
JUS PROFESSION, though he was thirty-four
Years OF age. He had entered it late; his
his practice had been restricted@in a
country town it takes timefor new man to
make q position, as every family Of stand.
ing already possesses a medical man and il
unwilling to change. However, he did not
despair OF getting on. He had every rea.
son ior wishing to do Sc, for he was desir-
even engaged; be had secret reasons for for
not proposing at present to the girl he
loved. Whether he would ever be in a no.
sitlon TO do so was more than he could as
yet foresee. Mr.. Fletcher had been his
patient during the last five years-in fact,
ev set,, since he began practice: This was
me other medical men Of the town, but
cnlehy Tor a reason that he would never
own. This was that Maitland had been q
sreaG friend many years before of his only
son Charlie. - -.
Charles Fletcher was a very different
stamp from his father. The latter was as
q rule selfish and arrogant-diligent In
business n economical in habits. He had
pred his son up in his own footsteps, but
had found that he could not mold his char.
acter as he wished. Charley was inclined
to extravaganza, held the opinion that
money. was of no use unless spent, thought
that life should be valued for its opportuni.
ties OF pleasure rather thar of gain, and in
countless ways ran counter to his fathers
rel; the fact that he loved his son so well
only made the father more bitterly resent the
want of affection and respect with which
ne was treated, till n day the crisis ar
Mr.. Fletcher had determined that his son
f sno %.L marry S;1y, early, hoping by this means
him of his wishes accordingly, pointing out
that he intended to make his future BROS.
poets depend on the propriety of his selec-
ton. Charlie postponed the matter as long
as possible, until at last a confession be.
came inevitable. He was married already,
This put a stop to all hope of ~reconcilia-
ton; there was a violent scene, during
which the father refused to recognize the
marriage, and told his son he must shift
for himself. This Charlie said he was quite
ready to do, and that his father need not
fear any applications for assistance from
him. If money made men behave like his
father, the less he had of it the better.
Agar afterward Charles Fletcher died
in Paris. His father refused even to make
inquiry as to his wife, but was informed
shortly afterward of her death also BY a
paper sent to him from some unknown
quarter. He said nothing to any of his
friends, but his health gradually broke
down, and from being a robust, active man
he became in the course Of years an invalid.
A second attack of paralysis was the i'm
mediate cause of MI. Maitland's last visit,
and no n Knew better than the patient
that his days were numbered.
A well!" he used sometimes to say, ST
don't want to live, and several people want
me to die-the majority ought to have their
WISH"