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Fate: A Society Novel.
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A1le, HltlLS young Hltln pleasing 10 lCOk upon,
| of good address, proficient in many games,
| and about the correct thing as to morals.
| She really of all the men she knew most
| fancied Vanrhymelander de knickerbocker
| Whe was she? Isabella de Knckerbocker
| Rhymevanlander. The similarity in their
names was owing to the fact that the main
! branches Of both families, the trunk lines in
] fact, had more or less intermarried for seven
or eight generations But they never inter-
married, did any of these trunk or lateral
| ines, unless both routes were rich.
| CHAPTER II.
| Why did not Isabella de Knickerbocl5er
| Rhymevanlander marry young Vanrhyme-
| lander de knickerbocker! Because he was
| poor.
CHAPTER III.
Isabella while in Europe became engaged
| to French count. Noble but poor Isabella
! forfeited the stakes. Just before the final
plunge she saw the French count in all his
naked moral deformity. She though of poor
| Vanrhymelalderd de Knickerbocker and broke
off the engagement with the French count.
CHAPTER ".
Meantime young Vanrhymelander de
Knickerbocker was trying to get rich. He
counselled with the family lawyer. The
family lawyer could see no other road than
that of wealth to join two such congenial
natures as those of Vanrhymelander de
Knickerbocker and Isabella de Kniclzer-
booker Rhymevanlander "It's all that's
needed" he remarked, ''to make the contract
bindingn Vanrhymelander counselled with
the family physician. There's no cure for
your case" said DR.. Bond, ''save riches. The
girl can't really marry any one but you.
You were made for each other-providing
you are cenented together by money" The
young man applied also to the family clergy
man.
Providence has called US to different sta
tons Of life" he remarked, land it is our
duty to fit ourselves for them. In your case
I cannot see how an alliance between such
important branches of two old and influen-
| tial families can be properly arranged unless
you are wealthy
CHAPTER v.
Poor Isabella de Knick, etc, lay in her
81, 500 bed ian heir loom of the family and
shed bitter tears. She had just broken Off an
engagement with the German Count Zwei-
lagerbeeritzftz. 'I might have married him
and the family castle on the Rhine"
she remarked, ''but to think of ally
ing ones self for life to q gallon
of beer per day, to say nothing of
the garlic Favored bolognasI Oh, why does
not Vanrhynelander get rich! And softly
s.le sang to herself, 1.-TWO souls with but a
single thought when rich,, two hearts that
beat as one twhen rich.)n
CHAPTER VI.
will labor to become wealthy" quoth
young Vanrhy1nelandeF; II will be Knight
of Finance. will enter the lists of Wall
street I will be chivalrc bull. Or I will
be noble bear, according to the state of the
market 1t matters not which. Twill DO all
l viii dare all financially to win Isabella"
CHAPTER VII
Wall street met the brave knight with open
arms. Then it closed them. 1t squeezed him.
It scooped him out. It flung him forth bruised,
breathless and bleeding. He essayed onemore
feeble attempt. He put his last 500 in Wa
bash and Winnipisiogee. Wall street maGo
another rush for him, overthrow him and
danced triumphantly on lis temporarily u
conscious remains.
CHAPTER VIII.
Sore, bruised and bleeding, the young
knight Vanrhymelardar de Enickerbocker
sought his lady love. He knelt at her foot
Il have done all that mortal man could do,n
said he, ''to vanquish the demon poverty.
Let US not mind the prejudices Of society.
Let Us marry. l have teapot. You q tea
cup. With these we can set up hoGsekeep-
ing
Said she: Dearest, the apple of my eye,
the nan of my choice, would-indeed, how
gladly would but I, alas! I
cannot. You are poor. What would
life be for ine-for us-without town house,
E country house, carriage, hot-house,
private ice house, yacht and the other &C
ce5sories? Dearest, it breaks my heart to say
No But have the strength to say it. It
cannot be. It car not be until your credit at
your bankers reaches that figure which viii
enable Us to move in society"
Van, ETC., rushed madly from the room.
CHAPTER *.
He set his jaws firmly together, grinding
out as he did so G pint of nickle-plated teeth.
1T must be done" he Kissed. Then ne NUT
tered the same remark, Fair means have
failed Law, medicine, divinity all egg me
on. l have an uncle-a rich uncle. He bears
an honored and trusted name. I will put that
name to q bit of paper. And without his
CONSENT
CHAPTER z.
Van. etc, now resides in q noble plea
vast range Of buildings with many spire
and turTet and antique narrow window and
coigne Of vantage. TWAS built by the state.
Won, etc, wears tie uniform OF his order
whenever he goes forth, succession Of
stripes about MS trousers legs.
CHAPTER II.
"Alasn cried Isabella, now still maiden
of many summers, How many true and
loving hearts hath cruel, grinding poverty
sundered forever. Had he but gotten rich.
Had he. All, mer'
CHAPTER XII.
''The remedy for this woe and these woes
of this description is land" said Henry
George, the landless political economist. |
''An that these parties needed to have
brought them happily together was lots of
terra TRINA. That is" he remarked correct !
himself, ''i. few lots-not too many, l Lold.n /;
CHAPTER EIII.
''George," said his wife, at last, ''Henry,
its after II o'clock. Don't you think you
might as well give the subject pause? You I
know you've said it before, and InIne ears
have heard it many times"
CHAPTER XIV.
''True," said Henry-George. ''Thou speak |
est well Let me forbear. viii to slumber. /.
Yet do maintain that land OH small appli- /: