Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-09-18
A CAPITAL MATCH.

Adrien Vernon, head cashier in q
large linen warehouse, married Young.
He was of humble origin, but, thanks
TO the patient ard weary efforts ut the
outset OF his career he had attained a
position which allowed him some rest
from the fret and fever OF business,
and set him above the rest of the shop
men. He had found time to human.
ize himsclf-timc for little dreaming
and a little love.
His fair little wife Renee, though the
daughter of middle class parents, was
an aristocrat by education. Her mind
had been cultured by the study Of
musical and modern languages. She
could get through Beethoven 5 Moon
light Sonata" without breaking down,
and discuss Prudhommr and his EN-
timcnt.l school quite rs well us most
critics. Thanks to her, Adricn had
entered on new life. He had had Il
new aesthetic education which, though
it had at first seemed odd enough to
his practical mind, had given him
much delight in Il quiet way. Their
little apartment in the Cite Ire
wise was tiny Eden, in which, after
the drudgery OF commerce, he had
found the double charm of romance
and love. Both were orphans. Alone
and untroublcd they gave themselves
up to the enjoyment of their welded
bliss.
For all that, Adricn had not quite
lost his business instinct. Not content
with his daily work at the cashiers 5
desk, he often indulgcd in Boursc
speculations. When he could, he kept
this secret; for Renee dreaded the cX-
citemcnt Of gambling. She felt it was
pelilous fol him. As for Adrien, he
could not lcsistthc craving for wealth.
Like many men who have lisen from
poverty to comparative comfort, nc re-
belled against the memory of his past
misery. Easy as his circumstances
were, he sighed for wealth, though in
other times he had been perfectly sat
isiied with an income which was barely
enough to keep him from want.
The spring had been mild and ener-
waiting. Paris was getting dustier and
dustier in the summer mir. Those who
are obliged to live in the impure all
and noise of the great city were begin.
ming to sigh for the fresh breczes and
green fields OF the country. Early in
the hot month of June the unhealthy
smells of the capital drove the young
couple to Dieppc. They started on
one of those bright, moonlight nights
which make it a joy to watch the sill
very and misty meadows and distant
hills and trees from the carriage win
dows. One of those nights which give
new beauty to the metallic glitter oI
the meapdering Seine.
1t was new sensation to them tC
awake in n room overlooking the sea
and watch it sparkle aS the dawn crep
over it. The walks in the shady hol
lows of Varengevillc, the long, still
siestas on the beach 1T sunset; the Ca
sino, with its symphonies and waltze
all were new to them. In the dali,
delight they lived and brcathcd almos
as in a dream.
Now and then Adricn seemed n trill
worried. His thoughts would stra,
away to the rush and tumult of bust
ness. But Rence's Tenderness soon re
stored his serenity. Her voice foun'
ready echo in his heart when she dc
s1rihcd The fairness of the landscape
She taught him to share her own emo
ton and ecstncy. He bowed to he
higher Intelligence INCREASINGLY, yield
ing himself willing slave to her whom
he had to thank for happiness til
then he had not known.
Ono sunshlnv morning rs the SCI
lay out-stretOhed, iilv rtlvGtlng Il
white cliffs and the blue sky. Ad1ie
went out for Il stroll alone. As he Wa
leaving the house letter from one
his fellow clerks was handed him. II
read it hurriodly, turned pale as deaf
and, yainly striving to hide the shoe
it had given him, wandered down
the beach like one drmcnted.
He was oycrwhelmed-.h horror strucl
His brain was on fire, But by a tr,
meudous effort he ieeainod his con