The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-27

His clear head and retentive memory helped
him to an almost marvellous insight into the
possibilities of the Stock Exchange, and his
| money returned to him again and again, doubled
and redoubled till he was almost a rich man;
| and then, driven by that greed which grows
more greedy with each new gain that devils
| hunger and thurst which warps and degrades
| the human soul like hidden SIN, he married for
money,
Miss Adelaide Snyder was an orphan. with two
millions in her own right, and being long past
| her girlhOod and always distrusting such friends
| and lovers as approached her because she felt
! in her narrow soul they must be after her money
and not her, she at last was unfortunate enough
to fall mady in love with Mr. Gillette. the hand
some banker, who had put another letter to
| his fathers oldfaShioned name, and given its
| last syllable the heavy accent much more
| stylish" than that which affiliated it with
| "billet" and skillet Joseph GilletJ had in
| deed developed into a much handsomer man
than even his mother had expected; good food
| had furnished him with abundant muscle, and
| the early and long walks taken to his business,
| in order to save car fare, had preserved his
| health. Dissipation had not tempted him; he
was too busy to play and he dressed well al
! ways, being Keen enough to perceive at once
| that prosperous aspect beckOns and allures
prosperity, to seem successful being half success
| with the world of men. There was no mistak
! ing Miss Snyder's sentiments toward Joseph;
she was not especially shy wanting in self
! appreciation; she understood and respected
Joseph's passion for money, and lavished her
smiles and attentions upon him with serene
| confidence that her red hair and sharp features,
her lean, angular figure and graceless aspect
! would he unseen in the glitter of her diamonds
and the glow of her gold.
1t a brief courtship. Joe had not been
used to linger over any Of his speeulations. and
| he made no delay about this They were to sail
at once for Europe, and buy the trousseau in
| Paris and he had only time to send his mother
| paper with the short announcement of his mar
riage, and postal card to tell her Of his sudden
don ppt1T fnY oh lo,,I HI ,CA
! think of asking her to his wedding; it was mere
| business arrangement in his mind and he knew
very well what scorn would light up Miss Sny-
| ders prominent green eyes at sight of the home
| ly, humble little woman who was to be her
motherin-law.
But the news came like blow on Mrs Gllett.
Deep in her heart still burned the hope that af-
| ter he was rich Joseph would come back and
marry Cornelia, who had grown nearer and
| dearer to her with each year. and the patient
woman's thoughts would wander from her mo-
notonous knitting, and weave for themselves
| tender mothery dreams of house full of cling
| ing children, chair by her sons freside, an old
age of honor and loving tendance, and a renewal
of her own motherhood in Joseph and Cornelia's
| offspring.
Now this was over She felt with almost the
certainty of knowledge that her sons wife would
be no comfort to her, perhaps even ashamed of
her. She understood with sharp emotion Of
regret why she had not been asked to Joseph's
marriage; but the regret was more for her boy
Oudu HGTScll AIlu Il sharper pdlS YET WIS duu-
ed when she perceived that Cornelia paled and
grew silent for many long week
Tommy Hymny alone received the news in an
appropriate spirit.
'You don't say our Joseph's RELY married.
Hallylooyer! hallylooyerl hallylooyer! Amen.
Well, well! York gal too Rich as mud,
| spose, an pootier n pictur. Sech is life, Mis-
Gillett Some folks hez the pertaters an some
the parins; It's hsn to get the old riginal roots,
billed an skinned an buttered, an I've got the
skins But land L sorter like SKINS they're
hulsome. So Joes married!
Best bee the tieie that binds
That's so. Well, I'd sort O. conslated that Cor
nelye an him would hitch bosses for the travill
ed road O this world, but twa'n't so to be. Man
proposes an the Lord disposes they say. Pr'aps
he didn't propose, though; that is, to Cornelye
! Anyway, | expect he's got good un;" and Tom
my struck up, to the solemn rhythm of sold
Hundred"
% may this pair ncreasin' find
Substan-sh playsures of the mind;
Happee together may they be,
| An both united
Darn it! I've forgot the rest I don't put intot
reel often. This towns considerable like heaven:
the amt much marryin' an givin' in marriage
here"
And having thus cackled his COMMUNICATIONS
Tommy walked off to the barn.
Another cloud seemed now to have settled on
the Gillett house; both Cornelia and Aunt Sc
rena went about softly, as did Agag of old, feel
ing that the bitterness of life was upon them
of each other and perhaps their daily work and
duties were all that saved them from that settled
melancholy which sometimes units the strongest
mind for its earthly existence
Meanwhile Joseph was enjoying himself in a
certain fashion, abroad. If he had soon found
out that his wife was jealous, selfish and exact
ing, he set that down to the lost account of his
bargain against the two millions solid gain and
if sometimes there arose beside the gaunt and
unlovely figure of his bride in priceless costumes
and jewels the delicate outlines of girl with
dark melancholy eyes full of love and SORROW in
n calico gown and white apron, the sigh he in
voluntarily uttered was followed by a little ex-
pletive of scorn due entirely to the aforesaid
calico and cambria, for his heart yet hard
ened. Some new and successful speculations in
foreign stocks kept him busy, and Mrs. Gilett
amused herself with operas and balls. She too
had found out that Joseph was by no means the
lover or the husband she had expected, but she
was woman of the world enough to accept the
Situation and make the best of it.
So ten years more rolled by. One puny babe
had been born of this heartless union, and died
after an hour of huttering life. In all this time
Joe had seen his mother but twice; once when
he brought home the baby body to lay it beside
his father In the old churcnyard and his heart
seemed open again towards his mother and his
home; he sat by her once more in the time-worn
but unchanged kitchen, and saw how years and
longing had turned her hair to bands of snow,
and lined her face with the fine script of grief
in thousand delicate etchngs. He was wei
coined by Tommy Hymny, decrepit, but unfalt-
ering in his quaver:
''Deary me! so this is Joe! Mister Gillett, I
expect. How you hev growed! And fetched
your babe hum to the cemetery for to rest be-
sides your folks Well, WE'LL it beats all! I've
felt for ye, Joseph hev quite little. Provi-
dence han't gifted me with no children-nor no
wife, for the matter o that. but I've bore up
under't; less hev, less lose We know and I ant
never one to say, Why do ye 500 to Providence;
I've kinder squrmed along as you may say, and
he'd my own troubles but we know,
Not fro-om the du-uust affli -hic- tons rise,
Nor trou-uubles coo-ome by chance
Goes real good to st. Martins, that does-seems
to kinder sob. Well WE'LL goodbye to ye,
Joseph; be good an you'll be happy; nabbe not
jest here, but there's tother world, We know"
This was just what the rich banker did not