Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-22
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a rich wife. He lived in grand stn,
His children never learned to wori style.J
grew up with the idea that if thev A,aad
smart like their father it would NV were
necessary. Tom Jones is now AN 9e
man. He is a bank President, a rai1ro osa
President and a millionaire. But mag
who bow to him on the street curse i h9aa
in their hearts. The poor call him
hard man. His partners in bushes. la
suspicious of him. They know that are Are
conscience is a strictly legal oneM,h MS
he will take any advantage of them thsss
ne can within the limits Of the Law y
home Tom Jones has all the luynr;ass
that money can buy, but there ;s
skeleton in every closet. His chi]dr,a
have turned out badly. They have mada
trouble between him and his wife. Ihass
princely mansion is the abode Of d;s
cord and fear. The favorite son is q ds
f%aulter, and his father has had to nsn
tens of thousands to avoid the disgrace
of exposure. The youngest boy, h;s
mothers darling, is a drunkard and =
s%pendthrift, and the wife takes the nar.
of the child against her husband. TThe
daughters were sought in marriage nv
account of their fathers wealth: AND
have husbands who carr only for them
as Tom Jones' prospective heirs. and
are impatient for the old mans death
that they may get their share of hi,
estate.
Poor Tom! He was going to get rich
without obeying the law of labor. But
his riches are corrupted. and what a
price he has paid for them! He bas
forfeited domestic happiness. peace Of
conscience, the respect of his fellow.
men, and the Nope of Heaven; and all
this for gold that is not really his
because not honestly won; gold that is
rusted with the tears of widows and
orphans; gold whose very jinglins
brings up memories of heartless oppress.
sion and fraud; gold that he must soon
leave-leave L those who do not love
him; who will wipe hypocritical tears
at his funeral and then quarrel over his
will. Has Tom Jones evaded the lava
Nay, is not his IA a most emphatic
and mournful illustration of it? He has
paid for his seeming success q great
deal more than it is worth.
Could we the homes and the
10 VI IAOS0 IL4Sh II Ci1llCu the
favorites of fortune, we should find that
they are toll worn slaves. They have
sold themselves to avarice or ambition,
They have sacrificed all real happiness
in this life and their prospects for the
life to come, in order to clank golden
chains for a few years.
Let not the young men envy them,
or try to initiate them. An honest dol.
lar fairly earned is worth more than a
thousand dollars won by gambling with
cards, in stocks, or in any kind of specu.
lation. The new ideas of finance now.
a-days are like the new theology.
"They lead to bewilder and dazzle to
blind" Better inquire for the old paths
and walk in them, weekdays and Sun
days, too, though smart spectators,
whether in stocks or in creeds, NAV
laugh at us as old fogies. When their
bubbles burst we do not laugh but
weep. And what saddens us most is
the thought hat others will crowd after
them, just as conceited, just as blind to
the danger-lights of history, just as deaf
to the voice of God-that there will be
such brilliant mutations and bitter dis.
appointments to the END of time.-C4-
cag0 Interior.