Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-23

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u tlon which he shook of with effort.
/, Mr. Gregory resumed:
"And does everything go on as 20
! wish, at the mines2"
!. "D-n I'll l am turned topsy-turvy llk
: my comrades by this crisis. We Away
: pay for the prosperous yesrsi They hav
built too many workshops, made to
' many paved roads, and now the capita
will not warrant Increased expense. Hap
PLY, the case Is not desperate as yet.
shall get out of IL all the same"
His history was simple. Like hi
cousin, he had received as an inheritance
some stock In the Montson mine. Blu
he, melted with an anxiety for wealth,
had fastened to sell when the stock has
gone up to q million. For some month";
he had been cherlshing a scheme. Hi
wife had brought him the little grant o.
EVandame, In which there were only two
mines, Jean-Bart and Gaston.M Marie,
both In such an abandoned state, ano
with material 80 defective, that the yield
scarcely covered the expense of working.
He thought of repairing Jean-Bsr
enlarging the shaft and sinking 1T still
deeper, and then keep CASTOR. Marie only
tor drainage. The shovel would bring
them gold, he said. The Idea wss q cor
rect one. Only the million was gone and
the industrial crisis had broken out at
the very moment when everything was
going right. A poor finsncler and good
nstured with his workmen, he had al
lowed himself to be %plundered ever since
the death of his wife, leaving the man.
agement to his daughters, the elder of
whom spoke of going on the stage, while
the younger had already sent two land
scapes to the salon, which had been re.
fused. Both, however, were good little
women, smiling even In the midst Of
their misfortune. At home the threat
ened poverty had caused them to econo.
mize.
"You zee, Leon" he resumed, his
voice fslterlng, "you should have sola
when 1 did. Now everything Is declln-
ing; you will be ruined. If you had In
trusted your money to me just zee what
you would have made at Vandame In
our NINE"
Mr.. Gregory slowly finished his choco-
late. Then he replied, decidedly:
"Never! You know very we'll that l
do not Wish to speculate. 1 live tran
GULLY, 1t would be foolish for me to
worry my head with the cares of busl-
ness, And, with reference to Montson,
it can continue to decline; we will still
get enough from it. 1t Is not necessary
to be so grasping. Now listen to me-: it
is you who will bite your fingers some
day, for Montson will go up, the grand
children of Cecil will still get their bread
from It,"
Deneulin listened with an uneasy
smile.
''Then," said he, "lf I ask you to put
a hundred Thousand francs In my bust
ness, you would refused"
But, seeing the disturbed faces OF the
Gregorys, he regretted having spoken SO
quickly; he should have put off his sug-
gestion of borrowing until later, rsserv-
Ing 1t for q desperate case.
"Ohl l did not mean that, 1t wal a
joke. My God! perhaps you are right.
Money which you properly gain from
others Is what makes you prosper"
Then he spoke Of other things. Cecil
again talked over her cousins, and of the
tastes that e~ngrossed their attention, but
which SO displesaed her, Mrs. Gregory
promised to take her daughter to see
those little darlings, the first pleasant
day. Meanwhile, Mr.. Gregory, with
preoccupied air, took no part In the con-
versation. Suddenly he said In q loud
voice:
eff I were In your place, I would cease
with Monston. They will do we'll again
and you will received your money"
He alluded to the old feud which ex-
listed between the company of Monston
and that of Vandame. In spite of the
small Importance of the latter, her pow
erful neighbor was enrsged to see en-.
closed within her vast territory, that
square league, which did not belong to
her; and, after having vainly tried to
ruin 1t, they plotted to buy 1t at o low
price, when 1t was about to succumb.
This contest continued without relsxa-
tion, each gallery stopping within two
hundred feet of the other; 1t was war to
the knife, although the directors and en-
observed the ordinary rules OF
polltsness in their intercourse with each
other.
Deneulln's aver flashed.
"Never!" cried he. "As long as 1
live, Montson shall not have Vandame.
| dined with M. H%ennebeau on Thurs
day and noticed his %patronizlng manner.
When the directors were here last aut-
umu, they made all sorts of love to me.
Yes, yes, / know them, these m~srquises
and dukes. these generals and m,nisters
they are all robbers who would steal the
very shirt from your back"
Mr.. Gregory did not defend the dlrec'
tors, the six administrators appointed by
the agreement OF 1850, who ruled while
derpoiling the company, and the survi.
five, of whom, at each death, chose
q new member from the wealthy and
powerful stockholders. The owner of
Plolaine, with his upright impulses, was
of the opinion that these gentlemen In
exaggerated love of money, were
sometimes wanting in integrity.
Melaine had come In to clear away the
Without, the dogs were again
barking. and Honorine was already d.
her steps toward the door, when
Cecil, overpowered by the heat, left the
liable.
''Neyer mind, that must be for my
Dsneulin also arose; watching the
young girl leaving the room, he asked,
with a smile:
swell, and what of that marriage with
little Megrelq"
''Nothing Ia settled" said Mrs. Greg.