The Dillon tribune., 1885-07-25
CHAPTER XXI.

uNnIs4 AE4A4SNS n We" "oUD
AM informed, by those who onght 10
know, that u credit balance at ones bankers
possesses great virtues as an elevator Of both
morals and character That. apart from
any s.ndid consideration or miserly Joy, it
enables a man to face with greater courage
the smaller ills and annoyances of life, rem
'lers him less liable 10 many temptations.
teaches him to regard his fellow. creatures
with more affectionate eyes, and generally
to a.quiesce in the wisdom of the arrange
ulent which made the world as it is. II this
Ike so the universal desire to grow rich may
bave for its handspring the nohlest motives.
As in nine eases out Of ten q woman holds
money in far greater reverence and awe than
a man does, the possession Of such u balance
should he to her douhly gratifying and
elevatins. With money woman is power.
1t was the weak concession, begun years ago
for mans selfish ends, completed to-day for
the sake of justice, that woman has any
right to hold property at all, which has led
up to the demand for womanhood suffrage
Beatrice had very large credit balance
in the hands Of the family bankers. Messrs
turlong, Stephens, Furlong, Seymour & Fur
long. an establishment which, for the sake of
hrevity, and on account OF its antiquity was
commonly known as the Blacktown Old
Bank. 1t was very large balance; SO large
that 1t annoyed Horace and Herbert to think
of its lying ut the bankers. With their
pralseworthy regularity the trustees had
every bali y.'or paid their niece's income to
her account ut Messrs Furlongs, and as
beatr'ce did not spend one-fifth Ut it th.
money bred with its proverbial ta,,niity.
Ontll their niece came to stay with them
the Iaiherts had. without even consulting
ner, invested all surplus income in good
"Vldem- paying preference or debenturs
SHOCKS, chhen because they only paid t,mr
per cent no 'Ha'l-advised borrower shsmh
thmk OF offering more than four per cent.
l'o,ng so creates mi>trust. During the last
year Beatrice t.al asked them to let thu
money lie at the bank. So at the ban., It
was, as Horace said. not bearing a fract;o,,
of interest. 1t vexed him to see such wast.4'
Only at Christmas he had demonstrated
WITH her ''Hou are simply making ou,
friends members of the elongated
firm lived in the neighborhood- handsome
yearly present. Paying on. ot their cler|;'s
salary, in fact"
rerhars that was why Mr.. STEPHENS was
50 attentive to me At dinner last week" said
Beatrice rlacidly. ''
Oh' nonsense! It's a mere nothing tc
.nem but why should they have you,
| 'A''AAu6> 0uu IeDU ~ ont SQvor
or eight Per cent.Y' ~'''A
nea,rice could give no reason. She s;,nn,>
n!, sa.u sne wished it to remain as it was for :.
WINE Horace and Herbert began to wonde,
hos.'!, II she mad afoet any scheme for endowine
). o',sp''ai' or restoring the parish church
however, the money lay idle and Mt ,,,r
. sha II Horace's explanation of the metho.
~ "mch bankers make fortunes was correct
tne page in the red basil-coverei le,,es,
neaaea aes.; Beatrice clauson," must have bee,
: aksa.lymg sight for the Messrs. F,r,o,l
and the rest of the firm. '''''
~ one m morning-the very morning who,
Mr. hervey had appointed for his s.s'.,,,,, ~
terslew Ter with Bsatrice-a few minutes af,a u,
the M RESP hre1Ieets'le liveried porter had draw,
y me ooits OF the outer doors. and so wv
!. claimed that the bank was ready % 81 81, pro 70
r"mer,, "ars', check for one thousand po,d. m a.
, Beatrice ciauson" was hapie, a'.,,sF , snes ne,
,n, .''o '''''':"l'' counter t. the ,,,,r, <,,sl'