The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-11

much interessT have over SIoo ooC now that Is drawing little ur no interest, and have SSoo oco more out at three per cent lt retire trom active business l should be begHaved, No, must keeF in the harness continued the old gen. tlcman with sigh. " suppose until am too old so work any more. We'll, must go down to the bank now, have several important meetings to attend to, and my not return before three o'clock.s
 "Well, Jameson,'' remarked the judge, as they leA the office and joined the crowd on the pavement what do you think of himy"
 !" think nc Is very foolish. lt were as rich as he is would do differently"
 You th,nk you would, but you would not. The caIes oi wealth are omnipres. ent. They cannot be shaken of, The golden chain binds more closely than any iron one that was ever forged. Sup pose you we rich and inclined to he philanthropic, do you suppose you would have an easy sime2 Well. you wouldn't You would be kept buy answering let. ters oi appeal from all parts of the wotld, You would be oveuun with hcggars Your steps would he logged, Those you helped would curse themselves because they did aot ask you for more, and those you refuse would curse you. Your time would be so taken up that you could not even call moment your own, Then you would Dc so surrounded by Syeophants that you would not know whom to trust There would be so many flatterers at your side that you would not recognize the truth when you heard it. You, too, would become suspicious. You would fear, and net without reason, that you were being loved for your money and not for yourself. You would not know who was your friend or who your enemy You would be afraid to leave so mach money in charge of other people while you rested, travelled and enjoyed your. self. They might rob you. They might invest ii badly. These tears wouId haun, you, however generous you mixh, be or course fl you attempted to manage some we ,lth your eli you might as well bid farewell to comfort tsm that second forever after, How many vacations does Jay Gould take ln the coarse of year. and he is worth &ioo oo C. o2 Does Vanderbilt ever leave New Yeik for | year at time and go into the country for his comfort and for his health, and he has nearly $So GOO GOO invested m gov ernmen, bonds. and has practically te- tired from active businessp No, wealth great wealth has it's cares, and, my boy, they greatly ovcTbalanee its joys"
 Several days after this conversation the judge and his ptoteee met in Deimonico's tor an after-thcaire luncheon. In one part of the room sti two young men. richly dressed and h,lariou,ly jolly. They were extracting all the pleasure there was in sight and dIscounting the ia,ute. Al another table sat Il severely dressed old gentleman who was morosely drinking q glass of wine. From his appearance he ooked as if he had heard bad news
 Do you know who those young men are ?" asked the judge.
 " Mo- replied the youth.
 They are clerks at S. 500 year sal any, and do you know who that old gen tleman is 2"
 No"
 |" He is their employer"
 Why, he is poorer dressed than they arc and appears to be in' worse elrcum- stances" excl timed the youth.
 He Is, Jameson" replied the judge, in much worse circumstances. lie is worth over S5o GOO GOO