The Baltimore County union., 1885-10-03
TOWsONTOWN, Md, SATURDAY, OCTOBER g. 1885,

vacation took was about ten years ago
| was taken sick with brain fever. Th'
physician said I must have rest. So
went out to Long Island to my SON..
summer place. This was in the sum
mer. I left Wilson in charge. Poo
fellow, he killed himself with work &
few years ago. The first day managed
to spend very comfortably. I rode with
my family over the country roads and ]
must confess that it did seem pleasant
to be out of doors and away from the
din of the city once more. was brought
up on the farm, you know. The second
day worried because my letter did moi
come promptly. inquired and found
that according to my doctors instruc.
tionS no mail was to be sent to me.
The next day I was back in the city.
That ended my vacation. No, you can
rest, but I can't. I am too rich."
+ "Why don't you retire from business
then?" asked Mr.. Jones. "That seems
like an easy way to get rid of care"
Z "Retire from business. Why, my
Near boy, 1 can't afford it. Where
would invest my money so as to bring
me in as much interest? I have over
$loo, 900 now that is drawing little OF
no interest, and I have $500, 900 more
ont at three per cent. If l retire from
active business should be beggared.
No, must keep in the harness." con-
tinued the old gentleman with a sigh,
81 suppose until am too old to work
any more. Well must go down to the
bank now. l have several important
meetings to attend to, and 1 may not
return before three o'clock"
"Well; Jameson" remarked the
Judge, as they left the office and joined
the crowd on the pavement, "what do
you think of him?'
81 think he is very foolish. If I were
as rich as he is l would do differently"
''You think you would, but you would
not. The cares of wealth are omni-
present. They cannot be shaken off.
The golden chain binds more closely
than any iron one that was ever forged.
Suppose you were rich and inclined to
be philanthropic, do you suppose you
would have an easy time? Well, you
wouldn't. You would be kept busy an
swering letters of appeal from all parts
of the world. You would be overrun
with beggars. Your steps would be
dogged. Those you helped would curse
themselves because they did not ask you
for more, and those you refuse would
curse you. Your time would be so taken
up that you could not even call mo-
ment your own. Then you would not
know whom to trust. There would be
so many fatterers at your side that you
would not recognize the truth when you
heard it. You, too, would become sus-
picious. You would fear, and not with
out reason, that you were being loved
for your money, and not for yourself.
You would not know who was your
friend or who was your enemy. You
would be afraid to leave so much money
in charge of other people while you
rested, travelled and enjoyed yourself.
They might rob you. They might in
vest it badly .1ty These fears would haunt
Of course If you ATTEMPTED to manage
some wealth yourself you might as we'll
bid farewell to comfort from that second
forever after. How many vacations
does Jay Gould take in the course of a
year, and he is worth 500, 700, 900?
Does Vanderbilt ever leave New York
for a year at time to go into the
country for the comfort of his health,
and he has nearly $500, 200, 900 invest
ed in Government bonds, and has prac-
tically retired from businessl No wealth
great wealth-has its cares, and, my
boy, they greatly over-balance its joys.
Several days after this conversation
the Judge and his protege met in Del
monico's for an after-theatre luncheon.
In one part of the room sat two young
men, richly dressed and hilariously jolly.
They were extracting all the pleasure
there was in sight and discounting the
future. At another table sat severely
dressed old gentleman who was morose-
ly drinking a glass of wine. From his
appearance he looked as if he had heard
bad news.
"Do you know who those young men
are?" asked the Judge.
"No," replied the youth.
"They are clerks at $4,000 a year
salary, and do you know who that old
gentleman is?'
"No.'
"He is their employer
"Why, he is poorer dressed than they
are and appears to be in worse circum-
Stances" exclaimed the youth.
"He is, Jameson" replied the Judge,
"in much worse circumstances. He is
worth over $50, 900, ,ooo,