Daily Republican., 1888-03-16
JOHN DALE's FAILURE.


sunny eide OF forty, but gray haired
business mon and fnnnciers consulted
him upon the most important matters.
and whenever IL was known that John
Dale was connected with any enter.
prise the success Of the project was o..
sured.
Dale was lavish In his expenditures,
and his beautiful wife did not try to re-
strain him. Mrs Dale outshone the
younger beauties and bsllesoi the place,
and her husband was proud Of her.
In Bopdburg the main staple Of the
talk was the Lees, their movements,
their extravaga 20 and their good for.
tune. Something old men shook their
heads, but every bing that Dale touched
seemed to turn TO gold. The young
spectator Established beuk, aud built
. railroad. and took hold Of q dozen
other big enterprises. The entertain.
ments q. the Dele mansion were on
scale OF msgnihcenoe never seen before
In that part Of the coustrS. Among
the Invited guests were millionsires
who travelled In epecial cars. 1t was
Common thing for people TO rush across
the continent to gee the Dales.
The financial crash Of 49, was ter.
rible disaster. II was felt not only IN
the great cities but In the smaller
towna as well. In Bondburg the oldest
business houses went TO the wall.
When man Is In trouble he finds ont
bis real friends and enemies. The panic
struck John Dale Mt q bad time. At
6rst he was confident that he would
come out all right. He borrowed right
and left and made brave effort to
push his way through. He even called
on Steele, but the old usursr told him
tia. loan was out OF the question.
Ore day 1t was Whispered that Dale
would have to 40 under, and that he
would be left several hundred thousand
dollars in debt. That night there was
n reception ct his house, and many OF
tue guests went simply out OF curiosity.
They wanted to see how the great spec-
ulator would look on the eve OF bis fail.
nre. II these people expected to see o
|orushed maR they were disappointed.
The entertainment was the moot dc
lightful of the season. Dale's bright
and har dsome face sho wed not the least
trace Of care, and his wife wha in her
most charming mood.
''They are frivolous people," said ore
of the guests TO old Steele early the mex,
morning. II gave Dale credit for bein {
thoughtful man, bnt he and his wife
seem TO BIO too light minded to apprecl-
ate the gravity OF the situattou."
"Thss will sppreoists IL to-day, (" said
Steele. Rrimly. IL have got hold OF @
lot Of DAle's paper, and l am going Ia
CLOSE down. You will see my lord and
my laiy come to grief"
The uews OF Dele's fsilure created
quite q sensation, bat SCORES OF bust
ness men remarked that they were mol
at all surprised, and that they had beeI
looking for II AL along.
"And no will not have n cent lefr,'
said a merchant TO Mr.. Steele, "not Q
cent, will hep"
mo" replied Steele, che will bt
worse off than = begRar, because he vii
be heels over head In debt. There vii
be meeting Of the principal creditor.
tomorrow, and the result may land
Dale In the peniten tiary,"
1T will be q terrible blow to Mrs
Dale, said lesdlng society lady "and
1t may kill her"
This was the general run OF the tall
abont the failure. Very little sympathy
Was expressed. Ia hard times sympa
thy Is q very scaroe commodity.
| On the Same morning john Dale tool
his vile iuto the library after breakiRs
and told her all. Mrs. Dale was silen
for a moment. Then abe put her ARM
around her husbands neck and Kissed
MIN.
"At least we Iowa each other" shl
said.
But" exclaimed Dale, Ia som,
| amBz smsnt, "you do not understand
| W.. IN al fffv m n 1lhaFa
bs potbing left. Ny creditors may pur
sue me ali my life, and there is nothin,
but poverty before me-"
Mrs. Dale gave him another kiss
| "Do you think care?" she eAid.
| my dpnr." sald Dale, and his vote,
trepbled, ~ must tail you the worst
My succt 81 made me reckless, and 1
some OF my creditors push me to tn,
Inst extreme they will be able TO sent
me to prison, although 1 had no orim /
nal intention Ia my transactions will
them"
No matter what bafalls you," SAID
the beautiful woman by hts aide, "a
will stand by you and suffer with you
aud will wait for better days.
Then for the frat time John Dali
shed few tears. Later In the day h,
went to his oflics and devoted his atten
ton to his business Affairs.
"You will see him beg for mercy,
said old Steele to the meeting of creoi
tors. II know these extravagant spend
thrills. Dale will come here and cry
and plead. You must be firm with
him."
Just then the objest of his talk en-
tered the room.
"Hsllo, Steele.' he said, with his Gus
tomary csrelessnesa. "Wsll, gentle.
men, here we are. Now let us see VIVA
Gan be done about this matter"
Old Stsele glazed ut Dale, and tn,
others looked at him in establishment
Dale did not look like q man who hst
been crushed by some great misfortune
He looked younger, brighter and hand
bomer than ever. and there was o rims
of triumph In hia tones.
Course that felloWi" said old Steele
81 wonder what Is up now"
"Gentlemen," said Dale, "before pro
oseding to business desire to say q few
Words"
Instantly there YVES dead silence IL
the room. Dale then made calm
Htraight-forward statement conoeruing
his various enterprises, and wound al
with the admission that his liabiiitiaf
greatly exceeded his ASSETS. Then h,
told them of bis interview with hii
wife.
"You will now understand" he cen
cluded, that this is no great misfortune
alter all. II my wife Is satisfied &c
share my poverty l am the happles,
man on earth"
Dale looked around upon the group
In suoh frank aud manly way that eli
were favorably Impressed.
When theoreditors consulted together
In private Steele wss the only man who
held out against compromise. Then
the others withdrew, and in short
IiInl. raiIIrnnd