New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-05

III you 5IOFeSaW IL why Clio you
make no effort tooppose my follies?'
s At my first suggestio you gave
me to understand that it was
your affair. III had insisted you
would have sent me away. / gave
your father a solemn promise never
to leave you; have kept it.
The baron knew that he had only
himself to blame for the position in
which he found himself. At last he
said:
81 was ignorant of business mat
tiers as a child When ] needed
money itwasyou intrusted to pro-
cure it for me. Why have you, who
had the experience which [ lacked,
accepted the usurious conditions
which have been imposed onme?'
81 knew, indeed that the conditions
were exorbitant, but / also knew
that young noblemen who were not
willing to regulate their wants ac-
cording to their resources are forced
to submit to the terms of the surers.
1t was necessary for you to have
money atany cost; procured it for
you
s'And you have delivered me into
the clutches of these pitiless Shylocks
simply because you did not wish to
be separated from me?'
Yes, monsieur"
"And has not observation-disclosures seen
that a ruined master is not able to
keep a servant?''
"Thatview of the case may apply
to Others, not to you and me. I am
boundb by the promise made to your
father. 2
Il see that you are obstinate, and
that you have a ready answer for all
my questions. There is however,
one thing Of which you have not
thought, the possibility Of my taking
a fancy to put a bullet into my
BRAIN"
ri have never feared that extrem-
ity.
'You probably think 1 have not
the couragetO do it. =
On the contrary, I have thought
that if you were tempted to commit
such a coWardly act all that would
be necessary to turn you from itwith
horror would be to make you look
upon these portraits.
Pierre pointed to two pictures
which hung above the mantelpiece.
One represented the Baron's father,
dressed in the uniform of a colonel,
his face wearing the calm and virile
expression of a man who knew no
fear. The other was the image of d
woman whose features reflected that
serenity of soul and that goodness of
heart which made all who knew her
love and admire her.
The young man stood spellbound
before the two pictures. Deep emo
ton showed itself in his eyes.
During the last war; said the
old servant, II stood near your ia
ther when he was struck by a pierce
Of a bursting shell. He suffered the
pains of martyrdom, and yet the re-
suit Of the battle occupied his
thoughts more than his wound. A
fugitive passed near us, and he at
once became anxious to know how
the battle was going. When he learn
ed that our men, overpowered by
numbers, were yielding, an angry
light came into his eyes. He com
PEELED me to help him mount his
horse, and, barely able to keep his
seat, he rode into the midst of the
fray. His regiment, seeing their
leader covered with blood and pre-
senting the image of death, took
courage and routed the enemy. But
the colonel was not able to witness
the end Of the battle; he fell faint
ing into my arms, and for
a month lay on his bed between life
and death. Monsieur, you, being
the son of such a father, will not
kill yourself
After a moments silence Pierre
continued:
II have seen your mother lying on
the bed which she did not leave till
she went to the graveyard. A dis
ease, for which she knew there was
no remedy, was consuming her. Her
face was calm although her suffer
ing was terrible A complaint never
escaped her lips She forgot herself
to think of those whom she was
about to leave behind her. A man
who has had such a mother will not
try to take his life. .
The old servant seemed to be trans
fgued. His face always calm and
impassive, had assumed a soulful
look which made a deep impression
on the young man, who was no Jess
moved.
But it was not a time for senti-
ment or, emotion. The baron was
ruined, and it was necessary for him
to adopt some means of extricating,
himself from the difficulties which
surrounded him. He did not fear to
express before Pierre his uncertainty
as to the best course for him to pur-
sue.
"Monsieur," said the old servant,
there is many a wealthy tradesman
who wOn1d he haDDy to have his