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

have borrowed money have charged
you interest at the rate of fifty per
cent
"Well, thatis the business Of usur-
ers. =
You take the matter very easily.
However, it is necessary to make
! them disgorge.''
i By what means can / do so?"
ssYou might appeal to their con,
science =
| Conscience is coin that is not
current among Them
Suppose we try to move them 2
1--WE would have our labor for our
pains. Indeed I do not know who
they are
Il will enlighten you. They are
Pierre, myself and third person,
who is the most guilty of us all. I
soon perceived (and Pierre. who is a
farseeing person, was of the same
opinion), that it would be impossible
to arrest you in your extravagant
course, carried away as you were by
every means in our power. Trades
men, counting the risks they run with
| young men of wealth who let their
money slip through their fingers,
greatly increase the amounts of the
bills they send them. It was arrang-
ed, however, with those with whom
you have dealt, that, in considera-
tion of being paid at a certain time,
the amount of their claims should
not be unreasonable. You went into
debt and it became necessary fory
to borrow money, and Pierre, in whom
you have had blind confidence, under
took to obtain it Tor you. At this
point the third accomplice comes on
the scene. This person was very ex-
acting and took mortgages on your
possessions, which were hypothecat-
ed for their full value. 1t has been
ascertained, however, after care
| full examination of the schedules of
| your indebtedness, that you have
really spent only $4,000 francs; which
is certainly very reasonable price
for the experience you have acquired
Your assets, therefore amount to
about 25O,00O francs. The person
in question has taken advantage OF
your carelessness and ignorance of
4 business affairs. I think, however,
that an arrangement can be made by
appealing to her sense of fairness"
The Baron was astonished.
You know this person them" he
asked.
eyes, and you also. Your creditor,
| your usurer, is Jeanne Rosel"
The young girl had entered noise
lessly and overheard this conversa-
ton. She approached the three men,
saying:
Eyes, Paul, it was l. During these
years offoolish dissipation | have
neverlost sight of you I knew that,
though you yielded at times to wrong
impulses, your heart was right, and
that when your reason returned you
would again be the same Paul as OF
4 old, with whomI haveso often talked
in this room. [ was able, with my
fathers consent, to use the fortune
left me by my mother as saw fit.
and in what manner | have employed
it you know. You will not be pressed
for payment"
Suppose I insist on Immediate
payment for the full face of the
mortgages?"
"Well, perhaps M. Planter can
make some useful suggestion"
"a marriage contract is the best
means l can suggest of getting you
out of your EN- barrassment," said
the notary, smiling.
ooh, Jeannep' said the Baron, you
have reopened for me the heaven
which / thought was closed against
me forever. How can I ever repay
your"
Old Pierre, who had been silent
spectator during this scene, the end
of which he foresaw, approached his
master and said:
ri told you, monsieur, thatI would
never leave you. "
"Ah! you are a monster of dissim-
ulation,' exclaimed the Baron,
laughing.
At that moment the door of the
dining room was thrown open. A
delicious odor rose from the steam
ing soup tureen, and the table gilt
tered with old family silver.
Paul" said NJ. de Rosel. gayly,
ssgive your arm to your wife. =
Paul and Jeanne led the way, and
the Others followed the couple.
A Great Edifice.
The new Cathedral OF Moscow cost