Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-25
The PRoDlGALs RETURN

table. These were tradesmers bills and
dunulng etters. A bitter smile played
about hslips as he marmured.
/ "When NO stay is st bay all the dogs
rush upon aim. 1t Is the way of the
world"
He pulled the bell-rope impatientIy.
/ The summon WIS answered by g white
| haired servant, whose face presented the
impassive, almost enigmetical gravity
! peculiar 70 domestios employed IN old
/ families.
Pierre" said the baron, "have you been
to gee NJ. Alcide DantierY'
! Yes, mOnseidr. He said that il was i'm
/ possible for him to come, IS ne Is to
start on a journey this evening"
! And M. Deslos 5sy'
/ "He said that he was short of none y
and that he regretted muon that he was
unable to oblige you"
| "And Comte d Autrinl He could hard
/ ly offer such an excuse
81 was told that he was away from
! home"
"Iney are all alike. One has plenty of
\ friends in prosperity, solitude in adyer-
! sity. Did the tradesmeu's replies vary as
much2n
No, MONSIEUR; they we're unanimous in
/ declaring that they could not watt
But you told them that they would be
| paid In fullY"
81 have carried out your instructions,
monsieur"
"rhat is well. they shall be paid; not
one of them snail lose a cent
! A his master oea5ed speaking to him
/ Pierre retired.
/ The baron, left TO himself, again ran
over the papers which lay before him.
| Besides the bills there were memoranda
| of mortgages and other business docu-
ments OF .dereut kinds whon testified
with brutal eIlquenoe to his lrrertievable
ruin.
The baron was % years Of age and three
| years had elapsed since he had received
his paternal Neutrality-suspicious. OF fool
ish dissipation, during which he had
/ spent money rtcklessiy, rs though pos
! se5sed Of an int xhbu5tible purse. Young,
! handsome. the bearer OF name well
! known among the noble families of
/ France, he had friends without number
who sought his com panioush IN their
/ pleasures, and now he was brought face
20 face with the somber reality and knew
that when his sbts were paid he would
be as poor a. Job.
In answer to the second summons
Pierre presented himself before his mas
ter.
"Pierre," said Paul dc Brantel, you
know my situations"
Yes, monsieur, you are ruined. it
was, unhappily, easy TO see that such
would be the end
III you foresaw it, why did you make
no effort TO oppose my folliesSp
| at my first suggestion you gave me TO
understand that it Was vour affair Ii
had insisted you wonld have sent me
away. / gave your father solemn
! promise never to leave you; have kept
| it,
The barou knew that be had only him
! self to blame for the position in which be
| found himself. Al last he said;
~ was ignorant of business matters "a
a child. When l needed money it was
| YOU intrusted TO procure 1t for ne.
/ Why have you, who had the experience
which I lacked, accepted the usurious
conditions WHOM have been imposed on
one"
81 knew, indeed, that the conditions
we're exorbitaut, but also knew that
Young noblemeu who were not willing 70
regulate their wants according to their
resources are forced TO submit to he
/ terms of the usurers. 1t was necessary
1 for you to have money at any cost;
procured It for you"
And on nave delivered me into the
/ clutches OF the-t pitiless Snyiocks simply
because you did not wish to be separated
J from mer'
/ Nv ,,,raisu- 50
and has not your intelligence seen
/ that q ruined master ls not able TO keep q
servapt?'
/ "That view OF the cass may apply to
/ others, not TO you and me. | am bound
/ by the promise / made o your father
/ III see that you are obstinate and that
you have a ready answer Tor all my qnes-
lions. There is, however, one thing OF
/ which YOU have GOT thouGht--the posi-
bilty of my taxing a fancy to put a bu'-
/ let into my brain
al nave never feared that * -remity'
You probably think l have not the
[ courage 20 do it,"
'On the contrary, have thought that
/ ia YOU we're tempted 70 commit su'h a
cowardiy act an that would be nee s-ary
TO turn you from II would be 90 make you
/ look upon these Two portraits
Pierre pointed to two pictures which
hung above the man.lep zee. One rep
resented the baron's father dressed iu
the uniform Of colonel, hts face wear
ing the calm aod virile expression OF a
man who knew no fear. the other was
4 the image of awomau whose features r.
dscted that serenity of soul aud that
goodness of heart which made all who
knew her love and admire her.
The young man : cod soellbound be-
fore the Two PICTURES. Deep emotion
showed itself in his eyes.
"During the last war said the old
servant, Il stood near your father when
he was struck by piece of bursting
shell. II Suffered the pains o. marty
dom, aud yet the result % the battle &C
cupled MS thoughts more than his wound
fugitive pa sed near rs, and he 81 once
became anxious TO know how the battle
was going. When ne learned that our
men, overpowered by Plumbers we're
yielding, an angry lishs came into his