Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-06-14

was you | heard playing !"
"Today Brantel passes into the
possession of strangers" she re-
piled. awe haye both had the
same thought. |, like you, have
come TO bid adieu to this place,
which has so many memories for
me-"
"YOu have had reason to des.
plse me Jeanne, during these years
OF folly which expiate today"
81 have blamed you, Paul, but !
have pitied you more"
al will accept illfortnne without
a murmur if, when ! am in Algiers,
your thoughts will sometimes turn
to the absent, if you will say 10
yourself that, although l have
been to blame, | have striven to
redeem my faults by conrageously
accepting my destiny
"DO you not regret the loss OF
this home to which so many ties
bind your
"When regrets are useless it is
better to stlne them"
"And you are able to do 80 ~
81 shall endeavor to do So"
"You are right. When one bids
adleu to his native land it is better
for him to eiface from his mind the
memory of the places he quits and
the friends he leaves behind him."
He did not reply at once. The
emotion against which he strug-
gled Overcame him. Their eyes
met; both were confused. At last
he said:
81 thank you, Jeanne, for coming
although it would, perhaps. have
been better for me had | been
spared this interview. IL has made
me doubt my courage. | thought
that was firm in my resolution,
and now my strength deserts me.
| am sad, sadder than you can know
at the thought Of parting from you
forever"
"COnsole yourself, Paul"
"Never," he murmured. And
then he added IN falteriHg voice:
at is cruel torment for him whose
happiness is vanishing to have a
vision of it still before him. Good
bye, Jeanne"
"Good- bye, Paul. My father and
the notary are waiting for you TO
settle your affairs"
With an unsteady step, his face
very pale, he returned to the house
and entered the room where NJ. de
Rosel, the notary, and Pierre await.
ed him.
"My friend" SAID the first, 1--WE
are engaged, NJ. Planter and !, in
examining into your affairs. Near
ly 100000 francs haye been spent
in two wears. You must have had
a good deal Of pleasure for that
price :"
"Say rather, that the time was
sadly and foolisbly wasted"
care you aware that you have
been outrageously robbed ~
"Well, what else could expect 2
A person who does not know how
to take care of his own should not
complain If it is taken from him.
"The tradesmen with whom you
have dealt have presented absurd
bulls. The people from whom you
have borrowed money have charg.
ed YOU interest at the rate of fifty
per cent
"Well, that Is the business of
usurers."
"You take the matter very
easily. However, 1t Is necessary
to make them disgorge."
"By what means can | do 3d."
"You might appeal to their con-
science"
"Conscience is a coin that is not
current among them.'
"Suppose we try to move them"
ave would have our labor for
our pains. Indeed, | do not know
who they are"
81 will enlghten you. They are
Pierre, myself and third person,
who is the most guilty of us
all. | soon perceived land Pierre,
who is a far.seeing person, was ol
the same opinion), that it would be
impossible to arrest you IN youI
extravag ant course, carried away
3 as you were by the ardor Of youth
= We determined, therefore, to limiI
q your prodigallty by every means
. in our power. Tradesnen, count
ing the risks they run with young
. men of wealth who let their money
a slip through their fingers, great,
- increase the amounts of the bill
. they send than. 1t was arranged
q however, with those with whom
n you have dealt, that, in considera
II ton of being paid at a certain
j., time, the amount of thel
=, claims should not be unreasonable
= You vent into debt and 1t becam
"a necessary for you to borrow money
N and Pierre, in whom you haye ha
blind confidence, undertook to OF
in tain it for you. At this point th
"a third accompllce comes on th
:. scene. This person was very e'
: acting and took mortgages on you
- possessions, which were hypoth'
Gated for their full value. IL ha
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