St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-13
HADHE MADE A MISTAKE {?

Mr.. Horseley, at the breakfast
table, was reading the stock quota
tions to his wife, who always took
an affectionate, if vague, interest in
his business. Suddenly as his eye
roved over the paper, it lightened.
Aha, good Listen to this, Kitty.
The alumni of the class of 60 (my
class you know, twenty-five years
back will hold a reunion at the uni
versity next month. There will be a
banquet, speeches, etc Well" fold
ing the paper, I'm glad of that.
shall like to see the boys again.
Some of them have been very sue
cessful."
None more than yourself, John. -
NO, probably not"
The rich banker nodded thought
fully. He was not a purse-proud
man Still he had given twenty
years of his life to money-making,
and, naturally, he fully appreciate
the value of money.
I've not done badly" he said.
There's Tom Hare, too. Tom is the
head of the largest wheat syndicate
in Illinois, and Carridon-he is the
president of a railroad. DumOnt is
United States Judge, very nice little
competency. The boys have done well
by themselves-most of them"
Except poor Will Morgan" said
Mrs. Horseley with a sigh.
Yes, yes! Well, Morgan was OBJ
stinate, Kitty. He has himself to
thank for all his troubles When he
left college said to him:
You have few hundred dollars,
so have l. l mean to invest mine in
waste land in Northern Liberties.
Go in with me. 1t can be bought for
a song, but the town is going out
that way. In ten years cut up the
land into lots and we shall be rich
men. He saw the truth of it.
Morgan's no fool. But he said, l
must have that money to educate
me for the ministry and into the
ministry he went. | bought the
land, and-here we are. [ honor
Morgan He's high principled
fellow. But
Mrs. Horseley was silent for few
minutes Then. she said, Il suppose
Will cannot afford to come to this
reunion ~
mo indeed. He has little mis-
siOnary church among the cOal-miners
at six hundred a year. He has five
children"
Poor Bessy, He married Elize-
beth Wynn, You know. She was a
dear friend Of mine, a delicate and
fastidious girl. John?'
Yes. my dear"
s.XNI11- Wa not oc1- VIII h
wife to the reunion-here, to stay at
the house? Buy the railway tickets
to-day, and let me write and enclose
them in letter.
"A good idea. I'm glad you
thought oft, Kitty shall be glad
to give little pleasure to the poor
creatures"
AS he was going out Of the door
he stopped.
They'll bevery shabby, you know.
They'll look queer among your other
guests he said.
That matters nothing to me, )"
said Kitty, loftily. My social posi-
ton does not depend upon the clothes
which my guests wear"
But when, a week or two later,
the poor clergyman and his wife ar
rived, she was startled out of her
usual calm cOmplacency.
They have the pinched, wan
faces of people who never have
enough to eat" she said to her hus-
band" Bessy's gown is one of her
wedding dresses She looks as if she
had come out of the ark And the
MERGERS and Townes are coming to
dinner tonight. Something must be
done at once,''
What does it matter? Morgan
has been with me all day" said her
husband. Nobody thought worse
of me because his overcoat was
patched"
But Mrs. HOrsely hurried out of
the room, In a few moments she
tapped at Mrs. Morgan's chamber
door. She carried a pretty dinner
dress. 1t was Enthusiastically trimmed
and a little soiled.
'Bess, dear, we used to be just the