The Lamar register., 1892-12-31

BAt PO ott
-, az a fixed idea that so often
|.,.bss the 'one possessed OF it to
|.s,ce.s and fame, still more often
E.eOuss the propellins agent to crime.
In, 20 comprehend what follows
!. nus, 20 back iittle-ten-years
! The time when Jacques Fleurnois,
Young and unknown physician, q
alive MarseiIles and without a sou
lis pocket, had come to settle and
k,,r,!ee his profession in Paris.
he. Tor months, he had gone
.ro1.h the struggles and sorrows
IA, fall TO the lot of the poor but
Srisa. seekers .oi a career in a big
y.
Coll and want and serni-starvation
r, daily visitors TO his sarret in the
= Nouvel before he could ssecure
,.suis enough TO provide for his
zrles; wants. Then, one day,
,soat the slightest warning. that
de jAde, Fortune, took turn in
avor. Amanda Flint, an Ameri-
maiden lady OF mature age. but
re means, true 10 thrifty Instincts
her Yankee nature. came TO take
ksr quarters in the cheap little
.,l uherc DR.. Fleurnois lodged and
do" Paris at her leisure.
TLksn suddenly III one night 6 ply
An was needed in haste aud DR..
.arnoi. was called. He was as
-..d a. ssiliiul and Miss Flint as
ssp,ibie as the rest Of her sex who
v, reached forty years without sui.
~ a touch OF eupid's dart. He
as ten years her junior. but what
tha. matter when she had $780,
p sesnre IN her own right, was
~oiuisly alone in the world. with
single living relative. and exact
;ts vie for q needy wooer-
= ~ weeks time. 30 well did the
Fsor exert his fascinating powers.
- Amanda Flint. spinstcr, became
e Jacques Ficurnois-
s9-rins and privation were. OF
irse. gone forever. but, alas for the
~ Of the happy bridegroom. he
sorsotien TO reckon. in his calca-
oas, the fact that his vie was not
bol. He had wanted and expected
- full possession OF her money in
lsias MIS-. Fin. his wiis. but Amap-
though willing TO commit the folly
uA-rying foreigner ten years her
or. bad clear head for business.
hsld last her property, both prin.
q and interest. though che agreed
tie securing OF her income to her
khAnd ior life should he chance to
|vsTr her, the bulk OF her property
= distributed at his death accord
10 her will.
fs;re-s OF the situation. she meant
hep, and did keep. the reins o.
esr IN her hands, though dealing al
7, GENEROUSLY with her husband.
really loved him. was proud oihis
and ability. and no children came
hem, unfortunately, to interfere
the singlenezs o; her devotion.
cared for his comfort. looked after
some, catered to his taste and
e him a handsome allowance, but
her earesses nor wrath could in
her 20 sign over to him any por-
o! her estate. One might almost
that she knew or felt instinctiyely
Important factor her wealth pre-
e IN the maintenance OF the peace
happiness OF her home and lile-
had married her for money. and
d not get tat least, not all. He
p bis wife for this, and, as ! say,
lre!al purpose began 10 develop IN
Iaind, a purpose all the stronger
more determined, because, as the
Z passed on. DR.. Fleurnois fan
himself on the verge OF an import
medical discovery, which money
required to perfect; money
he thousand francs. and which
not be saved from his allowance
Sife's iudiciously invested in
|ain and again he had appealed to
wife and urged her to peril her
ferty in behalf OF this enterprise,
eFsuasion, tenderness, anger, and
island turn by turn he tried
all-were equally unavailing'
Fleurnois had been poor her,
nee, and meyer again, if she could
It, should the bitter bread OF
rty be pressed to her lips. Her
ty was safe in sound treasury
:, and there it should stay.
threats, too, as he persisted IN