The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-20
GRACE AND GOBBLE.


The men were raised In the same
village Their fathers had owned ad.
dining farms When the boys hac
grown into men. Grace stayed on the
farm and Gobble went 10 the city.
They had breathed the same country
nir; had gazed upon the same
old oak trees along the dusty village
street; had gon, TO the same old
weather. beaten school house to pore
and do g over the same dog cared
and begrimed volumes containing the
mysteries OF 'reudin'. 'ritin' and
'rithmetic" had gone fishing for
mud cats" in the shallow yellow
pond In the hollow beyond the town
instead OF going TO Sunday school. as
commanded by their parents. and had
smoked their first home made cigar
under the Same old bridge on the road
tails side OF town-and experienced
pretty much the same deathly sensa-
ton that usually accompanies an in.
ltial venture OF this kind with the
solemn maxim OF the preacher ring
Ing in their ears that the wages Of
sin Is death"
| Yet with all this samepess the two
were wholly unlike in disposition aud
thought after arriving at maturity.
| Gobble loved to own things 1t did
not matter to him much what they
were--just so he exercised ownership
over them-that gave him momcntary
pleasure. Grace on the other hand
didn't care copper who owned the
universe. Just SO he had right to
ENJOY its beauties and comforts. His
face was always wreathed in smiles
and it really made people feel pleased
TO be in his company. Not SO with
Gobble. He wanted to own every
thing. If he could have obtained
warranty deed to the earth he would
have greedily accepted it. and ex-
acted rent from every inch of terri
tory therein mentioned. 1t gave him
an intense pang in the region OF his
pancreas whenever he behed desir.
able piece OF which he
could not possess He loved money
1t did not matter much OF what ma
terial composed. A mouldy bank
note gave him the same thrilling
sensations as a bright coin fresh Fl ON
the mint. He had no interest in any
thing disconnected from gain. The
glorious panorama OF June night:
the incense-!aden zephyrs OF May.
and the chaste and immaculate crys-
talne beauties OF DEFENDERS wreaths
and draperies. were unseen by his dull
eye. There was mo money"
In these cheap things OF ma
ture to him II he could
have erected tent sufficiently
spacious to exclude the sun. moon
and stars from the gaze o. man. and
been permitted to charge for the
privilege OF viewing them through
hole in the canvas perhaps he wo I'D
have taken some interest in the sub
ject; but as it was, he saw nothing
worthy OF interest n these things
common to every body. who might en-
Joy them for nothing He otcn con-
templated what great money could be
made by corporation having II
monopoly OF these free gifts of nature.
II he could have obtained so many
dollars for each square yard of sun
light or so many dollars for each
cubic foot OF fresh air. or so many
dimes for every Whit off the blossom
ing flowers OF spring. he would have
been an interested. il not happy.
individual People approached him
with diffidence His presence begot
chilling sensat on in others. Per-
sons who knew h m. declared that
when they looked at him. they in
voluntarily thrust their hands into
their pockets and grasped their
purses. His dry smile seemed to
suggest "hand me over your money"
or. "give me mortgage on your
place and will lend you money at
ten per cent interest and ten per
cent discount of your notes"
Gobble was not an irreligious man.
and his propensity for accommodating
things did not stop at earthly acqui-
sitions. Being a prudent business
man, he did not neglect to make
vestments in this direction were
meager--in fact on a rather limited
scale. Heaven did not have the same
attractions for him it had for Others.
Yet he knew, when he died, that
from all accounts it was about the
next best place to this earth. He al
ways sighed when he thought OF this
move he would. at some time or other.
be compelled to make. No. it gave
him no pleasure to think OF changing
his field OF operations. Here. he was
the owner OF thousands OF miles OF
railroads hundreds of steamers
thousands OF bonds and mortgages,
thousands OF acres OF land. and
houses: what could he do with him
eelf up therep 1t Is true he was
promised a mansion in the sky, but
90 was every other person who emf
grated to that not yet definitely To-
Gated or explored region. So he rea-
soned with himself that 1t must in
the end be u rather dreary place for
q man OF his disposition. What
should he do in the New Jerusalem.
where everybody owned a mansion,
and where he had no assurance they
did = mortgage or land and railroad
grabbing businessp
But MS he thought 1t inevitable. he
sohooled himself to the belief that
though heaven might be dull place
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