The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-08-05
THE PRICE OF A SOUL.

II suppose" said the old man
Yearly. a. he swept stray locx o
1he sparse gray hair back which hac
ALLEN over his wrinkled temples
that you think simon Lester q mean,
Honey-grubbing old villain. intent
apon one object and forever dead "a
any sense OF sentiment or even de
eency."
The old man looked over his hooxed
spse through his copper-rimmed
- ectacics out Of his blcarcd blue
eyes ut the young man who was sit-
In" opposite To him, and, getting no
answer for a minute. burst out into
short, chuckling laugh which had
sach dry, hollow sonnl that ii
scancd to be but an echo OF some
ching which had once existed.
III you have made up your mind
fhat ] shall never have Juliet. why
no you not say SO? II Is no use to
iantaliZc me as you have been doing
every time come TO YOU"
THAT Is not spoken like yourself,
Try polite little monsieur. You should
restrain your wrath Anger is ever
Al Improbable thing. 1t may be-
come the grand seigncur to get upon
his dignity when he is trying TO bad
ger money out OF an old Insurer, but
Il is boomerang, always a boone
rang always recoiling upon the one
who discharges IL. But come, Arthur
Brayton, never said that you should
SOt have Juliet Juliet must marry,
and the old miser, the old jew, does
not want to barter her as do the rich
Sentilcs their children for fortune.
IGict will be rich enough for two, 50
4 l. not riches that | want in q hus-
band, but must have other qualil
cations in the one that she takes for
a mate or she shall never leave the
roUf which has sheltered her since
her birth"
What are those qualifications, Mr..
Eester?' answered the young man,
Strictly.
..ln the first place." replied the old
man, speaking with a shyer manner
and measuring his words out dcliber-
atcly, "he must love M daughter
not for her riches, but for herself. In
ihe second place, he must be able to
prot set her wealth from the robbers
who will seek to wheedle il away from
aer as soon as ! am in my coffin"
The answer seemed to please the
young man, for his earnest, mobile
kce grew brighter as he listened.
and when the old man had finished
speaking he replied:
'.A4 Cor my love, Mr.. Lester. no
Jrie could doubt it. | adore Juliet
and shall never be happy without
her. so far as protecting her fortune
goes, no one can accuse me Of ever
Having been spendthrift. On the
contrary, have saved money "a lit
slc, IL is true but enough to enable
mf to go into business as soon as
Feel disposed
The young mans eye followed the
expressions which appeared on the
old mans face whilst he was speak
ing with an intent curiosity, and the
old man laughed again. not quite
such q barren laugh as before, but
laugh tinged with scornful unbe-
2iaf that Jared cruelty on u sensitive
nature.
You are a child--a nero child
Jet, pursued the old man. "A chit
IA mere chit. What you say is hon
ct and fair enough. You believe
snat you love Juliet She little
goose, believes the same thing But
did you ever read the records of the
sivorce courts: did you ever see the
sud OF those pretty love matches |
yhich they say are made ia heaven,
and. worse still, did you ever take
notice Of the family jars, not the
preserve jars" and the old man
qhqckled at his small joke, 1.-The
Miserable. hypocritical, lovcless,
aesolatc lives Of the thousands who
have bound themselves together,
-;LrIa Il milestone round the neck Of
no other, because, just because, they !
rerc in love, those same two indi. |
fiduals, madly in love with one an
y her before they took the irrevOca-
Die step? All, it is a great lottery. /
Ghis marriage. One should have the |
power Of looking into the future far |
before such IA tremendous risk Is |
aaken in hand-the happiness or
misery OF two lives-life blessed or
Nasted--probably the latter think |
III it!n andtthe old mans tones again
Sec;urre excited and vehement.
Then the money, the money-ah, /
hat is the principal part Of It," con-
anucd the old man, calming himself !
n il the question OF finance could ad-
nit OF no excitement. What do you |
know Of human nature? Where have !
yOu studied IL? Why would under
iako. IL gave you half what am
worth, to have 1t all back again in
vide OF a year. You protect for
tune! No. A good, honest heart |
nay be very nice thing to poss ,ss. |
Stt what becomes OF the good, hon
sst-heartrd people in this world? !
They starve, boy, literally starve.
The money grabbers are too much !
.br them. IL is the law OF nature
attraction Of gravity. NO." and
dle old man shook his head despond-
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