The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-16
WEALTH.

of hid gloves over his large, fully TIN
gers, Jack Hoburton has been paying
our Catherine considerable attention OF
late, and l shouldn't be surprised If some
thing came of it"
II hope So" returned Mrs. Merivale,
languidly, 'sfor he has lots of money.
people say"
''Oh, Hoburton is a bright young man
and will make his mark yet, there is no
doubt about that, and he may be able to
help us out of our miserable debts" said
Mr.. Merivale.
Kate had many admirers, but Jack
Hoburton was the favorite. Jack was %
steady young man, good looking, well
educated and the possessor of a nest egg
that in the minds of Kate's worldly par
ents would be sure to hatch ~unbounded
wealth.
The parents were gracious and paved
the way to an excellent understanding
between the young people, so the next
winter when Kate went away to board
ing school and Jack went to seek his for
tune in the great west matters were emf
nently satisfactory all around.
Yes" said Mr.. Merivale to his daugh-
ter. Jack Hoburton will make a model
husband, one that will tend to elevate
the family station. That's how it always
should be. | would be very much panied
to have you marry any one poorer than
ourselves"
why, papa" said Kate in reply, II
am not going to marry Jack because he
has a little money. | am going to marry
him because l love him."
That's right" laughed her father,
but the money is a requisite that must
not be despised, for without it love
would be a very tame affair indeed. Ii
Jack were below you in worldly station,
there would be a grotesqueness about
love that would soon destroy it. In mar
rage she social equilibrium should al
ways be maintained"
About two years after Jacks engage
ment to Kate and a year previous to the
proposed celebration of the nuptials Mr..
Merivale startled the bosom of his fam
lily one day by suddenly entering their
midst greatly fiustered and perspiring
from every pore.
He threw himself into a chair, and aft
err prolonged silence that nearly fright
ened the mother and daughter out Of
their senses informed them that at last
1.-THE goal was in sight"
What goal?' they cried.
AT last" said he, I'VE shall rise to
our proper station. Henceforth we have
no need to envy Robertson. The cred
itors who have logged me for the past
10 years shall be relegated along with
bills marked paid back to their misery
level. In fine" he added, we are rich"
Explain: pray explain" they gasped.
Its the Arapahoe mine" said he.
I'VE are worth a cool hundred thousand.
and people will think it a million"
The news of Mr.. Merivale's sudden
acquisition of wealth spread rapidly,
and people exaggerated the reports, as
he had anticipated. New friends sprang
up on every side. Wherever Kate ap-
peared she was more than ever the Gen.
ter of attraction.
Mr.. Merivale began to plan changes
on a grand scale. A lot was purchased
next TO Robertson's and preparations
were made for the erection of a magnii.
cent mansion.
There were to be carriages. servants
grayeled walks, horses, dogs, fountains
in short. all the attributes of aristoc
racy.
One day. after a long interview will
his wife Mr.. Merivale summoned
Kate. Il wish to talk with you abou
that fellow Hoburton, said he. "Yo.
do not suppose, now. that he viii try t.
hold You to the engagement. do your h
inquired ~nervcusly.
WHAT" exclaimed the daughter, red
dening: do you mean that he shoul'
forsake me because we nave been fortu
mater
Il mean," returned the father NOR
coolly. ''that since our circumstance
have materially changed we should reg
ulate ourselves accordingly. My prII
ciple is the same as / have always er
deavored to inculcate. No one shoul
ver marry below his or her station
Dur station has risen, and those VIII
were once our social equals are no longt
SO Personally, Hoburton is an estim'
BILE young fellow, but ! must insist thu
the projected alliance be broken off
once"
If Kate gave her father a look of scor1
IL WAS lost to him, for he continued wit
out looking up:
*You have always been q duff
daughter, and | have implicit confiden,
In Jour obeying my wishes. We have
social status to maintain. 1t would
flying in the face of Providence to al
regard the advantages which our alter,
circumstances present. This you wou
be doing were you to marry a po
man.
why, father" exclaimed the dang
cen, Mr.. Hoburton is by no means poe
He has, as you know, over 10000, a
with the assistance that you might nc
afEord he could easily add to it."
An. said her father, s.you fora
tiaat while he has $4,000 You win ha
10 times that. He is altogether 1
many rounds In the ladder below yc
and the sooner he is informed Of [
change the better for all concerned. 4
-. said be, i~nterrupting her AZ she v
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