Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-11-10

For Stanhcld, who now and Jnen would
meet the old butler, Ind Il directly from
Samuel himself, one day, that there was
pot OF actual gold coin In the cabinet
Of tho library upstairs, and that here,
very often, instead Of reading any Of
the books on the adjacent shelves
books which he had long ago ceased
from the horrible extravaganza Of pur-
chasing-he would sit crouchingly be-
side his grecn-shaded lamp for hours
and hours OF an evening. arranging the
gold pieces into piles Of q certain
height, making of these piles medal
lions. and then altering the latter with
slow but inccssant variance until his
frcalsish manipulations reminded you Of
nothing so much as the sluggish revo-
luton Of n Kaleidoscope.
Talk like this keenly interested Stan.
field Now ind then he would refer TO
Samucl's gossipy confidence during
talks with his wife. As time went on
the city pushed itself up past tracts Of
land that but yesterday, as might be
said. were open country. The Stan.
fields moved their place Of residence 10
one further uptown, though cheaper and
more modest than that which they had
formerly held.
Martha protested q little ut this.
There's no use. Alfred" she said, ''in
our reducing expenses. We don't want
to save, you know" by this time they
had got into the way Of speaking quite
freely to one another regarding Van Do.
rcn's expected demise.
NO" he replied, mot to save-of
course not but money Is money, my
dear. and we need not squandcr It,"
"Squandcr IT," faltercd Martha. She
could not understand the change In
her husband lie had lost good deal
of his old bonhomic lie was given to
fits of brooding that puzzled her, and
sometimes he would start from one Of
these and suddenly ask her how much q
certain grocer's bill had been or just
what amount she had paid for young Al
frcd's last pair Of shoes, for young Ger.
trudc's newest dozen of hose.
Al last poor, gentle Martha walked
up and gave her lord grand scolding.
lie listened TO Il very patiently, and
told her with sort Of dazcd smile
which she somehow detested) that he
hud thought so much Of money lately
as to find himself caring about It,
watching its expenditure in really pc.
culiar way
"You think altogether too much on
the subject OF money" said Martha.
with rcproachful heat Are VIC not
quite comfortable rs we are? And II q
certain thing doesn't happen within the
next five years or SO. why on earth
should you care? For good while yet
we can send the children to public
schools That certainly is far better than
not educating them ut all We've no
reason 10 bother ourselves about money
none In the least OF course You
might have advanced yourself more
with Van Vecktcn II Co Now. Alfred,
| don't mean TO say anything unplcas-
ant, but you know. dear, that You your.
self told me. not long ago. you'd got to
be n sort Of machine there in Water
street. neither caring for promotion
nor using an effort to secure IT,"
True" replied Standcld. II must
pull myself together must show
them what I'm worth and demand
better salary"
Iiut he did neither lie was always
waiting. waiting for his uncle to die.
The Van vccltcn firm found no fault
with him. but they had got to regard
him in the light Of merely plodding
and unambitious worker Perhaps they
suspected the trutli--that old Van Doren
had made him his heir, and that he had
seen the old tniscr's will. and that he
realized how any honr might make HIM
rich As il was. they trusted him com.
pictely. gave him certain work to do,
and satisfied themselves that he did II
with certain stoiid apathy lie was
not useless to them lie was in n way
quite useful liut his employers had
sense of abilities partially dormant.
CONCLUDED NEXT wEEK.