Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-15

''Well, SIR" said the financier
"you have brought this thing to me
you want my advice. Well, my ad-
vice is, don't fool away the only good
thing that will ever happen to you.
Luck such as this doesn't come more
than once in n lifetime"
81 have been offered E10, 900 for my
estate"
"Oh have you? Ten thousand?
That was very hberal-very liberal,
indeed. Ten thousand for O gold
reef"
"But I thought as an old friend of
my father you would, perhaps"
young man, don't fool it away.
He's waiting for you, suppose, round
the corner, with an invitation to din
ner, ready to close.
"He is.
"Well, go and eat his dinner. AL
ways get whatever you can, and then
tell him that you see him"
81 certainly will, sir, if you advise
it. And them"
"And then-leave it to me. And,
young man, think heard year or
two ago something about you and my
girl Rosie.
"There was something, sir; not
enough to trouble you about it.
''She told me-Rosie tells me all
her love affairs"
els she-is she unmarried?"
"Oh, yes, and for the moment l be-
lieve she is free. She has had one or
two engagements, but somehow they
have come to nothing. There was the
French Count but that was knocked
on the head very early in consequence
of things discovered. And there was
the Boom in Guano, but he fortunately
smashed much to Rosie's joy, because
she never liked him. The last was
Lord Evergreen. He was nice old
chap when you could understand what
he said, and Rosie would have liked the
title very much, though his grandchil-
dren opposed the thing. Well, sir, I
suppose you couldn't understand the
trouble we took to keep that old man
alive for his own wedding. Science
did all it could, but twas of no use. -
The financier sighed. ''The ways of
Providence are inscrutible. He died,
, sir, the day before"
"That was very sad. "
"a dashing of the cup from the lip,
IL sir. My daughter would have been q
Countess. Well, young gentleman,
e about this estate of yours. | think |
is see n way-I think, am not yet sure
IT that l do see way. Go now. See
e this liberal gentleman and come here
r in week. Then, if still see my way,
$ you shall understand what it means
1 to hold the position in the city which
| is mine.
-aud-may call upon Rosie ?"
"Not till this day week, not till
have made my way plain"
"And so it means this. Oh, Rosie,
you look lovelier than ever, and I'm as
happy as king. 1t means this. Your
father is the greatest genius in the
world. He buys my property for
? EGO, 000-sixty thousand. That's over
$4,000 year for me, and he makes n
company out of it with ESQ, 900 capi-
tai. He says that, taking f10,00 out
of it for expenses, there will be profit
of ESQ, 900 And all that he gives to
you-GS0, 900, that's $4,000 year for
you and 600 900, that's two more, my
dearest Rosie. You remember what
you said, that when you married you
would step out of one room like this
into another just as good?"
"Oh, Reggie" sank upon his
bosom-"you know / never could love
anybody but you. It's true was en-
gagged to old Lord Evergreen, but that
was only because he had one foot, you
know, and when the other foot went in
too, Just n day too soon, l actually
laughed. SO the pater is going to
make company of it, is he? Well, l
hope he won't put any of his own
money into it, I'm sure, because of
:. late all the companies have turned out
y 80 badly"
/, gold"
q Then why did he turn it into q
IS company, my dear boy? And why
didn t he make You stick to it? But you
e know nothing of the city. Now, let
n us sit down, and talk about what we
e shall do; don't, you ridiculous boy y
4 Another house Just like the first.
:, Inc Drlue stepped OUT OF one palace
| into another. With their five or six
q thousand year, the young couple
f could just manage to make both ends
f meet. The husband was devoted the
. wife had everything she could wish.
- Who could be happier than this pair
e in nest so luxurious, their life 50
i padded, their days so full of sunshine
e 1t was year after marriage. The
wife, contrary to her usual custom,
II was the first at breakfast. few let
+. ters were waiting for her chiefly in
vitations. She opened and read them.
Among them lay one addressed to hei
'e husband. Not looking at the address,
., she opened and read that as we'll:
DEAR REaINALD-I venture to ad
II dress you as an old friend of your owI
II and schoolfellow of your mothers.