River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-17
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.E.ss....A.s.ts.s $500
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- n ANT be done, sir-cannot be
done!" AR. Beamish, sitting
before the fire in the library-he had
dismissed one maid for calling it the
''Off room"-turned over large
piece of coal and turned it back
again. you should know me by
now for one of the old-fashioned
sort. When you hear of me borrow
ing or lending a sovereign, you can
look for the end of the world. Oh,
I'm plain, sir! I'm u man OF mot
toes. Had 1 broken through my
golden rule, / might be now in-er-
your position. Don't leave your hat,
sir!"
II WON'T" The visitor took the
hint-and the hat. He had been
rather pale; his lips took IL grim
twist now. 81 fancy there's another
golden rule; was trying to recall
it. Still"
MY dear man, it's useless! Don't
make me use n harder word. If
there's one thing l detest, it's rak-
ing up old ashes. But when my
daughter, who had been brought up
with solid, proper principles, left her
home and married penniless actor,
] really had to close my dOOr-yes,
the door Of my heart-upon her. HUI
man nature? Human bunkum, sir!
oh, no doubt you looked for better
things! SO did Micawbcr; so does
the bcggar who goes grumbling
along the gutter. l respect the man,
sir, who measures his ditch before
he leaps. You, a Shakespearean
actor, to come asking for a paltry
five pounds! Well, really, it seems
to me that even an actor who is
worth his salt could do better! Not
that / know anything about actors.
If you insist upon the truth, / haven't
it to lend"
pardon me- he said, with little
break in his voice; I'm not acting
now. But l happen to know that
you have Il hundred times the
amount lying idle, otherwise would
never have risked this snub. 1t was
your own Bessie who said: Don't
think so hard of HIM! Tell him /
haven't had to regret the step in the
least; tell him that life is too short
for bitter feelings!' Paltry or not,
it represents the sum l want. I've
got the engagement at Sunderland
for Monday week, but / haven't the
railway fare. We've had struggle,
but we've nothing to be ashamed of.
In month from to-day the money
shall be lying here"
$50 you said. / believe it; and yet
] can't encourage improvidence. A
sensible man, sir, doesn't sell his UNI
brella because the suns out; he
keeps it for a rainy day. It's q ques-
ton of principle. Bless my heart,
look at that bundle of papers! Bes-
sic can tell you that, if l cared to
risk few hundreds-if l had them
to do it, ] mean-I might establish
my claim to part of a huge fortune.
Wants strong mind, sir, to resist
fascination of that sort. Here, my
brothers and sisters have been sweat
ing and going to law for years; re-
suit, poverty. Then they come and
call me mean. Not me! Bird in the
hand is my motto. I'm afraid-I'm
afraid l can't say as much of my
daughter ana ncf husband.
Il only hope, Mr.. Beamisn," said
Lowell, as he turned at the door,
you'll never know what it is to pay
the price that makes one a cynic!"
"Ah, that's a flash of your melo-
dramal No use, my boy. If you had
paused to realize that money makes
money, you wouldn't now be repent
ing at leisure. It's really only fools
who buy their experience. watched.
and got mine for nothing. As 1 said
TO Mrs. Beamish, when she wanted to
buy a fanciful hat: Not quite, my
dear! Go and look at it until you've
mastered every detail, and then come
home and make one like it. Some
men break their Goals to keep UP u
blaze; they're not content to"
Enough / shall remember this
day, sir-the 31st of March!"
He was gone. He did not even bang
the door. 1t took Mr.. Beamish some
minutes to work up sufficient heat to
go down and impress his wife.
The idea! Wanted TO borrow 6 81
If that sort of thing, began, where
should we be?"
I'VE might be just as happy in diff
ferent sort of way" she dared.
"Ah, that's a woman all over. What
do women care? I've learned that
the only friend a man can rely upon is
his money. Eh?"
Nothing, nothing! 1t only oc-
Cured to me that they might have
found it out, too."
shouldn't have married." he
snapped. i've no sympathy with act
ors, and less still for people who en-
courage them! While you're wasting
n sovereign at the theater. you might
be doubling it at home!"
1t really did seem as if Mr.. Beam
ish's pet theory that money makes
money was to be emphasized once
more for the benefit of his friends.
That very next evening the maid-who
had never had chance to test the
theory herself-tapped, with a card
bearing name that made Mr.. Beam
ish stare.