The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-06-23
A FORTUNATE
FAILURE
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nY HER manner she evidently meant
ID what she had spoken.
mo, shall never marry a man who
CANDLES, be it cards or stocks" she re-
peated.
Joel wondered at her attitude, but re-
solved that she should never be the wiser
in regard to his recent scheming on the
market
perhaps that is why you did not at
tend the last progressive euchre party
1T the De Laneys."
aYou guessed right; it was in con-
fict with my principle, hence declined
70 attend
He began to suspect that his path In
the wooing of Marie would not be as
smooth as his sanguine expectations had
pictured it.
at is very exciting" he ventured.
"And very celebrating when you
lose, l presume"
ITO lose is not necessary for our
health and happiness, besides it is hne
sport to win"
Il hope you are not speaking for your
self; II you are We can never De the pest
Of friends, am sure"
He gazed through the window down
the broad avenue and, although 1t was
nine o'clock at night, he readily recog-
nized the face Of Williams. his most
hated adversary on exchange, passing
In his automobile His wife and daugh-
ter were with him, evidently out for an
evening spin. and for a moment Joel
realized that he was planning their ruin.
A moment later she continued: Il
an ut present writing q magazine ar
ticle upon the evils of stock gambling.
l shall use The most telling arguments
in favor Of government control Of the
market"
He suddenly came to the conclusion
that there was only one way open to
him and that was to win her before his
corner of eggs was announced. She
stepped to the piano and he obediently
followed. Possessing q fine baritone
voice he now, as he so often had done
before, poured out his love in song. sHe
laid such stress upon each recurrence
Of any reference to the delicate passion
that she could not help but understand.
She seemed engrossed in the manipula-
ton Of the keyboard, but he recognized
by the bowling of her head that his plead
ing In. song was not in vain Between
the lulls in the music he would whisper
what he left unsung. and the result
q sooner or later was to be expected.
their engagement would be announced
In the near future.
Upon leaving he added: Let me hope
that your magazine article will be ap-
preciated by your readers" and chuckled
within himself while stepping around
the corner to his residence.
The next morning he awoke with the
iirnl conviction that life was one long,
sweet song. Not that he doubted this
before, but he began to realize that the
proper incentive had been lacking.
While partaking Of his breakfast he
glanced over the morning paper. In the
financial column there was naturally
much to Interest him. and with glance
cf satisfaction he noted 4 prominent
heading about his relations with the
market. His corner is well-nigh COM
plete and he Is recognized as genius
of speculation. II IL admitted that he
viii amass I stupendous fortune. In the
editorial section he also.finds = leading
article about himself. Here he IL round
y abused: Is accused Of forcing the
price of eggs to an unprecedented height,
thereby robbing the poor OF q necessity
Of life His speedy downfall is fervently
hoped for; which causes Joel to become
only more decided in his endeavor.
There is no turning back now, no mat
ter what the papers say.
With = start he Is reminded that
Marie may read this. To say the least
his mind was far from its accustomed
ease that morning.
On arriving on exchange his mind In
voluntarily cleared for action. With
ocant elaboration, but with marvellous
foresight. he swept everything before
him. His adversaries. including Will
Hams, were upon mad stampede. vain
" endeavoring to hold their forces to-
gether. and, above I'll. ruin stared them
IN the face.
At the ilrst sight Of Marie In the draw
ing room It her home that evening he |
fell prey to decided misgiving. We viii |
speedily discover. the cause.
From the table she produced news
paper and pointing to Z leading editorial |
Inquired Tor m explanation. Having |
she added: Remember, / Win |
never marry 4 man Who gambles. =
But. dear. he answered in some
nlarm. IL do not make fortune BY
manipulating the. market some one else
VIM
Rather poor argument, and Z mo-
nent later he became convinced 81 Il.
- she answered With spirit:
Does anothers wrone-doing justify.I
POUR own. Joel. you cannot imagine
Aou. this has Affected me to-day" Point
~ 70 the editorial. she continued: Il
>ould hardly endure the pain Of the
housht that this Vas to Be- my future
lushand. Mercy! For. your own loves
nHrn-avavpn ~ ss0ts IL