Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17

THE C6AUAA
tons justly due you pay but ono kind.
You pay in money, and upon every 9TH
er reckoning you are bankrupt.
Il was dependent upon you when I
was child. Your father took me into
his house. If was not there by hight
I should not have been there at all.
was not old enough to decide. Hs was
the Judge. When you came into your
inheritance you found me under your
roof. You should have sent me away
or have done your duty by me. There
was no middle course.
"Your duty. was to teach me honor
and honesty. You taught me dishonoc
and fraud You should have shown
Christ's world to me, where love and
kindness and sympathy are current
coin. You showed me only tho temple
Of the money changers before the Mas
ter drove them out, and you taught me
by act and word that this was the true
holy Of hol1es where all good men wor-
SHIPPED"
She then lays bare the sordid life she
led with him. For all the outpouring
Of her mind and heart he paid her only
In dross. All his thoughts were Of
money; all his moral judgments were
rendered in terms Of money. he could
talk of nothing else, think Of nothing
else and hope for nothing higher.
| When their son was born Sir Robert
was relieved Of a terrible mental strain.
He had feared the child might be girl
and worthless for money making, and he
had never kept this anxiety secret from
her. His sole ambition for his son was
that he should follow In his fathers foot
steps and win the respect Of banks. Sir
Robert acclaimed business principles over
tho childs cradle and undoubtedly drove
his wife into a species Of insanity by IN
ceasing reiteration Of his Low aims and
| sordid plans for their child.
| Her determination that the boy should
never give a comprehending ear to his
fathers instruction was undoubtedly the
leading motive for Sylvfas conduct It 10
| true also that she had learned to UNDER
stand the fraud that had been practioed
upon her In regard to Arthur TyFrell. -
the following passage in the letter proves:
| "You would not have forged q desd Of
Arthur Tyrrelrs property and offered 1t T.
me for sale, but you did not scrupis to
forge a character for him and pass 1t up-
! on me for genuine. You ruined him
| through partnership with swtndlofs,
and every act Of yours throughout that
time was shaped upon tho bassst ana
most sordid self interest"
Probably this reference to Tyrrsll Led
Sir Robert to believe that aylvia had ned
to him. Tyrrell was supposed to bs In
America. and Gir Robert creased the
ocean, vowing vengeance Tyrreu. who
was really In England. heard Of these CO.
currences and promptly followed Dir Rob-
ert, but neither Of them ever Jaw sylvia
again or ever saw England. for Sir Rob
ert became involved in business enter
prises in the new world and grew much
richer here, while Tyrrell died soon after
reaching these shores.
AS for Sylvia, she lived 4 quiet life and
earned her own bread and her sons. The
boy had a childhood full of love, . youth
made beautiful by increaaing helpfuluaw
to her and manhood rich In honors. He
was not in the least like his father: but.
alas for the sad miracle Of the psrtinacity
of sin. his son was unpleaaantly raminis-
cent OF Sir Robert, the banker Of Bar
lock. with whom I quarrel once 4 year,
Is said in tho beginning.
! Why do quarrel with = man whs died
80 long before I was born? Because b>
was my great-grandfather, the. rascal!
| None Of his actual wealth descended 70
me- but perhaps I owe my money to him
just the same. have been in thu hankiux
business now for twenty-five years. ana
It seems to suit ma I understand credits
I Judge mon by their capacity to pay
what they owe on tho day when II - dve,
though I can't heip knowing that some
OF them arc \ long way behind With their
! more important obligations.
In order to get tho better q vro>shsd
old Sir Robert, who dweIls within me- I
make it a practice on the nrst day Of
the year to forgive the debt owsd = ne
| by delightfully."- irresponsible nephew Of
| mine, and it is the more fun bseause he
! always thinks I'm not going to Do r. He
accumulates indebtedness during the year
| and comes to me In great distress at the
end Of 1t. Then rises UP old Sir Robert to
| tell me that this youth can't b honest or
he would pay his debts, ana I have to
call upon the gentle spirit Of Sylvia
Mayne to set me right. The boy IL hon.
| est enough, but he doesn't understand
money; that's all. Perhaps Tvs spoiled
him by lending him 30 much. In that
| case I owe him reparation. must make
the young rascal sufficient annual al
'owance and thus pay my debt to him.