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

In Barlock there lived an engaging
young man named Arthur Tyrrell. He
was great student in a cheerful, hap
hazard fashion, and his conversation
was adorned with bright blossoms
gathered' from among the wild weeds
which the world calls knowledge He
extracted sense from philosophy and
cultivated musician who loved melody.
He had written a novel as whimsical
as life.
Tyrrell had small property, and his
various artistic occupations yielded him
some income, yet he was always In Pc
cuniary trouble. His name would al
ways be turning up on bit Of paper,
and he would be asked to pay money
which he did not have
A note Of Tyrrells went to protest at
the bank one day, and, though he made
the amount good at a great sacrifice,
he could not re-establish his credit with
Sir Robert, wherefore all whom he
owed began to press him most unmerci-
fully.
He grew to be typical sinner whose
name was serviceable for Illustration
when Sir Robert addressed the old
maids and widows and Sylvia Mayne
upon the proper conduct of life. Sylvia
was then eighteen, and she knew no
more about money matters than the
bushmen know about the geometry of
K dimensions. She knew Tyrrell, how
ever, and thought him the most agree
able man in Barlock. Her ideals of per-
sonal beauty We're thoroughly satisfied
by Tyrrell's bright blue eyes and vel
low hair, by his grace and manliness
and courtly bearing. 1t was a great
surprise to her to learn that he was not
q good man. Her notions Of evil were
based chiefly upon the dishonesty Of
two servants in the house who had
stolen silverware and had been sent to
prison and upon her observation of GER
tain shifty eyed tricksters who kept lit
tie stores in Barlock. Certainly Mr..
Tyrrell was not like these.
Sylvia's moral training had savored
Of Puritanism, and she had been taught
that evil is attractive and good repel-
lent. Her own experience had not
seemed to justify this doctrine until the
case Of Arthur Tyrrell offered proof
conclusive that the gIoomier view of the
world was the true one She confessed
to herself that she would never have
known that Mr.. Tyrrell was whited
sepulcher or red apple offered by the
old serpent that tempted Eve She had
entertained some foolish dreams about
him, and she reproached herself for
them, for she loved honor and honesty
and especially the moral strength which
is superior to all temptation.
1t was her doubt of Tyrrell's. strength
which probably turned her away from
him. Sir Robert was keen enough to
see this, and no doubt he was sincerely
glad that Sylvia should have begun to
find out what sort of man this fellow
Tyrrell really was. It Is always easy to
accuse an amiable person of weakness
and to carry conviction to the mind Of
girl who has been taught land verify
believes) that all the virtues are hard
as IRON
About this time there was a fever in
Barlock and it's vicinity for investment
In certain gigantic enterprise. Per-
sons Of distinction visited Sir Robert
| IN the interests Of this project, and
they used his bank in various ways
! that were profitable to the institution.
Personally Sir Robert made a small in
| vestment, and upon learning Of this all
Barlock stood ready to risk it's savings.
Deposftors began to withdraw their
| money from the bank in order to In
| vest it, and this was undesirable from
the bankers point of view. So he
| stood up boldly among his fellow citi-
zens and said that the great enterprise
was speculative and that he could not
advise any one to put penny into it
unless he was perfectly willing to lose.
Moreover, he called attention to the
fact that investors, in addition to the
usual risk of loss, ran also the chance
of being assessed upon their shares in
case Of failure. This utterance checked
the run on the bank and was repeated
by Barlock people, and especially by
Sir Robert, after the great venture be-
gan to sink toward ruin
| Among those involved in the disaster
was Tyrrell, but he had not invested
very heavily. He would have escaped
utter wreck except for the assessments
which Sir Robert had mentioned, and
| he was among the first to counsel re-
sistance Of payment upon the ground
that the whole transaction was fraudu-
lent.
At this point Sir Roberts rectitude
stood forth sublime The enterprise
could not be fraudulent, because he
himself had lent it measure Of sane
ton. 1t was speculative, because he
himself had said so. The victims
should pay their assessments, because
he had warned them Of the possibility
and because he paid his.
1T is matter Of honora BILE business
| obligation" said he "a man must pay
his debts"
Sir Robert paid the trifing sums de
manded Of him, and he did so with a
loud noise. Tyrrell protested and tried
to draw the others after him, but they
feared Sir Robert. Tyrrell could not
fight alone nor join in time with the
| dissa tisfled in other cities. The upshot
| Of it was that be went bankrupt. Sir
Robert lost f400, which he could well
afford
Tyrrell left Barlock in disgrace and
went to London, where, to his own
great surprise, he throve. About two
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