Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-04

AnOUgh he loved money, Robert was
no miser. He lived in fine style and
would pay the price Of anything that
he desired. He bought shrewdly, but
never grudgingly. and he knew how to
make pouad worth two by having 1t
ready at Il moments notice: A prompt
loan to a man Of exalted station paved
the way to knighthood, and the banker
became Sir Robert when he was about
thirty years old.
In Sir Roberts house there dwelt
somewhat less than a dozen poor rela-
lions. They were a part Of the young
mans Inheritance from his father, and
the only portion which decreased as
the result of improved management
All the men am.Mg them eventually
went to work and found another abode
The old maids AID widows remained,
and one young girl named Sylvia
Wayne, who was very distantly related
to the Dennings
In Barlock there lived an engaging
young man named Arthur Tyrrell. He
was a great student in cheerful, hap
was adorned with bright blossoms
gathered from among the wild weeds
which the world calls knowledge. He
extracted sense from philosophy and
human nature from history He was a
cultivated musician who loved melody
He had written novel as whimsical
as life.
Tyrrell had a 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 a bit of paper,
and he would he asked to pay money
which he I'd not have.
A note Of Tyrrelrs went to protest at
the bank one day, and, though he made
the amount good ut Il great sacrifice
he could not rccstablsh his credit with
Sir Robert. wherefore all whom he
owed began to press him most llnmerci-
fully
He grew to be typical sinner whose
name was SerViceable for illustration
when Sir Robert addressed the old
maids and widows and Sylvia Wayne
upon the proper conduct OF life. Sylvia
was then eighteen, and she knew no
moro about money matters than the
bushmen know about the geometry of
X dimensions. she knew Tyrrell, how
ever. and thought him the most agree
able man in Barlock. Her ideals of per-
SOnal beauty were thoroughly satisfied
by TyrrelIS bright blue eyes and vel
low hair, by his grace and manlness
and courtly bearing. 1t was a great
surprise to her to learn that he was not
good man Her notions of evil We're
based chiefly upon the dishonesty Of
two servants in the house who had
stolen silvei'ware 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 Purtanism, 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 gloOmier view of the
| WOIlu WIS Tie True one. she cOIlI cSSc(t
to herself that she would never have
known that Mr. Tyrrcl was whited
! sepulcher or Il 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 nnr.inr tn oil
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. 1t is always easy to
accuse an amiahle person of weakness
and to carry conviction to the mind of
Il girl who has been taught land verify
believes that all the virtues are hard
I as iron
About this time there was Il fever in
Barlock and its 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 Il small in
vestment, and upon learning of this al
Bariock stood ready TO risk its savings
Depositors t2gan to withdraw thcil
money from the bank in order to in
vest ii. AMI this was undesirable from
the bankers point of view. so h,
stood up boldly among his fellow citi
zenS and said that the great enterprise
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