The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-27
CHAPTER IX.-continued.

He hated to see investments dwindle.
Though lle never meant to sell. he
hated to watch good stocks and shares
go down in value. He felt as 1t the
shrinkage was In himself. With each
lowered quotation in the stock list,
little strength had gone from him.
And he regretted the slight loss OF
power as strong man regrets the
least atrophy of his muscles or wan
ing of his nerve force. But such dlm!-
nutions were rare. On balance they
vanished. One sound stock went down,
but another sound stock went UP. The
only real depreciation Of market value
was in the ground rents originally
created by him and still retained.
Ground rents, as premier security.
had steadily dropped In price during
recent years. Good provincial ground
rents once fetched nearly as much as
metropolitan ground rents In aIedford
they had brought over thirty years'
purchase: then, dropping and dropping,
twenty five YEAR, became the usual
| figure; now 1t was twenty-three years,
or even less
so long as you hold them said the
bank manager "the selling price $50,
| no consequence to you, MI. Srunaeh.
! OLD Crunden loved the deference ana
considera ton that he was always sure
/ of In the managers room of the Med
/ ford District United Bank. He might
walk In whenever lie pleased. and the
| manager was never too busy to talk
land TO listen. It was no How DO,
/ Crunden?" In here. but BE seated, MT.
! crunden and In what manner may we
.Ihave the pleasure OF serving your,
Perhaps of all the town, the bank par
tIor was the only place where AIR Crun-
| den felt he was dealt with exactly az
Ibis proper worth. In here men Were
weighed by most unsentimental meth
/ cd. the man in one scale and MS
| money-bags in the other. and no long
est pedigree or highest sociai ranA
added sixpence to the mans weight.
But in these days his money was
nothing TO Erunden-less than nothing.
IHis daughter was Ill. J.
4 DR.. Blake had been quick to avail
himself of the tardy but handsome invi-
/ tation He came now to Kings COT
tage every morning or aftsEnoon.
II want to see her gain ground
said Dir. Blake. we are not gaining
ground as / Should wish :
DR.. L. AXE often used the old-fashioncd
1--WE" when speaking OF Or directly ad-
i dressing Il patient. He was big, clean
i shaved, gray haired; wore frock coat
land top hat; carried eyeglasses, but
4 rarely looked through them-a physi-
4 clan of the old school. He liked such
i maxims as "Festina lente,i Mature Is
Tour best ally" Prevention is better
THAN cure" etc. and the only modern
4 characteristic in his practice was that
4 he employed few drugs. Thus ne
hurried slowly with Lizzie. gave her
no hasty drauglts or powders, but came
A Regularly TO ascertain II she was gam
] ing ground.
i "Wello" saked her father with in--
creasins anxiety. what's wrong?
Nothing organically wrong. ,,l ou
sImay rest assured OF that LaSsltude
j Discrimination for effort"
4 z"Shall / make her go away for 4
j change? It's about our usual time
but SHE says she doesn't feel up to
.Iit?p
.Allow us "a week or two said DR.
Blake, "and then We may be glad Of
4 la change Of scene; but ut present out
.Elassitude stands in the way. 3.
He was using the old-fashoned we.
{ land meant, OF course, Lizzte's lassitude
i|not his. Il
1 We would not so out for walks. we
would only. loll in our basket chair In
4 1.-THE garden; drives in one OF tho White
4 Hart landaus gave US no pleasure: we
A Threaded the fatigue of a holiday tour
4 with its crowded table t'hotes, noisy
Ihotel bands, and talkatlve fellow-pas-
\ sengers in trains and on steamboats,
1--we emed to care for nothing put stc
4 sit with an unread book on our lar
nd What
4 Twas the matter wi til. us?
4 DIR. Elake thought the liver was In
4 Idubltably sluggish, and suggested rides
tlNpon horses. !,
a 4 l}s.lts"Talse up riding. Miss Cr,mden
Long, quiet rides over the hills anG
4 far av-ay-,do You all the good IN the
4 world, ,5$... Il 5.s. q.
4 land there's no ore 4 could ride with
n ai.fAIr, Banker, the riding master--iust
a the person. Banker is a splendid
\ Ehorsena Il. !tt II ofreh. send my young
Flladies with him; and they tell me he's
n a very pleasant, ntertaning compan,
|ion,''s
ooh, no.1 should hate IT,"
Very WELT we must try something
q else"
Why should she be. ailing -pallid
H perceptibly thinner, without joy 81
life? Old Crunden,s heart ached Whei
sLhe thought Of it--and that was nearls
n always. He could think OF lothina
8Eelsc Sometimes. SIS he Thought Of thl'
"A trou,,le, his feeling was akin to anger
land angry revolt against the III
sljustiets or fate, He had spared no seN,
pensc; he had never grudger her any
f thing that money OF love could buy
Tho had done all that was humanity pos
slble to earn for her health anu nan
u Illness. He had n right to look for. nv