The Republican journal., 1907-08-15
Bachelors Experiment.


aue-who would love him and
ne his magnificent home.
. the money" he exclaimed, II
ld never had a penny and then
iteration. Then l should have
d poor to marry anyhow. III
n, though-the pesky, mercen-
md was made. A furious pull
Ell rope brought his housekeep-
room in a hurry.
ap my traps, Mrs. Ashland, for
jng to close the house," he ex-
aoruptly.
. no the house, Mr.. Hume!"
I'D jhe housekeeper, almost be-
NE mad lost his reason. "Why,
talng has not occurred since
myuted uncle took possession
.ulty years ago.
makes no difference; | am mas
now, and l shall close it for the
Meanwhile your wages can
Have you no relatives you wish
,et,ied it, and Mrs. Ashla nd's
3 rs scruples against closing
5 finished with the prospect Of
I..t 10 her relatives, with moth
ia 3ud a continuation of her
US later, Augustus Fritz
W. lomieiIed in quiet lodging
1 shortly afterwards he began
. diamond rings and things
rs Himself in palmer clothes.
rTa- ms great fortune had been
fortunate speculation soon
.lEsHey.
q iasnds rapidly. BY twos and
e, teased to know him as he
IF The street. He only laugh
,Daned his fingers at them be-
I'll HarkS.
eme a time when his circle of
aHr-5 narrowed down to three.
-tg. al! his former friends still
% ann, true in adversely. No
Hr grew miSanthropic.
t.u dgenue, one day, he met a
obtaining some Of his former
tanees. who had been absent
= ty since his house had been
He thought they would not
G, mt each inmate bowed as
is If old.
lave not heard the news" he
=. --onically.
Us wlstaken. That night the
q Tive carriage called on him.
.er lose quarters, my friend"
IS re took a calm survey of
anne unpretentious surround
ty lose, indeed" said Fritz
wt. Ice in his voice, "but since
rV5operty, of which you haven't
4te been forced to become
.ta.
! Lave heard" cried his noble
auditor, abruptly, and that is
3me I knew you needed friends
-rrr | have come to offer you
ueu u head clerk in my count
"a win you accept it?"
u n ell, I'll think of it. But
a- aty from my lodging house"
2 your }odging house. You Can
~ -WAlly AS a-well-a sort of
ea LOW"
El, uot exactly after Augustus
Ht- lust then, and he was
f.rJ 10 refuse. But it would
nt, ave it known that he had
81 .rsrable IA situation as that
n the wealthy house of
-u ley 1t might look as if he
"-' ms money or was too lazy
-atr would ruin his plans.
"i- land he would be exposed
'-r> VI the fortune huntress,
u-her he would be stunned
.. -!Els on account of his laZi-
.e rrSGlt of his cogitations was
.aael his benefactor warmly
-r the position.
,uv settled in the Stanley
.. ms not long before he Won
F.N lad not noticed the charm
r L-iore. She was not 'stuck
landing her papa's wealth.
5ra ~. HIM more cordially, he
Mau she ever did before the
fortune. He would not
H man had he not learned to
l@aX came when she gave a
a'lf, when, before the elite of
. She lid not hesitate to receive,
parent pleasure, attention from
Nhlyh but one construction
y AGED, and he asked no further
'aJ NJ could love him.
lezt morning they met in her
5lary, where he had waited to
a said he, q come to You this
! 10 earn my fate.
"eli aware of the difference in
itious, and of the-the clerk -
l mean which it re-
II a Door and humble clerk, to
% lo4r hand. But / have learn
We you dearly, Nellie. You are
che of all my former friends
5 lad nobility of soul in-in a
sufficient - to overlook my
and treat me as an equal. You
"Ay ne-the only one -"
Tgot the rest of the speech he
united and his face grew apo
INT somehow he managed to
A- would marry him.
41S"pd prettily, and for a mo-
Ftih-d discOmposed- Then she
gave MIN her hand.
W. owed you oh, so long," she
1a ! feared you would never
ga we're so suspicious before
t YOUR wealth that all women
lrFe fortune hunters. l was
gag when papa said you had
and I -
nm to negotiate with me-" cried
US a rapture, finishing the SEN
and folding the dear
wv Aeart he imprinted a passion
Ipoa Ter willing lips.
W. You Sc, she murmured depre-
lga doubt it, dearest" And Mr..
O7'eYed himself the happiest of
We're married. The wedding
" aligetentiouS, as become the