Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-07-31

without you now, Tor we've nVeu Tor
you only for so long"
The old man never finished the sem
tence, but when the neighbors search
ing for him that night with lanterns,
found him in old Bills stall, they
carefully carried his body to the
house, where the doctor said he had
died of heart failure. But if they
had asked old Bill, he would have
told them it was a broken heart.
When Sam and Sue returned from
the theater that night, a telegram
was awaiting them from an old neigh
Dor, who had told Sam when he left
the farm, that he was a fool to go,
that there was no city job on earth
worth any more to him than a good
Illinois farm, free from debt, and well
stocked The message read: "Your
father died today, of broken heart.
George"
A few months later Sans mother
took a severe cold, and died of pneu-
monia, the doctor said, and as the old
home had lost all of it's attraction
because the loved ones were gone, and
there was kind of a guilty feeling
that he had been in some way the
cause of their death, Sam sold the old
place, but put the money in bank,
and vowed that he would never touch
it until he should buy another farm,
and live on it, as his parents had
wanted him to do.
The years had gone by. He had
made success of his business. But
today the little girl whom he had
promised to love and cherish, and who
had always tried to appear contented
and happy, that she might not be
hindrance to his career, was going to
die unless he could get her out of the
city.
He began to estimate what his city
life had given him, and the price he
had paid. He knew that she had new
er really enjoyed the city. She seemed
to see the sham under all of the CLAM
our and noise. The sin and shame
in some lives could not be hidden
from her eyes by the forced laughter,
and apparent amusement, of those
who frequented the restaurants, with
tba;r ,,,,,C;o o,d antayt a;oooao+c Tho
rush and push of the city tired her,
and the society friends they had met
were not real neighbors. She knew
they were glad to know her as long as
she contributed to their pleasure, or
gain.
He knew that she realized that they
were not saving any money, because
they had to live in proper style for
the sake of his business. Their little
apartment was not real home. 1t
was simply the place where they lived
until they moved to another, and as
he began to think of the old home
where he would naturally have taken
his wife, but for the past sad years,
he began to feel that there was a
difference in himself.
He had not continued the old fam
lily practice of beginning and closing
the day with word of prayer. They
had taken good many of their meals
at the hotels and restaurants, where
blessing at the table was out of
place. They had gradually neglected
going to church, and somehow praying
had become lost art.
Now he was brought face to face
with life's realities. His city success
es had cost him his old home, his faith
err and mother, the happy, contented
life he might have lived with them,
and to this price might yet be added
the life Of the only loved one left to
him.
Again he calculated, ooh, my God!
What shall l do?"
A newsboy crying, Extra, Extra"
attracted his attention, and gave him
new idea. Perhaps he could find a
quiet place, where they could go until
his wife was well, or perhaps-he hes
itated even in his thought. Perhaps
he would buy farm.
He hastily scanned the advertise
ments. There were three, all adver-
Using Michigan lands, and he hastily
read them:
"The Michigan Stock Ranch Co. has
decided to dispose Of a portion of its
holdings by placing on the market
a vast tract Of their thousands of acres
of first class farming land in lots of
20 acres or more. This land is located
in Troy and Home townships in New
aygo county. Land capable of pro-
ducing so bushels of wheat to the
acre, $50 baskets of corn per acre, rs
bushels of oats per acre, and where
clover and grasses grow abundantly,
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