Year: 1861

greatly grieved at his avarice, but they
had tried numberless unsuccessful expert
ments to cure him. One day his father
brought home large fruit-cake to each
OF his children, and they gladly received
them, and laid them by for the coming
winter evenings, when they were expecting
to make parties for their friends, but Gus
tavns slipped his under his arm, and crept
out into the street He sold it to a poor
man, whom he met, and received the small
price OF fourteen cents. When he return
ed, he said: See here; have money
for my cake; yours will bring you none.
This act displeased his father very much,
and he tried to convince him of the sim
fulness of his evil passion. If he had
commenced the trial then, he could have
cured himself.


By and by his birthday came round,
and among the presents sent to him was
one from his uncle, of basket of those
delicious cherries that grow on the bank
of the Rhine. The donor supposed, of
course that Gustavus would share his fruit
with the rest of the family; but in this
he made great mistake The recipient
had no such good intention; for that
night, after every one else had gone to
bed, he went with his cherries to the mar
ket, and sold them for seventy cents.


Once he bought magpie for the low
price of shilling. But can Gustavus be
going to have bird for sport ? Not he,
you may be sure He took the magpie
home and began to train it to certain tricks,
that he might sell it at greatly advanced
price. But it ate too much corn accord
ing to Gustavus's notion; so he reduced
the allowance, and on the second morn
ing afterwards, he found his magpie dead.
So after this, he was no longer called
Master Moneyloce, but Brdhaler.


But this mishap had no tendancy to
correct his passion for money. When he
became man, he went to the University
to study law. His father gave him lib
eral supply of money; but instead of
paying it for lectures, he represented him
self as very poor student, and begged
the officers to give him instructions free.
They believed his statements, and granted
his request. But his jubilee did not last
long. Somehow his deception was discov-
cred, and he had to pay for every lecture.
The affair made him the subject of gen.
eral derision among the students, and he
suffered from it through his entire student
life. He was boarding money in every
possible way, and this accounts for his
being the most unhappy young man at
the University.


When he returned home, he took charge
of the large share which fell to him in the
estate of his father, who had died a few
months previously. Just at that time,
the highest office in the city namely, the
mayoralty, was vacant, and many infu-
entail men told him that he was we'll
enough educated to become a candidate.
But the custom of the city was that each
candidate had to give free dinner to his
particular friends and partsans. In this
way they could find out a mans hospital
ity, for they would have nobody to pre-
side over them who was not hospitablc.


Gustavus thought the whole mat
ter over: and though he did not like
to give free dinner, he nevertheless con-
sented to become candidate. The day
arrived, and what should all the guests
find but the worst dinner they had ever
eaten. The meats and vegetables were of
the poorest description in fact, there was
nothing to be seen that the humblest pea
SAINT could not afford. The many leading
men who were there, were so indignant
at the niggardly avarice ofGustavus, that
they refused to support him at the coming
election. The poor dinner was talked
Of by every body; and when the election
day was over, it was found that Gustavus
had received bat thirty eight votes in the
whole city. so his opponent went into
office almost unanimously.


Afterhis defeat he grew very melan-
choly, moro SO than he had ever bcen,. and