Show cc FR HENRT HOWLAND HOWIAND he fie made seven beven ml million dollars in a very little while and ila his portly wife g grew r e w haughty and ila hla daugh tera put on tyle style then lie he built him 6 self a palace 0 and hung pictures on the walls walla there were wera rusty suits of armor placed in fill all tho the splendid halls balls there were articles of virtu aa heaped a A d h hung ung in all the nook a and th the beautiful library wan wag superbly stacked with books people praised him for his culture and his patronage of art lie he became a splendid figure in the noisy busy mart at the horse shows and the functions where the social nodal leaders vied hla his fair daughters gleamed in jewels and hla his wife displayed her pride there were rumors that a marquis from somewhere across the sea had a notion to become a member of the family then there came a slump glump his margins seemed to quickly melt away down the stocks he held went tumbling things got darker every day lie ile had made his money quickly but more rapidly it went lie ile became became white haired and haggard and hla him back was sadly bent and one morning in the papers there were headlines black and tall telling how he had been driven by hla his rivals to the wall at the sheriffs sale which followed there was many a sacr sacrifice illee pictures went for almost nothing nott ilni suits suit of armor at half price bric a brac was sold BB as rubbish rugs were shame shamelessly lesly passed by bi but tho the that were freely offered for the lie books were high all the bound volumes green and gold and red and blue still had uncut leaves and truly were throughout a as s good an aa new |