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Show n now, whih I have the A RICH FAMILY. lie turned T ironi In r qu The Army of Commercial Travelers of early manhood; but the !t the Ikuim. A f'w nmi.ifHs An investigator of accurate mind hai , that hold me bond-!ul o an1 weak. 'inOi If Mary toi'd. with a t lieu irbt appear, her Tlie Value of the Astor Property in calculated there are now about eighty could see as I see if I could make her nd her i In .it man r eump.i -- fin' lialf f New York. J V'l .'i n foml. draw near, under.-tan- d i thousand traveling salesmen on the her ru.ea T rightly jim my Alas, banned. position! I broken nl'tl:.' 'Irt'am is linking out of my window last even- road ia this country, and that their exthat is hopeless, I tire to go ml 1 brothers ' the Mr. And Whitman find we in wood her the his hour-and ing later dewv a accounts alone will average quickened I i k .wr du-his minder writes a pense because down Twenty-sixtheart street, tin beat e!fsteps, quicker, ev sdiop. v a year each, says the Nashville $1,500 eolilmle. f his was mind and M'.v 1 speak a word to you? she New York correspondent of The dpu: i(ubt unduly excited. ier, American. He says: This means an and a Mot long after Mr. Whitman had left aid. Time. aildretiig the owner, who knew They were coming the home, dreams, delivered a outlay of $130,010,000 a year, and ii letter to er very Well. postman .,1 from happy office t below from their etliinc e his address, llis wife examined the he replied, you count an average salary of $1,000 li ue.H ly overt jkeii, Certainly," r lairv covert seems; Broadway, on the street they were a year it will swell the total to writing on the envelope, which was in moved to the lower end of txae! aud "'us forsaken Here they have quite a prea bold hand, ami said to herself as she a year. This immense sum is scat.ms rimes. outstretched, did so. I wonder who this can be Mrs. Whitman drew from her pocket tentions brick building, which looks tered all over the United States. It $1k v jits with bands the dew leaves, from? a ladys wateli and chant, and laying ike a banking house. It is lilted up keeps up the hotels and is ono of the jiitoin thatsomehow stretched t.nnotv more than curiosity movsa d, at the ike one. On the inside it has all the most important items of railroad past!l cast, Something mi iei:i gl.ms leaves. new slushme under ed her. There intruded ,n her mind a ."lie time holding out the liill .she had of screens, desks, big senger receipts. The character of the brook i ,f the missalesman has changed withaki n from the envelope aidreed tu paraphernalia vague feeling of disquiet. phantom will not or books, and clerks which are so common traveling apVio sive bore unpleasant news for her husa decade in husband: r past. You will find very the shadow in my look On the few m financial establishments. 1 can not afford to wear tins wateli. band. The stamp showed it to be a boys and fewer drunkards upon the Memory, doubt, or reckoning. mines are toe ont'ide of the iloor there are two brass roads. The competition is so great and city letter. Several times of late such mv husband's eii I moods letters had come to his address, and site united. I tell you so frankly-- . It sigus, one bearing the name of John the expense so heavy that firms have to thought in brief exalted ati; miortaf cumber loses, noticed that he read them hurriedly, should never have Iteen purrhas.-- .l ; lut! J. Astor, the other William W, Astor. send out their best men, and salaries 6 whispers, tliromrh my solitudes, thrust them, without remark, into his a loo indulgent husband yield'd 1o the On the ills do each of the brothers has if $3,000 and $5,000 a year arc by no the Muses; all t spells of pocket, and became suddenly silent and importunities of a foolish y oung wife. a private ot'iee 'Iand plenty of clerks to means uncommon. bis plnee is a singular do the work. then I turn for nearer bliss, These traveling men sell all sorts gloomy. ay tins to take the blame from him. as dreamiii", Oil Ins as sweet n Mrs. Whitman turned the letter over an Now, sir, nuet the case, if you can do little institution. It wears an air of of goods. Some of them carry a u kiss mv of ru a, re hand in a thoughtful so in fairness to yourself, lake back repose entirely foreign to a business esover her and trunks others in iuve'v seeming. carry again heavy the slot ,J:s the wateli and say bow much 1 shall pay tablishment yet within its walls there their samples in their overcoat pockets. way, and as she did so the image of , I fiml her at my side. ina are more transactions of importance One man I know gets $3,000 a year for faced and he sober as silent husband, on beside. s some shifting, throng gay are mo-- t of the time of late, bide to seems think. little a had to become for shallow yearly than in many a pretentious selling the skins which butchers put The last j,.,.', jeweler paused 'X The score or around sausages. He dresses like a itself with unusual vividness. The ease took him a little by surprise. financial institution. her lair eyelids lifting. presented jt Dpp,. titk-nof clerks with their big books are Broadway swell and carries his sammore into her then minute: a stole heart. He stood for shv their eo'ipse nearly A above t:inpathy atdj : loor George! she said, ps the ad uu hones andliohes. the bill and wateli, Le said, halt kept busy looking after the real estate ples in a bag no larger than a ladya arr.it w hioh belongs to the. Astors. It is said shopping satchel. The best of such afraid somer s,.. and their apocalypse I'm and went to a di.sk. a Increased; minute. feeling leen , greater than my soul is! establishment collects in rent- skins are made in Europe, and butchers this is going wrong with him. that do? Will that thing 0 als more than a million of dollars a buy cf him everywhere. Then tlieie is Ile had come forward again, and iiaigeil with new delights my heart Placing the letter on the mantelxx it li the ir culmination bill, year. It takes as much time and atfrom Boston husband could see her where it a man 1 know who lut receipted piece, frw some part of the yi xed for track tention to enLe Mrs. sells alien Whitman property and Francisco to wore keep Sail tame in, face a llis nothing but pleasant expression. Wat1' , 4 compassed w itti its blisses. to this noted family as it one grade of bootblacking. Some tered upon some household duties; but How much have I to pay you? belonging rlet mv spirits ralluug-wbila strange impression, as of weight, lay asked Mrs. Whitman, taking out hei would to conduct an extensive banking travelers sell bv pictures of the articles blote dimmed the empyreal presence, house. j s upon her heart a sense of impending pocket book. they have to sell. Clothing forms the ate jb , mg of the siraph smile The Actors are not speculators. They largest class of drummers and next i.ievil a vague, trouble I disturbance of ir the seraphs essence. Nothing, he replied, aer do not go upon the street for business come those who sell Loots and shoes. her usual inward is uninjured." .rat. mi. have I any good injit s re- Invest money in ordinary business Mrs. kind sir, of If Whitman done a the have Then we have the You act, salesman, thought thee with all thv sweetness? IWlliy curred, as was natural, to the elegant said Mrs. Whitman, with a tremulous affairs. They coniine their operations the grocer, the hardware men, hats fealed thou, not understood, bard raid some dniae completeness? silk dress of which she was to become voice. I hope you will not think un- to real estate. It was the foundation of and caps, and others as numerous as on not did feel she owner that the Its no their great fortune which was left to there are trades and faetorie-- . day, favorably of my husband. f the stronger than pursuit not this gentleman the proud satisfaction her vain heart fault of liis that the bill has not been them by the shrewd and miserly old .4 lit upward hastening? Traveling men, a little while before. SomegDesiie, forever moot, Good morning, sir. parent who made it. John Jacob As- continued, are, as a rule, bright, genexperienced paid. lied of behoof chastening? ,tne Mrs. Whitman drew lnr veil over tor, the elder, was a singular old per- erous fellows. They spend freely, and thing of its beauty had faded. and I i. knew wlrat t once with me letter that It youth her face, ami went wit li light step and son. He lauored and saved; all the many of them, when they become old only Ticket this vain suggestion into land and leave the road, iiml themselves hour she an half after contained! aiil, light heart from the shop. The pleas- money he accumulated went mil it ,.t that thine utmost truth most The its and feelin still come on mind her had glowing poor. We have now a project to take it ure she had experienced in, belongings. receiving olije jn eterual coax money care of disabled traveling men. It is a not could venture e bo business it come had which to not was the the pres-urwatch her in Current Vance, compared upon all bn, Jjrt so strangely, as it seemed to her. with that which she now felt in parting out of his pocket, lie believed in land traveling mens home, to be endowed ipal.a; I She went to tiie mantlepiece, took up with it. the jewelers she went and invested his fortune in it. His life by traveling men ami to be devoted to th THOUGHT. SECOND the examined and and paid his bill: was am thing but a happy one, and his their ie. The idea is that each one of the to the letter, bootmaker's, superthe i her. not did to lier It thence from millener's, and set- family do not seem to have improved the 80,000 travelers is to give $1 a year enlighten scription. lUtfhf much" upon it. They live in good shape; for the next three years to such an inbecame more assured that tled for her last bonnet. of a "Wife's Good Sense, she Story Steadily ranrT, to that is about all. They cut no figure in stitution. This will make a total of mv to see trouble of a were contents I know nature its Mr. said dving au.t have it, George, youre as L the Mrs. husband. her said general life of the metropolis ex- $210,000, anil from this we will buy a Whitman, gayly, iuTs handsome little vife. So, intreiv been a little mysterious of within that of her cept as large property owners and pur- farm in Kentucky, or tome other good arm her drew Hes the stu jut on that sober face, slie said to herself. This idea husband on bis appearance that eve- chasers. The two Astors are old men. locality, and erect comfortable builda eij. il put on a sober face? aslted late, a fleeted lie ning. Come up stairs and let me William W. is a tali, robust citizen, ings, with reading-roomher very unpleasantly. parlors, and I should think. He has a chambers, so that the occupants can to near an she 60, with and smile, abaml, Dont silent Come more it. reserved, hang show attemjit along! grows buttle-round, full face, a little inclined to be have all the comforts of life during their added, as thought, under a kind of back, George, as if you were afraid. da nnv tiling but a success, of sr and a sandy complexion. llis declining years. We will further enwife in a his with went red, active became feverish excitement, George Whitman g, sober as a man on trial for his iloreL is fully as tall, but not as stout dow the home by a year or two more of on brother like More a man more direction. new contemplative, looking passively, ract i she replied. There, dear, clear as it checrlul as nor sentence in what a less interested dreadful receive and liis wav to looking. Both of them contributions, and the institution will were, of it! and look as if you had at least on around him. llis coldness than in expectation of a plea-asight pass along the street without attract- be under the care of a competent board goes the fend in the world! What money chills me at times, and his irritation His thoughts were bitter. ing any attention or scarcely a passing of managers. This project is, 1 undermre, r notice. to lost become wife on men arc! me. me, Shall stand, to be submitted to the next anmy pains he st: lo-- t to me in dollars and cents I suppose they nual meeting of merchant travelelers. In liis in heart a drew be She said Then, sigh. w much will it cost? deep long, inquired e ownIt has many supporters among travelwith an almost startling vividness, came world of folly, fashion and extrava- are by far the largest Tntman. adare United States. ers in the in contrast, her tender They mind before her ing salesmen, ami I will not be surprisgance? :e was another attempt to look to their possessions every day. ed if it is earned out. of three years she said, leading husband Sit cheerful down, ding George, loving, le gre.: a and acquiescent, Their present ventures, I believe, are before, and her quiet, silfcnt. sober faced him to a chair. be an in a the direction of the new property out six pounds, was had manner Her of answered, husband After a Landmark. undergone change. lie hi had about Ilarlem that is just now attracthim with countenance of her has The the in a ,B'C little gone wrong brightness Something ' ladys catcher faltering Detective Manning was around the this year! she said aloud, as feeling departed, She took something in a bur- ing so much attention. Next to the for she knew the sum would sound les andb lie What can it be? ied way from a drawer, and catching Vanderbilts I suppose this is the rich- Central Market the other day when grew stronger. as eat milwho agaat. 60 How man old, about met America. a in iloor This up a footstool, placed it on the est family years many The letter was still in her hand. : pounds! Why, Mary, do you me. near him, and sitting dowm, leaned upon lions they have no one seems to know, looked so dusty, tired and anxious that enlighten may turn made of money ? et in I860 it was heralded over the the officer asked if lie was in trouble? With careful lingers she opened the him, and looked tenderly and lovingly their the him so she United States that John Jacob Astor handed Mr. Whitman's countcnce under-- i the Then his face. not into paper, breaking envelope, Kinder that way, replied the olu white, desirrichest man in the country. He was if she the bill. seal it could she again remarkable change of expires- that jewelers I used to fie here a rood deal shnet- man. It is receipted, you see, she said, had a million dollars then. Just think ed to do so. There was a bill for fifteen ago, but now I ant find been years have twenty of the great fortunes that and a communication from the and her voice fluttered a little. Theres been a nor nobody, Vlare, George, said his wife, a pounds, The Vanderbilt nothing ho asked. accumulated since. Marv! how is this? person sending the bill. He was a jew Pay. of changes, if as me old heap look at Astors of while is one estate mean? it npatiently, does yon these; What eler. Yes. isdosc an object of fear, instead of af-- h I returned the watch, she replied: investments, once thought to be worth If this is not settled at once, he for some of the been had 0 and Mr. Hose receipted the bill. I a million, must by this time have grown old Ive but looking I don't think this is kind of wrote, 1 shall take proceedings are bovs, gone they are had of' they he fortune The but millions. hundred a to a year, would have paid for any damage; I've only had tliree silk dresses has been standing for nearly gone.11 tether i few one of the very while Amy and I am tired of getting excuses in- lie said it was uninjured, and would not left to his family is has (fe were married, Yes, lots of the old boys have gone been kept intact in New York that ' has of mv money. take stead anything. .six had the seven or the river. over during aho in the the increase her husband. and built upon by The bill was for a ladys watch Oh, Mary! said ft'iod, and everyone of hers cost And Ive been looking for old land,htu.'n!i alue of houses and lands. And this is receipted also; and than mine. I know you think which Mrs. Whitman had almost comthe hand of progress haa but marks, this, she said, handing the other bills but I wish you had a pelled her husband to purchase. out. them wiped e said i "Tiivagant, And Is it possible? ex which she had paid. MTot paid for! now, dear, Lovers Four and Maidens Five: A te some women I could name. I Yes. the D think you'd iiml out the Uiffer-jfur- e claimed the little woman, in great as she added quickly, how do you like Story of the Allegheny Mountains, As I walk up and down the streets, I saw tonishment, while the blood mounted mv dres? Isnt it beautiful? 25 cents. Price to every one, I felt as if I long. Chambers. a Julius by loneif' stranger We leave to the readers imaginaere, there, pet, dont talk to me to her forehead. in the world. alone was all & Coates. front Then she sat down to think. Light tion the explanations and the scene Philadelphia: Porter lis fashion! Ill bring you the sad, its sighed the officer. Ibr" Ye, Cresson of love fair she This As Springs story to come into her mind. that followed. If, however, any this evening that is, if began is one place 1 mi-- s above all There I v6t saf thus thinking, a second letter for lady, who, like Mrs. Whitman, lias reawakens all the old fascination that others, continued the old man as he if s nor buts, if you please. The rCr in t e is complete without them, her husband came in. She opened it been drawing too heavily on her hua visitor to that beautiful mountain re- wiped his nose on the palm of his hand. and to Io silks for and bill! Another income, slender sbands hesitation. without dear! you. I'll go this afternoon sort has experienced. The weird and If I could find that spot 1 shouldn't so tlu is at a loss to realize the scene, letter! another the jewels, silk. So y dunning fail to in dont a described so feel are d localities bring romantic c in MTot paid! Is it possible? she re- let her try Marys experiment; and, our aey. I was in street yester- Was it the old City Ilall? of the vivid and nights t new find will manner; many a y word for it. she d saw one of the sweetest pat-- l peated. No. ng to t It was a bill of four pounds for boots and glad experience in life. Costly lost tales cf the Alleghenies have been ever beheld. Just suits my Some old railroad depot? expettt be and very pleasant rescued from oblivion and upon the jewels may I shall be incon-i- f and slippers, which had been standing silks No. repaid it s gone. You wont disap-ac- ? for three or four months. things, but they are too dearly bought thread of a love tale a valuable Some hotel, park, school house or of W do! said the as- when they come as the price of a hus- pretty never will This and historical of topographcollection building? her or never no never! She band's embarrassment, mental disqui- ical information has been grouped. A public Mrs. Whitman laid her soft, tonished wife No; none o thoe. It wasnt fur a ter ami on the arm of her husband thrust the two letters into her pocket etude or alienation. Too often the gay of foundation novel idea is the from this spot It was a place filled ipofcj from that hour young wife wears them as the sign ot really and ded with sweet a resolute in to men way, Four go in the with kegs and barrels in rows, and young persuasion story. eli until the returnof her husband she did these unhappy conditions. Tranquil Cresson "to pass a "summer month and each one was labeled. You could go in k'J as ;ct You shall have the an unusual amount of thinking for her hearts and sunny homes are precious they find four charming girls. At first there and get any kind of a drink you s thor , She saw, the moment he things; too precious to be burdened and there is , said Mr. Whitman, harmony; but a fifth girl, en- wanted fur five cents, and you helped turning- little brain. andoJ 't his wife, as she the that litentered, morning cloud had ciouded by weak vanity and love of tirely outside the group, resents a slight yourself. If you wanted to be a hog a thought, jetting y show. Keep this in mind, oh, ye fair that has been put upon her and sucMAly, and and drink a hull glass o whisky or hurrying from her not passed from his brow. ne wit r Hero is the money for that new ones, who have husbands in moderate ceeds in the party to such brand v or gin no one said anything to pride an extent that only one couple marry but I precipitation he had also for-u- e dress, he said, taking it from his vest circumstances. Do not let your you. "Ive lmnted and hunted, ;f and handing it to her as he came and pleasure oppress them, llieh cloth- as admirusual parting kiss. Some pocket the find hoped. spot. cant they originallv it the f p ' of clever young women ing, costly laces, and gems, are poor able You go one block down and turn way it is always! said in. Qtr Ho did not kiss her. nor smile in the substitutes for smiling peace and hearts are pictures Gutman, her whole manner keen hits are half a block to your right and youll several and drawn, n oufieJ g. as the sound of the way. But his voice was unshadowed bv care. Take the the society young come to it. closing old, bright ontei h oor came "rather than offer another made regarding a and kiss A chceiful. if live not and it, calm, by her ears. ' who manages her parents. It The same place? upon jarring woman, of ks readable to George, and at smile just then would have been more illustration, in your own experience and money clever a The very same. is in way every ink5 tie ts a in the sky. precious to the young wife than a hun- the folly we have been endeavoring to volume. One can enjoy it at a sitting, Fur five cents. it down, pouting and half an- - dred silk dresses. She took the money, expose and rebuke. Pr5i by J. B, fifteen For five. The pictures original f a Thank you, dear! It is kind it Schell F. C. A saying: and N. give And I km be a bog and take a hud Sword, Taken a Firm Stand, then pounds for a new dress! of you to comply with my wishes. value. Many crisp epigrams glass? ilerka' Max knows a young woman who i additional the husband of the You can. are scattered through the pages that Something in her voice and manne , She convictions. of her afraid to not :,letl-.an(i thoughtless Mrs. caused Mr. Whitman to lift his eyes Bv gum shake! I'm a feelin betwould well repay quoting, but it would is the ir. 0;! as he slmt Methodism the door after her face with a look of inquiry. But live3 in a house where There aint as nianv be unfair to our readers to deprive them ter already! or l';t 1 promised to settle the coal she turned aside, so that he could not prevailing creed. One day not long of the fur. I am t half in pickderive will I as l thought they cat changes pleasure a it s bill who has the care ol dominie thembut minit the since a for was read ago. One its know I as dont sad the out as expression. sayings bright ue money is to came ing ir Jt ilie ripit to in that block ti family come all the T and silent more than a soins He was particular half from. we The down To block graver sayt ntinf ' visit. After con- selves, an them mister. nearly out, and more must bo usual, and ate with scarely an appear- to make a before you feast obleeged, limes thousand have enjoyable of the you ,e,ar! 1 m ance ot appetite. versing with the elder members Detroit Free Press. ar I fall behind discouraged, he welfare, Mrs. their hand. This on spiritual said Come home dear, family that early, unsignYork I did says A New hu3J gossip of hope to get a little in ad-- it Whitman, as she walked to the door turned to the young woman in question Count Brenner bought three pairs let it inf ed wills are very common. People get silk dresses are to be the with her husband. and unctuousness: all with and 1880, in said, wild turkeys American speak the day. theres an end And you, my dear daughter, are them made, but are afraid to put their to that Are you impatient to have me adloose on his estate in Alna. w roe wMied-fo- r them man one " know I ) God? of them. circumstance. mire your new silk dress? he asked, you a child names to estimated at five in2 in 't he number is now $20,000 the young woman has iV ll07 1 ,h,!Ue alwas shrunk who said spent to a with effort smile. No, faint doctor, he i count sais, enjojs hJ and the The Buffalo Ex having wills drawn within the last few hundred, steadily, now, it i3 over-an Episcopalian. Yes. It will be something splenam I much. tne. Oh, if I could but shooting very dis did, she replied. press. and j years. entangle strength JOY. -- my-o- lf :s ,b ti-- m-- "w o'-.:- . 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