Show r A I 1 A b julia 11 wr mavre THE MAN AND HIS CHATTEL because the wan ilan measured every thing in this world by the rule of dollar and centa cents it never occurred to him that anything that might add to the sum total of human happiness could be procured in any other way ay he its had bad always known what he wanted land and straightway hid had bought it baft a very large fortune when he was beginning his business career ho tooh took pride lu in hie social and financial prestige ilia ills friends called him a lucky dog and matchmaker matchmakers set their nete nets to catch him for eligible daughters daught cre which was a watta of energy for the man blau had already made up his mind aa as to the eort sort of girl be he would marry when the right timo time c came ame above all else she must be qualified to fill the position in life he would be able to offer her she sho must a cultured brilliant able to shine socially oci ally be an adornment to bla his homer home a satisfaction to his pride and an honor to his standing in the community he ile WM was not particular about her finan financial rial position so ions long as bao u had been well trained in the niceties of life in fact be thought he should rather rathor prefer that she had not been accustomed cus tomed to a great deal of at money she would be bo the better able to appreciate hit bit more grateful to him for the hinge things he could da do for her more subservient to hta bid will naturally be met many women and unit of perfection P na it U U u he did not want its harny harm disturbed he said it o 0 that he bad had aught and with his hi money and that I 1 express hie his ideas and his hen ben later be found the G oil into her pillow he chided t thoughtless thought leae wreckage of 0 be which he told her meant sq him and to prove to her thit thi just as much pride in her la in bis his house be he instructed place her shabby costly and elaborate gown came her position sparta in making herself the moot ornament in to hie his 1 ho ho ito told her bet that hei hel love loye part of or herself and belon that he intended it 16 to c be e ti suitable trappings lie ile make her verv happy k pride in her and bhea hes i 1 through be he saab her a abed that bhe the eal at staring at it for a after be had left her tb girt girl got out every trousseau the man stan the wedding cl clod ehe she and her mother hal is ahn tb assistance uiel stance of or a IsItt fil tlE ial dainty frocks rocks and dainty h pre pr calve salve of her o vu re tood taste with every sti woven into the armenti garments 0 o 4 4 14 44 4 but I 1 am only a part of his chattels always he appraised them thein mentally ai as be would appraise game pedigreed ad he contemplated making to bis his far famed stable stables or an as be would look into the a 0 a financial venture while no one knew th thi 3 pria principle ciple up on which hlf hie nind mind worked in hie his pursuit of a everybody realized that ie to wa was hypercritical and so it lame tame about when it was announced that the ilan stan was engaged that everybody flocked hocked to the cirlo bouee house to offer otter their congratulations and comell mente ments secretly they veto greatly astonished at the mans choice for while lille the girl vias as an acknowledged beauty her family represented one of those old broken down houses of aristocracy ettl more tradition than money the man stan had a house boullt for hie his bride it reflected hi his money and his good taste bat but when the girl went to live in it 11 eho she felt like an alien in a strange land it had never occurred to the man to con bull suit her about tho building of tho the bouso in which he she wn van to altie bed and so it was that the she wandered from ono one room to mother another in an agony of unreal unrest even while everybody w was praising pra liing the man stan for the palace he be had bull ded and telling each other what it wonderful blessing it wa was for tha girl to ta have we made nuch such a brilliant it match the girt girl told herself hat that ahe she would bacomo accustomed to tho the place and lad b W I 1 cippler there bhea she a he had euc suo ceded in stamping it with enough of her own to make fair it jr feel fed it home but she ah reckoned without hio h lan klan wh who his houie house ft a thought of wifehood wife bood 0 and home beaud fuls r the he highest fulfill mingled ft it ath 11 t them bid 1 the ac accomplishment complis mt ot her own happiness fa 0 o been unmindful of tim wealth what would accomplish vitt wit what borrow sorrow aha sha W soften what comfort t to the comfortless visit v would assuage aad and t little children of iiii tk she he would glye a cb happI happiness nass As a memory marsh in which eho sho had ox riva help across th the a girt girls tear failed her ere eyes by one on the tho garm but I 1 am baly 1 a ft tela the she cubed laoj at bar soil goa neatly ara 4 aw 4 it oil I 1 her trunk which V A vr vira jre gat galb the atri very which reft balth and la in no sense a n and when later late T tho the place tor for her lis lia large lugs check be its had I 1 in the day aay lorn torn F tu lying la in a con perfectly ordered 1 of at the 00 apartment |