Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-09-14
PAUL LUCK.
Fromthe New Mirror.

usaih OF my old lrend, Anderson.
Poor Paul his life was anything but u
happy one; IL its we'll, perhaps, that he
Is removed from the trials and perplexi
ties which always clustered about his
pathway. lie terminated his existence
by leaping from a steamboat bound up
the Mississippi, and obsIinatcly refused
TO avail himse!fof the assistance which
might have saved his life.
There are people let ilto the world,
now and then, who, struggle as they
may, can never as il is called. get ahead.
Everything unlucky attends their down
siitings and their up risings. They in
vest, but the dividends are not forth.
coming. They buy and sell, but to no
purpose. They dig and sow, but the
harvest is never realized. Paul Ander-
son oelonged to this class OF the unfor-
tunate. lie knew what il was 10
down al down at night with the keys un
der his pillow, which every morning un-
locked wealth sufficient 10 satisfy tn
most sordId avarice. But he died in a
nj OF anger with his only son, and left
the bulk OF his great fortune TO a far dis.
'tant seminary, whose benevolent object
Tor educating INDECENT students was de.
feated n few years after, by the dcralca-
ton OF a pious professor, who specula-
ted In western lands. Poor Paul! But
am no. writing history. but merely
relating an anecdote illustrative of nv
remark, that some men are BORN to m
luck.
One day last summer rs we were
talking together in the upper mill of oar
beautiful Common, Paul suddenly burs,
RlDtO a ht nI lnpnht tor. e. = -. =.
trouble ne had a smile and a joke al
ways ready On my enquiring the
cause OF this sudden ebullitIon Of iol,ity.
ne asked II had ever heard Of his ex
Perlence in shop keeping.
NO said |, my friend, but should
Iike' above all things. TO hear you relate
them
They are brief as woman's love- he
replied ~sorrowfulIy 'and if you have a
mind TO hear them, you shall, but don't
laugh
prom sed 10 keep a serious face, and
he began as follows
Two years ago | was casting about
Tor some kind of business, whe reby
might make both ends meet and live res
Pectable, when, all at once, il occurred
TO my friends, Welt and Company.
wholesale dealers in boot and shoe bus
inesS, would perhaps, lend a helping
hand 10 q poor fellow, and put me in the
way OF good luck. They consented af
Ter many Preleminaries, TO give me ON
commission a small assortment of goods
IN their line, and recommended me To
lake a Store in some fashionable part
OF The city. After a deal Of perp'exitv.
succeeded in renting a SNOWY estab>I
Iishment, with immense windows. the
PdheS oil which, he owner assured me.
cost forty dollars each to import. Il
worked like a slave till nv shop was
ready. A splendid sign, for which ran
IN debt, glittered above the door. paul
anderson, Boot ond shoe Store looked
down beseechingIy into every bodies
face. IT spoke a language which none
could mistake Well, on the morning
oil the 18th Of July, at 5 o'clock precisely
Inc large windows filled with mems
thIck and children's thin trotter covers
were displayed for the first time TO the
pubic. Anewsboy gong TO get his pa
Peis' was the hrst TO spy out the Now
eSlaol'shnent, and bawlcd out as he went
aiohg' AuI Henderson, Shoot and Boo
store. Here's a go Oh, how wan.
ted 10 strangle him!
had engaged the service of a small.
led haired urchin, from the country.
Keen as a razor, and, altogether a yeiy
desirable youth behind the counter.
drlIed him a whole hour, myself pIay-
ing ire purchaser, over a pair Of COW.
moe boots. tried TO beat him down.
AID Ragged like a Jew for the aba,e.
inent oil a ninepence; but he was firm
ana unalteraLly fixed TO the first price.
thought he would do and told him 10
serve me faithfully, and would make n
man OF him. Ills eyes glislencd with
gratitude, and | gave him a shilling TO
exPend IN articles ~congenial TO his taste.
4 mad ever a iOndness for military dis.
play, and, as it was quite early, dc.
termined TO leave the shop for a few min
utes, end take a look at the Common -
Alter again charging Thomas &c be care.
iuI and look out for my interest, left in
haste, sa" all in ten minutes, and 90,
PACK again quite out Of breath. for.
got 10 mention that before going AWAY
placed IN the counter drawer small
Diiis to the amount Of ten dollars, all
mad IN my pocket or any where else
this money, presumed would b. wan
ted for change. Mark the SEQUEL. On
my arrival a: the store, Thomas rushed
20 meet me on the side walk, with a CRY
OF delight. that he had made a sale do.
ring my absence. y es,' said he, Il have
sold a pair Of shoes for two dollars, and
mere IS a IeveD dollar that he gave me.