Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-05-06
Another Eiaek-BalI Case.
fSHO WIN 6 HOW SAMUEL WHITE
LOST HIS MONEY AND HIS
FRIEND.

EsHO WING HOW SAMUEL WHITE
LOST HIS MONEY AND HIS
FRIEND. r. ~
Samuel White from the State of Geor.
gia, who arrived here on Wednesday last.
on the steamer Oregon, in his journeyipgs
towards the golden regions of the Socra-
mento, met with an individual who proved
himself very agreeable companion. This
person was also bound Callorniawards, as
he informed Mr.. White, (not Green, as
some will have it, He further stated
that he had an almost inexhaustible sun.
ply of funds OF board Of The ship in which
White had taken passage, and if he, the
said White was at all snott of finances, he
the said "agreeable companion" wus ready
aud willing. at all lines, to furnish his
ly found friend with the wherewilhal,
to meet with the most unexpected of ex-
gerccs. White was, of course, extreme
Iy grateful for such an unusual manifesto.
ton OF kindness to himself on the part OF
an utter stranger, but he scorned the idea
Of becoming n burdento his friend. Soon
after this, as W hile and his lrus,y and we'll
beloved were perambulating the wooden
wharves of the levee, moralizng on the
strange chances and mishops of life, and
the mutabiIities ofiortune, they met-acci.
dentaliy, Of course-wlth one of the multi.
iarous bearers OF that small, round, black
California ball, of whose magic charms so
many can bear witness. The man with
the ball showed it, as curiosity, to the
moralizing perambualors, and afsr j, had
been fully examined and eulogised by. the
SAID moralzers, 1.-The fortunate owner OF the
box offered 10 bet any sum which was not
utterly beyond The reach of his pile, that
he could produce from the internal mech.
aniSm of the small round, black ball in
question, bushel Of picayunes during the
course of a single hour. Aghnst with as
t. nishment did the two frienus look when
they listened 10 an assertions SO Strange so
woEdroas strange For moment, they
stood apart, and again moralzed. A fer
that they cailed5up all Tie "reminiscences
of deun"nologv which had been familiar as
house hold words 10 their venerable nurses,
but still did they .disbeIieye. '''rhe mine
from which the Imagination draws The ores
that fancy shapes and tasle retines to gild
its airy caslles,' 1--WE quote from the For
eign Quarterly could furnish no foundo-
tion upnn which creduIty itself could bnse
belief What one small box capable of
furnishing bushel Of silver picayunes in
so short Eime!-the thing was improba.
bic, nay morally, phyicalIy, and scienlif-
caly impossibe!'
"Money," whispered the friend of Mr..
White, s'can be made out of the foolish
credulousness Of that simple box-hoder, and
really he deserves 10 be mulcled for his
want of fsense." -a
Having said this the friend of Mr.. White
chucked, and Mr. White, catching The
inspiration chuckled also.
"Bu,," inquired Mr. White, lis it NOR.
ally right to take the money from The poor
who, no doubt, has been cheated
out Of a large sun for what he supposes to
be magic box2 I've heard of an old
down in Georgin, who bought two
pebble stones from sailor to make soup
with, much in the same way-and wasn't
she fooled?"
Here the wit of Mr.. White produced an
extra peal of meriment from his amiable,
friend, and Mr.. White laughed
again through sympathy.
Neither, however, of Mr.. Whites ques.
tions received direct answers from that in-
dividual's agreeable companion, though the
passingy remarked that "t
would be for the deluded box x-holder's NOR
oil good to be undeceiyed with regard to
the virtue Of the box"
The box-holder again dared the two
friends TO wager oftheir substances that he
could not produce the bushel Of picayunes
in the specified lime, and then Mr. " hite's
agreeable companion felt in his pockets for
his purse. Judge, yewho are skilled in
Judging, Of the surprise of that unsophisti-
Gated parsonage, when he found that he
had left the s'needfu'' in mis- own stateroom.
situate, lying and being in the very same
cabin, and within one door of The same
state room occupied by Mr. White. He was
very sorry, he was sure he was; but if his
friend, Mr.. White. had any Of the fiscal on
his person, he would confer an infinitude
of obligations on his agreeable companion
by lending TO that unsophistcated one the
amount, whatever it might be.
What less could Mr.. White do than Of
Ter his all-his 1929 5O-to his obliging
and moralizing friend and this of course
ne did. s.s.-- .......-
The plot now thckens. The man with
he box took to flight as if he dreaded an
or had seen spectre, as soon
as the money passed from the hand of MIR.
w hile, and the obliging companion of that
gentlemen followed the man with the box,
IS if he were drawn after him, by The mys- |
tic thread Of an invisible destiny. Mr..
w hite also took to his heels, and though
his locomotive pedestals were long and
swift, he was soon outstriPped by his NOR
4lizing companion and the simple owner
Of the magic box. |