Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-05-07
From the Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.
Marrying n Fortune.
ny GEO. CANNING HILL.

Full half of mankind will never get
through searching up money matches for
themselves, until the other half has done
with holding the money. That is ired
fact, which no one will attempt to call in
question.
Tom Turnabout was one Of the PEN
nless ones. Not that it was, by any
means, afault OF hi. own, bnt it merely
happened to be SO; it was "in his Stars
to be poor. And what made the n tier
worse, besides being poor, per Sc. he was
poor barrister--a situation rendered by
all odds exquisi,ely Distressing; for a
briefiess barrister is always short Of
everything, from soap to suits. !.
Tom was, withall, an individual Of
more than ordinary personal attractions
so far the opinion Of the majority of the
other sex went : and upon this opinion
he early determined 10 found pretty much
all his future. With his affable and ex-
cessively social manners, it would have
been no wonder at all il he did not have
to undergo many a pang in the measure
men, of his living by his circumstances.
At last, by one Of those most fortunate
throws Of the dice of chance of which we
read or hear bu. rarely, Tom Turnabout
was married, and to lady Of fortune. 1t
seemed to him as if tie fortune was ex-
pressly accumulated for his use and be-
hoof alone. And on his wedding day no
man was anywhere to be found, who
could make show Of larger share Of
enjoymen in prospect.
/ Matters went on well enough for
time-as well, perhaps, as ought to have
been expect ed; for the ''briefless barrls-
tern was DOS sessed Of comfortable home,
and assured Of an excellent living, togeth.
er with a young and pretty wife; fol
Mrs. Euphrasia Turnabout, as every
lady said, uos very pretty young wo.
man. Her hair curled, her eyes were o
a let black, her hand was delicate and o
lily-white, and she knew how TO dis
pense the most gracious and bewitchinl
smiles; how could she be otherwise thai
pretty? And if pretty. likewise smiablei
Al leas,, SO thought for 'imc Ton
Turnabout, Esq who esteemed himsel
her liege lord and master.
But there was one thing that seriousl,
troubled Tom, aid that was, how I
broach the subject Of coming into du
nos ession and management OF his wife
y property, For this lie had married; coul
!, be that he was no better off now? Th
though, alone made him giddy.
He went round and round the suLjec
:, in his mind Tor long time, at each revo
luton only becoming the more perplexed
At no single time dared he TO nerve hi
courage up to the effort necessary TO b
made in order to have the matter com
pletely understood between them. Eu
phrasia had never attended TO the subjet
OF money. simply going ahead and manae
8 ing the househould as il she had full
resolved to count at least one in its mar
spement aud classification. Tom had re
!, peatedly hinted to her about 'deposites,
..bank s,ocks,'' 'staxes," and all other mi
mute appurtenances 10 the possession Of
!. ortune, but hitherto to no just purposes
all; she made neither revelation nor ex
planation least Of all did she betray he
: native acuteness Of readily taking hint.
Such state Of affairs was fast worry
: ing Tom into fit Of desperation, if M
into his grave, and he finally made up hi
mind TO come to an understanding, in som
!, way or another, just as soon as practica
BILE.
So long a. it was necessary to keep III
u s,nbers OF hope alive, he had sedulousl
; avoided all his former acquaintance, ie'
l. he he might suddenly give shock to tn
eeiicats nerves of his wife, and SO LIS
his chances altogether. But as soon .
he found that disguise helped him not
= whit he screwed up his courage 10 vet
lture q bold push that should settle ALL