Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-11-11
Freaks Of Fortune.

, Is 1nteIl4encef we llnu Iue lOltONlll
bit Of ron 1lance.in humble life, whic
the editor says he has from I'M houbt
ed autho ority, and gives the fact
plainly al 4d without varnish as the,
actually transpired:
Some time during the spf ing Q
/ 1913 German opened, in South ST
Louis, an unpretending but well fur
nished gr ocery store, the fruits of
rigid economy andan uhtiring indus
TRY, combined with well ~directbd en-
Representatives, which so Cat ena
bled him to overcome every obstacle
Our new shopkeeper was at this time
considerably past the prime Of life
yet prosperity dawned on him as a
second youth. Hardly eight years
had elapsed since, as a levee laborer,
assisting in the freighting and uhload'
ing Of steamers be earned bis daily
bread literally by the sweat Of his
brow. Even then, however, as, the
sequel shows he was laying the foun-
dation Of future fortune Now, not
only was he possessed Of complete
assortment of grocer's merchandise,
but he had eIeVat@ himself to the
consequence of landlord-and was
actually drawing an annual income Of
nearly 1000! lie owns three hous-
cs and lots; not yet quite paid for,
bat yielding a large intdr rest, and well
insured. Besides all this the indus
try Of his wife and a grown daughter
rendered the little garde enwhich sur
rounded their dwelling on the out
skirts Of the city, another source of
handsome prolit-indeed the yield
ings of the garden sufliced ofitself for
the maintenance Of the family. Al
together, our emigre was successful,
in full proportion to his prudence
and economy. About the time, how
ever, that he embarked in the specu
lation Of shop-keeping, a new and, it
permanent obstacle pre-
senteditsclf tohim- A nggarlener
became enamored of his daughter and
asked her IN marriage.
The swain was penniIess; and the
girl Cher father deemed rich, in his
own possessions-at all events she
she. was of too much service to him
10 be bestowed on a comparative pau
per. Accordingly the lover was de-
niod in pretty fat terms, and forbade
to show himself again at the house, |
while the girl was well lectured by
both father and mother for her fool
ish infatuation-a bad way III which
to suppress the flame of love, as this |
instance shows. The lover paid his
visits from that time by stealth, until /
me evening late, as the girl and her
ather stood at their door, wondering
of the mothers protracted |
stay at market, a stranger on house
oack rode up in great haste ahd call
ID BY name for the old man. The
stranger, after relating 10 him, in an
,xcited, but plausible vein, serious
accident which he said had just occur
ed to his wife, put spurs to his horse,
md was again out of sight The old
nan. a few minutes after, cane in
land; was on his way to the North
Market, distance Of three Of four
niles from his residence. He had
,een gone some ten minutes, proba-
,ly, when the rascally lover made his
appearance with baggage car, in
o which, placing an old chest that
contained the entire fortune Of his
namorata, and both taking seats in
he YehicM they also left the house
a brisk trOtI The husband In time
net his wife at her usual stand, with
fhole limbs, in excellent health, and !
isconsolate5 only because Of having
emamed on her post So long. An /
xplanation ensued, when it appears
hat the stranger equestrian who had Z
roueht false intelligence to the hus-
and only short time before, had 5
alled on the wife, at her vegetable !
tand. and informed her that her hus-
and requested her to remain there
ntil he would call-the stranger IL
himself as a particular !
lend of the husband, and transmit
d the message merelyIas courte-
: The whole affair was inexpliea- III
Ie until the couple reached home, II
hen the absence Of their daughter, IL
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