The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-04-28
Marrying a Fortune.

marrying a FOftlles
| Full half of mankind will never ge
through searching up money-matche:
for themselves, until the other half ha:
done with holding the money That i.
a fred fact, which no one will attemp
to call in question.
Tom Turnabout was one of the pen
niless ones. Not that it was, by any
means, the fault of his own, but il
merely happened to be so; it was "in
has stars" to be poor And what made
the matter worse, besides being poor
per Sc, he was poor barrister-a situa
ton rendered by all odds exquisitely
distressing; for a briefess barrister is
always short of everything, from soap
to suits.
Tom was, withal, an individual o1
more than ordinary personal attractions
so far as the opinion of the majority
of the other sex went-and upon this
opinion he early determined to found
pretty much all his future. With his
attabie and excessively social manners,
it would have been no wonder at all if
he did not have to undergo many a
pang in the measurement of his living
| by his circumstances.
At last, by one of those most fortu-
nate of the dice of chance of which
we read or hear but rarely, Tom Turn
about was married, and to lady of for
tune. 1t seemed to him as if the for
tune was accumulated for his use and
behoof alone. And on his wedding
day no man was anywhere to be found,
who could make show of larger share
OF enjoyment in prospect.
Matters vro4t or we'll eHuuSh for -
time-as well, perhaps, as ought to have
been expected; for the briefess bar
rister" was now possessed of COM
Portable home, and assured of an ex-
cellent living, together with young
and pretty wife; for Mrs. Euphrasia
Turnabont. as every lady said, sras a
very pretty young woman. Her hair
cnrled, her eyes were of jet black,
her hand was delicate and of lilly
white, and she knew how to dispense
the most gracious and bewitching
smiles: how could she be otherwise
than pretty? And if pretty, likewise
amiable? At least, SO thought for a
time Tom Turnabout, Esq, who es-
teemed himself her liege lord and mas
Ter. But there was one thing that seri-
onsly troubled Tom, and that was, how
TO broach the subject of coming into
due possession and management Of his
wlfe's property. For this he had mar
ried., Could it be that be was no bet
ter off now. The thought alone made
him giddy.
He went round and round the subject
in his mind for long time, at each re-
volution becoming the more perplexed
At no single time dared he to nerve
courage up to the effort necessary to be
made in order to have the matter COM
pletely understood between them
Euphrasia had the household as if she
had fully resolved to count at least one
in its management and classification.
Tom had repeatedly limited to her about
deposites, bank stocks, taxes, and all
the other minute appurtenances to the
possession Of, a fortune, but hitherto to
no purpose at all; she made neither
revelation nor explanatiou-least of all
did she betray her native acuteness by
taking hint.
Such state of affairs was worrying
Tom into fit of desperation, if not into
his grace, and he finally made mp his
mind to come to an understanding, in
some way or other, just as soon as prac-
ticable. So III
So long as it was necessary to keep
the embers of hope alive, he had sedu-
lously avoided all his former acquain-
tance, lest he might TOO suddenly give
a shock to the delicate nerves of his
wife, and to lose his chances altogether.
But as soon as he found that disguise
helped him not a whit, he screwed up
his courage to venturing a bold push
that should settle all. Accordingly he
laid himself out to bring matters to
head at once.
aDick,p said he to companion Of his,
one afternoon, as they sat together in
the little office of the latter" Dick,
Pm in a quandaryw
"a quandary~
Yes" @
"About what 90
!" / want some money!
You want money? Why, how
much did you marry pray ~
:" More than I shall ever get, [ fear.n
aWell that's good one! But what's
the trouble ap r4 FFT
"Doyyou keep secretw asked Tom
in whisper. F
aTry me and see"
"I married money, you know"
3" Everybody says so. you know"
"And everybody thinks so but me!
There's plenty of money in the case,
but unluckily there's none to be had
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