The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-01
BIZ HARRY HARTLAND.


"That will do, l Think" soliloquized
Frank Stanley, (" it will not do to be too
explicit; and then if it belongs to a
poor person, short advertisement will
not cost them as much as longer one"
and he read,-
FouND-"A small sum of money, which the
owner can have by proving property on application
to Frank Stanley, 4O3 Palace Avenue"
Then he rang bell and handed it
to the servant, who appeared to answer
his summons, with instructions to carry
it to the office of the Herald, and have
it inserted three times.
Frank Stanley had only recently
come into the possession of a large
property, by the death of bachelor
uncle, whose last words to his nephew
were, stake the property, my boy; I've
willed it all to you; live comfortable,
don't spend it too freely; and above
all things, 7aeUer get married"
Now, committing matrimony was
something that had hardly entered
Franks head; but his uncle was not in
his tomb one month before he, wonder
ing why his uncle should have made
such desire as that, had wondered il
it was not better for man to be married?
then he began to think that he should
rather like matrimony; and, finally, he
decided that he would make Mrs. Frank
Stanley of the first lady whom he should
like well enough,-that is, if he could
gain her consent.
Franks means, until since the de-
cease of his uncle, had been very limit
ed and although he was of good fam
lily, and was possessed Of good educa-
ton, fine accomplishments, and pleasing
manners, yet he was not considered a
" good catch'' by managing mammas
with manageable daughters; there
fore he had received but few invitations
to their soirees !; and, at the few which
he had attended, he noticed that he
was by no means great favorite with
the ladies' so he became disgusted with
female society, more especially that
which is called fashionable and if his
wealthy uncle had advised him then to
remain bachelor, he would readily
have promised to, and would have de.
voted his life to his books.
Frank was in no way inclined to dis.
sipation he detested the company o1
fast young men more than he did that
of fashionable young ladies and all
their efforts to inveigle him into Their
mode Of life, proved fruitless. But
since he had become man of property
he found that there was something
wanting to complete his happiness
what it was he was at loss to conceive
unless it was wife.
He had been thinking of his lonely
situation in life, and of course he looked
on the dark side of the matter then he
looked upon the table, at some dozer
gilt-edged, perfumed, polite-worded re
quests that he would favor the sender.
with his company and he thought o.
the inditer of each and every one, and
wondered if there was one among the
fair dozen who would contribute te
making his life any happier?
He thought and wondered until he
tired of thinking and wondering ther
he took his hat and cane and walked
out in order to change the channel o.
his thoughts. As he walked down the
broad avenue, musing on the easies
way to relieve his mind of this trouble
some subject, his eyes fell upon purse
through the meshes of which gold coir
was shining; his meditations were
brought to an abrupt termination, al
he picked the purse up ; he Immediately
turned upon his heel and retraced hi,
steps; arriving at his house, he laid tht
purse upon the table and bethought O
the best plan to find the owner; as
matter of course he decided to adver
tise, which he did, as my readers have
seen. alf
The remainder of the forenoon Franl
spent with his books but, after dinner
he began to be beseiged with visitors
it was strange how many money loser,
there were; the advertisement hac
only been liz the evening edition, ant
he had over fifty callers; some had los