St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-02

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placed his hand somewhere near his
/ heart
Jake Jake !" screamed the old
man, run for the doctor, for Albro is
dying !" and the old man walked the
room energetically.
stop him stop him !" said Albro.
"What what 7" and the old man
ran to the door screaming for Jake to
come back, which he heard, and then
came back.
What is the meaning of all this 2"
said the old man.
Your daughter !" gasped Albro.
"Well, what about her ~ asked
Mr.. Florentine, sharply.
"Pm in love with her." said Albro.
Humbug! humbug" said Floren-
tine.
Fact" rejoined Albro.
"What is your income ?" inquired
old man Florentine
Zone thousand per year." answered
the supplicant.
"It won't do my boy" said Floren-
tine, shaking his grim locks. "No
man on a salary shall marry my
daughter. Why, she is the finest girl
in Scrabbletown and it takes capital
to marry fine girl. When you have
thirty thousand dollars you can talk"
"Albro disappeared and none knew
where he had gone, except Eva, whom
he bid good bye. How full of sadness
and how full of sorrow it oftentimes
sounds. 1t is a consecrated word.
Six months after this Miss Eva Flor
entine received a letter which ran,
thus:
SAN JOSE, CAL, April, 1857.
Dearest Era: Enclosed you will find
a specimen of California gold, which
please hand your father and obligc
| shall return as soon as July. Please
inform your father that have made
fifty thousand dollars, and shall call
upon him to see about the matter
which | alluded to while at his house
Yours truly, DANIEL ALBRo.
Eva handed the letter to her father
who was overjoycd. Some weeks
elapsed, and the return Of the steamer
to New York was telegraphed. Flor
entine was in hurry to see his future
son-in.law. On the day of his ex
pectcd arrival he met with Califor
nian.
Has he been lucky?" he enquired.
"Yes, fifty thousand at the loves
, figure. But he's going to try game
, over you. He means to tell you tha
, he has been robbed of all his gold OIL
!, his way home, to see if you have an,
! generosity and disinterestedncss-t'
see whether you would give you
. daughter to him, gold or no gold"
very i much Obliged lTssaa to ttSt5aaPlU y5a lUt ftne n
:. I'll act accordingly" -,
"Now it happened that the Caliio'
1 nian was a good friend to Albro. an
y = knew that the story of Albro's forum
was true, he having been robbed {
every ounce Of his hard-earned gol
dust on his way home. So 1t may b
II supposed that he called on Florentln
- with a very lugubrious and woe-o
% gone air. =,
"a y MY dear boy said Florentln
~ " "rm delighted to see you, and please
, to hear Of your luck. | welcome ye
'e as nv son-in-law. But what the deu'
- is the matter with you!"
- :" Pm the most unfortunate man II
o. ing" said Alhro. al made fifty thou
H. -. and dollars at the Il"
ha to Every hard luck" interrupted t
a old gentleman. ,,
"a "But Oh my way home was robb
~ ~ of evsry ounce, and now how cal
o ,r claim your daughters hand!"
- "You shall have my daughter, a
"a "a the marriage shall be celebrated
10 20 morrow night" said Florentine, CT
ION ningly.
'Gn ,,;n "In anticipation of your return
ass s have had you published. And wi
1s saS you're talking with Eva, III draw
, ,'.,s check for forty thousand dollars,
J, on that you may go ipto business wit
est capital
W, -" "By making my girl good /
m 10y band. There go, go and tell Eva
ylv news"
yi They were married. He went
~ business on the forty thousand
;d"; ;an; nished by his father-in-law, and
,srx ,aU, very prosperous, so that Fioren
|,ayy was more convinced than ever
''al, nr,b the story was regular Munchau
!" ~ Once or twice he tried to repea
, W.; I, but the old gentleman always cut
rger oh M,.n' III oho,t Il Had it D,
,n"d ' the papers too, eh? Poor fell
III; Well, | made it up to you.
po When Mr.. Florentine departed
a,or life, his immense property was cqu
salt uis'oeu oe'" IT. Ia Ia n,;Ser had al,
lniel soh-l.'-,aw sm ,;as "y .hot o Albro meyer
with tne ,ull oe"'' '""