Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-05-26
MY FAIR WEAKNESS FaIEND.
ruE NARRATIVE OF 4 SENSITIVE NAN.
BY JEREMIAH GYNaGo.

| BY JEREMIAH GYNaGo.
"Yes, sir" raid Mr.. Tinder, the Sens
tive Man. yes, cir, I valued John Perley
friendship above all things ON this ear.l
until adversely taught me to suspect eve
him Of coldness-of insratitude.
| The Sensitive Man paused and caze
savagely at the door knob Of the opposit
state room, IS il he had serious though,
Of wre"ching hat useful rpendsge iron
its proper position. We were ,ravelin;
together from St. Louis to Cincinnati. o,
the steamer Ohio" occupying the sam,
state roon. ana n.tsraii, -.o" L~S..nr &C
qrainted. Mr.. Tinder appeared troubled
in mind, and being Of rather irquisitiv,
tarn and - good listener" managed /.
DRAW him into tho narration above com
,nenced. lie was 50 long engaged in BIZ
severe contemplation Of the door knob tha
| began to believe that he would not ce
any further in his story than the begin
Mug, and 50 stirred him up by echoina
his last words
"Of ingra,i:ude ~
"ies,' he replied Withdrawing his eye.
from the door knob and devoting hi. At,
,ent;on 10 the coal scut,le-"of ingra,itude
of base ingratitude. Then relapsed 10
to . reverie and more strict examination
Of the coal scuttle.
Seeing that Mr.. finder wa. fast losing
consciousness Of surrounding objects. aud
fearing that he would leave my curiosity
unsatisfed, | struck my foot into the coal
scuttle and asked
"How so?"
20, excuse me-" said the Sensitive Man
~ am somewhat absent minded tonio ht
As was saying in the day Of misfortune
learned to suspect even my old friend
John Perley Of coldness, deception and in.
gratitude Then my companion contin.
ned more briskly: "You see, sir, John
is friend Of over twenty ye ars standing.
fondly imagined that his nature was
made up OF every noble and esse ntial that
belongs to man. gave him his start
in business, anil he is now wealthy. To
be sure. he paid me back every copper I
had ad:anced him; hut what Of tl,a, p
lie still owed 'ne debt Of gra.;tuds-did
Mt he"
! nodded.
"of eours.-of course ys. it j.. j: .ssa'is: ssii::
it is. l think 70 too. Well, well, it is
natural enough, sir, 70 recur 10 such things
particularly when your friend mskes =
shabby return for al your kindness
And did your friend do so?' l asked.
"Well, sir, as you appear to be Of an en-
quiring mind and somewhat interested in
the ma,ter''--and Mr.. Tinder looked at
me a.kant as lie said this--''I will tell you
all about it. You can then Judge il J
have no. good reason for regarding John
Perley in the light Of fair weather friend
hitched up my chair closer to my com
munica,ive companion, and caught every
word Is he proceeded:
AT one time John and vera partners
in business ut St. Louis, where reside
We did we'll, and rapidly acquired wealth
lie began with no other capital than his
business qualifications which we're Of the
best xind. That maa, sir, after we wen
in together seemed to possess ten phil.so
piers s,ones, for everything he touched
was sue to turn INTO gold. lie had {
happy knack of purchasing articles At pre-
isl, The ri. h. tine, and Of sellin, them
again III the shortest possible period an,
at the most remuneratlse prlces. nevel
net with 50 successful trader in my liz
AMI don't bell eve airy body else ever di
Why. sir. ! have known that man TO hu
eats at $, much per bag, AMI ah.rwari
to sell the bdys aione for what the Who'll,
lot Of oats cost US; and then he dispose
of the oats en- masse, at clear pr.6t q
tive hundred per cen,nm! Did you eve
before hear the like Of that sir p
''Nerer!!" replied with great empha
sis.
During the five years Of our partne,
i ship resumed Mr.. Tinder, 'our bushes
1uadrupled.g Previous.,o tha, time | ha
been jogging along alone making none
70 be sure surely but slowly. VII
Jacks aid. however, our balance shrt
; each year, exhibited such fair figures th'
began to think Of retiring from busine'
altogether. But you know how il is your
man. A miner digging into hole CO,
tanning the precious metal, Is not apt I
relinquish his pick axe 30 long as eve
= stroke he makes brings up "big lump
D. So | kept on -piling up the money, Will
" lucky Jack did the digging. Mr.. Gyng,
ho. ,ften have wished that ! possess
ha!fthe business capacity Of John Perlf
The Sensitive Man here made anoth
4. PAUSE and commenced scrutiny Of =
chandelier that hung over our hsads.
waited patiently until he had contemplate
= that ornament 10 bis satisfaction. Th
h. he continued
- You may, therefore, conceive my su
o' prise and modification. when at the exl
ration Of our term Of copsrtnersbir. Ja
, come 10 me and proposed dissoiutio
4, At first | did not know what u make oi
Alter having done what had for hi
these ego,is,ical notions EiH ~ bude the