, 1864-04-16
UNCLE SAM ROBBED,
lie sports Heavy Style--He Falls In
Love Makes Preparations to be 11ar.

An officer Runs Away with s13 ,o00----
He Sports a Heavy Style-He Falls In
Love Makes Prepnr nrations to be lIara
fled, but Obstacles Meet Him.
From the Detroit Advertiser, April 1871
About three weeks ago young man named
james Burns, recently promoted from the
ranks to Second LieutenantcY in the 1st
regular cavalry, made Ais appearance in this
city: lie had been sent here By the Secretary
Of War to report to Col. John q. Knight,
the mastering and disbursing officer: ut this
post. When the gay and gallant lieutenant
first came to Detroit he was as poor as
Lazarus, scarcely tlo1lar had he, scarcely 4
farthing could ho call his OWL But mark the
change! Scarcely had the gentleman been In
Detroit a week, when money flowed like
water from his hands. He gaye champagne
suppcrs, he ate luxuriant dinners, be feasted
on the fat Of the land. His clothes became
fine, his air became sportiye, his walk be-
came diguifed, ue drove fast horses and
lived fast generally. He TODD trips to Kala.
mazoo and elsewhere, and he there showed
the unsophisticated that he could roll In
gold. Money money vas to him nothing.
He had oceans Of IT. Whyl he could tear
down Kalamazoo and build the town again,
end bis exhaustless pocket would scarcely
teel It. This startling contrast between tho
James Burns Of three weeks since and the
james Burns Of the present Is explained by
the :fact, that he had been entrusted with
The pleasant little sum Of s13, 600, with which
his superior omcer mad ordered him to pay
the troops now stationed at St Johns. Re-
turning from kalamazoo tWo Or three days
since, he established himself at the Russell
House, where he continued to sport ma
1cstic style Of living Scarcely, however, had
he returned to the cltg, when he became deep
y enamored of d fair md lovely damsel EN-
ployed at the Russell. His soui was stricken
with alteration, he loved the fair maiden, he
Worshtpped her, would she be his, oh!
would snes she Wonld never know harm
more II she would but marry him. Hc fell
upon his Knees, ana eesought her By al she
nela sacfea an9 oeaf, TO marry him: BIS ecs-
tnc1es were qute unnecessary, and his hero
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