The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-04
A MEAN hrECrLAr1nN.

ago. But Bhe seems q good warrior.
She just rlddled one Of SaInave's war
vessels In u sea fight two or three DAYS
ago. .7..0sls
A NEAT SPECULATION,
The third citizen met, addressed me
In Spanish, and said he was going
down to Bejar to post himself on hill
and observe the battle which must
come of there In day or two, between
the insurgents and the Government
troops, and he would take It US very
great favor II | would sell him the
teld.Rlass that was suspended from my
shoulder. 90.
I said I did not care particularly to
part with 1t, but stlll-WhRt would be
give2 He said:
I am willing to pay forty thousand
what y
Forty thousand dollars.'
my friend, are you insane2'
He took package out Of q sort oil
knHpsack which was slung about him,
and deliberately counted out forty new
and handsome one thousand dollar
Hayden greenbRcks. We exchanged,
| felt small and mean, thus to take ad-
vantage Of Il lunatic, but then-what
would you have done2 then resumed
my journey with an unusually sneak
Ing expression In my countenanCe.
ExToRTIoN. n....-
Arrived at my hotel, I asked the small
colored boy what I owed him for carry.
Ing my valise.
Nine hund'd dollahs, Bah.'
tainted.
When I came to, a number of people
were about me applying restoralIveu
and doing what else they could to help
me. That soulless colored boy was
standing there, cold, serene.
l said:
How much did you say, boy?'
Nine hund'd dollahs, sah-reglar
price, sah.' 80
1 appealed 10 the bystanders for PRO.
teotlon, An old gentleman of noble
countenauce and commanding presence
said the boy was right-he was oharr-
Ing only the usual rate. I looked M
the other faces. They all mutely in~
dorsed the venerable conspIrator's
statement.
l sadly handed the boy thousand
dollar bill. He walked off,
l was stupefied with amazemeut.
Gentlemen said, what does this
mean? There's q hundred dollars
change coming TO me-
True the old party said, 'but II Is
not the custom to regard q trifle like
that
Stunned and dizzy, l hurried to nv
room and threw myself on the bed, al
most satisfied that I had lost my reason.
applied tests. I repeated the multi
plication table without mistake. Il
was plain that my comprehension Of
numbers was untmpaired. repeated
The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck,
without bluuder. It was plain that
my memory was sound. read one OF
Mrs. Browning's poems and clearly
understood some Of 1t. It was plain
that my intellectual faculties were In a
condition OF even unusual vlgor. Then
what In the world UdS the matter 7
Had not suddenly developed monos
mania-a greatness about money, only?
A FELLOW SUFFERER.
Somebody knocked. Then the door
opened and poor sad looking Amerl.
can woman OF about thirty>iive wears
entered. I seated her with alaorIty,
and with interest too, for I was glad
enough to have kind, troubled face 10
look Into, and gather from 1t sympathy
for my own SORROW. She said:
sir, am stranger to you, but grief
makes me bold. My husband died two
months ago and left me In this strange
land with little money and not alfriend
In oil the Island. My oldest son was
soon kidnapped and carried away 10
light In the war. Our little property
was ten miles from here and I was liy.
ing there at the time. Ny youuRost
child was lying sick OF q fever. These
sorrows were not enough. A week ago
the insurgents came at night and burn.
ed my house TO the ground. MY sick
child l saved; my other children saved
themselves. But my escape was mar.
row. A soldier cut me with his Baber:
You can see the stitched cash n you viii
look while IpaTt my hair on the back
ofmy head-jdst there-do you see It ?
And this dress-do you observe the
scorched place at the bottom2 The Gre
was that close behind me. Think how
sadly l am situated. l would give the
world 10 get home again to America, II
only to die. Gan you not helm me
VIII you not help me2 A friendly
schooner captain will give me free
passage. but my creditors will not let
me 90 Till they are paid. Oh, do not
mean that all my creditors are 90
hard with me-no, the trifles / owe
to most OF them they have freely can
celed on their books. But the butcher
and the grocer still hold out. They will
not let me 20. ] beseech you sir, helm
me In this great extremity. / would
not 20 to any but IN American-And Il
has cost me tears 10 come to you, But
1 want TO 20 40 much, and these bills
are but trifle-you cannot miss 40
small sum-Rnd if-",
Say no more, madame; say no morel
You shall 60 home. I'll pay this vii.
lain grocer and this bloody butcher.
Pack your trunk
Heaven bless you, SIR
With that she fell upon nv. neck.
poor creature, and gave way 10 her
tears. was moved myself, and, find~
ing all efforts TO keep back nv own
tears fruitleSs, ] yielded and wept. At
the end OF i've minutes l said:
Cheer up, madame, cheer upl All'u
well now. I'll set this thing right In q
jiffy. What's the RmountH'
i am not oertRln-my poor head has
been sadly tortured OF late-but think
that sixty thousand dollars will
l dumped through the second story
window, sash and all.
,, PRINoRLY BILL.
I wandered around the town for
three hours, az crazy as a loon-per-
feotly desperate. II Waa plain enough
to me, now, that had gone mad on the
subject OF money. How ! had ever
come 10 do such q thing was mystery,
for ! had always been q sort OF spend.
thrift, a man who had never worship.
ed gold or greenbaoks to any alarming
extent. But was reluctant to accept
the situation, anyhow, and 30 I said 10