Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-11-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
HOW L GOTRICH AGAINST MY WILL,
by MAC ARoNE.


AFTER battling for many years with
misfortune misery, reverses and disap-
pointments, have squatted in st. Louis
lam now rich mana nabob. The
assessor has assessed me at $275,000. i
havei'%Mae Arone Castle" nearly COM
pleted, and a crowd of upholsterers and
supply merchants solicit my patronage
Piles of sweetsoented notes daily beg the
favor of mygsociety to dinners, suppers
and evening parties. - q ~ r.9 .
And yet ii aods not dIaoays so. 2 can
recollect when was as poor as poverty
whenI Iyhinly solicited employment where
by might live Honestly and decently.
Nobody would listen to me; nobody cared
for me. Bankers looked suspiciously at
my appearance Clergymen gave me a
mess f."cold shoulder" They could
make nothing out of me- Grocers and sa-
loon keepers eyed me with mistrust when
l asked for five or ten cents worth of
their wares. My tailor could have the
money in advance for suit of clothes I
badly needed. lG{ tlIi/Q lltl'Gl
! Unable 70 do anything in st. Louis, 4,
with two friends companions in misery
luck IN Kansas City. Their names
were John Smith, a yender of pat
ent rights, compiler of directories, and
protector. Of advertising dodges; and AL
bert Robinson, a Bohemian, who was for
some time local reporter on one of the St
Louis dailies, but at the time speak of,
out,of situation, money, friendsiand hopes
Robinson had manuscript of five hun
dred and7 forty pages of foolscsp, entitled
=, MilleEism Exposed; or, the Perpetuity
OF the Earth" 1t Wasa we1l-written, log
ical treatise, and would have made him a
Reputation TO be proud of, D But no pub
Usher ,sS. Would undertake to print i for the
We three packed up. our little valises
and took a cheap passage on ,one of the
&" boats for Kansas City. There we were
more tortunatey Smith obtained a clerk
ship in q dry goods house, Robinson Sc
q cured position on one of the morning
papers became salesman and book keep
ers in asgrocery house. I'VE had about
seventy-five dollars-a month. It was not
: 7hmuch but ii t,enabled Jus to have a little
hafeunion once in whiley talk of the past
and devise projects for the future over a
quiet glass of beer, In a retired room Just
off from Main street.
After. Q: long chat one eveningon our
hopes and fears, Smith said: All non
sense, my dear fellows b we have neither
Oft MS the means of making fortune.
But an idea strikes me-could we not get
the creditef being rieh9" -yu.ryu
.UEAnd ITO what purpose ~ r. i 4 lsugi
gested' - ,sssW s'xud baa s'ash aOgT
.9'R'lt gives one position in the world
A large inheritance augments the con-
fldsratien. IN which we are held Then
,kasn fTecollect, said ], =, |" cf an uncle Of
time. of the gold fever, and he has never
retdrned nor been heard from since"
"Thats just it. Well bring your uncle
slato life-or rather, we kill him. Ingots
gold dust, shares in, mines and crushing
mills, shares in railroads, banks and gov
ernment securities, viii have, q grand
effect. No doubt there are many re
turned gold-seekers of that time, for
tunate and otherwise, from st. Louis tc
st. Joseph along the river towns, that re
member your uncle or have met him n
@ ~ the gold keldsp
90 scamps, and leave the bulk of his for
' ttqne4athree millions and a half off dol
hrs2Gto Mac 'Atone." ia ssisasn2 Ha7
- - We laughed heartily at, the Joke, ant
us had anQt her round Of beer; thought NJ
more of the ~cir ircpms stance, and you may
-SlsgWsEs 0f my a6tOnishment when I took vi
the paper. On which Robinson was. local,
.gHnd read among the city items:
Trr "a Lucky Fell0tO.--SWe harmed yes
terday; from g party of gentlemen JUS
pagefnrfed from Mouia4gfof the Fdeath o
q NA1LAroAa 81, one of the mOst 6ttunat'
Gass sc|si ssSs 2 wss ss' So1 SSi'
Ss tally wounded fbY q party sf Indiana, anC
IN aher, being eerriads to Helena had jus
sottine tuHebe 80 bisfWilb and leave the bull
saaof his1saEiElgsn-s0m $3,B00s s0eO sstO hi
'seaneplibse, Mac AE0Mos WhD NOW oeouPie
astA6tlnlnble position sof book keeper a
20 3fos2ns a. tioaea ftoeefy house 0nf Aaail
- stree. We lNVish Mac iAfone, SJf.,, jdy-o
Ids COED f0EtaAe and Is he-Was always
a hearty jgyial kind Of - fslloYy bs has hoy
I q. tlEse end = le!t leiliiOll aa ilidhAl eAiHl
/, ,,5sH ,is fbs EVEN pepsFs Snd = the eothe
morning papers 1enAsh shed the Item, ant
isstlie two tellpwa ret iied the story with Al
IoT theBeIionsness imAgipable. % 4
Tue next day people came In groups b
e9Hplinsnt w Ny employers Yante
tend the business. / dissvowed the II
sport, ~ q matter of course, bat oiobOd
az otROuld' believe taeg Many m Kansas Cit
: knew my Uncle well they hadlmes hiT
: ,s 81 ieereit mining uiStfflas Of Montan
SaAd 10 Cali lilQtpias Sonic had been fellow
~ travellers of his fton one place teanOthe,
All pQt him down as a lucky, shrewd, in
?, - |, Hd1g ths aaai6sr Of tbsse,, visitor
was one not the, az AZ Iedahle q Wit
the whim Of q young man II had SON