Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-11-10

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| "That is my name, sir.
Sand this, / presume, is your
property" handing him pocket
book. ' ls'ie !aer
| "Ah," exclaimed Mr. Williams
opening the book. , stAll right, sir
| thank you sincerely, but how
did you know"
pers there" ~
"Ah, yes; Bob,'' calling the
boy, "run Immediately up to the
office and stop the advertisement.
Run quick. Now, sir, take this
seat, handing him a chair, "and
Twill write you a check for the
| reward offered" -saa 1e3. 59s.;i Fl.
"Reward, sir? Twas not aware aware
that you had offered one"
"True. "Hyns '.Hc9I ~.
The young man quietly seated
himself, and took up paper and
began to read. -
There, sir, is the check; it is
for the amount offered for the re-
covery of the book and its con:
tents don't hesitate" ~r nao
Hesitate" exclaimed the re.
cipient, Il never hesitate, sir, for
this is my business. -
Raising his hat gracefully and
twirling a gold headed cane he
went out whistling the same air
he had on the previous occasion.
"What did the fellow mean p
asked Mr.. Williams, ."by its being
his business ? He is not a pick
pocket 2" q
Ithen related my loss, and the
return of the money, and we all
came to the conclusion that it was
a very mysterious piece of busi-
ness. ~
1 frequently met the man, bnt
never exchanged words with him,
as l had doubts as to his mode. of
obtaining money And Jet if he
were q rogue whynot retail the
money ? Here lay the : mystery.
One of the most fashionable la
dies of New Orleans. Mrs. Whit.
ney, lost azvTluable diamond ring
valued at hundred and fifty dol
lars. Another lady lost neck
lace equally yatuableand, from the
description she gave ne of'the per-
son who restored it,, it was the
same lucky finder. Perhaps / was
the only one who noticed the 5ex-
traordinary coincidence in this
man being the fortunate finder of
SO much valuable property. aFbe
reason probably was, that from
the moment he made use Of the
expression sit is my business l
connected him with Subsequent
cases of a similar clfaracter.-fy
Can money finding be made q
business ? If so, howl Here is
a man returning property to its
owners, valued at thousands, for
which he received merely hun
dreds He certainly was honest,
but what pecaiiar process did he
arrive at theirscarelessness, maxi
ing it the source of. his employ
mentf Ny curiositysw aroused.
At the theatre, opera and other
places of amusement invariably
met him, and he was invariably
alone. On the street he walked
as if he had lost something.
On one occasional met him in
the reading mot the ST. Charles
Hotel. To my surprise he was
engaged in a warm dispute with
several persons upon the ssutject
of creUdSses, one of which had but
recently occurred. | soon discov-
cred that he was not only wei
read, but perfectly conyersant
with hydraulics and mechanics.
| remembered one remark he
made, which came near, subse-
quently, being fearfully confirmed.
He said ,t,si
The time is not far distant
when your beautiful city will be
at the mercy Of the Mississippi
river, and the bend at Carrolton
will be the dangerous source. /
The very next day a large dry
goods house had its bank book re :
turned, which boy had dropped
in the street, contaiping eighteen
hundred dollars. THE young man
who found it received two hun
dred dollars, and when, the pro-
prietor thanked him in addition,
ne quietly remarked, cit is my.
business and left the store whis-
ting, "There is no luck about the
house..
1t was evident that be was in a
fair way to make fortune /; and
his extraordinary luck at finding
money and valuables satisfied me