The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-25

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From the Washington Correspondence Gin
zoe 4ss'+ ID : 1s~It Is not uncommonl
for Cabinet officers, having daughters
on their hands, to appoint certain
young fellows of finished extremities
to oAice, that they may dance attend
ance on the giris, and be useful /
know of quite Q little romance ofthe
latter class. Young Hamilton Camp,
known As Ham. Camp, came up to the
Capital from the back woods, about
as awkward and green q youth as
you ever run away from. He was
poor, Of poor family, and had educa-
ted himself by working during the
summer to have means for schooling
in,lthe winter. He was one of those
kn0ttyiheaded, shrewd fellows, al
ways looking ont for self. He found
himself here, bent OH Office, with a
hundred dollars in pocket, with no
end of confidence in himself. He
took the measure of men, and, what
is more, the measure of the women,
and planned his campaign according
ingiy. It was original. Sleeping in
an attic, aud regulating his diet on the
most economical scale, he expended
his means on e tailor and dancing
inuster.i ETnWela ~ ~ .ra.uHiis.ll
Z "And l should say that Ham. Camp
was donkey *hsb
"Wait bit. He appeared at all
the receptions, balls, and parties to
which he could gain access, and as he
soon came to be recognized as an Or
nament, balls and parties opened be-
fore him. Aud at all of them he was
very attentive to the lovely and &C
colnplished daughter Of Hon. ----- of
the Cabinet ~, - 49,. 80,
Il see, the old story of love lifting
the lowly.Y TH f.f -. ~ -
"Wait a bit. He had the adroit
fiattery of the ears. He listened with
the Intensest interest to all the little
troubles of Miss -, and came in
time to be necessary. to her happine ss
in the ballroom. He never breathed
a word of love, or what was more i'm
portant to him, of Office. The season
drew to a close, and Ham. Camp
found himself out of money. He sud-
denly disappeared from society. One
day Miss met him on the avenue,
and held out her two little hands.
Where have You been, you naughty
man? she cried. He made no re-
spouse, but as they walked along he
quietly gave her what she had long
before given him, a confidence, and
told her of his ambition, poverty, and
limited at love. A few days after he
was appointed to the best Office in
the Department over which the ia.
Their presided" eiiiH7sl}'i -.'F
3 "And they lived in peace and died
inadipose, as the children say"
4Not to any extent. Ham. was
very attentive to the daughter, but
never told his love. Less than a year
after his appointment a change in the
Administration drove the Hon. papa
from his pls0e. Ham. saw the trouble
coming, and was prepared. He did
not court the successor, but he did
court n ost assiduously the rich wild.
ow Japonica, then on the. crest OF
fashionable society in Washington
She did not encourage his love, but
better still, became his warm support.
err. So that when Ham. was bowed
out of his nice place it was to go into
another and BETTER ...r,
"And he sold himself to the wild
Ow 2" s l 4 m 4a<
Not much. She married first
class mission, with title, and went
abroad"
"Good lord, is this man going to
court everybody, and marry no one p
"He married at last. The war came
on, and shrewd, mOney-getting little
creature by the name of Cranks died
one day. leaving fat widow and
some fatter contracts. Ham. married
the widow and the contracts, and now
he is a millionaire. Next winter he
proposes TO buy his way to the SEN
ate and help rule this troubled land.
What cold blooded rascal; and
l suppose little Miss -, his first
love, died of a broken heart"
at may have been broken. Every
woman's heart, sooner or later, is
broken. Be that as it may, it did not
prevent her marrying Ole of the rich
est men in all these United States,
and she is the gayest creature you
ever saw"
"And so ends this eventful history.
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