Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-06-29
DEAD BR0KE. "
JIeis dead broke.

jir IS dead broke.
..Hav much does he owe? p
One week. to- morros, over the month,
fail the clerk, examining the ledger.
'Wbew ~ whistIed the landlord. ''iIa:
he no friends to pay for him ?"
Plenty Of friends how, but let hem fiod
o-t that j. is broke eud they'll be oil Ike d
cvy oi birds
I must see him ;" and the hotel proprie
t.r waking on; upon the piazza approach
Il. young Iaau leaning against oue Of tie
ian; pillars.
"Sir Watts n, yoyr bill, / sec, is iu arroar:
cre week over tie settlement day. Why is
r!T
Tie young man flushed at first as If in
e"ear; hen smile oversprcaa his hand
s1Es tscs. i know | am delinquent,
Z ar Suow, but can't pay at present.
"1o you expect money soon
a.i. really, 5ou't know vho =laulj
s5t saa anything irom tiaair surtcig cf
cz-t."
Then RI, to understand tbs. you are
o.. a.' 8 unable % pay, Int Do net ezpec;
t. taI-aj!e2'
Jl5outte5ly, Major.
Sorry. Watson, for yCu have been 4 "a
y.-r- ~ rH= season, and dea't Ike tc turn
- .g1. beE,.e the breakup. Ncr will |.
I'g.a a7a give up your suit Of rooms aaa
tass ea szish oue suited to your c;rcumstan-
e-s. I vii !cs You remain the season out,
tes.:eE ycu to fay ne in the iutgrc."
Yen xre gezy EcoI, Major, and I guess
II a-7c 10 c.uset."
So TIE Lsezsge Of Robert Watson was
Heel AL bora from the elegant suj5 on the
saeaa6 t.5r TO a Iiule seven BY fourteen
rssal .a the fsth Eoor.
F;gg 4gicLly It became known that the
Change La! Ucen made, livery servant ~
tie house betrayed tbe knowledge in the
a-z.aes Of tie usual Difference paid to the
F0,,ezsors Of ''parlors. At dinner, the
hoy, who had been on!y too eager to All
Jlcigs,G Nr Watson wants, suddenly be
came otiivious TO those wants, and only an
,v=rei ;hsrn after repeated orders. Tie
r.-45aE and register clerk, always so oLse-
qgioas, grew tiguiiied and Indifferent. 0u-
ly lie urJauc Major preserved kindly
grae.iaE for the guest too poor to pay his
bill, and remaining by suGerance.
Queer. thought the hotel proprietor.
lie certainly had: money enough Ehen
L. elue, Tor be deposited cool FIVE thous-
eaI 30 the safa. lie hasn't been fast. I am
certain, aa3 Lis habits have been 50 good
tbs, tie young bigods have rather played
o- from him. But he has been fayorite
Ao,a 0F,a IN the room bu5 would have
dropped her best friend for his attendance.
Hang ne if can understand It.
Watson, mailing from Baltimore, had been
aaa-5n guest AZ the Cascade Friends be
had In plenty He was courteous, we'll
.rel, good looking, intelligent, and, appa-
ready. -icL-whst more could be asked
Among the ladies he had moved quite a
Prince and many were the gossGmer webs
woven as tolls to capture lIim, but to all he
proved j very incorrigibIe recusant-h he
would not be cncs prize The exquisite
charm Of voice, manner, and sentiment, the
beauty Of person, the elegance Of attire-all
were agreeable to him, deeply so, for he
seemed to enjoy them all immensely; but
not rbe brilliant poetess, Miss MounGoy,
n5s the coy and arlless Miss Dumaiu, nor
the rattie-headed young Miss Lambert, nor
the naughty, elegant, and exclusive Miss
Percy, nor the very rich Miss Oromanes,
appeared to command him. He was to all
alike, the agreeable companion, the candid
Trend, the shrewd resistant of all arts TO
lead him into loves labyrinthine mazes.
How would all these beauties of the saion
receive the announcement sure to be made
OF his altered circumstances, as the Ma
jor expressed it.
Evidently Mr. Watson was not indiffer-
ent. He still frequented the piazzas and
parlors,s giving every friend, male or fe-
male, ample opportunity to cut" his ac
quaintance, or otherwise to express them
selves. 1t was somewhat curious to note