Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-01-19
WHAT A woMAN mn.

ny MRS. MARY A. DEVIsoS
So old John Dent was gone and had left
nothing lie had lived the life Of a million.
aire he had died the death Of a bcggar.
Left nothing, did | say He had left a help
less Junior-john, creature OF twenty. who,
since his boyhood, had been busily employed
in trying to ruin himself his intellect. his
moral impulses, his naturally noble manhood
Junior John had just perfected his genius in
the use of gold-headed walking stick, when
| his father died. He carried it between the
thumb and finger of his faultess kids, in a
way that struck the fools Of both sexes with
speechless admiration. The gcnteel tap of its
taper point on the right hand knee Of his
pantaloons was exquisite. The way he dan
died it under his moustacho smotc other dam
dies with envy, aud his use Of IL as a walk
gin-stick was simply high art
Poor Junior ohm what would he DO now
The fabulous wealth Of poor old papa, all
vanished the splendid house to be sold, the
splendid furniture to be deseerated by the
idle touch of the curious mob. the fast horses
to be sacrificed, aud all to satisfy angry aud
importunate creditors, so that not a single
penny would be likely to fall into John Jun
iors pockets What would he do?
He walked the desolate rooms, his heart
more desolate than any Of them. 10 be sure
he had not cared much for the old man. To
him he had been very like plethoric pocket
book, from which he could draw bank notes
at will. As to loving him--he had never
seen him fifteen minutes at time in ali his
life; he could not, in fact, get near enough
to love him. He could nevor climb that hor.
rid mountain of business, behind which his
father entrenched himself So the Junior
took to loving horses, and fast young men.
and billiard saloons, and brainless women,
champagne, cigars, ETC., etc What would
they do for him now2 He walked the empty
rooms alone he read the mocking labels OF
empty bottles, aud felt in empty pockets.
Not one Of 4" the splendid fellows Of our set "
intruded upon his privacy. His father was
dead-they felt for him; he probably wished
for solitude. If he did, he had 1.-THE soli-
tude of the moneyless.
The auction was over, and John Dent, Jr..
had no home. One or two relatives gave
him cold invitation to "cal and see them.
One great uncle aud rich, by-the-by, sent
word that he would accommodate him for
,veel or 40 t;u ho could e,l -:
do ..John,s bandsome ovas aashoJ ~. ~
tho scented h;Ilo, imto ;,Sn;,asoi 49,, - Nv ,oi'
and ground thcm ;nto tbo a. o; ,s;.h = 'Ln',
uTne old soonpdrcl - he cr;oI s.;,b AL
inc ewes :. and NV f,tbor boiroJ Ill.,, 1t n''i"
his fortune" '' "'"'
Not long after this tbero anne Lotto.
bo,uel;er Iettor tbon tho ~ -
neat business hand II fonnJ ,ho ,.,'', -,
man in mean lodgin,s aaaoe ~" R1sI t;,,i youps
in the unner story of second ra,o ,,a,.aii ,n.,n
house 0n the s,renotb n bis ,,oid G Gen'Jo GgoaIa1
cane and handsome trn1t tbe ian5Iad,' .a''',
ed him for a few davs w u '''
The letter Law on his table when bo oomo
in from n miserable recreatior Hill - -
down to tho river sneculatin,, ,'' ~"
ness and nrobable destb ,.S. t. -, VyiI'
bad soilno,;,od al .L,,,l. -. '''0' ~
""No q D"n-
looking corpSe--unless the fishes bit me
Then would onlv cav spoor IL T.. 49,.
lucy "ouiu oniy say oor JACK he was
uncOmmOnly good -lOokin inO' and fbeU - II ,roe
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ueueouy nlean VI MN 10 kll himself
'"'' 'u' 'No theJ
meant I'' 'ne Isnes' ou' tue respective sexes.
the large, round superscrption on the envel
ope He seized it, tore it opep. and road
was s,rana, ,bins c. ''aI" - 'I''suiv' II
10 do br, wbon r. hai Io1seI aoreq s'p''g'aan
drop softly from his hand, his lip quivered-
he felt bliudly for handkerchief in his cont.
pocket, and, deliberately wipine his eyes with
h;s Geo ,T;,h liz h.nJs ''' - "uu covered
sst in tb"t noa;t;om. I r, H.. Ut sometime ne
the aoor evalainin, , '"'"' ''7''s' ue "alNeo
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ar is a,lorions AK" sv' '0uf H ,e''oT ms ia,h-
must be nIos;ons iL" c'i,om. l,s "no,S ,S iawlly
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wav wa s,5, s;nnita,ion' s A.. - ~ ins' no hali'
onS @ 49, in4S ~ oo'1ly lorila' apol,
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