Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-25
GALES 3 skrtebes.
AN EXPERIMENT.

Mr.. Augustus Fritz Humes sat in his
luxurious bachelor establishment on b
street, and pondered deeply. The subject
Of his cOgitations was wife, or how to get
one. There were enough young ladies who
would he glad to bless their lucky stare for
The privilege of becoming mistress OF his
house, as he we'll knew but he also felt
toleraby well assured the home was all
they cared for. For the fortune they would
wed its owner.
Deuce take the money y he exclaimed.
Il wish I'd never had cent, and then
but botheration then should have been
too poor to marry, any way. Why couldn't
have had just wealth enough for all my
wants and nothing more I'll foil them,
though, the mean adventuresses p
A furious pull of the bell-cord brought
| the housekeeper to the room in hurry.
Pack up your traps, Mrs. Ashtield,' he
exclaimed, abruptly; for L am going to
close the house,
1t was evident that he had come to some
conclusion.
Shut up your house, Mr.. Fritz-Humesr
calculated the housskeeper, almost believ-
ing he had lost his reason. why such
q thing has not occurred since your lament
ed uncle took possession hve-and-iorty
years ago.
That makes no difference ma'am, I'm
master here now, and l shall close it for
the present. Meanwhile your pay can still
go on, and that of such domestics as you
consider indispensable. Have you no rela-
tives you wish to visit p he inquired.
That settled it. The protier of continued
pay removed Mrs. Ashtield's scruples quite
eilectually. She then remembered she had
friends she had not seen for years.
Three days later, Mr.. Augustus Fitz'
Humes was safely doniiciled in quiet
boarding house, and shortly aflerward he
began to sell his diamond rings, and sea is,
and other parapherualia of fashionable Lille
rs well rs dress himself in palmer clothes.
a rumor that his property had all been
lost through an unlucky speculation was
soon atioat.
He lost friends rapidly. BY twos and
threes they ceased to know him as he met
! them on the street. lie only laughed anc
, snapped his fingers at them behind theii
backs. Had his adyersity been real, HI
would not have felt like laughing.
ThGn came the time when this circle
, acquaintances got narrowed down to three
: But three Of all his former friends still
! clung TO him, true in adversely. 1t was N
: wonder that he grew msanthroplc.
! Out upon the street one day, he met
: carriage containing some OF his former nc
quaintances, who had been absent from tn
city since he closed his house lie though
! they would not notice him but each IN
: mate Of the carriage bowed politely as G
! old.
d They have not heard the news, he mut
. tered, cynically.
:, lie was mistaken. That night the owne
u OF the carriage came To see him.
!. Rather close quarters, my friend n
| Gai as ha "A
l. tus' not very pretentious surroundings.
a Pretty close, that's q iact,n sad MI
a Fitz- Humes, iclly. but since lost m
D property, Vi which suppose you haven
= heard, have become quite economical
a But have heard,' cried hls auditor
abruptly 'and that Is why came. knee
YOU needed friends now, II ever, aud th
hct-well-my daughter, slr-l mean
,. came 10 offer The position Of head clerk
y my counting room. WIN you accept
ID 'Ahem Well, / win think Of Il, ID
= II 10 long way from my boardlng-house
"a Deuce take your boarding house 40
can board ia my family as a-well AS q 80
"a vi giiesl, You know
- Augustus looked him over closely, iiel
~ ben STANLEY was q wealthy lnan-yel
= wealthy, hs MAS called and la hls ~
A. there saa nolhlas W warrant the snsplel1
y thai hs had lsaraed Aaguslas' .eeret, ~
sished ~ curry favor, aiding him Will
n. undeF an apparenl cloud 10 thai ldea VI
a. speedily dlsilisscd. " feonTse, he quick
,s, thanked Liln snd accepted.
hs Ones eln.sly saasssa Ia the ssaniy p'a
81 slon, IL sas loi ions beiogr ha sonder
"a shy hs had aet nollesd Nellie nlanh{ :
Nv ioss. She dla net sesm 70 sssi aboss ~
" Notwithstanding ths slds dlnsgesss IA IA
posslisas, and tEeala~l hlm a. cordially
hiofs eosal.ily, h. EAeashs- shAn e~i'