Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-05

bOLDEN NlolONos
Bob Moore and his brunette wife had
also comfortable capital when they ar
rived in this country, and lost some of it
in unfortunate speculations. Bob left
Mary in Rochester, N. Y, and went to
South America full Of golden visions
He promised to write to his wife soon,
but never did, and was not lucky in the
Argentine country. Finally Dick Dingle
and Bob Moore met, and both were vag
abonds--in strange country and without
msney or friends. They Joined their
fortunes, and told each other the story of
their lives. There was remarkable
similarity between them. They both had
pictures of their wives, and each went in
raptures over the others picture, and
cared very little for his own. In mad
freak vagabond Dick and vagabond Bob
exchanged the pictures of their wives,
and some luck appeared to come to them
afterward. They were fast friends, and
accumulated some money, and began to
behave themselves better. 1t was seven
years since Dick Dingle had written to
his wife, and one day in fit Of repent
anoe he wrote her a letter enclosing
$1,000, and asking her to reIoin him in
South America as soon as possible. In
the meantime she had removed from Pc
troleum Center to Philadelphia, but the
letter and the money found her after a
long delay.
as4i ON THE WRONG TACK.
AS Dick had waited the proper time,
and heard nothing from his wife, he be-
gan to feel uneasy, and one day resolved
to return to the United States to hunt
her up. He started from Panama on
the English steamer George Watts for
the United States on Friday, the Tth day
of June last while his wife sailed from
New York for the Argentine Republic
the next day, Saturday, June 8. Dick
went to Petroleum Center, thence to
Philsdelphia, but could not find his wife
nor hear anything of her. He then went
to New York, resolved to take the next
packet for South America to join Bob
Moore. But something occurred to pre-
vent the voyage. He got on a little bit
of spree in New York and happened to
stumble into & store on Broadway to
buy some trihing article. There, behind
the counter, he saw handsome bru-
nette whose face looked charmingly
familiar. He was not mistaken-it was
she, and the picture he carried proved
it, The acquaintance ripened. Mary
had sought and obtained divorce from
Bob Moore for desertion, and was free,
and lovely and still young. Dick Dingle
told the story of his wiie's disappear
ance, and the couple resolved that she
must be dead, so these two got married,
and are now living happily in Brooklyn.
rse FINDING HER PICTURE.
Phoebe Dingle plOwed the deep to
ioin her recreant but repentant husband
in the Argentine Republic She was
doomed to disappointment, but she found
Bob Moore, and Bob showed her the pic
ture which he had received from the
hands Of Dick Dinglc himself, but he did
not tell her the whole story. In fact, It
is uncertain what Bob did say to the
beautiful woman who had come so far to
find her husband and failed, but It is
quite certain that those two got married
in a very short time, and now live In
good style in Cordova City, Argentine
Republic. tits, perhaps, Just as vel as
it has fallen out. These two singular
couples are too far apart ever to inter-
fere with each others happiness, and
are much better satisfied as they are
than Is they were II