The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-09-12
A FORTUNE AS was q1TA fortune.
A Mechanic Taken ~ and Done
for lie Throws Away His Toni~
far an IeireSs. and then Buys
them Back Again.


The Evansville journal ~ a story 81
cruelty nr,rti'rd "a 4 vopns ln"rhNnir
In That ciiN who was Mnhilipu> ~ mar
ryug 4 fortune. The Young man who
j. not gifted with very discriminating
mind. has TOR some time rgvci a good
deal about girl who j. believed 1" be
ppssc>sed os almos, unlimited means.
m Inns wrought himself NJ 10 The state
nf mind necessary 10 make himself be-
lievc that he was inst the man to capii-
waite her Young affections. and for that
purpos" had ON several occasions gotten
himself mp cnrgcouSly and paraded
where her Young eyes could feast upon
his figure. decked in what he considered
the nobhicst attire. After about week
of this kind of effort. he was delighted
one morning by the receipt of note
handed him while he was at work by
ono OF Uncle Sans mail carriers. lie
'rokc the seal aud esSayed 10 read, but
his excitement was too great. and one
of his Shonmates came 10 his assistance.
The note Informed him that the writer
had observed him and had fallen in love
with him His manly bearing had cap
tivaiel her voung heart. and she desired
her voumg heart, her bank account, and
her real estate, and all the return She
asked was that her affection should bel
rccprocated. The shout Of JOY that
escaped him ut this unexpected roaliza-
ton Of his hopes, resemble1 somewhat
the whistle OF the steamer George Rob-
erts. as she rounds the bend about q
O'Clock every morning. 1t was loud
and prolonged. lie threw the instru-
Inent of his profession from him with
scorn. and gave the unfinished work he !
had been employed upon, 10 the young
man who read the letter. His tools he
was about TO throw into the street. when
a shopmate volunteered 10 accept them.
and became their owner. Strengthening
himself up as well us he could, he babe
his comrades look upon a man whose
fortune was made. and then maics-
ticallv walked OIL. washed the grim OIL
his profession from his manly but only
half clothed person. resumed his attire, \
and proceeded 10 get most gloriously K
drunk. In few days he returned to
the shop and bought back his tools at an
expense Of about twenty dollars. and
resumed his labors. For long time I
nothing could be got from him concern
ing the affair. lie was silent. snbducd, 1
serious aud solemn. Little by little i'll
leaked out. that when he presented him
self before his insmorsta with the ex-
pectation of being claSped in her arms
she spurned him. saying to this effect.
though not perhaps ia these words.
Get cut. you knockAced whelp. Do
YOU think I can't find any better beanll
than crook-neckad squash Ike you IN
You Just be oil about your business. or
I'll empty the ten kettle over YOU aud
leave YOU A. bald a. hoNlder." SAN
and sorrowiullv that Young man took upl
the line OF march. frr the nearest saloon
and drowned his sorrow 10 fpamingI
beer. lie conddingly admitted to AL
friend. a few days after his return to
labor. that he knew he was a little knock
kneed and wry in the neck. aud I've never
would have thought Of such a thing asl
going after that girl il he hadn't brcnl
talked into ii. and he added: F." How theI
devil was 10 know THAI some o you'll
fellers wrote me that letter."