National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-25
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Two CITY LIVES.


TALE WHICH HAS ITS OWN MORAL,
AND lSFULL OF ROMANTIC INTEREST.
The son of Long Island farmer grew up in
the great city of New York. lie had busy,
i've intelligence, and he was attracted to the
worlds arena instinctively. He would not be
farmer; he would be great mana man of
business. He served as Office boy I'm various
localities. He did not stay long in place; he
was smart-too smart He was what business
men call fast boy, and clergymen call bad
boy. HIS acute intellect, unguided, had turned
INTO dangerous paths, following the lead of
emotion and instinct. We live in two worlds
the steady, strong undcrcur,eas of hard
facts and stern work and struggles, and the
lighter, superficial current of pleasure, of
ideals, of amusement, passion, excitement.
It was Inward this world that as he grew
older he era vitated. He hated discipline and
liked freedom. he became q commercial trsv-
eler, and then theatrical agent, and then
gambler. he tried the manufacture Of whisky,
kept faro bank. Vas treasurer Of Q circus.
He was bound 10 make living by his Wits
He YVES like all the est Of us-he wanted to
mike money without ", Tk.
Is Is not just to say he vas bad young man
ether he had the reputati. IN OF being capt.
sai ieilow. He was only one oa tne types now
SO common TN American cities; OF quick mind
that shffAlss from that which is hard and diff
cult, cultiyating the feelings uly, living
dashing, liberal" life. His perm. Nsent occu-
patton at1asS became that of the ma stsr gamb-
ler-one who gets money by playing upon the
Of h6 fellows instead Of up>n their
necessities. He sold lottery tickets. His
pleasures were q the sort known as masc 7tine,
!. G. alcohol and sthlettcs. He talked ..s,
yachtsand fighting; he was muscular hin, a.,
and In disposition shrewd and envious-a Cas-.
sius, man to keep 'sthe right side of" more
than once whenfn Ayuor and quarrelsome h,,-
was knownto handle his pistol much too freely
for the safety of his companions.
He had many ffiends- One of these was
Southerner, plump, joTfsl man, with fund
OF good nature. They beeame partners in the
lottery business Time wore on; they made
money and married.. Who shall say they were
not highly respectable ciffzeps3 They broke
no law, they attended tctiseir own business,
and their passion foSshorses bsoasAt them into
gosd company. They workedexceelingly well
together; when the shrewdness Of the slender
1arAeyed man failed, the fat good nature Of
the PARTNER, inspiring confidencs, swceseded.
AfhgT . number of years. however, tire
sereMe5 of this friendship became disturbed
A separation came. Each tltsughC b could
10 better alone, and each tried IL thus dividing
he STRAIN of business, each trying to bring
hat they began to eye each other askance,
owe turned to Jealousy, and then tohate-
The situation became threatening after .
Ong life is passed, in which the daily oecupa-
ion has been that which to The common herd
Is the amusement, and in which the daily rec
reation Is what with the mass is dissipation,
he mind gradually becomes undermined and
loses its equilibrium; little byrlittle are dcvel-
oped great passions instead of principles for
guides OF action the soul gets . habit Of yield
ing to the strong feeling that is upperlnest
the inner man turns to lava from such constant
excitement and fire; q volcano grows. up be-
meath the calm exterior, and only waits a it
ting occasion for an eruption. The Long Island
farmer boy of sober Dutch descent, by his
course of life, had reared within himself an
other mana savage, an Italian. bnSani, all
hidden from sight by the mask of the man of
the world. His hatred and jealousy of his for
mer partner became mania. Nc ill-lIuk or
misfortune came that was no. attributed to
him. His old partner was taking his friends,
his business, and his reputation, he'thoussht-
The result is briefly told, and is yet vivid On
the minds of the Inhabitants Of this amt the
adjoining cities. The estranged partners laet
one winter evening in Liberty street; onr was
stabbed to his death, the other was Manned
der was brought to a close. The Jury was
merciful, and he was saved from the gallows,
but is destined to spend what should have bccn
the happy years of his life in convict ,secu in
State prison.
The moral is plain, and the story should be
E'warning to all those who seek wealth by
o5her means than the old-fashioned path Of in
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