Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-06-26

4 Case in Point and Its Wholesome
Lesson.

The Louisville tl0strici-Lu2uc! says
A case has Just occurred in which
| loves young dream was dlspelled IN &
cruel and unsympathising reality. 4
clerk, wi use business it was to stand
behind the counter of a fashionable
emporium and expatiate upon tie
merits of his employers stock of gen
tlemen's scarfs, hosiery, handkerchiefs
and underwear, came to grief in a dis
txessing way. The young man had a
delicate and exquisite taste, and the
goods which he sold to the sno!.s and
swelis of the city never passed from his
hands without having every merit
forcibly and eIoluently presented to
the purchaser. He was eminentIy sue
fires of ambition been kindled in his
bosom too soon, there is no telling
shat'a ssiaFy ganl9 aot haze Leen at
his command.
But fate, as if enviops of this pros
porous existence, led the youth to be-
lieve that he was destined for a more
took himself to the Springs as the most
advantageous field of operations.
Ills -aSle G, e rested upon a :-ounc
girl rept!ted to Possess great wealth.,
and, seeing
'' W., h his duty qsa9 sure thing.
Went foF i 1herE AID then.
He set about to 6aDtl4ate the plnD.I.-
ing and unsophisticated heiress, whose
fortune, the rumOr ran, consisted in
lots, tenements and hereditaments in
the city, with paying stocks and hard
cash liz proportion. He talked freely
VIII tie lcGv's amt, and spoke often
OF his1apftai ana. the aqnlir,rie Use
he had made of it. He wQ6ed the
young maiden, and being a gentleman
of taste and fashion and fine clothes,
he won her. The marriage day was
set, but before it's arrival the Young
man called unexpectedly at certain |
cther emporium in the city where |
ladies 6rasaes and LADIES underwear :
were made. and 10 sle found !
his Young heiress in a draggled /
dress of faded sea-green sitting at a
sewing machine; very labor;ously man
'pglatine some frills with the identical
hand he had kissed IL his moments of
and moonlight devotion. An
eagle basking in the sunlight could not
be more surprised at "a blow from a
nimble squirrel of the
forest nibEllng the shell ::ro.; a nut,
stfndk in the head 81 riie
2all conld not have been more shock
I'd, The yoa4g lady raised her head,
saw the yonhg capitalist gasinE IN be
wildment upon her, and fingered only
ong enough to upset the chair in
which she WAS sitting, turn over ono
sewing Machine and leap over another
md, as % servant s,irl .teparfs zen she
lights on lot Of eGhsfahce witch she
links viii suit the constitution OF her
ICED parents, so the Young heiress left
through the door that opened in the
ear of the building in which she
ahore3 Fer seventv-fve cents per day.
The i.iora1 Of this, story is sc. lilain
hat no:one can escape IT,, All is not
,old that glitters. Young man, be-
ware of the fortunes which are picked
IL like hlackberries at the Springs. ,
YET moi yonr neerts cn ttose ..eet:ng
reasures of earth, which pass away so
ooh, and are no more Princes and
'oets have been deceived, ana the very
lect are not infallible in their iudg-
nent about the value of those midsum-
7Gs sstoaisf,ed when he heard the ex-
ioSeaOit W a4'' fttausee? IL Pa { istd I
hat I'm CO.. - 10 't married. for tlien
will have some new gowns" aud L
'ady Wortley Montague, instead of @
DING to her lover with a full purse o
ad an efaporate wardrobe, 1srote to L
i'm at the last hoqf, II shall have to Q
? TO your arms in my night gown, my i
thar says, nat 4 shilling''' "
And, young ladies, beware OF the $
~ AID dashing capitalist you find t.
such resorts. To to one his entire q
rtune is carried on his back. At the o.
'ring be talks Of investments of Il
ock and dividends. When he sets IL
u he talks of "guns, gals, grocer
J. ginger, gin" and will tell how OF
I'D it is to support family on one "
ousand year-that you had better W
Re the dressmaker's bill to your ri
her with tears in your ewes ] III