The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-25

| one of the National Banks, All thlnga
went we'll for quite time, The business
Of the establishment was conducted by
the two energetic brothers Of the bereay-
cd, the bank account swelled, and the
shelves grOaned under the constantly In
Creasing stock Of new merchandise. All
things went well, We say, until the tears
had ceased falling, the pretty face-pret-
tier now from the gossamer cloud, the
last remains Of the storm, which played
6tfully over 1.-THE pretty face and brow
were smoOthed again, and draped in
black, then for time secluded, once more
held all eyes as she mOved-Ihat is the
only way we can express it-alOng the
streets Of Wheeling, All things went we'll
until she swept the vision and was lasct-
mated, us a dove, by the gaze OF aserpent.
THE GENTLEMAN's HISTORY.
Where the gentleman was born we
doubt whether any one knows He has
told so many different stories, Just such as
the occasion demanded, that our opinion
Is that he Is mixed upon this point him
self. Whether he went astray himself or
was led aStray Is immaterial-the gen.
orally received opinion Is that his fingers
acquired their deftness In one Of the pick
pocket colleges Of New York, practicing
upon a man Of tissue-paper. On the
steamers Of every ocean and river, on the
trains Of all ChFistcndOm, in the hotels
and saloons Of Europe and America
everywhere, ho praCtiCed his nGiarious
profession, In addition, his dice were
''loaded," /" and tho capacity Of his sleeve
for extra cards would have opened tho
eyes Of tho "EIeathen Chinee," This Ia
the man--and who has not seen thou
sands Of his Counterparts-this 10 the
man, or serpent, whose gaze, as We re-
lated in the last section, fascinated tho
dove, or tho widow,
THE MARRIAGE,
II Ia said that the greatest gentlemen
we have arc the worst men. OF course,
gentlemen" in this senSe wonld be de-
fined, easy graceful, never.taken.by.sur-
prise, alwayS.at.homc, smOoth.tongued,
&c. The truth OF this saying was iorcibly
illustrated In this case. In a jify the
snake had the dove in his maw-that Is,
but few days had passed away before
Taylor had secured an Introduction 10,
wooed and won the beautiful Mrs. Cart.
wright. This end was not contaminated
though without some trOublC--fOr not
only theGOurse Oftruc, but also OF false love
never runs smooth. The brothers said
harsh words against their brother.in.law-
in.LD. Tho sister went and her alliancel
looked hurt, or made loud threats, rs tho
case seemed to demand. The father said
"My daughter, he Is piCk.pocket and u
gambler" "My dear chick:a.biddy," said
her lover, when tho daughter tried In all
confidence, to find out the ialslty of the
accusations ut can't bc denled"-at the
same timo, Notwithstanding tho honesty
Of his intention and look, ho WIS Curslng
his Star-"it can't be denied that l have
been bad, but | want you to help mo 10 be
good" "IGe'll make you miserable" said
tho mother This maternal forobOding
was gotten over by both parties In The
conventional manner. We have not the
space to describe the wedding. 1t was
brilliant. The widow footed the bill.
TROUBLE.
The time had almost come for the clip.
ping of matrimonial coupon. The
''chiId.bed" lever was raging In Wheel
Ing. Taylor was very anxious for the
welfare Of his wife. (p) Cadis and the
Central House were tho places selected
for the labor. No sooner did Taylor see
his wife Snugly aud permanently CnsconS.
cd; than, under prcteilSc Of u pressure Of
business, he posted back to Wheeling
Ono fine morning he fell like thunder
bolt into the notion store. With grcal
surprise and Indignation, the brotllerssaw
that the whole man was changed. So al
fable before, he was now sourcr than
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80 eaSlly pleased
, before, hc was now as exacting Ms hedge.
hog. For several days tho atmosphere
grew hotter and hotter,-his boisterouS
language giving II sui phurous smell =
the sky lower and lower, until at last the
storm broke-the brothers found them.
selves of their legs-and Taylor, strange
ly enough, not very much surprised
looked around and discovered that he waS
alone. Then q devastating onslaught be,
gan upon the stock In trade. No matter
what the sacrifice, was tho motto, every.
thing must be turned into cash. Each
Saturday, when on u visit to his wife
Taylor would say: Everything Is going
along nicely, my dear--thosc not.to.bG.
dispensed.with brothers Of yours arc doing
their work well-and under my Supervi.
sion the trade is doubling itself every
week y "Thank you, my dearr' thesic
wife would each time family reply. Had
ahe known all, she might have added
"Damn yOnW
TitE TIN BoX.
Every week or 80 Taylor would gel
out his travelling bag, oil Ii with speotacle'
and other yaluables, 60 70 his wife's bed.
side, stopping over fondly kiss her, and
say "a little business calls me away
my love. l will be back as soon as pos.
sible-in q few days at the farthest.n
Then he would go, not to pcddle, specta.
cles, but 10 tho gambling liells-in SlttI.
bentiie and other places. This was aitet
lis saying to his wife II will stay with
you now, as / think the business III
Wheeling can get along without me-
The last Of these departures was taken
about two months ago. Lately, two dis
patches were received from the absCOndee
both from Indianapolis Indiana. The
frat Of these simply stated that he was III
that city; tic second, that he was confined
to his room with q Sptained ankle, bnl
that hC would be In CadiA on Saturday
the Y0lh. Saturday came, The coli,