The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-08-27
A PRACTICAL LOVE STORY.

ntN loIlutAlN lktQ III flatt-tAi
Square, and moved in the best New
York society. The father, Wall
Street man, lost his money, and the
wife, two sons. and two daughters liv-
ed on the east side, and the best socie-
" knew them no more. Isolena, the
Youngest Of the family, had accepted
the situation with becoming fertitude.
She had three trunks. laden with the
spoils of Saratoga and Newport. They
would keep her in clothes for two wears /.
and SO long a. the spoons held out 20
burn, 70 her clearinghouse fare she
could return. After the crash the faith
er did nothing in particular. and the
mother took to her bed. The sons,
never having done any thing during
their prosperous DAYS, now kept stern
" in that noble path. The elder daugh-
ter, in fit Of desperation, threw her
sell away on book-keeper with eight
hundred wear, and was buried in .Ier-
sey. Isolena Van Rensselaer,, being a
person of sense, sold the silver and Jew
eirv BIT at time, paid the family
board bills, and so kept the wolf away
Weeks passed. and the store of
spoons faded slowly. How much longer
could they live on silyer-ware? The
wolf had already bayed the gas lamps
in Third Avenue, just around the cor
ner, and the sound kept her awake in
the night.
One day there came letter inclosing
a check for one hundred dollars. Her
hand shook a. she unfolded the crisp
paper, and sudden tears filled her eyes.
Were the family miseries and poverty so
wearing upon her that the sight Of a
check shook every nerve? And how had
Heaven raised such friends in their hour
of need?
IL was only letter from Cousin Mary
Pelham. Cousin Kitty was 10 be mar
RED. and Mary wished to furnish one
room in the new home. Would lsolena
be 80 kind a. to do some shopping in the
city-get nice chamber carpet, and
have il sent up by express? Glad TO
find something 10 divert her mind,
iSolena went shopping among the car
pet men. selected what she thought
would please and fit the prescribed
measure, paid the bill, and returned
home & ID out and minus fifteen cents
car fare. Two DAYS after came letter
sayisg that 'sthe carpet was lovely,
and we are all so much Obliged
The next day Isolcna counted the
spoons aud figured out their position.
There was Just enough plate to pay
the board bills for exactly six weeks.
She appealed to her father. He,
poor man, had trouble enough on
hand. The wife and mother was diving.
For a time the lesser griefs were lost in
the greater: and then the mother crept
away to peace and her grave, weary
with the miserable disasters of the
family.
The day after the funeral Isolena
asked her father for her portion, and he
divided his living among them all.
lsolsna's share was the spoons and some
diamond rings. The family was broken
ap and ruined. and each selishly looked
out for himself The men went 10 the
bad generally. The elder daughter
furnished her parlor with her share Of
the wreck, and Isolena sold diamond
ring, and put an advertisement in the
Trtbunc, Ercning Post. Herald. and
american dgricuLturist Then she found
another and cheaper boarding place,
and sat down 10 await results, or starve.
Within a week a million people read
khlS advertisement:
NADEMOISELLE ISOLENA, purchaser ~
vi dress goods. gloves. hosiery, and milli-
r~ry- Persons nj distance desi ring 10 purchase
dry goode, etc. IN New York. may address
hademolsele isolcna. Every kind Of under |
wear and small wares bought, goods and colors
matched, and the best selections made at the
sowest prices. Terms five per cent. All orders |
must have the money incio~ed. Goods sent ny
express or mail az purchasers expense. Ad. |
,iress fss West wenty fourth street, New York. |
heierences, Arnold, Taylor A Co., stewart,
Lord kinsey etc
Three days MademoiselleI solena waited
m heart-sick impotence, and then there
came three letters. One contained a
dollar, another six, another ten, and
each had small order. Total profits, |