The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-09

I know what you want to say to me
and I'm sure it viii be better to stoL
you before you say it. I believe you
were going to ask me to marry you.
can always esteem and honor you very
much; but it would be impossible for
me to be more than your friend, even il
] wished to, for I'll tell you frankly
that I'm engaged to some one else"
If Miss HalIowell had suddenly spo-
ken to him in pure Sanscript or the
! choicest IrOquois, Mr. Thornton could
not have been more astOunded. He sat
for few moments In silent amazement.
But the utter righteousness of the
thing soon came to him In its full force,
and, without any premOnitory symp-
| toms. he fell into violent parOxysm of
| laughter. His efforts to control him
| self were quite useless. and one or two
faint attempts which he made to speak
we're instantly smOthered in a fresh
outburst.
| Miss HaIIOwelIs astonishment was, at
first, as great as his had been. She,
! too, soon recovered from that feeling 4:
but, instead of being succeeded by
mirth, it was followed, in her case, by
| a passionate fit of anger. With loOk
! of ineffable scOrn she got up, walked
| out of the parlOr, and went straight to
| her own room. Mr.. Thornton left the
| house feeling unable to make any ex
| PLANTATION at that time. In the mean
| time Miss Hallowell indulged IN nUmer-
GUS rather wild plans for being revenged
! upon the man who, she thought, had
treated her so shan.efully in return Tor
her consideration and kindness. But
at last sue found relief in a food of
tears, snd soon afterward was half in
clined to laugh at the whole affair her
self.
She returned to the city few days
after this little episode aud one morn
ing, when she had been at home nearly
a week, she received the following note:
ERCULANEUNI, an. 2, 1873.
My DEAR MISS HALLOwEII.-I hardly know
how to apologize for what must have seemed
to you the most outrageous Tudeness. But as
the exact truth of the ma ter Is al that can
afford any excuse for me, viii give it at once.
called that morning at Mrs Mason 5 request,
having promised her to give Won some advice
about your manner to gentlemen; and feeling.
after the promise made, that you could
hardly fail to consider such action very Off
ciOus and unwarTantab'e, l was awkward and
embarrassed, and conducted myself in a way
which led to The veiy natural mistake YOU
made. l beg you to believe that I am heartily
sorry for having acted EofoOhshly throughout,
and hope you VIII not refuse to number among
your friends your sincere well-wisber.
ALAN THORNTON.
Miss HaIlOweIl's reply was an invita-
tiOn to her wedding. Hearth and
Home.
How Some Men Have Risen.
TIVE ed began as a brush maker, at
iOUrneyman's S wages. Had he remained
at his trade and continued honest, his
native talent would have insured wealth
TTVF Io 70 ITgyvv haTrr,A Z
then suddenly fell. '' Hank Smith"
who died in his official career of police
commissioner, began as a driver on the
Erie canal, and reached at one time a
membership in the ring which gave him
Gas it was estirlated) a million. Of this
but little IS left, and his widow Is living
in a distant village. The late police
uperin'eudent, JOurdan, began as a
newspaper folder in the service of the
Tribune. He was in the office of SUI
perintendent for three years, and left
an estate worth, as it is said, 5000, COO.
The salary Of this Office is 81, 800, but
the facility Of receiving bribes enables
the incumbent to get rich rapidly. 1t
has been said that JOurdan knew the
secret of the Nathan horror, and that
an enormous fee secured a pledge of
immunity in favor of the guilty parties.
Another man who has risen from
poverty to wealth is Brown, the noted
sexton of Grace church. He began
life as a carpenter, but being of a portIy
turn he found the trade laborious, and
obtained an appointment as inspector
of carriages. Next he was made sexton
of Grace church, aud for twenty years
he has had all the patronage of that
rich society. He Is extensively en-
plOyed to manage social reunions and
receptions, IN which branch he is an
adept. He has the run of all the fash.
iOnabie young men, and many a s.
note is handed him to refresh his mem
O1y when invitations are to be CircU-
lated. Such a man may assist a friend
to al entrance into a certain class of
society, if not into the best. In this
manner Brown, though occupying a
second gate position, is in fact an auto
cTat among many of the fashionable
world, at least in that which is next to
the creme dc la creme. Instead of
showing the plane at S15 week, he now
has d country seat, and is estimated at
a quarter million.
Oliver Charlick, who is now president
of the Long Island railroad, and is
considered a millionaire, began bUsi-
ness as the keeper of a grocery on the
wharf, where the profits of the orgies
of sailors and lODgshOremen gave him
both money and political influence.
Charlick was at one time leader IN the
city government, and this was a rich
source Of pluuder. OF course he be-
came wealthy. These results, and
others which could be referred to,
show what curious changes occur amid
the social revolutions of great city.