The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-10-20
RUINED BY VISITORS.
The Story Of an Unfortunate Young Married
Couple in New York.

Major Philip Y. Schottgunn, WELL
known resident of the Fifteenth Ward,
was last night seen carrying big car
pet-bag and wandering disconsolately in
the neighborhood of Washington Square.
"What's the matter, Major~ a Sun re-
porter asked. Anything gone wrong"
| "Wrongw said the Major, violently
slamming his carpet-bag upon one OF the
benches II the park. "Wrong! Get out
your blackest pencilW
"For weeks as 1 walked Broadway to
and from my place of business, found
great pleasure in gazing upon the fresh
| and honest faces or the many Centennial
visitors who now throng the town. To
see the young and newly married cou-
pies, the fond husband supporting dot
| ing wife on one side and cheerfully
struggling with an enormous Yalise on
the other, was sight calculated to
bring to mind the fresh air of the open
country and the tints of autumn leaves.
little thought that | should come to it
myself. l mean the Valise part of it, so
soon.
1--WE had saved little money, you
know, and hired fiat and gone to keep
ing house. That effort cost us every dol
lar we had, and left us in debt, but we
looked hopefully to the future. But
three weeks ago last night when Went
to dinner found our narrow hall choked
full of travellers luggage. My little
daughter, too young to know the extent
of the calamity that had befallen us,
crowed gleefully from the top oil a mann
moth trunk. Mrs. Schottgunn, wretched
a d uOWncast, met me at tie door.
ELucy' l asked, 'Wuaps up noWSS
"Centennial VISITORS she said.
"'Many of'em?
"'ElgAt!
"tGolng to stay long?
About week, they say.'
"They Wele friends OF Luoy's, whom
she hadn't seen tor years, and had
stopped to make us visit ON their way
home from the Centennial. They never
meant any harm to us, but at every meal
they ate l could almost hear Lucy
groan, as she thought OF some longed-tor
article OF needed furniture whose pur-
chase must now be deferred or gwen up.
| ION tue first day Mrs. Snottgunn told
them how to reach Central Park, and
advised them to stay all day, there was
so much to see.' just before they
started l saw my little daughter slyly
tucking a wisp of hay into each VISITORS
| nat band.
"Why do you do that? l asked.
"'They'll visit the menagerie, won't
they papaT
"0t course they will, darling.'
"'Elephants like hay.'
"'l know they do, pet.'
s'The elephants III grab'at the hay
maybe they'll bite off The folks head at
Uhe same time; mamma says she wishes
she could'
i "But, alasl the elephants were not
hungry. Along about in the evening
two OF the visitors returned. The others
were lost. On Lucy's face rested a
sympathetic cloud, though think it was
lineu with about a ton OF bullion; but
about 10 O'Clock the lost ones found their
way back. They did not get lost any
more. They kept together, and were
punctual and powerful at meal times.
And they prolonged their stay until
Iruin stared us out of countenance. /
tried to get Lucy to tell 'em to go, but
she said it wouldn't do-they'd tell such
stories about us when they got home.
So they stayed one, two, three weeks,
land the butchers bills were more than
uy salary. On the very day they went
away Deputy Sheriff seized our furni.
ture for debt, and our home was broken
up. ..-.
lis one slight offset TO our griet.
couldn't keep Mrs. Schottgunn in the
city, and she has gone to the
three weeks at the home of each of the
friends who have just gone from us;
that will tide US over till spring, and
meantime I've got to live cheap and pay
up the debts. Do you Knew" said the
Major, as he mourniully gathered up the
big carpet-bag, lido you know OF some
Iplace where l can live cheap through
the winterp-[ New York sun.
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