, 1877-10-19
CURRENT GOSSIP.

nlu NNat0 %2t$S ~ s*t~t
ltush. happy bird, yons songt
The year Is long .
For you 10 sing in: be content
YOU cannot change nv rurposc no. NOT Jcu:
am tho cl,ooser, mine the punishment
Sink down, yon flaming sunl
Your day IA d0na;
My day dles down With you.
wuMlt not mourn iu dying II could
II brought INC nothing but friend untsuol
Lie down, thou wounded hcart!
Thou hast no part
In syhat do from this time forth--noi tboul
Once would hcurkcn 10 Thy en.allcst sign,
And d. thy slightest blddinx-but not notD
Then fadr, thou barren shorei
And dear no mora |
Ar, thou to mo: caro- not for thce-nol
Since In thy hpac,oaA boundary there II |
NJ homo, sweethomc, for mo. I'm asad 10 goi
Drift out, then, sutlen idol
Fur worlds nr0 wide.
n1ow, blow brown snlls ncross the cruel sea!
brave, through Indifference, wait for fate
I'm not afrullt Fear not Thou. then. for mel
CMicAu0, LUtu N. W.
CAUGHT On HIS BRIDAL TRIP.
Sun Ffunciset Chronicle.
II has been learned that William X. Cooper,
wluse sudden disappearance FROM stock circles
recently caused stlcll connution, was not mar
ricd, u asscrtctl, to tho daughter OF u protnt-
nc,,t Washington official, but tlat tue discovery
Of Ills forEcriGs OH tho Government and his
flight occurred on Ills wcdding-tiay In the year
1897. The event created q sensation tn Wash
lngton circles, a naval officer residing in thls
city has tcon interviewed 1,y q reporter, and re-
lntcs tlle following concernluG tho defauftlns
broker:
The wtolo thing comes to mo now like
dream. never was more astonlshcd III my lffo
than when learned thut the Cooper who had
boon cutting up tlIcso t!iduca hsFc Is the same
handsome, dashing lEttlo fellow NC scnt to thu
rcl,ltcauary lrum Washington In 1857. Cooper
cat,c to work III the Navy Departm cnt as
sl,I0O clerk, ! think, ia 1AU. lfe l.a!l
beer, m artinG Euslgn on tile stall of All
nitral i. +. lGc, WHO At thu close of the War
commanded The sississtpp. 1otllla; Lee, WHO
knew Ills ia1nlly they were all from TcIncsseel,
rot him luto The NAVY Department. wlcrr, BY
Ills elegance Vi manner. his frank, open"hcartct
way, and 4is marked talents, 10 became a favor
ltc with escryboly. iie was one Ct tlie smart.
and was quick af comprehension and active ~ u
ktccl-trap. There WIS one old officer around the
department, though, who never ltksd Cnoi'cr.
| That waa old Atl!rInal Joa smith. The old man
was one OF your plain but stern oil men Of the
otden time, AMI Cuupcr's fancy dress and will
| ming ways couldn't 1iakc tho lcast Impression
Oil the Old S1llUr, elu&l 0Qt Qlh't jn6t E1t1[,'
lie used to say; "hs's too smart" Que Of
si.ipls for nioney IN bg recorl book, and u,
tlls way hc got perfectly familiar With the
n!cthoI Ut drawing money on lhc navy puy ac-
count. Ono day tile Chief Clerk was drawing
so,no money acquisitions, when in caule Pay.
master sp1!din9, Wig ~as ~ then & on &auty, ~ !
same ono who Il now 40 we'll known here and
he wns then On a run tu Washington. The
(htrf Clerk aud la exchanged compliments,
aud the former went on looking over tho rctlui'
sitious, Ali At pt,ce the Chtet Clerk eaid
aNhY, epailing, What do you want Of ally
n,oncyf You tMi 6lUlo0O uulY few weeks
! oro.T BpaItljpV said ha han't drawn for any
The clerk aalt; "Why. hero ID \ regulation
| signed by YOU for $7J, J,OlNn "Guees not, - SAID
HpahliuE; let's SO it,'f spal,iillg lookel " |,
d tnomeut, and sail: "Well. that's funny
That's nv signature, And ltat's my cIerk',
writing, 4llA there's tho Cotnlnanllant's up
1 proyai, And yet I'll take my oaih dom
know Ut my rc1u!sIti0.l." It. was finally yll1
Cested ty SpslA!nR TINT In his abarncc his clCrI
iutxht have had Au unexpected demand fO
| money, and had filled out stQuaitlon, sfEn0.
in blank and selt II o 81 l,c asksl tho clcra
to hold # over until he heard from atrn. In
day or two Hpaldtng came tearing back Il
I Washington, sayiug Ehat something was wrong
liz s6rn asked 10 scc the requs!llon, and
after q lung examination, pronounced It
| forgery, but ~ expc1tly dolse snl faithful!
worked out In al lts details II almosk to del
, ,Irtectfun. Thcu the ue4t thing was to hnd tn
I pt,ilty party. For wcek1 the lgtcrttycs wes
. 1ccret1y uu tt.e haut, but Cooper WA not eve
| 6lsn..fel,