The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-22
A Reporters Vengeance.


A difficulty arose between Chi
cago reporter and a native Of sunny
Italy who kept peanut stand in
that city of big fires and keen enter
prise. One day the reporter, with
tho daughter of n millionaire hang
ing Oh his arm, passed tho stand Of
the marchesc, when tho latter ex-
claimed: "Hi~a, Gully, when-a YOU
q pay me zosc vifo cents, hom 2"
What happened after that the
Chicago IIib,tNc relates as follows
The reporter went to the Office and
took an oath on tho assignment
book to be avengcd--to be fcarfully
avenged then he wrote q little item
headed "a City Romance" in which
he stated that the marchesc was an
eccentric Roman prince who had
given all his estates to the Church in
penitcncc for numbering his brother
who was his rival in the affections Of
beautiful countess, and that by
cconomy,pokcr, dice and speculation
i'll suburban lots he had accumulated
fortune of nearly 100000 in Chi
cago. Then ho smiled q fiondish
smile, and induced the city editor to
give it a big display head, and went
on his way rejoicing. That poor
italian never knew what ruined him.
When he got to his accustomed sta.
ton next morning there were about
two hundred mon waiting for him,
to borrow money from him on ample
security at ten per cents q month to
get him to become partner with
$3.50 in q we'll established business
that would pay $4,000 a year if tho
additional capital could only be
secured to sell him somo Calumet
real estate ); to sell hing u trotting
horse that could show 2:G4 every
day in the week (prico S450), and
for various other purposes. His
knowledge Of English was very inn
perfect, and he was an cxcitablc
man, SO when the eleventh spcculator
came up and asked him to lend him
$4,000 to start m olcomargnrinc
quarry lie BACKED his eye, and in the
confusion that arose his pol tlble
stove was sacked and the peanuts
scattered to. the four winds o heavc:.
The police restored order, and then
ho was notified that if he persisted
in collecting such crowds around
him and becoming public nuisance,
his license would be revoked. Then
tho collectors for various societies
began to bcsiego him, and whilo he
WAS driving them away with club
his last lot of peanuts burned. Then
a delegation from the Chicago Com.
muno visited him, anf, when he
refused to divide, according to tho
principles Of liberty, fraternity and
equality, fell upon him as traitor,
and mashed him as flat as several
pancakes. Aftor the police surgeon
had sowcd OH his ear, and stitched
his nose together, the marchcsc
started home, wheeling his cart,
which had only half a shaft and ono
wheel left, and surrounded by q bcvy
of anxious mothers who wanted to
secure him and his title 100000
for their daughters. After whilo
.hc placed himself under the protcc-
.tion of tho police, and about ten
O'clock tho coast was sufficiently
clear for him to venture out. When
ho had nearly reached home he was
sand -baggcd and gonc through by
"a highwayman, who had tracked him
all day, and who, when he only found
two nicklcs and a door-kcy on tho
marchesc, sand~bagged him till he
was blaclt;and-bluo and soro all
over. After lying sensoless q while
ho managed to crawl to his lonely
hovol, tand found that q gang Of en-
torprising burglars had, already beon
there and torn up tho floors, and
ripped up the bed, and smashed up
tho furniture and dug out tho chin.
ney with picliaxcs, looking for his
100000. Tho poor Italian had
merely strength enough to crawl to
tho rivor and pitch himself in, and
as tho reporter was going home
about two a. M, and saw the splin-
tered poanut~car, he know that his
vengeance was complete, and, hurry
ing back to tho Office, put q little
item in tho "Personals" to say that
tho Italian mnrcheso and millionaire
WhQso wealth had boon described
the day before, had purchased q
palatial residence at Naples, and
loft Chicago tho evening before to