The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-20
surnr;se Of q syan Who Used 20 work
for Jerome b. Chnffec. ~
From the Denver tCol.) THOU

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al made surprising discovery the cther
day." ,rs;,avs.
man. a new arrival in the community, 10 a:
reno,ter for the Tribune. Ripe Tor any-
th;nr calculated to disturb the sitting
serenity of local affairs, the intelligent news
collector was moved to ask, "How so!
..Tske seat and | will teHyou," and
thercupon the merchant, who, by the way,
lisa New Yorker. proceeded as follows:
II ran away from home when was III
teen gears DID, Thought 4 was restrained
at home and needed more scope. L was
living near HarnellsvIle, New York, ana
on nv first launch for freedom reached
Adrian, Mich, then quite remote city;
This was in 1851. believe. 1roamed AROUND
the town for two or three days before
found ANYTHING to do. Finally, one after
noon. without the least idea that anything
would come OF it, dropped into little
ssore-a sort OF ladies' furnishing STORE;
that il, the stock consisted OF collars, ana
cuffs, and lace, and necktles, anu unread,
and warn, aad all such little truck: ibc
store was q sTalI Alphabetically eight Ieet
wide by perhaps fifteen feet deep. l Waikea
in and accosted small, thin, "hlte-haiieu,
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT young man, with an
application for employment. must aoniI
ihst The proprietor for the young man was
the proprietor-did not seem to care much
whether went TO work for him or not.
Rut after a little talk, mostly on my part, |
was engaged at So per week, with the pfiVi-
leee OF sleeping in the store"
Something in the expression OF the re-
porter's face suggested to the narrator to
saw that "the point OF the story was to
comp.n So the yarn was continued
a. NV proprietor did not do very heavy
business, and did not seem to cure much,
either. He belonged to some secret society
or other. and was constantly called upon by
brother members. On these occasions the
proceedings were quite mysterious, and
little sort OF q wash-room in the back part
of the store was used for consultations. My
boss seemed to be the head ring-master OF
the concern, and though his store was small
affair. noticed that the leading men OF the
CITY were in tho habit Of seeking his guild
apce. He paid little attention to the custom
ers-I had raost OF the waiting on to do, and
nearly all day, when not engaged in those 10
me) singular conferences, my employer
would stand in the middle OF The store,
thinking. thinking, thinking, while he kept
constantly rappiag his front teeth with n
pencil. lie was troubled great deal with
main in his back, and complained Of an al
| Fiction of the kidneys. had only been
| with the pale faced young man few
months when l was prevailed upon to re-
turn home. and never gave my casual en-
ployer at Adrian a thought till within the
past feNtdays.
"Tbe other evening at the hotel | was
glaucing over the advertising columns OF
tire Tribune, when among the hank advcr-
| 4. ,1ot;oal % n ri S.lar0mp TX
Chaffee.' 1t iingled Familiarity in my mind.
Where had seen or heard that name be-
fore? [ could not help its running through
my head. All ut once it came to me. Je-
rome Il. Chaffee was the name OF the young
fellow I worked for in Adrian, Mich, 50
long ago. I could hardly believe that my
old Michigan employer and the noted bank
president and Senator were one aud the
same. But as all my time was then my own
IT had not got into bu>incss), | happened
into the First National Bank one morning
and made 4 few inquiries in about this
style:
"Anxious Inquirer: Is JeromeB. Chat
fee connected with this bank ''
"Bauk Man BE is, sir-slightly.'
"Anxious Inquirer: When did he come
| 10 Colorado. and where FROM"
"Bank Man: He came here in 1857, l
think, aud lived previously at or near
Adrian, Michigan
"Anxious Inquirer: Is he Of fair com.
plexion, very lair, and is he troubled with
kidney comp'alnt!'"
| "Bank Man: He has an exceedingly
fair complexion, and. | believe, is troubled
somewhat with chronic disorder OF the kid.
neys.'"
.sThis was all that wanted. was, and
am, satisfied that my quondam employer OF
so long ago was identically the same person
who i, the richest man and the keeneSt pol
,tician in Colorado. Now is not that q
rather funny tuin@, anyhow"
The reporter. somewhat weary, admitted
tnot If ,Sos