The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-16
ALACOF RUPEES,
Or The Lucky Man.
BY W. H. WHITE

Mr.. Weldon smiled; and his eyes
twinkled merrily, as he took leave of the
widower, for the purpose, he said, of
finding Charles Trayers and congratula-
ting him upon his improved matrimonial
prospects. But before be left the house
be impressed upon Cornelius the ne
sesaity there was fgiying good reason
therefof1 of keeping silent upon the ru-
pee subject; and, especially Of saying
nothing to Charley and Tamar Am about
it.
Shortly afterwards, that very evening,
IN fact, Mr.. Crandal wended his way to
The residence OF Miss Teller, and, greatly
to the astonishment of that sprightly
spinster, made her formal offer Of mar
riage.
Goodness gracious, Corneelp' replied
that lady-when be had brought his
proposition to a close, with the words:
hYou couldn't do better lamar Ann"
"Gracious mel what on earth's come
pver You? You must be luny."
"No amt lamar Ann; I'm as sane
and as sober as an orthodox deacon.
Just say the word, now, and we'll be mar
ried tomorrow"
"Well, Corneelyus Crandal.IPve al
ways liked you. though never consid-
cred you very smart; and ! 90 love
smart folks--so If you want to marry me,
here's my hand," she replied. "But
what has made the man take this sudden
notion is a mystery to me-" continued
the maiden, "sotto yoce."
Mr.. Crandal hurried matters, and be-
fore the month was out, he was united
with lamar Ann Tellar as securely as
the Reverend Mr.. Surplice, with ritual
and ring, could fasten the bonds.
Charles Travers and Nellie Kingsbury
were married at the same time. For the
first month Mr.. Crandal did not say q
word about the rupees, but waited, i'm
patiently, it must be confessed, for his
sprightly little spouse to introduce the
subject, She, however, kept her rupees
to herself, and busted herself, and busted
herself about her house affairs in q man.
ner, and with cheerfulness, that
was pleasant to behold. Mr.. Crandal
thought, including the rupees, hs had SO
cured treasure indeed.
And 80 he had.
One afternoon, when all the heavy
housework had been disposed Of, Mrs
Crandal sat down in the keeping room
with her sewing, in very pleasant franz
Of mind. She was soon joined by he
husband.
"Tamar Ann" said Cornelius, rathe
abruptly, "what did you do with then
gold rupees you got from Martin Wei
don?"
"La, Cornell; I had forgot all abou
'em. Why / put 'em in the Saving
Bank, to be sure"
"What! in the Centerville Saving
BankT'
eyes, put them there with the rest o
my money"
\ "Seems to me, lamar Ann, its rathe
queer you didn't say anything about 'er
before"
'About whatw
"Why, about them rupees"
'sThem rupeesl" calculated Tama
Ann. "And why should I say anythin
about them, I wonderr'
sThe confidence that is proper ant
usual between man and wife, / shoul
think, would have caused you to ga
something to me about 'em before"
"Fiddlesticks, Corneel," responde
Tamar Ann. Confidence, indeed, cor
cerning matter Of less than fifty do
lars" she added.
"Less than fifty dollars-how man
rupees did Martin let you havep
''Seven-" ft9
"sevenl fifty thousand, you NEAR
don't your
"No I don't. / mean what ! said.
seven."
tSeven whatT'
"Seven rupees. Mark Weldon CAV
me exactly seven rupees, and seve
times seven is forty-nine, according
the multiplication table that was taugf
me when went to school,"
"And was that allr' groaned Co
nelius se E
"All? every cent. But what are 70
making such fuss about it torf
"Good Lord deliver ua Martin tol
| me he gave you one half Of his rupee
and the other half to Charley Trayer
/ and you told me that there was lac
,em."
"And that was what you married n
I ior-was it7' retorted lamar An
sharply.
"Well-I thought you had a fortul
\ in rupees, certainly" replied Corneliu
somewhat surprised at the tartness
his spouse.
"You did, ehi Let me tell you, M
Crandal, that / did not have a fortun
and you won't get one; but you've g
me; I'm better than any amount Of 60
rupees, or any other kind Of money "
could mention. And it will be bad +
you, sir, if am not treated as though
had brought all them rupees with me
and my weight in Brazil diamonds b
sides; and | weigh hundred and
teen pounds -therel"
sTamar Ann-oh dearl OF course /
be as good husband to you as thoul
M a