The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-11-30
NUMBER As
1T POINTS A MORAN
Does the Following Story, which the
Rapid Young Man Might Read as
He Runs-Frittering Away q
Fortune.

Louisville Courier-Journal.
In the summer of 1869 a Young
Tennessean turned away from his faith
er's grave an orphan. By his parent.
death snug little fortune of s15, ,00C
in cash went to his credit in bank, and
with fair education and a certain
measure of common sense, which, un
fortunately, did not develop until some
years later, he began the fight with fate
His friends came without the asking
and, as they gauged their friendship BY
his fortune, he lacked neither comrade:
nor advisers. They took him to theil
hearts and he was soon proficient in
every species of dissipation known tc
the young man of the day. He drank
anything and everything, from beer tt
Bourbon, and took his IL o'clock
breakfast only after laying in supply
of stiff cocktails" He was a ''higt
roller" at faro, and event the limit
every bet. Poker had peculiar fasci
nation for him, and he learned to sit
behind a pair of deuces with as mucl
sang froid as if he had royal sequence
flush slowed away up his sleeve in tht
case of an emergency. In point of fact
he was a gilt-edged sport, and went al
| the gaits But this style of travelling
while it cut down all previous records
in his native town, also ate into hi:
fortune, and in eighteen months from
the time his fathers coffin was lowered
into the grave he had begun on his las
thousand. Gradually his fast" friends
drew away from him, and at this stag,
of the story there wasn't enough of then
left to 90 security for needed suit o
clothes.
The hopelessness of his position a
last broke upon him, and he determined
to call halt. He forsook, for time
his old haunts, ceased dissipating anC
shook off companionship that nearly
left him knocking at the door of thu
poor-house. The restraints of the new
departure, however, soon became unen
durable, and he only waited an occasion
to step out of the narrow path again
The opportunity soon manifested itseli
in an approaching gubernatorial race
and the old gambling mania that had
been smothered for u time broke ovel
him with increased intensity. He chose
the candidate of his party as SURE
winner. The outlook was favorable
the shibboleth had gone forth, an'
victory for the cause he had choseT
seemed only to want convenient ban
ner to 90 to perching. In his zeal tol
the cause, and in the hope of recruiting
his non-plethoric purse, he wagereC
every cent he could beg or borrow
His gold watch even went against odd
on the general result. he was positive
that fate had at last given him new
deal, and his heart was light over th'
prospect of bettering his condition
The fateful day came at last, and hi
candidate was showed under by tn
ballots of the opposing party. Every
thing he possessed in the world wa
swallowed up in the general wreck, ant
he awoke for an early breakfast mex
morning that came not, and his throa
tbirsted for q cocktail that his hat
bergasted purse couldn't buy. Th
venture cost him his all, and $4,000
his paper was in other hands.
This broadside at last sobered him
and he tackled once more on cours
that might make whole his battere'
name. He became industrious, secure
minor position in mercantile hous
and worked like a man who had Pul
nose Tn a wear afterward he Marie
a fair, sweet girl, who brought sunshin
into. his heart, and whose presenc
nerved him to greater efforts In his hgt
for competency. Their married III
wore on peacefully and happily, pun,
tuated from time to time by hit
curly head that only bound them close
, He made a good living for them, an
l llabored on in the narrow path, wit
j only an occasional thought over the vii
+ oats he had sown and reaped. IL
memory of his election investmei
d brought an occasional sigh, for ev'
:, since the little he should have stowe
e away for rainy day had to 60 for pa
If ments on the notes made at that tim
1t and his nose was ever at the stOn
e A few weeks ago he forwarded SZ4O
; his banker, and eternally settled Il
n score that had been running for twel,
$ wears. He related the cancelling of t
d debt to Courier-Journal reporter, al
a few questions secured the other fact
e 1t may point a moral it certain
n adorns a tale. The hero of it is now
e Woodworking citizen of Louisville, an
after all, his nearest friends say that
e dip into corn, or an attempt to PluII
Il winner in a horse-race, is to this d
/ a species of enjoyment he cannot foreG