The Phoenix herald., 1882-08-11

fortunate young friend. The fact O.
 the tnatter is, the gentleman in aues
 ton has "strttck it rich" as they say e down in the mines. He has realized
 a cool million and boundless happi- a ness by the investment of q single . dollar. The story of his brilliant
 fortune, which is as yet unknown
 save to a few intimate friends, is briefly told as follows: We will not at this time mention names of
 the parties concerned. All will short
 ly be known.l During the latter
 part of last fall the young Portland
 CT referred to paid a visit to some
 friends in St. Louis, Mo. During
 his sojeurl he met one night, at g 1 grand ball at the Lindell hotel, one
 of the reigning belles Of the Sunny
 South, whom to meet was to love.
 The young lady was charming, ac- comp.ished. and beautiful-the only daughter of millionaire parents The Oregonian'se heart went ''pit-a- pat and hIs brain went whirlagig." It was genuine case of love at first sight, and the young mans affec- tiOns were reciprocated. He was in vited to the lady's beautiful home near the park. The father was deadl Tears, idle tears! The serious op- position of the mother was based | upon the fact that her daughters l health had been enfeebled by fre- 1 quent attacks of chronic rheuma- tism, which latter resisted the treat | ment of the most skilled physicians of the South and North. The young man begged, implored, beseeched; but all in vain. At last the stern pa- rent so far relented as to promise her consent to the marriage as soon as her daughter should be entirely cured of her continually occurring painful trouble. Her case had been pronounced hopeless by doctors, and was so regarded by friends; still the lover hoped. He procured at the drug emporium of Messrs. Meyer Brothers 6 Co.,, St. Louis, two bottles of the great German remedy, about which so much is now being said or These he left with his sweetheart before departing for home, where he went to spend the holidays. This was about two weeks , igo. "If I should be cured, George" , emarked the unhappy girl upon z bidding her lover farewell, "I'n end you a kiss, and then I'll be vours truly forever" As may be T George" returned to the 'ity with a heart as heavy as the |. Columbia rivers shipment of sal non. However sanguine may have cen his hopes, the reader will . eadily understand that the young nan was not happy. In fact he, Ike his far-away sweetheart, was cry unhappy. When, therefore, a telegraph messenger called at the eventh street residence early last unday morning (New Years day) u u 'ith dispatch from St. Louis, the cI .elings of our friend and fellow cit fiji en can be much better imagined le Ian described.
 But, alas for the mystery
 Of unwritten history.
 The telegram was from the rheu- Ii atic young lady, to be sure, but w rec letters, namely, c. Y. K. In m in George" tried to decipher their ge eaning. In vain did he tax his or emory. As last resort he visited ob e telegraph office, but there, too, pr one seemed able to solve the mys- 'n -y- The operator in charge sug- sted that key to the cipher be re- ested of the sender of the mys- ,ious dispatch. This was prompt he done. At half past six Sunday I'm 5ht, just as the first day of the " year was beginning to draw to lose, the answer came. It read { follows: mn LINDELL HOTEL, ST. LOUIS, Mo, dis
 January l, 1882.
 George -, No. -, Seventh Street, Portland, Oregon:
 Here c. Y K. means Consider T Irself Kissed" Thanks to your 'ughtfu1 gift of St. Jacobs Oil, I inv
 entirely cured. Mamma says, the ake George and be happy" Come fun l we will set the day and drink to
 health of St. Jacob. JULIA. To say that this message made eorge" the happiest man in Ore I l is, as above stated, drawing it eau Id. As he dropped in at the Els wol Rd late last night, with a few ger sonal friends, he certainly looked sect felt as though he would not ex rect nge his recently won prize, or fere n that mysterious cipher dis ch, for the entire northwest. Al :. cared to be "extra dry" and al fro, H ugh "Mumn" was the word, the you orter was enabled to "catch on," loss t were, to the c. Y. K. telegram, ctp' oho' ch, by the way, probably con- disc ed the most valuable kiss thal Am ever transmitted over the wires velo his or any other country. o'a' It is an honest fact."-Portland gonian.
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