The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-08-15
BUCK GRANTS MITTEN.
The True Reason Why he Finally
Received it From the Daughter
Of Bouanza Flood.

Received it From the Daughter
Of Bouanza Flood.
A correspondent of the Charleston
News and Courier writes from San
Francisco: The story of how Buck
Grant courted Miss Flood is in every.
bodyis mouth in San Francisco. When
Gen. Grant arrived from his trip
around the world. be was entertained
by Mr.. Flood. Grant took q great
fancy to Miss Flood. A fine looking
girl with a prospect Of four or five
millions, is an interesting object to
any parent who has a poor boy to fit
out. She is splendid girl without
any money. Gen. and Mrs. Grant
liked Miss Flood; they urged Buck to
try and get her. He was at her side
every moment. finally proposed, and
Miss Flood, without any special
thought, said Eyes, if father agrees
to it." Buck hurried back to Frisco.
and went to the rich banker at his
Office in the Nevada bank. Mr.. Flood
listened to the young man respectfully
yes, with pleasure. But he said:
Its all very we'll to talk about get
ting married, but you have no money
to support a wife with. What are
your chances in the future 2"
Young Grant said he had no bust
ness, but he was willing to do any
thing.
"Very WELL" said the millionaire.
"You 20 back to New York, buy the
stocks I tell you to, and deal for six
months as l suggest. and l think we
can fix you out"
He bought stocks just as Flood told
him to. Everything Buck Grant
bought made money. Every point
Flood gave him the great millionaire
was sure to come out right. 1t was
thong before young Grant had $780,
600 ahead. Flood told him to 60 it
again and double it, Grant kept
right on, Flood arranging it so that he
should make. Soon Giant had $780,
600. It began to turn his head.
Buck didn't think it was Flood behind
him who was making The money for
him. But it was Flood, and he was
doing it so the world wouldn't say,
'he marries my daughter for her
money" After young Grant had
made 5000, 900 the Floods began to
think it time to bring him back to
California to complete the nuptial ar
rangements, it was then that Buck
Grant began to get dizzy headed. He
was courted and fattered by other
girls then, for the money which Flood
had made for him. He started back
for Frisco, but tarried in Chicago to
attend club dinners and to meet
young ladies. He began to forget
Miss Flood, who is a girl of spirit.
He sauntered over to California. At
Frisco he found Miss Flood was down
at Menlo park, their magnificent
country seat. He Immediately COM
menced receiving invitations, and &C.
cepting them from other young ladies.
Miss Flood expected him to take
the first train for Menlo park. Mr..
Flood was disappointed in the young
man. He called to see him at the
Palace hotel Young Grant excused
himself by saying he was sick, but
the great banker saw that he had
made a mistake. The poor, frank
boy Of year ago had become inflated.
Success had turned his head. He
even kept Mr.. Flood waiting in his
parlor while he finished a converse
ton with some one else. That night
Flood went back to Menlo a disap-
pointed man. He told his daughter
that he believed they had both made
q mistake.
Miss Floods pride was Inundated.
She had a great fight with herself.
She said: "What would the world
say? The envious girls in San Fran
cisco are even now talking about me"
So she wrote to young Grant, but
never sent the letter. She said: "If
he can't come straight to me, don't
want him."
Finally, when young Gran: called
on her at Menlo park. she was in San
Francisco, and he did not see her. In
Frisco she learned that young Grant
had been flirting with several young
ladies, not particularly her friends.
So she wrote him a plain note, say
ing she would release him altogether
lift would please him. This made
young Grant mad, and being himself
in love with another young lady, he
continued his firtations till the Floods
gave out publicly that the engage
ment was broken of.
Miss Flood is still in great demand,