Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-26
ROMANCE OF A POOR YOUNG Man
How he Came to Find Himself Alone
in the Cold, Cold World.


An Austin street car stopped on a siding.
There was long wait. But one solitary list
less passenger inhabited the car. He gazed
out of the window at the gorgeous autumn
scenery on the sidewalk-dry goods boxes
and peanut stands
81 wasn't brought up to whack MULE
said the driver, suddenly putting his head in
at the front door of the car, and addressing
the solitary passenger.
''No?' said the solitary one, interroga-
lively.
'Not much. My history is peculiar. I'm
victim of circumstances"
eyes," said the passenger, affirmatively.
Eyes, you bet, I struck the widest and
; most delirious kind of luck. My father was
one of the solid men Of Jackson. You couldn't
pry him off his financial feet with jack
screw. He was widower, and was his heir
apparent. But it wasn't apparent long. No,
the rose-colored dream evaporated. Just
about the time the governor could count up
his $3.50, 900, fell madly in love with rat
thing good lookin' girl and the old man said
it didn't quit paying attention to her he
would write will which would make my
eyes bung out when came to hear it read.
$50 told the governor I'd shift for myself;
go west and head out with the country, dig a
fortune for myself out of silver mine, or do
anything, everything, rather than be die
tated to in regard to affairs OF the heart The
old man said that was all right, and pawned
my watch, and other unnecessary jeweiry.
and Lit by the light of the moon. I toiled
and moiled daytimes, and at night I would
put on an opera dress shirt and sit OH the
hotel piazza out in Leadville. There I made
another mash. She was the only, dried up,
old maid daughter Of a mining store mer-
chant. He had money to throw at the birds.
But the girl was homely O-uml Don't talk
Her face looked like a wilted pineapple hacked
by corn cutter, and her every day, hope-to-
! defiant age was SO and half sum-
r1ers, including ten years of steady drought
! and one grasshopper season.
well, we were married, and the old man
said: Bless you, my children, bless you,' and
gave us $500 for experience and basket of
sour sandwiches. 1 resolved to go home like
/. the prodigal son, and see how the old man
was fixed for calf. found out directly I
struck the old homestead. The old man had
actually married the girl 1 had left behind
me, and when she saw me she Topped right
into my arms and murmured: 'Henneryl Oh,
Henneryl do again behold my once true
lovea Where did you pick up that femaleP
"Then the governor snatched her out Of
that recumbent position too quick, but he
wasn't any quicker'n my wife, who immedi-
ately Lit on me with the rage of jealous dis
position, and tore out samples of my hair
enough to make a watch chain mile and a
half long. Then she founced out of the house
and took the next train home, and soon she
got divorce. The old man was hot in the
box, too, about the way his girl wife had
acted, and sent her home, and got divorce;
but the upshot Of the whole matter was, 1
was whip -sawed. The entire outfit shook me,
and I found myself out in the cold, cold
world friendless and alone.
"Git up there, Samuel The down car
passed Us ten minutes ago.