The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-16
Lomance Of q Poor Young Man.

An Austin street car stopped at siding.
There was long wait. But one sol;-
tary, listless passenger inhabited the
car. He gazed out of the window at the
gorgeous autumn scenery on the side
walk-dry-goOds boxes 1no peanut
stands.
81 wasn't brought up to whack a
mule" said the driver, suddenly put
ting his head in at the front door of the
car, and addressing the solitary passen-
ger.
"Nop" said the solitary one, interrog.
atively.
..Not much. My history is peculiar.
I'm victim of circumstances"
YES" said the passenger, affirm
lively.
'.Yes, you bet. / struck Just the wild.
est and most delirious kind of luck. My
father was one of the solid men OF Jack.
son. You couldn't pry him off his
financial feet with a jack-screw. He
was widower, and was his heir ap-
parent. But it wasn't apparent
long. No, the rose-cOlored dream
evaporated. just about the time
the governor could count up his $780,.
600 / fell madly in love with rafting
good-looking girl, and the old man said
If didn't quit paying attention to her
he would write up will which would
make my eyes bung out when l came
to hear it read.
so told the governor I'd shift for
myself; 60 West and head out with the
country, dig fortune for myself out Of
a silver mine, do anything, everything,
rather than be dictated to in regard to
affairs of the heart. The old man said
that was all right, and / pawned my
watch, and other unnecessary jewelry,
and lit by the light of the silver moon.
l toiled and mOiled daytimes, and at
night l would put on an opera dress
shirt and sit on the hotel piazza out in
Leadville. There made another mash.
She was the only, dried up, old maid
daughter of a mining store merchant.
He had money to throw at the birds.
But the girl was homely. Gum! Don't
talk. Herface looked like wilted pine
apple hacked with a corn-cutter, and
her every day, hope-to-die-if-it-ain't age,
was 1871 summers, including ten years
Of steady drought and one grasshopper
season.
"Well, we were married, and the old
man said: Bless you, me children, bless
you,' and gave us 5000 for expenses and
basket of sour sandwiches. resolved
to go home like the prodigal son, and
see how the old man was fixed for calf.
l found out directly struck the old
homestead. The old man had actually
married the girl left behind me, and
when she saw me she Topped right into
my arms and murmured: 'Hennery! o,
Hennery! do 1 again behold my once
true love3. Where did you pick up that
female?'
Then the governor snatched her out
of that recumbent position too quick,
but he wasn't any quicker'n my wife,
who Immediately lit on me with all the
rage of jealous disposition, and tore
out samples of my hair enough to make
watch-chain a mile and half long.
Then she flounced out of the house and
took the next train home, and soon af-
ter she got divorce. The old man was
hot in the box, too, about the way his
girl-wife had acted, and he sent her
home. and got divorce; but the upshot
of the whole matter was, 1 was whip
sawed. The entire outfit shook me,
and found myself once more out in the
cold, cold world, friendless and alone.
"Git up there, Samuel! The down
car passed us ten minutes ago."-Teras
SJtings. ~