Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-04
The Sad Fate Of a Washer.

There is a class of persons who
roam over the land, known in tn,
slang phrases of the day as MASTERS,
and who are not inaptly described by |
a citizen of our county as "a gay de-
ceiver, high contogitator OH the
works of nature and a scducer of fe-
male innocence" We are informed
upon reliable authority, that jew
elry drummer from the establishment
of Zincman " Bro, of Philadelphia.
Pa, named Charles Italie, who visits
lIarrodsburg in his commercial tours,
IS a ndSher, having boosted frequent
~ Of his marvellous capacity in over
coming the conscientious scruples of
respectable rural beauties. Espec-
tally was this the case in the town of
Grayson, Ky. He expressed desire
to have lidSOn with some respecta-
BILE girl in every town he visited in
this State. These facts being known
to one of our young gentlemen, he adj
vcrt!se in the personal column of
Cincinnati paper as lady from Har-
rodsburg desiringa gentleman cor
respondent. Italie, the masher, an
, swered the al, and lengthy and
loving correspondence between the
parties ensued. A photograph of a
| stranger, beautiful girl, was sent ia
} Italic as the likeness of MARY" the
name assumed by the boy in his cor
respondence, and Italie sent his pic
ture in return, which is a cOrrec
likeness of the rather good looking
young Jew. The mdSher desired t.
=. present his Mary with handsom,
y, gold ring, and sent by mail four real
ly valuable rings from which on
was to be selected, and on his visit t,
Harrodsburg another, a band ring
was to be added as a token of hi
true devotion. lie failed to put il
. an appearance on Saturday nigh
' last, but wrote to Mary that he wOul
be at the Commercial House on Wed
ncsday night on the nine o'cloc
9, train, and that she must appoint
|, time and place of meeting, and not
~ fy him by note left at the Hotel. Mar
the boy, left the note as directed, an
appointed the upper terminus of I'll
>, plank walk, on Danville street, as u
= trysting place. AS Italie read tn
note, his pulse beat wild in an exec
= of delight, and on the wings of lo'
~ he fairly lew to the place assignc
where he was to meet his inamorat
IN. Reaching the point named, he met
colored girl and affectionately a
preached her. He desired to kno
will if she was his darling Mary. hmm
y. diately two young men confront
him and demanded to know if |
}. name was Italie. lie answered ;
Tentatively, when one of the you
- men drew his pistol and demanded
.e know what his intentions were
. making an designation at that no
and place to meet his sister MAJ
The jew attempted to draw his p
'e toll, but he saw the drop was on hi
and he quietly surrendered his wet
on. At this point two other you
ed men came up and enquired the cal
'o of the difficulty, and upon being
- formed their indignation boiled up
a kind of double, double, toll a
trouble" style, with the sire boz
. 100" and cauldron bubble" anger of
rs I indignant and outraged brother.
all this time Italic was thoroughly frig
u Is ened and offered to do anything
y ~ get out of the difficulty. The you
II. he did in the most abject mann
Ky. The pretended brother and his friel