Barbour County index., 1884-02-22

and have n glass of wine" AS led
him into a little snuggery few frequent
ed. he answered: Permit me TO nom
mate brandy or whisky for mine"
Looking him in the face rs Of old,
said.
1.-The bate has gone against you"
Yes. l haven't n dollar TO my name,
Ned
was amazed. thought there was
something left that he could turn into
cash, and / could not help expressing
my thought.
.nNo. no! Nothing of the sort. ]
could have-in fact / should have
managed differently, and put aside
something "a lite bit in real estate, or
few bonds-but didn't. l-s
what next?''
What next?" he repeated dreamily
and dreariiy. "Oh! I've not made up
my mind"
Eugene, said briskly, ''go back
and ask for your old place. believe
it, there for the asking. And in six
months you viii look back on your ex-
Ferience In oil as bad dream.
"1ou are right, Ned. / always
thought you n slow goer, but you are
right nine times out of ten. I'll act on
your adviee-and thank YOU from the
bottom Of my soul for the Interest you
have shown in me-"
lie was as good as his word. But be-
fore the month was out he Joined forces
with another clerk, and made a hun
dred and fifty dc liars OH turn in oil.
He was bobbing up beside the dashino
operators inside of month.
a month later there was battle roy.
nj lasting three days, in which the bulls
and bears were so thoroughly mixed
and blended that il was with extreme
difficulty the best-informed observer:
could determine the relative positions
OF the horned and clawed competitors.
Immense sums were made and lost. On
the first day II WIS reported Eugene
= Cleared forty thousand dollars. Or
the third IL was rumored he had accu.
mulated two hundred and fifty thou.
sand. At noon. in the presence of 3
throng of men whose frantic actions
and feverish faces exhibited every
phase Of gamblers experience, Eu.
gene aunounced'hinself "ahead of the
game three hundred Thousand" at two
O'Clock he had not enough money tC
paw for his lodging.
was coming out of the Era office
about two O'Clock the next morning
Somebody telephoned from a livery
stable there was n good '',tcm' il
Shades building. a locality well known
to the police and press gang. The last
were disglistcd with the sameness
of the Items" the premises furnished.
and concertedly called for strcnuou:
action on The part of the authorities
The morning was wet and chilly; one
! of those sleety, dismal mornings thai
drives man and beast into haStv com
mon shelter. / refused to stir ut first
then something have never
been able to explain to my
self certainly II was not the fear
that our contemporaries would s.
cure an item the readers of the Ero
woul'i be deprived OF. caused me TO
change my mind. j made my way to
the notorious premises indicated. AMI
stumbling into the hallway ran against
n policeman.
Hes had an awful time, poor devil.
never saw anybody suffer so much.
Ii was awful-awful."
''lIcra's what's the matter. l guess. q"
said another policeman as he picked ur
a small label marked rat poison. The
wretch at my feet suddenly drew up
his knees, grOaned ina horrible man
ncr, and turned fairly upon his back.
looking straight upwards with an ex-
preston 80 ghastly thar we were awe.
stricken as his soul took its flight
IL was the fac, OF my friend. Eugene
F-.-Darid LoI0ry. ia Current.