Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-13

Particulars of a New Business That
Dudish Young Fellow Follows.
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81. Louis POsf-LisDdfch.
ssDo you see that MANI" said a hotel
clerk to a St. Louis Post Dispatch re-
porter, as a handsome stranger, with the
form Of an Apollo and the easy air Of a
polished gentleman, entered the lobby
and strolled down the marble floor, as il
TO show his 1.-THE limbs. ssIhat man has
a history" continued the clerk, ''and
think is engaged IN a business or profess
sion, or whatever you may call 1t, that Is
not followed by another man on top Of the
ground. His occupation is known TO only
a few, and / am confident / am the only
person in st. Louis who knows anything
about his work. / started him in his
present career to oblige a friend, but
never thought the deed / caused him to
do would lead him to depend upon such
actions for living, and work them into a
line Of genteel labor as remuneratiye as 1t
is unique and secret"
rs be professional murderer asked
the reporter, with bullying eyes.
ssNO"
SIS he professional burglar:"
tNO."
s'Forger: Swindler? Sharper?''
ssNone Of these. You might guess until
you were gray and you wouldn't hit it. He
is nothing more or less than professional
lover. Oh. you needn't look disguised at
the revelation, as the proceeds of his bust
ness might be enyied by bank president,
and some of his single rewards would not
look small beside the fees Of many great
lawyer. | will tell you his history:
some night, some years ago, rich mer-
chant from an interior city, who knew me
well, called at the desk, and. taking me TO
one side, in great distress of mind cOnfided
to me that his accomplished and beautiful
daughteT-one of my schOOlmates, by the
way-was determined to throw herself
away upon worthless young idler of her
town. and that all efforts of parents and
friends had proven futile to turn her from
her foolish course. The father seemed to
be almost beside himself as he spoke, and
/ knew that if the affair ripened into an
elopement or marriage his happiness
would be shattered forever. Realizing
that the only way TO save the famlly's
peace and the young ladY's prospects was
to present a counter attraction and cut
out the young lover, Who was more in
fatuated with her fathers bank account
than with her, / preached the solution OF
the painful problem to him, but he be-
came indignant at once. and said he would
never consent to having his daughters
affections thus tri1ed with. After per-
suading him it would be for the best,
suggested the man yOnder as just fitted to
carry out the part ola pseudo lover. He was
comparatively young, was born society
man, was a fine cOnVerSatiOnist, and but
for an hereditary laZiness would not have
found himself without friends and playing
Micawber. The old gentleman was chary
at first, fearing that his daughter might
transfer her heart as warmly to the SubSti-
tute as it was fixed upon her first choice.
explained that paid lover could be easily
got out Of the way before a second entan-
clement would occur, and that all that
was needed was simply to distract his
daughters attention enough to have her
20 to Europe without any canker at her
heart.
'sFinally the father consented. The
young man-his expenses betrayed by the
paternal cO-cOns pirat0r-appeared upon
the scene in a few days as a rich tourist,
and at once began his precOncerted flirta-
ton, being introduced in the best society
by the recognition accorded him by the
girls father. His elegant ways soon made
him popular, and it was not long until
he was the favored one around the young
lady, who viewed with complacency the
projected Europern tour. The real lover
heard of her departure with an aching
heart, but the other smiled as he saw his
pay drawing near.
''The lady crossed the ocean heart free,
returned in a year, married an estimable
gentleman in every way suited TO her, and
is living happily.
''This new experience of my young
friend, whose walk through life must be a
saunter Of ease, was so amusing and Pc
culiarly pleasing that he kept watch for
an opportunity, and in a fortnight was
engaged in a similar case in a Southern
city. In this instance the lady's affection
was deeply rooted, and it was only after
four months assiduous woOing, during
which time numerous bills for carriages
and opera, and social etceteras, had been
freely paid by pa; that the obnoxious
suffer was gently displaced and her heart
placed in such a condition that it fell a
prey to the seige of a worthy claimant,
who honors her and makes her happy in
his pleasant home. This last affair was
managed so neatly, without any violent
seveTing of the heart strings, that the de-
lighted ancestor paid young - $4,000.
Since then he has been engaged in several
such endeavOrs to maintain the felicity OF
a household, and tomorrow leaves for the
East, where he says he is under contract
to deliver the daughter of millionaire
from an ENHANCEMENT with coachman.
YES" said the clerk, as he checked the
last arrival, ''the old love making comes
pretty natural, but this paid business re-
quires a mighty rare combination of a
tender eye and a strong heart.'