Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-02-15

and have glass Of wine" AS l lod
him into little snuggcry few frequent
ed, he answered: Permit me TO NOM
mate brandy or whisky for mino. ~
Looking him In the face rs OF old,
said
"1'hc battle has gone against you."
eyes. haven't dollar to my name,
Ned.n
was amazed. 1 thought there was
something left that he could turn into
cash, and could not help expressing
my thought.
"No, mol Nothing of the sort. l
could have-in fact should have.
managed differently, and put aside
something little bit in real estate, or
few bonds-but didn't
"What nextp"
"What next2" he repeated drcamily
and drcarily. "Ohl I've not made up
my mind"
Eugene" l said briskly, "go back
and ask for your old place. 1 believe
it's there for the asking. And in six
months you will look back on your ex-,
perienco in oil as bad dream"
"You are right, Ned. | always
thought you slow goeD but you ara
right nine times out of ton. III act on
your advicc-and thank You from the
bottom of my soul for the interest you
have shown in me-"
He was rs good MS his word But be-
fore tho month was out he joined forces
with another clerk, and made hun
dred and fifty dollars on turn in oil.
He was bobbing up beside the dashing
operators inside of month.
A month later there was battle roy
al lasting three days, in which tho bulls
and bears were so thoroughly mixed
and blended that it was with extreme
difficulty the best-informed observers
could determine the relative positions
of the horned and clawed competitors.
/ Immense sums were made and lost On
the first day it was reported Eugene
F cleared forty thousand dollars. On
the third it was rumored he had accu.
mulated two hundred and fifty thou.
sand. At noon, in the presence of q
throng of men whose frantic actions
and feverish faces exhibited every
phase of n gamblers experience, Flu
gene announced himself "ahead of the
game three hundred thousand" at two
O'Clock he had not enough money tc
| pay iol MS lOtDlup.
l was coming out of the Era Office
about two o'clock the next morning
Somebody telephoned from n liver,
stable there was good "item" il
Shades building, locality well known
to the police and press gang. The las
were disguised with the samenes:
of the ''items" the premises furnished
and concertedly called for strenuous
action on the part of the authorities
The morning was wet and chilly; on,
of those sleetysdismal mornings tina
. drives man and beast into hasty com
mon shelter. refused to stir at first
then something 1 have neve
been able to explain to my
self Certainly it was not the feal
that our contemporaries would sc
cure an item the readers of the Err
would be deprived of), caused me t.
change my mind. made my way t,
: the notorious premises indicated, ant
stumbling into the hallway ran agains
policeman.
} ''He's had an awful time, poor devil
: never saw anybody suffer SO much
, 1t was awful-awful."
"Here's what's the matter, guess,
| said another policeman as he picked II
n small label marked rat poison. Th
3 wretch at my feet suddenly drew III
| his knees, groaned in horrible mar
ner, and turned fairly upon his back
looking straight upwards with an eX
t preston so ghastly that we were awe
: stricken rs his soul took its flight.
: 1t was the face of my friend, Eugen
F-.-Darfd Loaory, in Current.