Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-17
A Rich Bachelor.

Ihe most unhappy = perhaps not
quite that, but the least happy-man /
know, says New York correspondent,
Is q rich bachelor with $4,000 year,
and no one but himself to spend it on.
He Is generous enough, but not always
In way to make him most happy,
Time hangs heavily on his hands. He
lives in handsome lodgings, and, as he
is prince of good fellows, is constantly
in demand for dinner parties. "I wish
! could he as busy as you are, he said
to me one day. Here am, worn out
with doing nothing" and he sank into a
big arm chair. "What was your pro.
gramme for yesterday, for example?" L
asked him. Well. let me see. Yes
terday was about an average day. Igot
up at IL; had light breakfast at Del's
at 1880; went down to Wall Street, and
found I'd lest $50, 900 at Clip. Walked
up town to the stable, got my trotter
and drove out on the road. Game back;
dressed for dinner party. After din.
ner, played poker till 3 O'Clock. Then
home and to bed. Here it is l o'clock,
and I'm just up" "And that's an av.
erage day ?" eyes, all but the $40 900
clip. don't lose that much every day"
Z" Why do you go near Wall Street?"
"Whats fellow to do ?" he answered.
/" One must have some excitement, and
the diversion get out of Wall Street is
worth the occasional losses. Sometimes
l win, and that keeps up the interest. !"
money is wei is apent.Ess atEs' Happy. iiia 'he he
replied, with the most disgusted look.
Why, 1 was happier dozen years
ago, when I had but 81, 600 a year that 1
earned by hard work than 1 have been
since. A little excitement is not happi.
ness. Real work is the only thing that
can make man happy. Perhaps you
think you'd be happy if you had my in
come, but you wouldn't" I thought
would; but 1 saw he was in no mood for
argument. He was in the doll-stuffed-
with-sawaust humor, go said nothing;
butt thought to myself that if our in
comes should be exchanged would
know better how to enjoy his than he
seemed to. However, I ventured to
suggest, Cant you find any amuse-
ment in society 2" "Society! Why
said he, "society is more demorabzing
than Wall Street. L was ut a dinner
party last night, and heard more scan
dal than I could remember if tried. It
was nothing but sMrs. So. and-so has
gone to Europe and left her husband
here. She is paying the bills of GER
tain -. I met them last summer at
AK les Bains. She had her children
with her, ETC.; or, did you know that
AIRS. --- had threatened to order Lady
-- -----. out OF her house on account of her
husbands devotion?' etc. Then we ad-
journed to the card room, ladies and all.
and played poker until morning. Some
OF the ladies won, and others lost; but
they got so excited over tho game that
l couldn't bear to see them, though the
stakes were small. They weren't all
married ladies, either. My friends ask
me sometimes why l don't get married.
Do you suppose I want wife that talks
scandal and plays cards for money !?
When l marry, if 1 ever do so foolish a
thing, it will be from the bosom Of New
York society. I know it too well. Yet
see how people try to get within its any.
thing but sacred circle. I know one par.
venue who retains well known society
woman. whose position is higher than
her bank account, and takes her to New
port and Washington, paying all her ex-
penses just for the sake Of the introduc.
tions she gets by that meane." What
my bachelor friend says is true, but he
makes no exceptions. There are, how.
ever, many ladies of society who neither
talk scandal nor gamble,