Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-10-12

lwh1sA - - Wo1A ne b hks1y 10 rueura
!any aneant q 60 fur ysass 10 coms. He
u1gbs a1l thAt alsc. bat who would buy M
Nobody knsw much about it but The Other
owne1; q tAsse, two wefs Tramlay and
Phi, 10 nsitAr q wAom would be admit
tAat b. nssasd nscaey; - would rather loo
al - bed tnvss4ed- A. for Agnes Dinon,
WHO hs1d mose a Ne rsnaining shares, he
could nct make busineo oRer 20 q woman
who Asd rsfussd his hand and heart several
ysan bslote.
PsrAaps H. broker had saved something
for him from TIE wreck. Marge sought an
obscure hctsl inseesd Of going 10 his apart
msnts o. his club, fearing even 10 meet any
one b knew on Wall street, went TO his
brokerS houss By night The interview was
not satiafoctory. Ths broker had NOT ouly
been obliged to closs MargsS account, but,
infected BY his customerS success, had op-
Grated % largely In e. & w. on his own
account that he also had been ruined, and
contemplated selling his sat In the exchange
% - 10 make good some Of his indebtedness
10 msmben
A. Tor =. q W., instead Of recovering Il
bad gone lower and lower, until operations
IN u almost csased. The president, utterly
ruined, retired from o6lcs, turned over iii
hb property to his creditors, and went abroad
to recover his shattered health or to die, he
did not much caro- which.
Marge sold his house q auction, and while
wearily awaiting tho circumlocution Of
''ssarching title" which necessarily preceded
bis getting full payment he bctook himself to
Boston. To avoid speculation was impossible;
IL had been his life for years, and a. he found
mining shares were within bis reach he began
again to operate in . small way. Tho little
hA h. 80 - - - -.
q w. excursion was % much more than the
majority Of those about him knew on the
oub3ect that be made few lucky turns, aud
be finally interested some acquaintances in q
promising silver property he had seen in the
west. His acquaintance succeeded In getting
the property listed" ct one Of the New York
exchanges, and Marge, with now hopes and
great deal Of desperation, risked nearly all
be had on the Brighthope mine.
The scheme worked finely for some weeks
II was skillfully managed BY the Bostonians
interested; they even succeeded In getting
great deal about Il into the newspapers Of
both cities But-alas for the wickedness OF
human nature!-one day the company were
horrined TO learn that their title to the prop
erty was hopeiessly detective When this
fact became indisputable, Brighthops stock
tumbled farther than e. q W.-tumbled
utterly out Of sight, and all the assets Of tho
company, except the safe and two desks, were
sold to paper stock dealer at . cent pound.
Then Margs thought ssriously Of suicide
He had but thousand or two dollars left;
how could he operate In anything on that
small sum and support himself besidesi He
could add something to the sum by selling his
horses and carriage, but such things always
had to 60 at sacrifice; besides, there would
L. L. 49, L. IL -
nance Of the animals during tho two or three
months In which no had been absent from
New York.
Still, the thought Of suicide did not i'm.
prove on acquaintance. While there was
life there was hope Why shouldn't he 20
back to New York, brave everything, and
start anew to the best Of his abilityi Other
men had pocketed their pride; and, although
his own pride was frightfully large to be
submitted to such treatment, he did not
know that the operation would give him any
moro discomfort than he was already endur.
ing.
The thought resolved itself into decision
when one day he chanced TO meet In Boston
q New Yorker with whom he had casual
acquaintance After a little chat the man,
who had been away from the city for months,
remarked;
you're not married yetr
"No," said Marge, with grim smile
II thought had heard that you were GU
gagged to Miss Tramlay; and I wanted to
congratulate you. An iron house traveller
whom I met short time ago told me that
Tramlay was getting rich very fasf."
n supposed" }" said Marge, with o dawn Of
interest, "that Miss Tramlay was to marry
young Hayn."
"What! that country clerk Of her fathersT"
sald the man, with the confidence born Of
Ignorance "Nonsensei Why. II seems only
tho other day that heard some one laughing
about that fellows infatuation. Oh, no;
now that they're rich they'll Vant to marry
their daughter to some ono Of social standing.
Indeed, heard some one say a. much. The
mother u very ambitiais in that line, you
know"
Narge soon excused himself, Lit a strong
cigar and betook himself to q solitary walk
and some hard thinking. There was perhaps
o grand point to be made on that fellows
suggestion. From what he knew OF Mrs
Tramlay-and he informed himself that no
one knew that lady better-he would not be
surprised II On approved society man might
now be entirely welcome as husband for
Lucia, even II he were as poor as q church
mouse. And Lucia herself-had she not al.
ways longed for larger and more prominent
society than she had yet enjoyedl
Before bis cigar was burned out, Margs
had bought Q ticket for New York, deter
mined to make bold stroke for fortune
where be felt that he had at heart one faith
fui friend TO aid him. His imagination and
pride combined TO cheer him on; no would
reappeer at Iramlays, see how the land lay,
and the signs were encouraging he would
propose at once, hrst taking Mrs Tramlay
INTO bis confidence. He had lost enough by
hesitation; now ne would adopt entirely new
tactics, and there was no pleasanter way to
begin than by proposing to Lucia As he
had told himself before, she was very pretty
girl, and fully competent, with such guild