The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-24
ms PLUCK AVID MS LUCK.
Western Judge Tells Little story
of His Early Experience.

From the Washington Star.
A Star writer was talking to western
judge who was on a business visit to
Washington. They had been friends and
schoolmates, and naturally were interest
ed in each other.
Well" said the Star writer, after an
exchange Of personal news. I'm glad to
hear you are now rich and respectable,
not to mention the judge part OF it, which
is more than respectable"
1T is well enough now, my boy" re.
sponded the judge, but dozen years
ago it was not wen by any means"
GO on with the story" said the Star
man; that's what I'm here for"
You remember when l first went west
! knocked about Colorado for some time.
doing what law business l could pick up
and at last got settled in a good town
and began to make some money. ! got
into mining on the side, and it wasn't
long till had a fair reputation in manip.
down fine snap, and with 5000 Dor
rowed money and all my own pile, l stood
to win hundred thousand. While l was
trying to get rich l was also maintaining
correspondence with a sweetheart in
Indiana, and once or twice we had set
a day when / should return and marry
her, but it did not eventuate. owing to
the slipping of some of my schemes
This one, however, had no slip to it that
L COulu see, IOf the men ana the money
were in sight, and on the first of October
we were to turn the property over and get
the cash. On this / wrote to the girl to
be ready by the fifteenth of October and
that would be our wedding day. rain or
shine. Everything went beautifully until
the last day of September; the men were
on the ground, the money was in the bank
waiting for US and we were flying high.
On that day a strike occurred and that
night the streets We're full of angry min
ers. there was an ugly feeling in the air
that they picked up bag and baggage and
with al the money that was to nave been
ours, they went back to New York.
well, you can imagine how I felt
Everything gone, three thousand dollars
in debt, my law and mining practice ruin
ed and a wedding to be met twenty-five
hundred miles away. and not enough cash
on hand to buy a railroad ticket half way
there. For a day l was utterly crushed,
and then | rallied somewhat and made up
my mind that I would trust to providence
and marry the girl anyhow. So l borrow
ed enough to get me to her and without
word as to my financial condition, / went
right ahead and married. In the mean
time though. l had given an uncle of mine
a brief explanation and borrowed two hun
dred dollars of him.
"Then I went on my wedding trip, just
around the state to visit friends of hers
and mine and think I was about the wor-
redeSt groom that ever went on such an
expedition. but / tried to conceal it. and
kept on hoping for something to happen
that would relieve the pressure. Forum
ately, something did-mY neW-made wife
was taken quite i'll and the physician for
babe her going west at that time. Then
I had a strange mixture of feelings. | was
sorry that my wife was sick and l was
glad, but you can't fully appreciate those
feelings until you have tried it.
"The doctor said II would be at least six
weeks before she could undertake so long
a trip; she had something like pneumonia,
and ne was afraid to risk exposure; and
told him 1 would have to go, as my bust
ness imperatively demanded my presence
(the Lord forgive me for that lie. for | had
no business) in the west; and away l went
taking what would have bought her ticket
to get me there. and going fiat broke. 1