The morning times., 1895-07-28

on the corner OF Seventeenth and streets,
was that they Were young, unmarried, and
wealthy. Fabulous stories as to the amount
OF their wealth began to be circulated and
gained such currency that society went wild
Tor time over the matter, for few years
ago great wealth was not so common a
thing as owadays
AT all events these runors, coupled with
some plain facts gained from authentic
sources, resulted In a business enterprise
on the part of seme club members that
fortunately for the object of the enterprise,
Miss Caldwell, and unfortunately for those
financially interested, fell through with
a crash. 1t was a revised edition of a
social Wall street. After manfully bull
ing the market alIthat memorable winter,
there came crash and the bottom fell out
of things generally, TO the great disgust
of all concerned
The way 1t all came about was because
OF the fact that among the acquaintance
of certain 1.-THE club members was young
fellow whom nature had lowered lavishly
in the matter oflooks and those accompli sa-
ments supposed TO captiyate at one throw
the female heart. Nature had done all
this, but there she had stopped, and the
wished-for addition OF good bank account
was decidedly lacking The young fellow
aspired TO replace this want not by vulgar
toll I, but by some wonderful fell swoop, a S
quite clear. Such was the material upon
which the foolish club members sought to
build their house.
Some bright intellect, after listening
to the stories cncerning the wealth OF the
Misses CALDWELL, evolved fromits inner con-
sciousness plan which was duly submitted
to few choice spirits. Thereupon stock
company was formed and everything gotten
well under way before the unsuspecting
heiresses had been established for
week in their new quarters in the Myers
House.
The stock to be floated upon an unsu s.
pecting public was in this case none other
than the young man whom nature had done
so much for IN the way oflooks and super
fetal accomplishments. The plan TO be
operated was for him at once and without
delay to lay seige 10 the hand and heart
not forgetting the very essential fortune
of the young woman, which ever was likely
to be the most susceptible. The duty
of those club members who were the self
constituted stockholders was to put up
the necessary funds upon which the young
man could marry on the enterprise in suita-
BILE fashion.
He was given carte blanche at his tailors,
boot-makers and hatters to fit him self
out for the winters campaign, since the
role he was to assume was that of man
of wealth. Then came the items OF ca r
rage hire, honbons, flowers and presents
ad lbitum as the sea son progressed, and
one OF the heireses seemed TO have
eyes and ears for no one else. or course
a regular report Of proceedings was made
each week at the club, in order that the
stockholders might be assured that all
was going to their satisfaction.
The heiress smiled upon him, favored
his suit in every way, ate his bOnbons
until the wonder was that she did not die
oil, IF hos n n
way appeared to give the young man es'
couragemeut that ne would finally be sue
cessful. Those We're great occasions at
| the club when he appeared duly to report
+ proceedings. There was great jubilation
aud the supply of funds desired by the
young man W as forthcoming with analacr1ty
| thatgrew uproporatioD as sheaccurdteIy "a nd
| miuutely gave account OF the heiress' every
word, look aud action during his audiences
| with her.
| That was all right as far as it went
| but consequent events proved that IT die
not go by any means far enough. The
| heiress had several other men on the string
| at the same time and TO each and all she
| gave those identical signs of encourage
| meut that were the undoing of the clut
| stock.
The winter waDed to its close, the heiresf
| holding at arm s length each and every
| one of her admirers until one fine day
| lust before the house on l street was closeC
audtheoccupantsw with thmultitudinous trunks
maids and belongings without number, hieC
lures new. Then as a farewell souvenir
! of her winter in Washington and thei
fruitless aspirations, she gave them III
sack.
The Wall Street in Washington Clubdon
collapsed, the heiress vanished from tn
horizon and Natures plentifully en-
Young man was left TO ruminate upon colo
facts as opposed to burning fancy and som,
other ideas in the same category. II Wa
a bad time for him in many ways, but a
least he had the consolation OF knowing
himself the possessor of the odds auC
ends of dancing toggery, any numbe
OF fine suits slightly disfjgured but still
in the ring and the memory OF having TO
once in ms life attained the height of HI
ambition, that OF posing before soCiet.
as a man of wealth especially when tha
that same wealth had been amassed 70
the time being through no such low ant
degrading channels as having had to wor
for it.
The club members, those fleeced STOCK
holders, had some of those same memOrie
and that was all they did have wherewiu
to console themselves for the very wild
margin counted upon in return for thei
wiuter's outlay.