Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-06
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Hard luck eJaculated the luguDfl-
ous-looking man. Il should say l had.
It's been so hard you couldn't dent it
with a cold chisel."
"I'v been through the mill myself"
said the person with the double chin.
Il know what it is. You can't tell me
anything about hard luck"
II guess you haven't been knocked
down and jumped on the way have"
said the lugubrious man. Il bought
some land l was wise and l wasn't
going to trust my good money to the
banks. Land wouldn't run off to Tan
gier and leave me Borrowing and it
wouldn't get excited if there was
run on it, 1t would be right where 1
left it any time l wanted it and l
bought it at a figure that made it a
sure thing that it wouldn't depreciate
in value. l put blame near every cent
1 had in the world into it. Well, the
lands there all right now. l tried to
sell it when 1 found it had got to be
worth six times what paid for it, but
1t seemed there was a flaw In the title
and it busted all up when 1t was put
to the strain of a lawsuit. The fellow
that sold it to me had spent the money
l gave him so had no comeback"
II bought q mine and got left the
same way once" said the person with
the double chin. 81 not only put what
money l had in it, but 1 borrowed
enough to keep me paying notes and
renewing 'em for ten years. 1 felt
pretty much discouraged over it at the
time, l recollect."
II got a pretty good job after that"
| pursued the Notwithstanding man. Il
bumped myself at it and 1 was doing
| fine when another concern offered me
half as much again as l was getting.
1 put it up to my people whether they
wanted to meet the bid and they said
they thought they might inside of the
| year, but a twenty-five a week boost
was the best they could do just then.
l told 'em it wasn't good enough and
l quit and went to the other folks and
four days after that they had a fuss
in the firm and recognized and didn't
make any provision for me in the re-
organization. 1t took nearly a month
and the soles off two pairs of shoes be-
fore 1 got another job, and then l did
twice the work for half the pay was
| getting from the first outfit"
"YOu were in luck to get that" OBJ
served the person with the double chin.
81 quit for higher wages once and
didn't even get it for four days. They
told me there had been a misunder-
standing and when 1 went around,
| looking for something else, 1 found l
was blacklisted. had to beat my way
out of that town on a freight car"
'Then 1 got word that my uncle had
died." the lugubrious-l looking man went
| on.
Say" said the person with the dou-
BILE chin, do you know that right at
this day haven't got one single living
relative? That's right l was an or
phan before I was 10 years old and
| year or two after that l was the only
on of my family that was left Not
so much as a forty-second cousin, SO
far as 1 know"
Il didn't care so much about the I'M
Gle, but he was rich and was going to
| leave me money-and he didn't said
| the Notwithstanding man. "a cousin
of mine got the whole thing"
'My guardian was going to leave
me all his money" said the person
with the double chin. 'He put on a
heap Of style while he was alive and
everybody thought he had money to
burn. When they came to settle the
estate they found that he owed every
body who had ever trusted him and
had used up what he held in trust for
me. What have you been doing late
ly?"
I'D hate to tell yOu," said the lugu-
brious man. I'D get you started on
new set of misfortunes and I'd like to
enjoy the recollections Of my own for
while without having them dis
| counted"
Cheer up" advised the person with
the double chin. Forget it; that's my
advice I've been through the mill and
look at me-"
you're a warning, all right" adj
mitted the lugubrious- looking man.
But it's pity you wouldn't take your
own dvice."-Chicago Daily News.