The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-23
Story Of q
Spendthrift
By ESTHER VANDENER

Jimmie Temple was the son OF a
very rich man and inherited at his
| fathers death a large fortune. This
WAS at the beginning OF the nineteenth
century, when 100000 was considered
gigantic sum. But II was not too
| big for Jimmie 10 get away with In a
| few years. He spent 1t In every con-
ceivable way. First and foremost, he
was devoted to horses; second, he
dotted on dogs; third, he was fond Of
cards; fourth, he was always want
ing to fight some one. Jimmie veered
between these attractions as wealth
er cock swings between the four points
Of the compass. BY the by. this re-
minds me that he was also given TO
cockhghting,
Well, after Jimmie had run through
all his money he continued to spend
on tick This lasted till he heard the
bailiffs were after him, when, In order
TO escape them, he enlisted In the cav
airy and was sent 10 his regiment fight
Ing Indians in a territory which is now
called the middle west. This gave him
one OF his favorlte amusements, for he
was on a horse all the while. Occa-
sionally there were races at the post,
and he figured as a jockey.
There was no reason why Jimmie
Temple should not have continued TO
serve indefinitely In the army, where
he was very happy, for he secured a
commission, except that he loved
girl in Baltimore. Miss Belle Ashurst
was the daughter OF rich man, but
his wealth didn't do her any good, so
far as uniting her TO Lieutenant Tenn
pie. for her father had no idea of per-
hitting his daughter TO marry such a
scapegrace, But the lovers pinned for
each other, and Belle was continually
writing Jim to come back, just as II
he could go where he pleased.
So It was that in time Jim resigned,
and when his resignation was accept
ed headed straight for Baltimore.
Naturally enough, Jim's creditors
were on the lookout for him, and as
soon as he appeared in Baltimore some
OF them got wind Of the fact. Jim
realized that If he was TO enjoy the So
ciety OF his girl he must keep out OF
limbo, so he went into hiding. He
kept dark during the daytime and, like
the animals Of the forest, did bis PROV
ling at night. An attorney employed
by his creditors discovered his lair, but
dare not force an entrance, for this
would render him liable to action for
trespass.
This attorney-M Markham was his
learned about Jim's lido
syncrasies, especially bis fondness for
horses, one morning sent boy In the
uniform of a jockey to ride a horse
that was anything but racer back
and forth before the debtors abode. It
was not long before Jim threw up
window and called out: HI, you, there. |
Do you expect 10 win race with that |
bundle OF bones?" Markham. who was |
under the window, began to read Jim
a summons, but he had not read half |
a dozen words before down came the
sash
This ruse having failed, Markham
himself Of another. One
bright morning he and a deputy |
brought couple of cocks to vacant
lot beside Jim's hiding place and set
them TO fighting The cocks were fur
nished with steel spurs, but a spur on
one Of the cocks was turned so that
It was useless TO the bird who wore 1t.
lin watched the fight from behind
blinds. and when he saw one of the
birds being slaughtered for the lack Of
/ properly fixed spur 1t was too much
'or him. Throwing open the blinds, he
called out: What do you want to
.reat cock that way for? Don't you
see
He got no further Some one on the
ground beneath the window thrust a
3oe under the sash so that Jim could
lot lowe: it, and a voice began to read