Year: 1878

Boston Transcript.


Romance of Rich Young Man.


From the New York Times.


The ''Poor Young Man. concern.
ing whom Frenchman wrOte nov.
ell, dramatized version of which has
often been produced on our stage.
was, in the opinion of most sensible
persons, preposterous idiot. The
act upon which his fame chiefly rests
was his leap from the top ola tower.
He had assembled this tower late one
afternoon with a beautiful young
lady, and accidentally found himself
locked in for the night. In these
circumstances, any intelligent man
would have known what to do. He
would have selected a comfortable
seat for himself and his companion !;
he would have lit his cigar, and
would have passed delightful even
ing explaining the motions of the
planets and making pleasant bets
about shooting-stars. Instead of
SO doing, that preposterous young
man deliberately jumped down, at
the risk of his legs, and sent a serv-
ant to conduct the young lady home.
If she had had particle of spirit
she would have despised him ever
after, but being fit companion for
the poor young imbecile, she actual
ly applauded his conduct. and be-
came extremely fond OF him.


In Clinton. ILL.,, there resides q
maiden lady of, say 35 years Of age,
who, strange to say, is notoriousIy
anxious to be married. In the same
town resides rich young man who
is regarded as decidedly the most
eligible person for matrimonial pur-
poses in that part of the State. Miss
Warren, the maiden lady in question
naturally desires, or rather did until
recently, desire to catch this young
man, as her acquaintances curiOusly
phrase it, and laid a deep plan for
entrapping him into matrimony.


For long time she had success
fully lured him to make occasional

calls at ber house. She had offered
to be sister to him, and had pro-
fessed great interest in his religious
welfare. She had adopted all his
political opinions, and had left no
stone unturned to win his affection.
Nevertheless, the yovng man re-
mained obdurate, and it became evi-
dent that no ordinary allurements
would succeed in bringing him into
matrimony.


1t so happened that Miss Warren
had read the Romance Of a Poor
Young Man." and it inspired her
with brilliant idea. There is
Methodist meeting house in Clinton
with lofty spire, from which a fine
view of the surrounding country may
be had. The ingenious maiden lady
carefully examined this spire. and
decided that it would suit her pur-
pose. It was reached by a9fight of
stairs, the entrance to which was
usually kept locked, and the lowest
window opening on these stairs was
fully thirty feet from the ground.
The Rich Young Maa was particu-
larly cautious person, and Miss War
rem felt sure that he would never
venture upon leap of thirty feet.
If. then. she could manage to be
locked up in this spire in company
with her desired victim, he would be
unable to escape. aud in order to
protect her reputation could hardly
fail to consent to marry her.


BY long process of diplomacy
Miss Warren finally succeeded in
borrowing from the sexton the key
of the spire. With this in her pos
session she waited until the Rich
Young Man made his next call upon
her, when she entreated him to take
her up to the spire. In view of her
evident expectation that he would
accede to her request, and in order
that she might not be humiiiated by
being obliged to return the key to-
the sexton without having ascended
the spire, the young man politely
consented to accompany her. About
half past six o'clock they entered
the meeting g-house. unlocked the
staircase door. and prepared for the
ascent. Miss Warren, remarking
that she had promised the sexton to
lock the door. in order to keep pos
sibie boys from invading the spire.
fulfilled her promise, and daintily
hung the key on her forefnger.


Then they climbed upward toward