Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1886 — A Story Which Seems to Have No Moral. [ARTICLE]

A Story Which Seems to Have No Moral.

There are some .abnormally sharp young men up North. Here is an instance. A young New-Englander landed in New York with nothing but his carpet-bag and a license to practice law. An old lady fell on him in the street, breaking nis arm. The cause of the disaster took him* to her house, nursed him and insisted on his taking a vacant room and becoming a member of the family. The young man remained in his pleasant quarters, opened a law office and began to make money. .There were two daughters at the house, both very plain. The elder had a little fortune of $14,000, and the lawyer engaged himself to her with the mother’s consent After awhile he. made money so rapidly that he laid his plans to leave the house and cut the acquaintance of the family. Just then the younger daughter inherited SIOO,OOO. The lawyer paid court to her, and they became engaged secretly. One day the old lady was on her death-bed, and urged an immediate marriage. The J'oung rascal hurried off, secured a icense and a preacher, "nd returned. When everything was ready the bridegroom without a word joined* hands with the younger daughter. The ceremony was over before the other girl found voice and protested. The dying mother saw what had occurred and went off in a spasm. How matters were patched up no one knows, but the woman who was treated so shamefully still lives with her sister and brother-in-law. The man who played so base a part is very prosperous and a leader in society. Fortune has smiled on him at every turn. — Atlanta Constitution.