Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1875 — Luck Is a Fortune. [ARTICLE]

Luck Is a Fortune.

A true story is told of a young clerk in the Treasury Department at Washington who is in luck, and whose good fortune was brought about by an act of politeness toward an old Englishman and his handsome daughter. While the British High Joint Commission was in session in Washington, years ago, a London merchant came over to watch a claim of his which was before the Commission. He brought his daughter with him, and the two had much leisure time on their hands, which they occupied seeing the sight's in the various public buildings. One day they called at the Treasury Department, and the clerk referred to showed them through. He was very polite. probably very much interested, and made himself agreeable and useful to the strangers. He engaged to show them something dr pilot them somewhere else

the next day, and the next, and the old man and his daughter gladly accepted these repeated offers of kindness. Of course the partiWbecame well acquainted, and it is not surprising that there should haye grown up a mutual liking. The young man was a welcome visitor at the apartments of the English strangers between whiles. At length the merchant finished his business in Washington and he and his daughter turned their faces homeward across the sea, leaving at least one warm personal friend in America. Some months since •_ the young clerk resigned his position in the department and left Washington for no one knew where. The other day he returned with a wife and has been warmly by his old friends. The rest of the story is very simple and natural. He corresponded with his English friends after they left, and especially the young lady. One day he received a letter from her stating that her father had died leaving her all his fortune and also leaving her very lonely and heart-broken. The young man’s sympathies were aroused. It was his plain duty to go and see her, keep her company and try and mend her fractured heart. He took the chances, left his situation, went to London and was soon at her side. In a few months the couple were married and the wife the poor young clerk brought back to Washington was the pretty English girl to whom he was~polite soffie years before. It always pays—politeness!— St. Louis Rep.