A FAIR TRAPPER TRAPPED.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 137, 18 March 1872, Page 3

A FAIR TRAPPER TRAPPED.

A charming young lady, living on one of the aristocratic streets, not live blocks from our office, was left a handsome fortune some time ago. Although she had ever had an abundance of suitors, she now had a super abundance. Tin re were none of them, however, whom she did not suspect of interested motives—a love rather for her treasures of gear than for her treasures of good qualities. Sir- determined to try some of them at least. So, on Christinas Day, dressing herself out in (he garb of a poor beggar girl, in rags and tags, she sallied forth to gather alms on Chcsnut street. Ere she had gone far, she was met by one of her sighing swains who, to her tearful entreaty for a pittance, laughed in her face ; said lie had no money to throw away upon beggars, and dropped into a Dash saloon to imbibe sundry twenty-live “ Tom and Jerries.” accompanied w.!b llieir modicum of osth cigars and billiards. Again she encountered one of her suitors, him of the oem - voieut hear:—always pitying tin- poor (in her presence), and meliidg io tears over any tales of sorrow and alllelion. She acensied him—she told him how her luoiu was sick—Hi-y had nothing to cat—had no fire, was freezing. lie told Her to make In r.s-.df warm by working', li couldn’t keep tiie whole town, and enterea church of Him who was all chanty. She went on, meeting this one and Iha They all had some excuse—many would not; "listen. Finally, one for whom sh really cherished a rather lender leeiing, ami whom .-he fain would have tested, recognised her as she approached, offered his arm, and escorted her home. Pahaw ! had we been Hint young man, we would never have recognised that lady, and should have given her our last nickel. Had wo been writing fiction, we should have closed the story in that manner, any way, and with a wedding, but truth compels us to sacrifice romance.