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Show IN SUDDEN WEA1,TIL UNEXPBOTtSD I'JBSHSSION OP i MONEY UnirdsfiXUIltllANCE. j lid tAot Aro Jlaile of tarto Soma off Slooty os.1 Irnlr l'...oi br Ibix Mho Hot sitoiic troiu Iho lUobs ut IliUUIor ruortr. rmple who after years of grinding poverty, suddenly come Into great wealth MHBetlmo. put tholi new fortunes for-tunes to peculiar rise. Ovflnlnly they should 1st allowed .(n ilu mi without harsk etltlclsm fur the strangest thins lone by the newly rich are done to realise n (Ileum which lias rhstml ihe heart when th days were full of iron ble scarcely to bo borne, and helped lighten the great load of puterty What poor roan has nut found a cheap and certain comfort In the midst of nflllcttons by imagining what he "would do If lip weiv rich' When wealth come suddeuly nnd unexport-cdly unexport-cdly nnd the dreamer sets out to realise lit dream people say How eccentric Itcrentrlc Is may be, but It Is the gratified grati-fied ambition of a lifetimes the fairy story turned to renlfly A whllo ngo an nngllshman, who nil his life had uoter been able to keep his feet hotl properly, suddenly ennio Into a largd fortune. Tho first thing he did was to giro an order for shoes to set era I shoo-makrrs..sn shoo-makrrs..sn arranging It that he could put on a new pair of shoes every day In the )car How often had he said to himself In his vrwr of poverty, when his toe wero sticking out of his shoe or the water coming Into them "Oh, If I eter get any money, won't I Just blow nSysclf on shoes" The opportunity oppor-tunity camo nnd tho first thing he did wns to Indulge In nn orgy of new shoe. A miner who came Into nn unexpected fortune, gate a great feast to his old workmates Often when the miners were eating the mntenla of their dinner din-ner palls down In the dim galleries of tha nine he hid thought of what a feast he would like to see spread there for himself and his fellow workmen. Bo, when he came Into his fortune ha had one of tho gallerlM of the mlno lighted nnd decorated and a great and costly feast served there to the miners, nt which ho presided. Another man who suddenly bcenme rich bought nil his particular friends a complete outfit out-fit of clothing ecn going so far as to furnish mch of them with n gold watch nnd chain. Then he Invited them to a famous east at which all aorta ot expensive luxuries were served When i tha guests reached thi-lr home each found nu enlop with ISO In It, and a note saying that the mono) was to 1 pay for n short vacation This genr-i genr-i oils man unfortunately died In want l and misery not long after receiving his windfall A rather romantic way of spending money was that adapted by tho bdlldcr ot tho Heggar's Ilrldge, whttli spans tho lllvcrVrik When poor hohadho greatest difficulty In meeting' meet-ing' his sweetheart who lived on the opposite bank of the river, owing to I the i:h often being swollen and so lm-I lm-I passable, ettii ton nood swimmer Th ardont lover when distraught one day registered a iw that If ever lie became be-came rich liH.would take-Rood, cure that nu ISakOale lover should over suffer agalri in th manuer he suffered lie became rrh, nttd fulfilled his vow by the erection of tho llegsrnr's Ilrldge Hut liter are iwrsons, too, who Instead ot dreaming In their novertr of livlnc pleasure to their fe lows meditate mischief, mis-chief, and when they acqulro sudden wraith proceed to their revenge Not long ngo n Ixindon charwoman fo ind herself poed of n large fortune Blio Immediately bought several tine turnouts and spent most of her time for a few weeks In driving slowly by tho houses of her fanner employers to "show off." Against one woman who had emplojed her sho had nn espeOit grievance, so sho bought tha house the hated one lived In nnd raised tho rent A Illnnlnchnm mnn who received a small legncy Invited every tramp ho could find In Ihe city to meet him at n certain public house The tramps camo In largo numbers and had n hearty men), after which they were .served with pipes nnd tobacco They had plenty to drink, and music and songs followed, as did also police court proceedings owing to n free fight which ended tha rcmarkabla entertainment |