The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-15
TIE PAWNBROKRR.a STORY.

Trusting the ro,t to one in heaven.
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THE PAWNBROKBR'S STORY.
"a pawuhroker in populous sub
urh of London, ! have had occasion to
see painful. and sometimes not unplcas-
Ing phases Of society. Just To give an
Id"a of what occasionally comes under
the notice of a person in my profession,
! shall describe a little incident and itS
consequences. One evening | Stcppcd
tu the door for little fresh air and To
look about me for a moment While |
WAS gazing up and down the road / Saw
- tidIlv-drc~~cd young person step up To-
our side door She walked like Il lady
and let me tell YOU that in nine cases
out of ten its the walk, and not the
dress, which distinguishes the lady from
the servant girl and first she looked
about, and then She seemed To make I'M
her mind in Hurried sort of a way, and
an - moment more WIS standing at our
counter, holding out "a gIittcring some
thing I'm "a little trembling hand covered
with worn kid glove.
Ny assistant, isaacS. WAS stepping for
ward To take the seal. when ! came i'm
and mtcrpo~cd. The poor Young thing
WAS 81 nervous and shv. and altogether
~ unused to this work, that | felt for
her as if she had been my own daughter.
almost. She couldn't have been above
eighteen years old-So irail and gentle a
creature.
" Ii YOU please will YOU tell me" she
~ald tlmidly, in a very sweet. low voice.
trcmblin" with nervousness. what is
the value of this seal"
Well, Mis-, | said, taking the seal
INTO my hand and looking at TIT was
a" "ld-la~hioncd seal. such as country
gentlemen used to wear, with coat of
arms cut upon It-''thut depends upon
whether You want To pledge it, or To sell
il outright
am married, sir. and she said the
words proudly and with dignity. though
still 80 Shy, and seeming ready to burst
out crying; "and my husband is very
Ill -and-and And then the tears /
wouldn't he kept back any longer, and /
She sobhed as If her poor little heart .
would break
There, there, my dear" I said tohcr: /.
'' don't cry; it will come all riuht i'm /.
time and ! tried to comfort her i'm my +
ruUgh-and-readv way. will lend /.
YOU, ma'um,' I said to her at last. "A
sovereign upon this seal; and if YOU wish /
To sell 1t, perhaps | can sell it for YOU to /.
advantage" And SO ! gave hcra pound; /.
and she tripp"d away with lighter .
heart and many thanks to me. and /
thought no moro of the matter at the .
time.
The very TicNt dav. the dav before +
christmas, there came into our place of /
business very eccentric gentleman, who .
had called upon us pretty often before, /
not Tor the sake OF pawuing anything,
though he WAS generally shabby enough .
la. But he WAS coIIcctor-ouc of those
men who are mad upon old china and
Curioeitic- of all sorts.
Anything i'm my way, to-day. MIR.
pIyis?' he said, in his quick. energetic
manner. with a Jolly smile upon his
face, and putting down the cigarette he
WAS Smukin" upon the edge of the cuun-
ter The Rev. Mr. Eroadmau iSa coIlcc-
tor of gems, and rings aud seals, and, in
Tact, of amy stones that have heads or
figures upon them. And ! had been i'm
tie habit of putting aside for him what
ever in this way passed through our
hands. for he gave US a better price than
we should have got for them at thcguar-
tcrly sales. The fact Is Davis he
said To me, "thC~c thing, are invaluahle;
many of them are as beautiful on Il small
scale, a~ the old Greek scriptures; and
some of them even by the same artists
And they are made no longer; for. in
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ON the way ln which ] had acted. lie
q 'INe9, Too, Tor inns Young lady address,
which she had given me quite correct.
and then he left the shop without another
word
You must give me leave To tell the
rest ot the story IN my own way, although
VI may he Il very different way from that
Whlrh the reverend parsonage employed :
ln relatIn" 1T to m" alterward.
llN'em'd that twas runaway match. ]
n country h3ronetS son had fallen i'm ]
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'Ila-' "h'rc M father Iycd, and they t
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