The Mineral argus., 1883-11-01
A CHANGE IN FORTUNE.

sNFIhhA'J CatAhk HIS luuCu III u uusLy cor
per amongst some empty packing-boxes.
~as not a very good lunch, and warm
the day was, he had but one glass of
ice-water with it.
Avery mild, pleasant-looking fellow
was Timothy Bloom, with eyes like a
pretty girls and fair hair parted down
the middle; but he was rather doleful at
this moment, for Crabbe, senior, had
Just been abusing him for permitting a
lady who was not to be suited by mortal
salesman to get off without buying any
thing, and had likewise informed him
that he had been five seconds late that
morning and would in consequence ''be
deducted an eighth" on Saturday even
ing.
Tha. was not pleasant, and Mr..
Cabbe's tanner was not pleasant, and
the dusty corner and the stale sand
Vich were not pleasant. And who can
Wonder that poor Timothy Bloom look
ing up at a row of decorated corset box
es above his head, and taking his idea
from the winged infant pictured upon
. uNAlf kAAAa hCA AAA1NA Ills OLGdklla
~ wish l was a cherub."
At this moment, even as the wish
uttered up TO the corset boxes, a little
boy, fbout three feet high, bearing on
bis bosom a badge with the enormous
number llS9, came round the corner,
md fixed his pathetic eyes on Mr..
Blooms glass OF water.
81 say, Mr.. Bloom" he WHISPERED
. rafhafiaQlv ttUOpif vot, aftva 80 -
nouthful Of that water? Mr.. Crabbe
Eys US cashes amt to have no drinks.
and I'm choking"
Mr. Bloom smiled pitifully atthe child
B forlorn widows bread-winner, and
bid mildly as be held out the glass:
Here, johnny, take half. I'd let
TOu have II all If we were not limited to
0ne glass ourselves"
Guess waters gettin' dear" said
Johnny, eagerly swallowing the share
slowed of the cooling draught, but
erupulously careful not to exceed the
permission.
"Thank'ee. You're a brick. Mr..
Bumps hit me a lick when / asked him.
Here, have the evening paper. A Gus
Dmer left it on the desk. Save it for
be TO take to mar when | go home to-
neht. She likes to read the murders,
hem ,hiugs-"
Cash liS9!" shrieked a female voice.
NOashl Cashl"
It's Miss Phi Gle. / must CO." whis-
pered Johney, and sped away in terror.
There were ten cash boys In the store
hnd they had been numbered hig h SO
3 TO sound we'll.
Mr.. Bloom peered round the corner
the clock, saw he had ten minutes
more to himself and opened the paper.
he first thing his eye lighted upon was
DE advertisement Cf n fine country seat
or sale, and ne read it through-the de-
erplon Ui the stables. barns, bath-tubs
observatory, veranda, lawnand kitchen J
aTdensj b well, the tiled hall and
fescoed ceilings, as though he intended
buy it for himself that afternoon.
Then he cast his eyes on an account
how Mr.. Mullen had beaten Mrs.
Aullen, and had been arrested for so
Folng; and then he found himself read
Hg a paragraph TO the effect
bat the heirs Of Timothy Bloom
Lancaster, England, if living, might
ear something 10 their advantage by
|pplying to Jones & JOhnson,-Street.
MY name,' thought Mr.. Bloom at
fst Then, with start. he remembered
pat he had heard that his grandfather
as named Timothy. Certainly, he came
Pom Lancaster, England. His father, !
aVd Bloom, had been an only son. He
as an only sOn himself. Well, then.
was Timothy Blooms heir, ifitshould
foye that the Timothy Bloom mem
oned was really his grandfather's !
|ame.
But, oh pshawr" said Mr.. Bloom, s
ms sort Of thing couldn't happen TO ,
' It's some other Timothy, not poor !
y grandfather" And he copied the adj ,
iess OF Jones x johnson into his pocket !
yok and went back TO his couRter quite !
lmly, though he wrote to Jones & John |
n that night. {
however, wonders will never cease. ,
hen Tim Bloom, the meekest of ali \
luhg men, went home that SATURDAY. !
enlng with a deducted" salary and a 7
odlng, he found Mr.. johnson himself y
me clearinghouse parlor, and on ex- y
rnnatlon OF the family bible in bis pos
ssioh o a certain bundle Of yellow 5
uers That Mr.. Bloom had more than c
-oe decided to burn, but had for q,
n4telY spared, settled the matter. Half y
million OF money had come to him in u
regular course of nature, and he
Il. hcher, not only than MIR Crabbe' =
Emers.
was wonderful surprise to little 81
boom, and he scarcely grasped "
laea at first. Even after he had told r.
c1lei eonhdant. his landlady's pretty e
saudarghter, Mehitable White. a
~,sc9eeked, capable damsel, called p
rnIy ior short-he only went so far as
mink Oh pair of patent leather boots v
a diamond cravat pin. Il
Ieuy walked him tOa full realization a.
~ changed condition by saying rath- y
seriously, and looking away from C
VI course, grandma's won't suit you h
Hhger, Mr.. Bloom and you'll never u
q 20 90 back 10 Crahha & CoIs noalnn ID