The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-12-12
Mr.. PDDSTER'S RETURN.

Henry Seibert
Mr.. PDDSTERS RETURN.
cHAPTERI.
Mr.. Solomon udster and Mr.. Gideon
Magglebyw we're bosom friends, no could
they we'll be otherwise. They were
both born on the 10th Of May, 1915, in
Cover Street, Bloomsbury; Solomon
entering upon the worlds stage at an
early hour in The morning, at No. SO,
and Gideon frst seeing the light about
midday at No. SO. At the age Of ten
the boys were sent to Westminster
School; at the age Of seventeen they
became fellow-clerks in the great West
India warehouse Of Rnggleton, Malta s
CO.; OF the age Of four-and-twenty they
went into partnership as sugar mer
chants in Mincing Lane. At that period
they were bachelors; and beng already
sincerely attached n to the other,
they decided to live together in a pleas
ant little house in the then fashionable
neighborhood Of Fitzroy Square. For
years they were almost inseparable.
Day after day they breakfasted and
dined together at home, and worked
and lunched together in the city; and
but for the fact that the firm purchased
q large sugar estate in Demerara, Solo
mon Pudster and Gideon Maggleby
would probably have never been parted
for more than q few hours at q time I'm
til death decreed q dissolution Of their
partnership. The sugar estate, unfor-
tunately requireda great deal of looking
after; and ct regular intervals of two
years, of the partners was obliged
to cross the Atlantic and to remain alb
sent from his friend for five or six
months. Solomon and Gideon alter
nately undertook these troublesome 8
petitions, and brayed the heat and
mosquitoes OF the tropics; and mean
time the firm OF Pudster and Maggleby
prospered exceeding; and no shadow Of.
acloud came between the devoted friends
the former Of whom, on account Of his
being Q few hours the older, wnsdeclared
senior partner in the firm.
But in the .year 1865 an important
event happened. Mi. Pudster and Mr..
Magagleby Rundown by train one even
ing to see the fireworks ut the Crystal
Palace; and on their return Journey
they found themselves in a compart-
-aent the only other occupant Of which
was a remarkably buxom and CHEEKY
looking widow OF about forty years of
age. The two gentlemen, with their
accustomed gallantry, entered into con-
J, ersation with her. They discovered
that she and they had several friends
in common, and that she was, IN fact, a
certain Mrs. Bunter, whose many do
nestle virtues and ~abounding good-na-
lure had often been spoken of in their
hearing. They were charmed with her;
they begged, As if with one accord, to
10 permitted to call upon her at her
Aouse in Chelsea; and when, after put
ting her into a cab at Victoria Station,
they started off to walk home, they sim
ultaneously exclaimed with enthusiasm:
What a splendid womanl"
aAh, Gideon!" CIRCULATED Mr.. Pud-
ster seiitimentally, u few moments lat
er.
aAh, Solomon responded Mr.. Mag
glebv with equal passion.
If only we had such an angel at
home to welcome u.s." continued the
senior partner.
1JJnst what | was thinking" assentea
Mr.. Magggleby, who %tllereupon looked
up nj the and sighed profoundly.
No other ever affected us in
that way, Gideon" said Mr.. Pudster;
and here we IRE at fifty"
Fifty last May, Solomon
Well, we ought to know better!" ex-
claimed Mr.. Pndster with warmth.
$50 we ought, Solomon"
But upon my word and honor, Gid
con, Mrs. Bnnter's a magnificent spec
linen OF her own sex.
She is, Solomon; and I don't think
ve can conscientiously deny that we are
in love with her"
I'VE I said MI. Pudster with
mnch humility.
Having thus ingeniously confessed
their passion, the twogentlemen walked
in silence; and it was not until they
were near home that they again spoke.
= I suppose thatit will be necessary
q matter Of formal business, suggest
ed MI. Pudster d%ifidently, "for us to
call upon Mrs. Bunter and apprise her
Of the state Of our feelings. We mean,
OF course, to follow the matter up ?"
"Certainly, certainly agreed Mr..
Maggleby;;"w we mean to follow the mat
ter up"
Perhaps the firm had better write to
her ard prepare her mind" proposed
the senior partner, with kindly fore
thought.
aThe firm had better write tomorrow
solomon; but, Solomon it occurs to
that the firm cannot marry Mrs.
Bunter. You OF / must be the happy
man and then, solomon. we shall have
to separate"
Never Y calculated MIR. Pudster,
who stopped and seized his friend by
the hand-sneverl You shall marry
Mrs Runter, and We will all live to-
gether.
Solomon. this magnanimityl" muir
INJURED MI. Maggleby, who had tears IN
his eyes aNo; will not accept such
g sacrifice. You, as the senior partner,
shall marry Mrs. Bunter: and, with her