Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16

m4A9 money anu bHb ONT by nuiuDust my
dear, by humbug. As for you, a little play
acting is nothing.n
"But am not the mans daughter, and
my own fathers alive and well"
Look here, Lofty. You are always grum-
bling about the music hallA."
"Well, and coed reason to grumbla. II
you heard those ballet girls talk, and see
how they 60 on at the back, you'd grumble.
As for the music" She laughed, as If
against her will 'If anybody had told me
six months ago-me, that used to go to the
cathedral service every afternoon-that l
should DO a lion masher at 9 music hall, and
go on dressed in tights, l should have boxed
his ears for impudence."
why, you don't mean to tell me, Lofty,
that you wish you had stuck to the mouldy
old place, and gone on selling music over
the counterF'
"Well, then, perhaps l do"
mo, no, Lofty; your husband cannot let
you say that"
"My husband can laugh and talk with
barmaids. That makes him happy"
"Lotty," he said, ''you are a little fool.
And think Of the glory. Posters with your
name in letters a foot and a half long
The Peoples Favorite.' Why, don't they
applaud you till their hands drop OFF,
She melted a little.
"Applaudl As If that did any goodl
And me in tightsI'
"As for the tights, =" Joe replied with dig
nifty, ''the only person whom you need con.
suit on that subject is your husband, and
since l do not object, l should like to see the
man who does. Show me that man, Lofty,
and I'll straighten him out for you. You
have my perfect approval, my dear. l
honor you for the tights"
"My husbands approvalr
She repeated his words again in a manner
which had been on other occasions most
irritating to him. But tonight he refused
to be offended.
"Of course" he went on, "as soon as I get
a berth on another ship l shall take you off
the boards. 1t is the husbands greatest de-
light, especially if he is a jolly sailor, to
brave all dangers for his wife. Think,
Lofty, how pleasant it would be not to do
any more work"
II should like to sing sometimes, to sing
good music, at the great concerts. That's
what | thought | was going TODD"
''You shall; you shall sing as little or as
often as you like. "A sailors wife a sailors
star should be- You shall be a great lady,
Lofty, and you shall just command your
own line. Wait a bit, and you shall have
your own carriage, and your own beautiful
house, and go to as many balls as you like
among the countesses and the swells."
ooh, Joel" she laughed. "Why, If we
vera as rich as anything, l should never get
ladies to call upon me. And as for you, no
one would ever take you to be a gentleman,
you know"
"Why, what do you call me-. nowW
He laughed, but without much enjoyment.
No one likes to be told that he is not a gen.
tleman, whatever his own suspicious on the
subject may be.
"Never mind. know a gentleman when
l see one. Go on with your nonsense about
being rich.n
II shall make you rich, Lofty, whether
you like it or not" he said, still with I'M
wonted sweetness.
She shook her head.
"Not by wickedness, ~ she said stoutly.
"T've got here" he pulled a bundle of
papers out Of his pocket, "all the documents
wanted to complete the case. ALI / want
now is for the rightful heiress to step for
ward"
I'm not the rightful heiress, and I'm not
the woman to step forward, Joe; SO don't
you think it."
"Pve been to-day" Joe continued, "to the
Doctors Commons, and I've seen the will.
There's no manner of doubt about it; and
the money-oh, Lord, Lofty, if you only
knew how much 1t isl"
"What does it matter, Joe, how much it
is, II it is neither yours nor miner
ut matters this; that 1t ought all to be
mine."
How can that be, if it was not left to
your
Joe was nothing IL not a man of resource,
BE therefore replied without hesitation or
confusion:
"The money was left to a certain man and
to his heirs. That man is dead. His heiress
should have succeeded, but she was kept out
Of her rights. She is dead, and l am her
cousin, and entitled to all her property, te'
cause she made no will"
"Is that gospel truth, joel Is she dead
Are you sureT'
"Quite sure" he replied. "Dead as q
door-nail."
as that the way you got the papersV'
'That's the way, Lofty"
"Then why not go to a lawyer and make
him take up the case for you, and honestly
get your ownT'
"You don't know law, my dear, or you
wouldn't talk nonsense about lawyers. There
are two ways. One is to go myself to the
present unlawful possessor and claim the
whole. It's a woman; she would be certain
to refuse, and then we should go to law. and
very likely lose it all, although the right is
on our side. The other way is for some one
say you-to 90 to her and say: Il am that
man 8 daughter. Here are my proofs. Here
arc all his papers Give me back my own
That you could do in the interest of Justice,
though 1t Is not the exact truth"
"And II she refuses thenF'
'She can't refuse, with the mans daugh-
ter actually standing before her. She
might make a fuss for a bit. But she would
have to give in at last"
Joe, consider. You have got some papers,
whatever they may contain. Suppose that
1t is all true that you have told me-"
"Lotty, my dear, when did ever tell you
an u~ntruth7"
when did you ever tell me the truth, my
dearl Don't talk wild. Suppose it Is all
true, how are you going to make out where
your heiress has been all this time, and what
she has been doing9"
'Trust me for that"
II trust you for making up something or
other, but-oh, Joe, you little think, you
clever people, how seldom you succeed in
deceiving any one."