The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08

de with IL. You must have a new great
coat "
"A new greAtcoatn
Yes new ONE
HUNS III grea'coat costs money"
"0f course Grestcoau are not given away
"rhey cost great deal OF money"
10 be sure, n great deal" On Monday
Mr.. Dawklns loved 10 put matters I'm hareh
light before his customers. 10 stagper and
throw them back into attitudes OF despair
before the mighty expense In which, clothing
would involv. them. He looked compla
Gently Mt the Major and drank In his misery
i "SuppOse new said Major Cornelius
nervonsly, II was to-that is.but really
doubt"
DO You mean, what would be the cost o.,
new greatooat2'
well, yea"
That would depend on the quality OF the
CLOTH"
II should not need the bst and finest ma
terial; IL would be unnecessary for an old
man. One that would last NV day would
suillce. should not wish 10 plunge into
lavi.h expenditure
/ About four guineas,"
-Four guineAs Lord bless mel did you
say four guineas2"
! Not one penny less"
-Four gaineas Good heavens Where
am THAT is-'
you must have n substantial broadoloth
nome OF y our ehodty, aae quarter staple
the rest devils duet, that goes glossy at the
seams and elbows Ia six months Waste OF
money getting that Not NJ for n gen tleman,
Always looks shabby"
Mr. Dawkins." exclaimed the Major, and
the beads OF sweat came out upon his brow,
i entfeat You To apply Yourself To my old
ooaf, aud see ~ you can u make II last out
this winter We are nov nj the close Of
January There are only two more months
OF really cold weather before us. Make the
coat last over them Daring the spring and
simmer when there 10 rain will not 20 ont
Bsfo'e mex winter shall have had time 10
think about new grealcoat. rhis comes on
me so suddenly, 90 Overwhelmingly that-that
-
"Impossibe 1 don't choose 10 throw time
aud threa1 away"
i Major Cornelius heaved deep sigh, took
the despisef gr atcost, threw IL over mis- arm,
and left the tailoi's shop and lane. He went
along like Sleep walker, purposelesr any
where
"What predicament!" said he TO him.
self; ! could not have believed II had |
been told that the grand ola coat Was to
serve me no more. Poor old thing ii was
with me In my better days. Nv brother
my poor, dear, misguided brotherl-how
often has his hand leaned on this right
sleeve. So sol breaking down together, the
old heart, the old confidence In life, the old
coat, the old head o NY brother, my broth
er If could only hear from you, or of
you again, that you We're living as man OF
honor ought 10 live, and trying to redeem
the past, and to repay debts-I could aie
happy" AS he thu, walked, dreaming and
respondent, he took the wrong road. aud in
stead of coming home found himself at
Vauxhsll Bridge. He was neatly run over
by Gao, and be ian against q policeman
He trod in bsd of mud swept to the side of
a.. a col. k,I A. l..
When he ioand himself on the bridge, then
he swoke to the fact that he had strayed.
Then all at once. cheering thought has ned
upon him, and he held up his head To be
surer' he said, nov / remember, the young
fellows often told me never to go to Daw-
kins on Monday; l will go to him on Satur
day and offer him a little bottle of best
brsndy-that will warm the cookies of his
heart and dispose him to make the most of
my old coat lie may not be quite the right
thing TO make use of his failing for my own
ends bat 1t can not be helped; l can not
pos bly, purchase new great coat Four
gunies are-well-four gnineas "Encoui ged
by this hope the old man bought bottle of
excellent Cognac, put 1t under his greatcoat,
and on Saturday revisited the tailor.
How do you do Mr.. Dawkins? Better
than on Monday"
"Middling, Major. only middling."
Then the old gentleman produced the
bottle
Look here, Mr. Dawkips, I've brought
you some real grand old Cognac. pray you
to accept ii of me"
The tailor was delighted, his face lit up.
He was profuse in thanks. But the mo.
ment the crafty Major approached the sub
ject of the greatcoat, Mr.. Dawkins' face fell
andshe said:
mo, it is of no use You must have new
gre atcoat"
us it not really possible"
Absolutely impossible Now, look here,
Major. For you L will bait point, aud
make the greatcoat for three pound ten.
That Is my lowest figure. Leave Ii to me.
will give you good ciotn aud good cut and
good Eeedlework. Three.pun-ten.n
Major Cornelius again left the tailor's. He
bad little heart to finish his "reminiscences
Finish them, however, he did, under much
provocstion from US. We sat in c0nclave
ever them, and suggested touches here and
there: some were accepted by general accla-
nation, others rejected. Robbins wanted to
trim one or two OF the anecdotes and give
them additional point; but ths old man
would allow of no improvement at the ex
pense OF truth. We greatly wanted him to
corroborate or contradict the famous story OF
the up, Guards. and at theml" as some
were disposed to relegate these words to the
limbo of mythical mots, but he had been in
another part of the field from Lord Yelling
ton, and was not in q position to pass an
opinion on the authenticity of the memoir
aole order. 1, as good scribe, wrote out q
clean copy of the RecollectiCns and the Ms.
was sent to one of the magazines. 1t was ac-
opted
~ wonder what shall receive for it?" he
said.
81 dare ssv four guineas," said Robbins.
THAT is about the figure" said another.
Now, some thirty years ago it was the way
with certain magazines-I do not say ALTO
keep Ms. some three or four months, then
to print it, aud to pay for it perhaps three
months later. so that six months elapsed be
tween the acce ptance of a short article and
pay ment for il Some magazines kept Ms.
still longer. and paid for it still more reluc-
family, and these magazines in good repute.
Others never paid at ell. dare say things
are altered now in this department. as in
many others; but such was the case. NJ jor
Cornelius know nothing of this, nor did We
all Inc experienced himself We sup
posed that bis "Reminiscences would be out
in a week. and paid for at once.
We were all so certain that, as the MS was
accepted, il would be paid for. and 80 Ger
tain, also, that the Major would receive no
sum less than four guineas for it, that he
yer tured again to the tallors, and ordered
the greatcoat which was promised him for
three pound-ten. | believe we-that is al
Miss Jones boarders except the old LAZY
with the teeth-were as much in eres ed in
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