The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-13
THE SIGN OF THE THREE BALLS.
What is Done With Most OF the Money
Loaned by Pawpbrokers.
Ffnm fhs Nan York Gt,aphic.

From the Nelc York Graphic.
Where does all the money we lend 80
TOT" said a pawnbroker TO a reporter.
well, into the saloons principally. We
and the breweries run a sort Of joint stock
company. Don't you believe all that talk
about cruel landlords AMI people putting up
| their clothes to pay the rent. When they
do, it's mostly because they've spent the
| money they owed him in working the
| GROWER. Now, there are the washer
women. for example. BY Satur-
day they've got washboarls irons,
othespins-everthing 'spouted Monday
| they come and redeem the washboarjs and
clo!hespins. Tuesday they bring those back
and take out the irons, and Saturday when
the clothes go home back comes the whole
outfit again. "It's beer. They saw they've
got to have something strengthening while
they work, and the beer bucket siaads by
the tub and the ironing table all day long,
and soaks up all their earnings, and so they
| come TO us. The sporting men come to US
| pretty regularly. When luck is with them
they redeem everything, and we don't see
them for a while, but the moment 1t turns
back come the watches and diamond pins
they are so fond of. Everything goes III at
once, because they don't pawn pec sUeal to
live: they come to US to raise a stake for a new
try, and all the rings and pins a ID chairs
go in a lump. rve known some men whose
names are familiar in sporting circles all
over the country come here and take Ou5
and put in their jewelry twice in ore week
when the see saw was going up and down
lively. You'd be surprised, too, If you
knew what queer experiences we have with
young ladies whose names are III the lists Of
the Delmonico balls. Some of them, though
they live in fine houses, are kept awfully
low in cash, and when they want a S. bid
10 60 out of town TO friend or ask a
other girl to lunch with them at Del's,
come to u with their silver smelling bot
ties and hair brushes. One of them had a
close shave here last spring, for they
do these things on the strict q.
A stylish girl in sealskins came here
i'll February AMI pawned a beautiful Frep h
bOnbonniere with miniature painting On
the lid, which was surrounded with Rttle
d amonds. We knew perfectly well when
she gave us the name and address that it
was not the real one, but that wss her
affair. She didn't seem able to takg il out
again, but she paid the INFER st regularly,
and tue last payment she made size came
near getting into a scrape, but that she was
SO q lick witted and that | help9d her. A
lawyer came in while she was attending to
it-hed come to get some evidence he
wanted to u Q in case, and Ne rec Ignizsd
her. Why, Miss - ne criod, astonished,
what are you doing heref Is there
anything in which / can he Of service 10
your The girl turned dead white, but she
said, quick as fash and in the sweetest,
quietest way, Well, no and yes. You Soc,
a favorite maid of mine got into trouble
and carried off my bonbon Here and pawned
it. / think she only meant to keep it ere
for while and redeem atd return it with
her next months wages, but l missed it,
and then she confessed and gave me the
pawn ticket, and concluded TO come and
see about it myself. haven't the money
with me to-day she said, turning t.
nue. IN the most mattsr-of fact way,
but I'll send for ID tomorrow Ger
tainly, ma'am,' said l. 'rm sorry for
our share in your annoyance Then she
smiled up at the lawyer aud said: Now,
want you to advise me as to whether
should keep the girl and give her a chance
to redeem her character, aud so discussing
that point they passed out together, and he
put her in the oar She came back early
the next morning and paid the interest.
saw in one of the papers the other day that
her engagement to that same lawyer was
announced The bonbonniere is here still "