St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-17
THE SIGN OF THREE BALLS.
Where the Money Loaned Goes---
A Young Lady's Predicament.

A Young Lady's Predicament.
"Where does all the money we lend
60 TOP" said pawnbroker to Brooklyn
Eagle writer. "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 and people putting up
their clothes to pay the rent. When
they do it is mostly because they've
spent the money they owed him in
working the GROWER. Now, there are
the washerwOmen, for example. by
Saturday they've got washb0ardS, IRONS;
clothespins - everything 'SpOuted.'
Monday they come and redeem
the washbOards and clothespins.
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
say they've got to have something
strengthening while they work, and the
beer bucket stands by the tub and the
ironing table all day long and soaks up
all their earnings, and so they come to
us. The SDOr,i ny men come TO us
pretty regularly. Wheu luck is with
them they redeem everything, and we
don't see them for while, but the
moment it turns back come the watches
and diamond pins they are so fond OF.
EVERYTHING goes in at once, because
they don't pawn piecemeal to
live: they come to us to raise
stake for a new Try, and all
the rings and pins and chains
go IN lump. Pve known some men
whose names are familiar i'll sporting
circles all over the country come here
and take out and put in their Jewelry
twice in one week when the see-SaW
was going up and down lively. You'd
he 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 awfulIy low i'll cgsh, and when
they want So bill to go out. of town to
a friend or ask another girl to lunch
with them at Del's, come to us with
their silver smelling bottles and
HAIR brushes. One of them had
a close shave here last spriug,
for they do these things on
the strict q. t. A stylish girl in seal
skins came here in February and
pawned beautiful French bOnbOn-
Mere with a miniature painting on the
lid, which was surrounded with little
diamonds We knew perfectly well
when she gave us the name and
address that it was not the real
one, but that was her affair."
She didn't seem able to take it out
and the last payment she made she
came near getting into scrape but that
she was so quick-witted and that l
helped her. A lawyer came i'll while
she was attending to it he'd come to
get some evidence he wanted to use in
case. and he recognized her. why,
Miss - he cried. astonished,
what are you doing here?
Is there anything in which / can be of
service to you?' The girl turned dead
white, but she said quick as flash and
in the sweetest, Quietest way, wei, no
and yes. You see a favOrite maid OF
mine got into trouble and carried off my
bonbOnniere and pawned it. think she
only meant to keep it here for while
and redeem and return 1t with her
next months wages, but l missed it,
and then she confessed and gave me the
pawn ticket, end L concluded to come
and see about it myself. haven't the
the money with me to-day she said,
turning to me in the most matter of
fact way, but I'll send for it to-
morrow Certainly, ma'am,' said
l. Pm sorry for our share in
your annoyance Then she smiled
up at the lawyer and said: "Now, l
want to you to advise me as to whether
l should keep the girl and give her
chance to redeem her character and so
discussing that point they passed out
together, and he put her in the car.
She came back early the next morning
and paid the interest. l saw in one OF
the papers the other day that her en-
gagement to that same lawyer was an
nounced. The bonbonniere is here
STILL"