Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-19
tears came into s~elina,s pretty ewes

again at the sight OF IL.
IL tell her never TO mind" he said;
eve can manage another by-and-by."
/ said u few words TO the girl-for
she was no more-and invited the
party to tea, while ! told them how /
had seen the shoe thrown, and what
had happened to the wretched creature
from whose foot it was taken; and the
bride forgot her soiled dress in her
frightened interest in my story.
"Poor thing!" she said with all q
woman's sympathy; .'what an end to
come TO. Sam wouldn't throw away
the shoe, sir"
mo, / mean to keep it as a memento
of our wedding day." he said, produc-
ing q parcel from his pocket. .'No one
could tell 1t was a shoe now, hardly"
Hardly, indeed! A mass Of mud
and rags, once a satin slipper. 1t had
figured in q ballroom or on the stage,
for there was a buckle on it, and q
shred OF ribbon.
ii shall keep the buckle, at any
and whole; / daresay it will come
clean"
heard a good deal about the pair
and their prospects over that cup OF
tea and the cakes that accompanied it.
They were almost childishly pleased
with all the wonders of the place. and
we parted in the evening, promising
to renew our acquaintance at an early
| opportunity; but a solicitors clerk has
not much time or money in his hands,
and after that day / only gave the
pair a passing thought now and then.
My next years holiday came round,
and | prepared to go to Brighton, my
usual resort. Only once lately had Z
thought OF Sam Haynes and his wife.
The papers had been making a great
stir about the extreme honesty of q
merchant, who had managed through
n legacy to pay almost all his debts.
For some time | could not remember
what association 1 had with his name,
or, indeed, where / had heard any,
thing about him other than his failure.
Suddenly L recollected; his was the
name that had been mentioned as the
former master of the girl / had seen
married, and / wondered i'm a lazy sort
of a way whether his servants had BEN
Gifted as well as the rest of his credi-
tors. would look Selma up when 1
came back from Brighton and inquire;
it would be an excuse for going to see
| them.
L was sauntering along, looking
about me. A single man has never
much difficulty in getting what he
wants in the way of lodgings. / had
not too much money to spend, and q
clean, comfortable room was all I
wanted. / paused in front of a green
grocer's shop in a quiet by street,
where there was a bill in the window,
when n voice exclaimed
"Oh. Sam, it's the gentleman and
the mistress of the house rushed out
from ONE unseen nook.
Wont you please come in, STRIP
she said, and / looked at her in aston
ishment, not recognizing her in the
least.
Don't you know us. sir?" she asked.
This is SAM" as a bprly giant much
begrimed with coal dust came in from
the back premises; and ! bog,n 10
have a hazy idea that the plump little I
matron was tho heroine Of the soiled q
dress?" A
SELMA" / said, sis it you?"
Eyes, it's me, sir" she replied,
laughing and blushing, "and Sam"
Sam was the lover still, it was very
evident. and 4 gr.esed MN Warmly.
giving him immense pleasure by
shaking hands with him, coal dust and
all.
II am looking for a room," / said;
IL sec you let lodgings"
ut wouldn't be good enough" Mrs.
HAYNES said; but / insisted on seeing
II, and found tia marvel OF c~leanli-
ness and cheapness, aud took it on
the spot. wondering a little whether I
were not dreaming, for the shop look
ed like a prosperous one, and far
above the means of the couple as I
remembered them on their wedding
day.
When the shop was shut at night and
the days business done, l had a long
talk with the pair, and heard all about
il.
Eyes. sir, we're a doing very WELL"
Sam Haynes said in answer 10 nv
questions. Thanks to that old shoe,
it brought us luck-a pot of it."
'.HowP" 1 asked.
THAT buckle was diamonds, SIR"
"Diamonds!"
yes. sir, twenty of them, biggish
o too. i showed it to a gentleman
when I had cleaned it up, aud it ended
in my being took to the police Office to
say where / got it from. 4 came to
the address you gave me, sir, but you
were away somewhere on business,
and l didn't need to trouble you, for
there were more people as saw the
woman and knew of her throwing tho
shoe. and she had the fellow of il ON
her foot when she was taken to the
hospital; but the buckle was gone, and
so it was made all right, and / was let
keep it. 1t was luck after all, that old
shoe. for just about tho same time
things was made right about Selina's
old master, and she got the money that
was due to her, and more to it-a
matter Of f20 in all, and we heard Of
this business. and thought we would
put our money into IL. and q lar =
No. can 80 - nre 8osnB ~ mAko ~
pay."
1t has paid-thc little shop has been
exchanged for q more commodious one
In a good situation, and Sam
IL with the assistance Of a shopwoman
and two active men,. Mrs. Haynes Is
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