Telegram-herald., 1889-07-25

= What was eoias ou Z should not ake
l. sav lle kne~ Coi AorllmeI pretty
vel. and FEei ergel uot ~ ask too MANY
s..esttls Mortimer paid hm large
sela-, sU>e TT ~ as lusaluai4e a. haa.
J.s.n ,sa> s.sa eauestel aud Vrlss a
eoaa ieues Mortimer Vas oz1iy edit
csed and Is sg..S said could Jasg siga hss
r,.uae zssa nothing more Indeed. u MAS
further sai4 that he only le.4Inea a. slsn
hls name ~ copying q as written ous by
JOHN Hurlstone iB their srmS days
Certainly his signature wss very much
Ike John's writing. and. when signed h.
= letter that john had written. - IL
perfect harmony viii lie TEST Oi the
autograph Not oniy dld Mortimer pay
the compznys secretary handsome sal
Ary. but he gave him good lump sums II
money besides. which he sad were the
dividends on the shares he held Ia Johns
name. Mortimer could not have gOs
along without John m this mining com
uany scheme. and he knew II; and he
laid lnrn well both ~ keep him ia hls
service and u prevent ms asking ques-
tiOns
With al this money at hand you would
have supposed that John would have sent
some home 20 his mother and sisters. Not
be. Had thev asked him al 3 time when
he had "a roll Of balls in hls pocket he would
have handed il out 10 them. but they
asked for nothing and they got nothing.
John wSs a spendthrift, and. like most
4.t.- -.
self. II he spent II upon other people II
was in the way ~ his own pleasure He
did send handsome presents 10 Amy BAY
liss-SIseless things that represented alot
Of money but little taste. a tradesfnan
could alwavs sell him an unstable artl-
Gle by representing IL 10 he something
unique and adding that few men would
have the taste 10 appreciate lis beauties
and pay the price The consequence was
that Amy Bayiiss had collection Of
costly odds and ends that she could only
praise for their cosr'lness and because
dear John" had taken the trouble 10
send them 10 her. There were psper cut
ters Of frosted silver, and jewel boxes
much too fine for her modest dressing
table. and mother of pearl card cases
which had long since gone out Of fashion;
and every Saturday regularly came q box
of cut flowers These delighted Amy
more than anything else.
Dear John never forgets 20 send me
flowers every Saturday. No matter how
busy he may be, he is not too busy TO
send these lovely roses TO me.
D. Tho rocvrYla fftx- fv, tto <~.,,,.
ing Of the flowers was due In the florist
John gave him an order with instruc-
tions to send them "till forbid" Ia his
extravagant way he had paid for six
months in advance. Paying in advance
was not the usual habit of John Hurl-
stone. He was generally a long way
behind with his bills. No matter how
much money he had. he spent itquickly,
and found himself in debt He gave as
an excuse that he miscalculated-tha
he had thought one hundred dollars
would do the work of two; but il would
not, and at the end of his first year in
New York he was hopelessly in debt.
His incons. was five thousand dollors,
and he lived at the rate of twenty. y
a day or two after the ball. he droTrad
In at the Office of The Dawn on his way
up town to take Rush out to dinner with
him. he was dressed in the latest
fashion, and he appeared TO advantage
in his fine clothes. Rush, TO whom
John was always an object Of interest.
noticed that he had all the manners Of a
man -about-town, that he wore curious
rings and dressed in the English style.
He seemed very glad TO see Rush again.
and was interested in his work. He
asked to be introduced 10 two or three