Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-20
CHAPTER VII

30 by the cleverness Of tho two gin.
a dark cloud was thinned away and turned
into sunshine. Over one of them, alas an.
other cloud was gathering which could not
be so easily dispersed. OF these three
households which fate had thrown to.
gether, two-had already been united by the
ties of love. 1t was destined, however, that
a bond of another sort should connect the
Westmacotts with the Hay Denver-.
Between the Admiral and the widow q
very cordial feeling had existed since the
day when the old seaman had hauled down
his flag and changed his opinions. granting
to the yachtswoman all that he had refused
to the Reformer.
"By the way, Admiral, - said Mrs. West
macott one morning, as they walked
stand that this boy &c yours in the intervals
of paying his devotions to Miss Walker 10
doing something upon Change"
Eyes, ma'am, and there is no boy Of his
age who is doing so we'll He's drawing
ahead, can tell you, ma'am. Some OF
those that started with him are hull down
astern now. He touched his five hundred
last year, and before he's thirty he'll be max
ing the four figures"
s'The reason asked is that I have small
investments to make myself from time to
time, and my present broker is rascal. I
should be very glad to do it through your
son."
'It is very kind of you, ma'am. His
would like to push on a bit and show what
be can do. Yes, my boy is the junior part
ner. Pearson is the senior. ! was intro.
duced to him years ago, and he offered Har-
old the opening. Of course we had q pretty
stiff premium to pay" =
Mrs Westmacott had stopped, and Wa
standing very stiffy with her face even
grimmer than usual.
Pearson" said sha ~Jeremiah Pear
son?"
'Then it's all of, '' she cried sYou need
not carry out that investment
They walked on together side by side, she
brooding over some thought of her own, and
he a little aroused and disappointed at her
caprice and the lost commission for Harold.
'T'll tell you what, Admiral" she ex-
claimed suddenly, 'it [ were you I would
get your boy out of his partnership. No
one in this world knows Jeremiah Pearson
as know him, Admiral warn you, be-
cause have friendly feeling both for You
and for your son, The man Is srogue and
you had best avoid him."
"But these are only words, ma'am Do
you tell me that you know him betterthan
the jobbers in the city?'
MAN." cried Mrs. Westmscott, will
you allow that 1 know him when tell YOU
that my maiden name was Ada Pearson,
and that Jeremiah is my only brother?"
The Admiral whistled. "Whewl' cried
he. Now that think of it there is like
ness
As he trudged homewards, thoughtful
and perple1ed, he was surprised to hear a
shout behind him, and to see Harold run
ming down the road after him.
''Why, dad, +" he cried, 81 have Just come
from town, and the first thing saw was
your back as you marched away. But YOU
are such quick walker that had to run to
catch you"
The Admiraps smile Of pleasure had
broken his stern face into q thoussnd
wrinkles ''You are early to-day" he
said.
How much have we in our private ao-
COUNT"
pretty fair. Some eight hundred, I
think"
ooh, half that will be ample. It was
rather thoughtless of Pearson. When he
went away upon this little holiday to
Havre he left me to- pay accounts and so on.
He told me that there was enough at the
bank for all claims I had occasion ON
Tuesday to pay away two cheques, one for
ESQ and the other for e120, and here they
are, returned with bank notice that we