The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-29
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CHAPTER l.

servation was addressed was the PrOPtlo-
tress of highly respectable clearinghouse
in the neigh borhood Of Bloomsbury Square,
and at which the speaker-Mr. Widgery-
had been long resident 1t was breakfast
time but his matutinal meal stood on the
table untouched, while with the pale and
hagRard face of one whose last nights couch
had brought him neither rest nor comfort, he
stood on the hearth rug with his hair In dis
order, and his back to the fire.
s'You have heard what 1 said, Mrs No
bier. and I repeat it, reckless Of conse-
quences. I'll have his blood"
30, pray don't talk in that horrible way,
sir. Why should youl Ask yourself calmly,
Mr.. Widgery, why should your
Mr.. Widgery gave utterance to brief,
derisive laugh, and first slapping his fore
head, wheeled around and addressed his re-
fecsed self in the looking-glass:
"You hear that, Samuel Widgeryl With
your brain like glowing coal
and consuming with parching
thirst for revenge. you are requested
TO question yourself calmly-to mediate
TRANQUILITY, and contemplate affairs in their
present aspect with an unimpassioned gael
be done. / am not blaming you, Mrs. Mo-
bier :" and he faced round again to his land
lady True, had you not broken your rule
and taking a lady-Miss Dimpleton-to
board here my peace of mind would proba-
blv have remained intact. But when you
did so you were unaware as was that you
were harboring beneath your roof serpent
In mans shape-a snake in the grass, who
would give Judas points and beat him hol-
low at his own game"
sit appears to me, Mr.. Widgery, that if
any one is to blame it is Miss Dimpleton her
self. Little did think that when she first
came here that she would cause dlsSension
between two OF my Oldest and most es-
teemed-"
''Ol That is your opinion, Mrs. Nobler, is
itF Mr. Widgery savagely interrupted
her. There is no one TO blame but Miss
Dimpleton And yet am requested to re-
main calm Pray, ma'am, does it not oc-
cur to you that Mr.. Fliucher may be
slightly-we won't say much, but just
tiny morsel to blame as wellE'
ITO be sure, sir, Mr.. Flincher ought to
have known" returned Mrs. Nobler, who
was threatened with the loss of one OF the
two good dodgers, "he ought to have known
that Miss Dimpleton had been out and
about with you, and had given you en-
couragement to believe"
HE did know it, ma'am. AS you are
aware, Mrs. Nobler," and here little MIR.
WidgerYs voice grew husky, and he put his
handkerchief to his eyes, "as you are
aware, ma'am, we are bosom friends and
have no secrets from each other. There Is
the baseness OF it. l was always prasing
her to him. L can't understand fellow
being SO infatuated with a girl he would
remark. But you would not be surprised
if you became SO well acquainted with her
as / am made answer. Her being pretty
as a peach, Flincher, is the least part of it.
1t is not until you have gained her conf
dence a little that you learn what be-
witching way she has, aud how perfectly
enchanting is her manner and her conversa-
tion' And now he robS me OF her
Treacherously and underhandedly invites
her to go to ball with him, and she goes
and makes light of it afterward when
reproach her. And as for the villain,
Flincher-"
20, Mr.. Widgeryp
az leg pardon, mn'am. was forgetting
that we are speaking of favorite of yours
As for that model of honesty and self-de-
NAL, Mr. Joseph Flincher, you yourself
heard what were his parting words to me
after our row this mornings He declared
that she had merely been having bit of
fun with me, and that he had been the IA
vored sutton from the first"
But that was lot until you had threat
ened that you would do him a mortal in-
jury if you caught him speaking with Miss
Dimpleton again. Most likely, sir, he no
more meant it than you did,
what he meant, Mrs. Nobler, is his look
OUT returned Mr.. Widgery, looking as
as wicked as Cain. 81 know what mean,
and he had best beware"
All the same. and despite Mr.. Widgery's
complaint Of having been grievously in
jured, it cannot be denied that Daisy Dim
pleton was not without justification for
having transferred her smiles. Mr.. Wild
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poses, an eligible lover 1t was no more
than natural. perhaps that his lack of per-
sonal attractions should make him jealousy
observant of any notice taken by MS hearts
idol of anybody better looking than him
self, and in this respect Mr.. Flincher had
decidedly the advantage, for, whereas the
former besides being of insignificant
stature, was melancholy and bilious tenn
perament--with weak-looking and wispy
hair, a sallow complexion, and nose SO
much too small as his mouth was too large
Joe Flincher was well-proportioned young
fellow Of feet o. with a pleasant face
and manner to say nothing OF his brown
curly hair, and a mustache with which no
possible fault might be found except that it
partly concealed a set of teeth-white and
even as those of 2-year-old terrier.
But Flincher W IS not a young man easily
captivated by female charms. and when
pretty Daisy Dimpleton first came to live at
III auQ u0 uloCOVeTeQ
that his friend Widgery was
deeply smitten, he was content to make
himself agreeable to her when occasion re-
Quired and there was an end Of it.
Although Mr.. Widgerv had somewhat
exaggerated the facts of the case when he
told Mrs. Nobler he and Mr.. Flinchsr were
such bosom friends, that they had no Sc
crets from each other it was
true that he made no secret of his
ardent affection for Miss Dim
pleton. Indeed, it became so much the en-
crossing theme of his conversation that,
quite bored with it, Flincher had chaffed
him on his infatuation. This, however was
a state of affairs that did not last very long.
Within few weeks Mr.. Widgery's moody
and suspicious temper, and his frequent fits
of groundless Jealousy, caused GOODNESS be-
tween him and Miss Daisy, but it was not
untillWidgery had confided to Mr. Flincher
that he was sorry he had ever made ac-
quaintance with such a giddy little gadhy,
and openly sighted her. that the latter be-
gan to entertain the idea that perhaps he
himself might do better with her.
Both young men we're engaged all day in
the city, and Mr.. Flincher was generally
the first to return in the evening. AS al
ready mentioned, they we're exemplary
lodgers-regular in their habits and punct-
ual in their payment; but, as was only TO be
expected, on account of his cheerful and
contented disposition, Mr.. Flincher stood
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