Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-10

But there were so many dazzling openings
for ready cash that they found it impossible
to make up their minds and keep them made
up. Finally, Mrs Sellers grew very weary
of it all, and said:
'What is the sense in cooking rabbit be-
fore it is caught?"
Then the matter was dropped for the time
being and all went to bed. Next morning,
being persuaded by Hawkins, the Colonel
made drawings and specifications and went
down and applied for patent for his toy
puzzle, and Hawkins took the toy itself and
Started out to see what chance there might
be to do something with it commercially.
He did not have to go far. In small, old,
wooden shanty, which had once been occu-
pied as a dwelling by some humble negro
family, he found l1neen-eyed Yankee en-
gagged in repairing cheap chairs and other
secondhand furniture. This man exam
ined the toy indifferently; attempted to do
the puzzle; found it not so easy as he had
expected: grew more interested, and finally
emphaticaliy so; achieved a success at last,
and asked:
''Is it patentedPs
"Patent applied for"
"That will answer. What do you want
for it?"
what will it retail for?"
w ell, CeUIS,
"What will you give for the exclusive
right?"
iT couldn't give $40, if 1 had to pay cash
down; but I'll tell what I'll do I'll make
it and market it and pay you cents royalty
on each one"
Washington sighed. Another dream dis
appeared; no money in the thing. So he
said:
'All right, take it at that. Draw me a
paper"
lie went his way with the paper, and
dropped the matter out of his mind
dropped it TO make room for further at
tempts to think out the most promising way
to invest his half of the reward, in case a
partnership investment satisfactory to both
benefciaries could not be hit upon.
He had not been very long at home when
Sellers arrived sodden with grief and boom
ing with glad excitement-working both
these emotions successfully. sometimes
separately, sometimes together He fell on
Hawkins neck sobbing, and said:
ooh, mourn with me, my friend, mourn
for my desolate house; death has smitten
nv last kinsman, and am Earl of Rossmore
congratulate mel"
He turned to his wife, who had entered
while this was going on, put his arms about
her and said: ''You will bear up, for my
sake, my lady-it had to happen, it was
decreed.''
She bore up very well, and said:
Its no great loss. Simon Lathers was q
poor, well-meaning, useless thing and no
account, and his brother never was worth
shucks."
The rightful Earl continued:
81 am too much prostrated by these con-
ficting griets and joys to be able to concen-
trate my mind upon affairs; will ask our
good friend here TO break the news by wire
or post to the Lady Gwendolen and instruct
her to-
"What Lady Gwendelen?"
"0ur poor daughter, who, alas"
'Sally Sellers? Mulberry Sellers, are
you losing your mind?'
"There, please do not forget who you are,
and who am: remember your own dignity,
be considerate also of mine. 1t were best to
cease from using my family name, now,
Lady Rossmore.
Goodness gracious! well 1 never! What
am to call you, then?"
''In private the ordinary terms of ehdear-
ment will still be admissible to some degree,
but in public it will be more becoming if
your ladyship will speak to me as my lord,
or your lordship, and of me as Rossmore, or
the earl, or his lordship, and"
'Oh, scat! can't ever do 1t, Berry"
But indeed you must, my love; we must
live up to our altered position and submit
with what grace we may to its require
ments''
''Weli, all right, have it your own way;
I've never set my wishes against your COM
Inands yet, Null; my lord, and it's late to
begin now, though to my mind it's the rot
tenest foolishness that ever waA"