The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-09-21

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quired lot of re-.
qunintnnces who were the envy of every
one that knew him. Although he was
only salesman on salnry-quite II
good salary, il must be said--for q
large firm OF iron manufacturers, he
was frequently Gccosted familiarly by
bank Presidents and other business
magnatcs, and could slap nny of these
gentlemen on the shoulder without
giving oifense. As he was bachelor.
and old enough to have outgrown the
habit of lounging through successive
evenings in houses where there were
pretty daughters, he WAS available for
dinner parties given by men who knew
no better way Of spending IN evening
Everybody among his acqunintances
wished him well, and wished they
could do something for him, but they
respected him all the more because he
never tried TO borrow money nor asked
for any other fnvors.
1t seemed one day to old Bidder,
President of the Forty-seventh Ma
tional Bank and hearty admirer oe
Briyton, that he was just the man TO
throw fortune in BriXton's way. The
plan came to Builders mind suddenly,
but sudden Inspirations aud quick nc
ton thereon are part of the daily life
of the most stolid of Presidents of big
banks. BriSton had promised to lunch
with the bank magnate at midday, and
he appeared at the bank Just in time to
see the old man bowling out lady
with more courtesy and ceremony than
he imagined Budder capable of.
As the old man caught sight of
BriXton he exclaimed:
Zone moment. Miss Fewse. Allow
ne to introduce you to NV dear old
Mf. John BrixtOn. .ur.' ..ss----
ton, Miss Fewse, daughter of old Ben
I Fewse, whom every one has heard Of "
y Brixton bowed, and looked curious
ly' ut the lady. He had seen her
father occasionally, before increasing
years and doctors had sent Mr.. Fewse
to his final home, and his eyes
searched the dnughters's face for indi-
cations of her fathers distinguishing
traits He found them too, although
tho interview was short. Miss Fcwsc
was richly yet simply dressed; her
| figure, like her fathcr's, was dumpy,
and her face, though not rude, was rs
broad and heavy, and her forehead
was rs low rs that of old Ben himself.
Still, her manner was womanly, and
rs she finally took her departure
BriXton, who had dear old mother,
"a txs.ll - gfg ,,sh.y, Ia, IL. 4
rs the best young woman alive, sor-
rowed to himself that man as rich Gs
old Ben Fewse could not have mar
ried some one whose blood could
| have Gtoucd for the rudeness of his
own.
"Well. john" said the President,
after handing Miss Fewse into her
of thousand good fellows in New
York would give ten years of his life
for such an introduction TO Miss Fcwse
IA / gave you just now. Go right
ahead, now, and make use Of il.
You're always doing the friendly
thing, Budder, replied BriXton, sink
ing into an easy chair "but | don t
| NhAN' ~ Nlll0 llulNs
Don't, eh?' said the President,
hastily rclighting a igar which he had
laid on his desk when Miss Fewse was
announced. "Well, (puf') Miss Fowes
is Joint heir with puff her brother
her only brother, mind you. Old
Ben's estate is estimated by his eS-
ecutors Mt eight millions; ] don't
| lsnaHs lou pla., tl,,A =. l.,
truth-l don't take much stock in
what | cant see with my own eyes
but this much | know" Then the
President clapped two pudgy hands
upon BriXton's knees, looked sluarely
into BriXton's eyes and said, in low,
measured monotone: 'John BriXton,
! know of my own knowledge that Adn
Fewse has over one-million-- dollars
lin good railroad bonds right in my
safe here. 'Nough said, eh?"
Enough money, | should say, for
an unmarried woman who doesn't look
rs if her tastes were expensive. But
what have | to do with it? You said
''Do with it?' echoed the President.
"Why, you donkey, make it your
own. Marry the girl. She isn't a
beauty, must admit; hut she's re.
spectacle and honest, and she'd accept
you in n minute"
Upon my word, Builder laughed
Brixton, you've been in business sc
long that even women seem property
to you. Miss Fewse never saw me uu'
til five minutes ago"
Perhaps not, but she's got hei
fathers level head on her shoulders
Shes seen dozeps of other men
scarcely n mouth goes by without som,
fellow offering hims If TO her-.-'or the
sake of her money, of course. Sh,
doesn't object to marrying, for, being