Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-19
No2c
"Oh, no. not at all, he said there was
another fellow who might, though"
HYou don't tall rnsIn

"Oh, no. not at all. BE said there was
another fellow who might, though"
you don't tell mel"
"Yes, the vicar of the parish. Splen-
did fellow, too. But off color, Aerce;
yellow; shallow; cadaverous. Too brainy,
solemn, awful. Sort of stewed In the SAT-
from of books and medis valiem Un-
healthy like. Prowls about the old church
monuments and brasses too much, Now
likely young woman don't Just want to
marry q spook II he does wear q surplice.
Merce. Harry said II we'd just stop Of In
Kent, on our way to the continent, and I'd
be sure to have you along, we could all cir
cumvent the vicar In no time"
The bravery seemed to have all gone out
of the little woman for q moment
George, never knew until now how
areadfully riches and poverty change the
relations of humankind"
Then she bent over her note to "Miss
Reatrice Dunstan, Dunstan Hall, near
Maidstone, Kent" and added this little
postscript laboriously aad through sobe:
"To none in all the world, as to your
self and your good brother, are these
words 30 written In -breakings and
the dimming of bitter tears"
the letter back aud upward above her
averted head for him to see.
"Thst's desd right, Merce. Heart
break goes. Bitter tears 60. Confound
1t, everything goesl-snd now 90, too."
Where, Georgei"
COP clos mani No more Dunstsn Hall
In minel"
"Oh, yes-of course. That's right.
Post these letters and bring him along as
quickly as possible. I'll rub things up q
bit meantime Poor GeorgeI I'm sorrier
for you than for myself"
They embraced more lovingly than evsr
before and separated. Mercy waited in
the window to throw her brother an en-
couraging kiss, following him with pity
ing eyes until he turned cityward past
the Carlyle monument down the Thames
embsnkmept
Before night everything the brother
and sister possessed, aside from their
wearing apparel, and much of the best
of that had gone, with q few keepsakes,
had been disposed of; and their debts
were paid to the last penny. Bat they
were now horr!ded to find that their total
available funds did not exceed by two
sovereigns their combined cash sssets,
when they had taken account of stock In
the morning. This would not get them
to the nearest seaport town and return
them to New York, on the most pitisble
emigrsnt fare.
They were sitting by their window
overlooking Cheyne Row when this as
founding discovery was made. At that
moment Pelham caught sight of two ia
miliar figures opposite. They were COS
termongers, a pearl buttoned Jackey aud
bis ''donsh," man and wife, who had be-
come indissoluble friends of the Pelhsms,
first through liberal purchase of vegets-
bles; again through accompanying them
IN Aa L.
of London; and, lastly, through a previ-
ous years outing with Chafinch Ike, as
the man Was called, and his wife, Hetty,
through the shires of Essex aud Suffolk,
to Great Yarmouth by the sea, by don
key and van, suoss suently generously
loaned to Ohsffnch Ike, which donkey
and vas, the latter transformabls at con-
venience into q huge coster's cart, had
brought Ike and his Hetty TO the pima
Gle of coster competence and sristoofscy.
The costers were erotesquely attired, as
IL in full bloom for Epping Forest, Hamp-
stead Heath, or the Derby, and were ex-
erting themselves ludiorously to attrscs
the attention of their friends in the
apartment window above.
by Jovel' cried Pelham excitedly to
bis sister. "There are twenty pounds In
assets we had overlooked-our donkey and
van which Chsfipch Ike and Hetty are
using"
"Wsll, George, We will just keep on
Overlooking them. If we cannot escape
our troubles without plupging those two
poor souls back into the misery and degrs-
dstion they were in when we first came
to know them, weu just stsrve right
here In London"
"All right" replied Pelham resIgnedly.
"Stsrve it is, then; and a quick stsrve
say II"
"Ts-ta ia, ia tai ta-ts- tai"
This In Q shrill whistle sscen6ed pier
cinqly and almost appeslingly from Chat
finch Ike. It was Immediately followed
by the same from Hetty, whose face
blszed as redly as her crimson scarf from
her great effort.
Pelham knew this was the imperative
signal of the coster; and he raised the
window and softly replied with the whis-
tied coster answer of
"Ta-ta-ts! ta- tsI'
he also motioned for the two to ascend
to their apartments, where the Pelhams
had often recsived them for little treats
before; but ChsffiDch Ike, with an express
sive curve of his thumb and a still more
eloquent grimsce of his face toward the
area entrance below, indicated that unex-
pected opposition had alresdy been en-
countered in that quarter. This sent the
Pelhsms Indignantly to the street. After
a short psrley with the lsndlsdy-One of
the humiliating evidences of their changed
condition-.they led the eosters In triumph
to their rooms.
Hetty and Ike were In a state Of min
gled pride and sympathy. Hetty began
blubbering with, "Oh, sn' w'sthever Jig
ger as struck ye"
"Doan't mind 'er," interrupted Ike.
9Th donsh 'ssn't ounce of bloomin'
grammar In 'er. But 'er art is as right as
tn Monument; hit isl"
Then Chafiinch Ike looked about the
apartments ruefully.
"Plsy hit gently, Governor" he contiB-
ued addressing Pelham, "but wat 'ss you
an tn mis.us run up agin, hsny'oWI
Strike me lucky but hit altte pats hout
me heyes, go it doesl"
Then Mercy Pelham came and sat be-
tween the two costers, taking q rough
hand of each In her own, while George
qlovered out across the river to the dark
eniug Surrey hills
She told them simply and In q straight
forward vomsnly way of their utter loss
AID ruin, while Heity blubbered harder
than before aud Chshiueh Ike frowrsd
down the demonstrations of his wife, Ap-
pealIng to her, like the valiant ccster that
he was, to "striks him lucky and git more
bloomin' grammar In 'er, sfore mussin' up
I lsdy'e pallus," TO hide the mists In his
own eyes, as Mercy finished her recital
with,
so You see, good friends, much as we
would like, We can be no further help to
you"
'"Elp to ohusi-'EIp 20 husI' almost shout
cd Chsfinch Ike In Q desperate wriggle for
adequate sympathetic words. "Gor bll
me, lady an governor likewise, hits 10