The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-04

approaches the counter. drawing A hand
some ring from his finger.
MOTIFS smiles an inscrutable smile Re
sees much OF young men who plav the
nn rO1is ~ notses and cards but their play is
none OF his business
The same amount. as usual Tenn,
Pose: asks Norris blandly.
es! But see here. Morris - save -, .
young man VINO has played at the wrong
Sarus, you needn't advertise it that I'm
d regular customer in your Internal
Not a regular customer. A good one -
aeSpo1Qs motifs by way of explanation
az ne YES up the ring and packs it away,
/ ne pdWn0roker's clerk smiles again ss
ms customer departs.
5000 fellow that" he volunteers.
get that ring about four. times a
year About that often he breaks loose
anu n. everything goes the ring last of ali
AIter tha6 he settles down for another
three months" O'i0i
he had scarcely. gone when another
young man, somewhat overdressed, came
"Evenin', Morris" he said. iauntfv
mt hard luck tonight Must have tifty
sure Just let me have it on this ring
moment. '-is ioi
What has become of the stone that
was IN ltt'' he asked, quietly.
why you idiot, don't you see it," was
1he testy retort.
"l'm not an idiot. and 7 don't coo = -
was the calm reply. 1.-THE stone, as Won
/ can cal; II: IS paste, and it doesn't belong in
LAdCrlng Know the ring have loaned
your father as much as $500 on it. moro
IMAM once. But then it had a stone in il,
not paste. ia advise you not to offer
+ that ring anywhere else and to mt II
oack where YOU got it. If you really
M " money III give you S25 on that pin
In that scarf - PA
Itwas a silvery voice that next fell
upon the ears Of Morris" the voice of a
seqorette who yet hopes to occupy the
center of the stage.
:" NOW, Mr.. Norris" the silyerv voice
exclalms, you know only want a third
Oh the value of this brooch. You can Give
me hundred as easy as nothing NV
manager says III be top of the heap some
Jay. linen you shall have a box every
night free to see me act
DESPITE this inducement the daebing
soubrette goes away fairly well satisfied
with one third OF the amount asked for.
l4hese are but sample scenes. In the
coupe OF hours rerOrter spent in this
hlgh-toned pawnshop gamblers, men
aLout-town, actors, actresses and sports
generally came and went. Jewelry was
ABOUT The only thing offered and the only
thing the broker cared to make loans
upon.
We know pretty much every one we
zeal with, " Morris explained, land thew
are not all actors, or sports, at that Some
larry solld business men come here at
tiLnes when theyare short of the ready
WHAT IS more some society women who
run through their pin money a little more
rapidly than they would like their hus-
bands to know Of are not above dealing
with US. in fact, all our customers are
persons OF more or less means who tenn
porarllv go broke We have women Gus
toners who leave with US valuable Jewels
at times as security against loans. Some
tLneS we allow THESE women to take these
Jewels out and wear them at some swell
AFFAIR While they are still in pawn. DO
we lose anything by this? No, we have
not yet. But it's risk, all the same"
She uninitiated would have hard work
to find one of these ''swell' shops. as thew
are called. They do not affect the three
gllded balls of Lombardy, and they are
conducted in the most quiet manner. The
men and women with whom they deal.
however, know how to find them and thew
do not seek outside custom. Even with
the comparatively limited clientage they
have, most of them have made their own
ers wealthy. They are peculiar institu-
lions, but then there is no lack of pecu-
liar institutions in this big town.