Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-09

Tliere Is IN aggressive air in ibe poise
Of the head and the well-squarcd should
era and erect figure. She walks with
a quick. shuliling stride. Her features
are not coarse, and an expression of good
nature, sharp and shrewd. yet kindly,
is On the face, TINT haunts many a mort
gage debtor In his dreams. She wears
u faded black cloth dress that she paid
81 for at secondhand store in lS92
II Is fraycd around the bottom and The
skirt is rusty, Over this was Sl,NO
black cloth jacket, bought two weeks
ago, after She had called once n week
for three or four months 10 inquire thc
price, which was originally So. After
shop wear had brought the figure down
90 81 30 She took The jacket Her hon
met is small and black, and uuohtruslvc
enough, In appearance from the front
but the ribbon with which Il was faced
cannot conceal q great patch of faded
yellow at tae back, which You cnu recog-
nize anywhere, She wears heavy over
shoes over her thick button boots. Three
or four bottoms are some, ana the WOm-
ans feet look obtrusiye under the short
skirt Her ovcrHhoes are loose. too
and her shoes Of coarse leather. Tightly
clutchcd under her left arm, this golden
princess Ia peasant dress carries black
cloth bag. With puckcring strings, which
is her constant cnmpanlou out-of.do1rs.
HER FORTUNE IN DIAMONDS.
Once in q great while Mrs. Green
dresses up She has o strange prsion
for diamonds, and Keeps marvellous ar
ray Of them locked In her strong boxes In
the Chemical bank. Once upon a time
she yielded 10 the beserchings of her
lnndlady's daughter and brought from
the bank an immense bundle. She I'M
covered ON the kitchen table collection
of diamonds aud precious stones such
rs they had never seen There were
diamond brooches and necklaces, aud a
string Of pearls. which Mrs Greeu adj
mlt.ed was worth Q great many thousand
dollars, and, in addition, o very handsome
black satin gown. with black lace
LOUNGES ON It a foot wide. Tho old
| lady (shc Ia over O0l was persuaded 10
20 up and put on the dres5 and diamonds.
when she looked like q queen of wealth.
ns she is. Even then she wanted 10 cat
| In tho Kitchen, but the landladv insisted
on her sitting with the other b0nrdcrs
| But Mrs. Green quickly dunncd hcr old
garments. saying she felt Ike n fool w
| the others, The rich womnn's life is
| the most hnmdrum possible. She rises
| early, and after brraldasling in the kitch-
| en- walks across the bridge 10 New York,
unless 70 is stormy, whcn She will spend
| three cents for car fare. Once over
| the river she goes straight TO the Chemical
| bank, where She has here Office. She Is
one OF te largest stockholders IN that in
/ HlNANAlNAt NIlNt htFlH llfN spur AlAHA AflfIfI
amounting TO S3OOOOO0 or 100000.
IETTY GREENS FAMILY.
In tho vaults Of the bank are Mrs
| Green's strong boxes. whore ARE some
| S25,OOO,00O worth Of government bonds
securities, mortgages and magnificent
collection Of diamonds All Mrs, Green's
| letters. no matter how addressed. go to
| the Chemical bank. She gels hundred.
Of begging epistles every week, md they
invariably reach the waste basket. She
takes her luncheon At the bank TO save
money and spends the day NJ her desk
looking over papers and etaeming foi
gain. She leaves for homo about 4
| o'clock, and after supper spends the even
ing in the kitchen to sare burning gas
! IN her room.
elor once WIN 100000, but nov
dcpcndent~Srm his wife, haylng. LOST hi,
fortune IN speculation. Ned Green
the son, looks after lis mothers interest,
ont Of Town. Miss Sylvia II Green, .
| years old, is a tall PLATA featured young
woman, who has n fortune Of S50O0.OOC
IN her own right, besides being a pros
! peciive sharer with her brother IA her
mothers vast estate. The four mem
bcrs Of thels queer family arc most Of
| the time dOmlcilcd under four r0Dfa
thanks to the mothers eccentric parst
mony.