Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-08-11

b"%a! to reYUlye us soon rs she made
her appearance on the veranda- and 1t
W.. almost a fight as to who should
escort her for a walk or into the dining
room. In fact, things went 80 far than
! got mad. and perhaps ! should have
paid my Ul and suffered on with the
Rheumatism had she not sent for me TO
jo!l her in her private parlor. She
knew | was put out, and she squeezed
my hand and sat down close beside me,
aDd began;
Now, George" (for the lrst tlme),
''you are angry ut me, and can't tell
you how gr.evcd am. know you to
te the dearest fellow il the world. and
TO prove how much Ike you l an 60
ing to ask great favor OF YOU. Ia die
before I'd ask 1t Of any other man on
earth. George" tsqueeze>, will you
grant III There Is no one about ana
think you may-may---'
kissed her, Of course. That was
twenty years ago, but remember II
vet. 1t was Il long lingering kiss on
the cheek. and dId not feel my rheu-
matisn for three days after. Then
told her to ask me for my horse. my
dog. my razor, or my fortune, and
would break my neck to save her.
THAT Is like you, you dear OLD fell
loww she said. well, the truth IS,
owe my dressmaker about 5000. sent
her q check for the amount before leav-
Ing home, but she sends 1t back. and
-, l. how
some people are; she probably never
cushed Il check In her life. II you
could"
I'll could let her have 5000 IN cash
she would express 1t to her dressmaker'
Why. Of course. I had transferred
So 600 to the local bank. and she should
have 5000 early next forenoon. Didn't
she NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
What q noble man" she Inurmured.
When the bank opened next morning
drew out an even $1,000, returned to
the hotel. and handed 1t to her with my
compliments. She smiled ana laughed
and called me pet names, but when
offered to 80 with her to the express
office she put me off. didn't spy upon
her, but couldn't find out that she
went out alone that day or any other
day
Next day after drawing the money
wanted her to 60 driving, but she had
q headache I wandered off alone, and
returned Just In time to catch old Jones
coming out of that private parlor. and
to see the widow fitting out OF the rear
door. forced back my suspicious,
deemed them unworthy, and never
knew the worst until Jones owned up
to it. She had sent for HIN to ask q
great favor. She had also squeezed his
hand-a hand Hike a haIn-and the old
lay had also imprinted Il long, lingering
kiss on her cheek. She hadn't worked
the drcsSmaler dodge on him: 1t was
interest due on a mortgage, and she had
forgotten all about It. Jones was bust
ness man. and maybe he suggested her
sending a check drawn on her own To-
cal bank; but If lie did she had some
excuse to satisfy him. At any rate he
lent her $3.50 and had to draw on his
own bank for more.
A day later the little widow tackled
that squirt of Hawkins. Squirts don't
have ready cash as q rule, but this one
happened to have $4,000 which had
come to him as a legacy. He had been
fool enough TO bring half of Il with him
and hand it over to the hotel safe; and
though he tried to lie out Of II be-
lieve he was easy picking. When the
widow got him into that private parlOr
and called him Fifty and squeezed his
hand he went al TO pieces. and when
he was permitted to kiss her reachy
cheek the Internal idiot just nched to
die for her What she vas after. how
ever. was cold cash. One of her lady
friends In Boston wanted loan of
So. 0C0 for week. and as the widow
didn't have It by her, and yet awfully
wanted to olliye. she was compelled to
ask for q loan. She would give Fifty
$4,000 worth of diamonds to hold as
security-having them In the hotel safe
but, of course, he wouldn't think of
such thing. He ran down and got the
money, and Was 50 tickled to be of
service that he would have stood on
his head if she had given the sign.
The millionaire bachelor with the
swollen ankles was the next victim.
His ankles We're much better but his
heart was in bad way. The wretched
idiot had fallen in love with the widow,
and he had just figured out to his own
satisfaction that he hadn't one show In
million, when a little pink note was
placed In his hand and he was almost
lifted out of his chair. He was asked
to meet the widow In that same plrlor.
and he didn't lose any valuable time
getting there. AS his first name was
Samuel suppose the woman called him
SAMMY" and she probably squeezed
his hand and made as big fool of him
as In the other cases. He wouldn't be
confidential With the rest Of US after
IT was all over AID we were comparing
notes, and SO I can't tell what excuse
she put forward to borrow money. He
owned UP that he handed over $500
in the long green. and would have
made 1t more had 1t been asked for.
Taken altogether there We're eleven
victims one by one we entered that