The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12

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he might be able to farm comfortably, and
keep mis- head above the waters of debt
and bankruptcy even if he did not make
much Of a profit
On the morning Of the second day, which
was the last of the three days of grace
after che falling in OF his bill of sale, he
debated with himself whether he should
take the money, and go into the town to
| the solicitor who held his bond and pay
il off, or whether he should wait for the
appearance of some one to make the de-
mand. He decided to wait
About o'clock III the afternoon Liz,
the maid-of-all- work, came to him in the
barn.
Mr.. Subbs" said she, there's two gem
tiemen to see you-leastways, a gentle
man and man"
John Stubbs knew then that the solicit
tor had come, or sent, to claim the rights
OF the bill of sale He screwed UP his
confidence, and went in Not the lawyer,
but the lawyers son, who was a pleas
anter person than his father, waited for
him in the parlor and with him was an
other-the kind of humble and furtive re-
tainer who was easily to be recognized as
"a man in possession"
well, Mr.. Stubs" said the young law
yer, Il suppose you know the business I've
| come upon?"
oh, yes" said John, II can guess"
The bill of sale, you know" continued
The young man, must be met to-day. or
| take formal possession. Are you prepared
to pay It, Mr.. Stubs? 1 suppose you are
not"
Don't suppose TOO fast" said John. go.
| ing TO the secretaire, and lingering in his
/ pocket Tor the key of a certain drawer
! Fle yet felt a singular reluctance to open
/ the drawer and produce the bag of gold
/ Bat he must do it; and he did it. He drew
| the horrid bag out, and flung it on the ia
bic THERE! said he. There's enough
money IN that to pay your Billy Sale two
or three times overt"
! The young lawyer and his man looked
| on in some surprise. John with uncertain
/ and trembling fingers undid the bag thrust
| in his hand, and drew out handful of the
! gold, and began to count the individual
/ coins one, two, three, and so on, under the
! eyes of the young lawyer They looked
! good gold, but-but there was a something
| in the sound of them that made the young
man uspiclous-something also that seem
/ ed queer in the whole situation. The young
man picked up one, and rang it. He shook
! his head ana looked at it,; and then he
looked hard al John Stubs, who was
watching him.
This won't do, Mr. Stubbs" said the
young man.
What won't do?" asked John, with
| blanched face.
This money. 1t isn't money Where did
! you get it?"
"Where did get 1T? reckon they're as
good golden sovereigns as ever was coin
! ed"
Look at them" said the young man; Eat
any one of them. You should know good
coin as wen as | do"
John reluctantly picked a coin up and
! looked al it. Certainly it was not marked
| like a sovereign. He rang it on the table:
nor did il sound like true gold. Horror and
despair seized him, and showed in his set
pale face. He said no word but looked fix
eddy at the young man.
I'm very sorry for you, Mr.. Stubs ="
said the young lawyer, awfully sorry! But
/ this looks bad-WOrse than you think may
/ bel These things are only counters; they're
| called Hanoverian sovereigns suppose
you haven't heard that the night before
last an actor, Jerry Owen, was murdered
In A lane by the theater in Fulford, and
/ that the only thing missing from him was
! bag of HanoVerian soVereigns-the sham
money that he used in playing the miser
| at the theaterP'
| Sham money! exclaimed John Stubbs
| below his breath.
Besides" continued the young lawyer
d" dog was found watching by .Ihe dead
man. The dog is now at the police station
I've seen it. 1 believe I know IL"
MY God'' moaned John Stubs, "Oh
ray poor Jenny!'
He looked about him wildly He stepped
back suddenly and took a gun from a cor
! ner. Before ii was possible TO guess what
| lie would be at, or 10 interfere, he had
| turned the muzzle to his breast and pulled
/ the trigger. He fell, and the two men
/ ran to him. The report of the gun had
| alarmed the house and presently John
Stubbs wife futtered in. just risin from
her bed with a shawl about her. She flew
TO her husband, and knelt by him.
! Jenny, lass" said he fixing his blazing
I eyes on her, I'm sorry. but I've messed It
all up" And so he died.
The poor woman was frantic with grief
ana the young lawyer and his man stood
back and permitted the maid from the
| kitchen and the man from the barn 10
| press in and forward. The young law
yer quietly put the few exposed "Hano-
| verian soveretgns" back in the bag and
| stuffed the bag into his pocket; then he
| drew his man TO the door.
you see he's dead" he said. so there's
no need for you or me to say word about
this bag. I'm going out to throw it into
the pond. I'll be back in a moment"
When he came back he talked a little
while with the poor, distracted wife, and
tried to comfort her. He gathered that
she knew nothing of the bag OF sham gold
| and SO he felt safe in what he had done
And thus it came to pass that, while the
neighborhood was ineXpressibly shocked
by John Subb's suicide and was exceed
ngly kind and helpful TO his widow, il was
never known who killed Jerry owen, the
miser of Les Cloches de Corneville."
Crhe Enid
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