The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-16

too, the dining room was the best place to
snow china, of course. But Just what
was the china?
Thus she rumlnated as she passed
through the long hall and ushered the man
into the old-fashioned dining room.
You are very fortunate in having so
much beautiful old furniture" their guest
remarked. In so many families 1t gels
scattered but you seem to have a mine of
it here, and the china, If it IS the china"
He stopped. Elmira was fumbling at The
door-knob. She entered proudly and walk
ed across to the table where she deposited
her burden. There we're O pitcher, some
cups and a platter with dull red pattern
running over them.
1T isv' he cried exultantly.
"Of course!" Elmira assented careless!y
II knew it as soon as the paper tod about
il and wanting to find the other pieces
There are more up stairs, but this is all
l could bring at once"
There was some more conversation and
a search of the family Bible. and the man
deaarted.
Elmira saw him to the door, then she
slammed it hard and fairly ran back to
where her sister was waiting, and dropped
into The old rocker, and began to rock
violently TO ard fro.
eve are somebody" she announced tri-
liza. We can he Daughters of the Revolu-
tion, and Colonial Danes, and Descendants
of the Mayfiower, and-and-" she was
fairly out of breath
"I'd cool off little If I was YOU her
sister suggested. Kind of slow up, can't
you, Elmira, and tell me all about it. You
know l couldn't go9'
"Of course not, you poor dear" Eimira
leaned forward and kissed her tenderly.
but you're q Josslyn just the same.
Amelia and you've The looks more'n any
one there. l always said you had, YOU
know.
There was a lot there, and at first I
felt kind O queer. And you had to cell all
you knew, about your ancestors to a man,
and he had lot of papers and seemed to
know about everybody. and he said I was
very straight descended-that means you
you of course too, only you weren't there
and he was talking about me, and he in
troduced me to a woman and said some
thing extra | didn't hear, but it made her
extra nice TO me and she took me around
and introduced me to most everybody.
and they was as fine a looking set OF
folks as / ever see. even if l do say it,
and they're relations.
They've been having a dreadful
time Strengthening out some records and
trying to trace out some pattern that was
on some china that came over in the MAY
flower aud was used In England before
that. A lot OF the sons had had whole
sets made like it and it had got all scat
tered round. and when they came 10 de-
scribe IT, It came across me all Of a sud
den o. that box Of crocBery UP in the at
tie, that grandfather gave us and we didn't
ever use cause twas so old and cracked
So up and told EN- about it,"
fright out fore everybody" Amelia
gasped
"Of counsel Wasn't / as much JOS
slyn as any OF en-, even II my last name
isn't Josslyn? My middle name is. any
way. and persons middle names just as
much their own as their last.
"WeI, they were dreadfully Interested,
and told 'em lots OF things they didn't
seem to know, and / guess they was glad
/ came.
That man didnt seem 20 more'n hair
believe We had the china. 80 l just brought
him OCT 20 see for himself guess the
Jossiyns am mposiors. lie could see for
himseif." she turned her head proudly
And that man is worth S3.oo000" she
couided O. her sisted impfesisfeiy, Three
million dollars. and bo'a 4 bag swell ami
h. haFni bot ore piece ~ the china with
the J0aalyn pattern On IL, ana thal came 20
him through AN aunt"
Ehc glance as ihe table oAultaDug.