The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-02
The Central Store, 'ad
was relieved at last by his

worthiness. I was relieved at last by his
confidence. ifn nae &1t73
Il was engaged once,' he said, at last,
with reminiscent eye on the shuv-apen-
ny board.
80 near as thatr
He looked at me 80 near as thatr
Fact Isl He looked about him, brought
his face close to mine, lowered his voice
and fenced off an unsympathetic world
with a grmy hand LIZA STE aain't dead
or married to some ore else or anything
I'm engaged still. Now He confirmed
this statement with mods. and facial con-
tortions. @Still,f he Said, ending the pam
tomime, and broke into reckless smile
at my surprise. 'Mer'
Run away" Unexplained further with
coruscating eyebrowson&' Come iome."
That amt all."a.. +..r
You'd 'ardly believe It," he said, but
found treasure. Found a regular treas
ure."
faneied this was irony, and did not per-
! haps greet 1t with proper surprise Yes"
he said. II found treasure And come
ONE. 1 ten you 1 could surprise you with
things that has happened to niena' And for
some time he was content to repeat that
he had found a treasure-and left 1t.
made no vulgar clamor for a story
but / became attentive to Mr. Brisher's
bodily needs and presently led him back
to the deserted lady. 35a14 liale
She was nice girl" he saba little
sadly ] thought. And respectable"
He raised his eyebrows and frightened his
mouth TO express extreme respectabillty-
beyond the likes of US elderly men.
1T was long way from 'ere. Essex, in
fact, near Colchester 1t was when was
up in London-in the buildin' trade.
was smart young chap then / can tell
you. Slim, ad best cloes, s good as any
body. 'At-sIlk at, mind you" Mr.
Brisher's hand shot above his head toward
the @nfnite to indicate silk hat of the
highest. Misunderstanding, Very care
jul l was"
He was pensive for a little while. think
ing, as we must all come TO think sooner
or later, of the vanished brightness of
youth. But he RETAINED from the oppor-
tune moral. -
II got to know 'er through a man what
was engaged to 'er sister. She was stop
ping in London for bit with an aunt that
'ad a shop. This aunt was very partic-
ular-they was all very particular people
all 'er people was-and wouldn't let 'er
sister go out with ahis Teller except 'er
other sister, my girl that Is, went with
them. So e brought me into II, sort of to
ease the croWding. We used to 20 walks
In Battersea park of a Sunday afternoon.
liked 'er from the start, and. well though
say 1t, who shouldnt-she liked me- You
know 'ow 1t is, / dessay?"
pretended 1 did.
And when this chap married Ter sister
i'm and me was great friends-what must
e DO but arst me down 10 Colchester, close
by where she lived. Naturally / was in
trojuced to 'er people, and we'll, very soon.
her and me was engaged" He repeated
/ engaged" She lived at 'ome with Ter
father and mother. quite the lady. In a
very nice little 'ouse withaa garden. and
remarkable respectable people they was.
Rich you might call EN- almost. Thew
owned their own 'ouse-got 1t out of the
building society and cheap, because the
chap who had IL before was a burglar. and
IN prison-and they 'ad a bit of free'old
land, and some. cottages and money m
vested; they was What you'd call snug and
warm. tell you, l was on. Furniture
too. Why. They 'ad pianner. Jane
'er name was Jane-used to play II sum
days. and very nice she played too. There
wasn't 'ardly i'm toon In the book She
couldn't play.
'Many's the eyenin' we've met and Sung
Inns, me and 'er and the family.
" Ter father was quite q leadIn' mar,
In chapel You should ha' seen him sun
days. interrupun the minister and eivIn'
out inns. He ,ad gold spectacle I re-
member, and used to look over EN- al Won
while he sang bearty-he was ALWAYS
great on slngin' 'earty to the Lord. ana
when he got out O. toon 'arf the peopIe
went after 'ju-always. e was that SORT
of man. And 10 walk behind i'm In is nice
black clothes-'is at was brlmmer-nade
one regular proud 20 be engaged to such
father-in-law. And when rha summer
came l went down there ana stopped
fortnight. 1 .rT
Now. you know there vas A sort of
'Iich," said Mr.. rBrlsher WE wanted to
marry. me and Jane did, and est things
settled. But e said 'ad 20 get proper
position first. Consequently there was a
Itch. Consequently whom | wont down