The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-17

- n boardings, in fields on the cov-
3X% en- OF magazines. on the back
N8A sheets Of newspapers, an adver-
yM tiscment headed .SS.S." APP
:&S pears with the regularity of the
Ill sa,n. Additional information Is
4<Sn.asd to the curious by the expansion
= 49, mystic signs into the words.
SIsSSkss galutary Sauce"--a condfment in
81 sarah Bras to tickle the palates
Is m hI1sband a compcsitor in the ofifce
~ Z provincial journal, made fortune out
~ Il ~ both Of them. He commenced
{ sals II small way by advertising It In
ES Columns he set up, while Sarah, renting
ltnhlo premises In the town. personally
ssufactured her Invention. The adver-
71Insnts were read, the sauce was APP
4 k1uvod 81, and az circles on the water Its
kns widened round the world. In twenty
tS6fs ~. and Mrs Bras were almost mil
f,aaifeG ard having turned their concern
h&o limited liability company, retired to
iJdr u old ara Of welI-earned ease and
X ssssfoft At Alristof Hall SIS" did its
SoIk Wsll. ana for once fortune bestowed
X ~ fsvurs on the deserving.
they Wecs wholly unlike the millionaires
4 u epmmssce or Of fiction, these two For
NJ Wef1 neither anxious 70 get into So
6ieay nor 1eslrous Of displaying their wealth
80 ~.s.,s,pftrn. Mr.. Rrax. indeed. had
s:sxsS ~ scvna ~ his natnraI ror1rhness
&hnx xAouldering his way through the
&os3d nj Sarah, hin wife. was a. much
\ 60 = she had been when she presided
~. IA kitchen Of ATiiston Hail. Now nhe
II IA Inc drawing-room, and could without
4oaet nav y. w - = n.o a'A =. s''e =
qe.reu. oa' mgr - 800. -. -a-s
- premises. ana her vsnts tneIo wc,e
~ ~ means infreQueht. pig Ien'a, l0 e.,
n ssss ne uneducated. rough. Warm-nearte9
$cman, Devoted 10 her nome anu 10 her
hn1aand. ! knew her value oetter tnan
y anyane. savc perhaps Helen; ana potn OF
B v we're extremely fond OF her, and indeed
"a Nj. Brag a.so They were typicai MT
1nl MrA Bonn.
But who am 7. you Will ashland who Is
q Helen. too! We'll. I who tell you this story
~ Godfrey Beauchamp, an idle Oxonian
"a urivatcy secretary to Mr.. Brag.
WNen / left Balliol my father. failing IN
Iji,1tpus' took his loss OF money and repu-
1ltton 10 seriously that he died of a broken
As2rt ana Joined my mother IN the next
Nm whittier she had long preceded him.
3h}dlnk myself an orphan, penniless, ana
aihort profession, cast about for en-
Slkpisat. answered an advertisement
n {o& 4 secretary In this way it was that l
became acquainted with Mr.. Brag. For
three years past / have looked after MS
s aasirs that is to say, have written his
ttters advised him as hest ! could, ana
have stood between his too kindly soul
ana the hungry horde of money-hunters
Ans he on his part has treated me more
IKE q s0n than paid servant, which l
have not failed to appreciate So COM
Portable position and SO kindly friend
come not to every man.
Then there Is Helen. She is looked upon
~ he daughter OF the house. as indeed she
y, seeing that she was born at the hail.
When Sir Ralph Alliston died, after
Rendthrift career, he left his only chic
without = penny. The hail was sold, ana
He proceeds went to pay on the mortgages
lnd the rest Of the debts. so Heie1' poor
nelpIess GIRL had no choice but 10 go out
governess. But Saran bras SOON
Msneed All tnat. she remembered He.eh
cniin. ana when the haii was pui !,
tSsseu ~ tue money made out =. .;..,
~ soaxht OUT the orphah anu hi'S'eA
upSn ner returning.
~, a. w own chiid, eApiaimeu .ns SYN III,
MA s al .ial anu me am IA.
~ a.. WIN oaoi .e,. No. ,na. ss,,,,stsr
n. -, NJ. cou,u ese. ,s, 49, ~ sat-
~ NE 'conveniences' OF society"
% kindly and 81 liharalix, rY1uda So she
came back to her ancestral home. and
3 found existence made as nieasant for her
ssNr. ana Mrs Rrar co,lld make It.
Then ii came about that as 7 was Young
and Helen altogether charming we fell IN
love with each other. much TO the delight,
be II said, Of our patrons. Eventually It
was arranged that I should be Helen's hus-
band and that she should expect to in
heritths substantiai profits from "s. SIS"
And II might alvise Mr.. Beauchamp,"
take the name and arms Of A,Iiston by
!.sht Of Ellen here; so that when we are
y IN the old place where they have been
aor Lord knows what number of years.
the ancestors you'll sI have Ds ' Why ,bere's
z church chock full of email knights
and barmtes, fine, amt itg
agreed that 1t was "ane." and with
neien's consent, indeed. at her express