The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-11


POOH said George.
"Ahr' said the man. gasping and wip-
| Ing his eyes Him was as was good 20
| do It Is good to say pooh 10 1t, no doubt.
| I've been told the facts, SIR. You saved
my lads life at the risk Of your own. 1
say. God bless you for L., and l say He
blessed me. too, by shown me how to
rise and reward yod out Of the pit OF my
own temptation"
Il want no reward" said the doctor.
rather sharply. But 1t will be something
Of one to ne 10 hear your adequate eX-
PLANTATION of why you have not hitherto.
to my knowledge been near the hospital
since your boy was brought to H."
Gould I help it, sir l must move on
and keep the pot a bilin'. / swear never
guessed at Jemmy's danger | come back
here the moment 1 were free. Shelp me,
YOU dunno what il is 10 tumble for a liVin'
and your heart burstin' with anxiety"
ITO tumble? You are a mountebank,
them"
I'm a hacrobat, sir, a street hacrobat.
else l might never have been put in the
way to reward Jemmy's benefactor."
Il have been told you want no reward.
You can't understand that. in case like
this. success is its own"
The acrobat shook his head
IT'S your individual lawful property"
he said. I'm only the unworthy instru-
ment under Providence whose ways is
past telling. To think thai you should
be the heir 60 that very identical house
I've had my heye on a six-moath. 1t
were no chance. I'll swear but dispen-
satlon as learned me the truth at the last
moment"
lie turned to the gasalier.
Here it is" he went on II brought 1t
down in a cab the moment l could lay
hands on It. Now. lookr'
The young doctor still in two minds as
to his visitors sanity, advanced no fur
Their protest, but stood dumbly watching.
From the ancient lumber the acrobat de-
tached one of the three bulky ormolu
weights that lay upon the rug at the end
of their chains. He raised IL in his hands
Heavy, amt it," said he; and, placing
II on the table, unlocked and deposited
its two companions by lis side
"Now," said he. IF this don't answer
to my expectations. I'm"
Too suddenly fiurried to finish the sem
tence, he seized a weight and held IT be-
tween his knees. with the action OF one
drawing a recalcitrant cork from a bot
lie.
"Ah!' he cried triumphantly, and came
erect, rapidly unscrewing a sort Of stop
per from the crown Of the thing.
And then a wonder came TO 1taht " for
>
cHnking rain of gold pieces fell and scat
tered from a hollow vessel upon the table.
Good" chuekled the acrobat. And
now for the other two"
Mine hundred and seventy-fve
pound" said Mr. Montagu looking uD
breathlessly from a swift calculation.
"All yours sir every penny of it, by will.
o. I've learned the facts, and it's not
proportion of what you deserve"
hArr l..
George, speaking as II in a dream
That's explained in q sentence" an
swered the acrobat stoutly. Top balanc-
ing Is part of my business Owe know
what that means? No? Listen to this
then: My mate holds pole perpendicular
from pocket in his belt, and UP ii l goes
and balances. I sees a'many things in
course through fust-hoor winders-tbings
not always meant for me That was the
case in the present instance. We was
comm down Bridge street last July In
the dog days, and stopped outside your
uncle's house. The sash was up, for air.
/ see the old man shut into his room
gloatin' over his wealth, and see the Sc
cret of his hidin' place. 1t we're an in
Simultaneous pictur revealed to me in
flash; then the old screw made me out
sudden, and rushed with a hoath and
snatched down the blind. 1t struck a rare
months. When Jenny was a-tumbiing
with all his little soul put into ii: "Ah,
my lad!" ia cogitate; IF could be pres
ent at the sale o. that old lick-pennys eff
fects some day, l don't doubt I could
leave We a forum. The fancy so dwelt
with me that somehow I've made out my
season ever since In the neighborhood Of
this here watering place; and that's how
my boy come TO your horspital It's a
10. rTet-s
very mornin'. hurryin' back from
weeks tower on my way
to visit Jenny, l passed the house
that had been so long IN my thoughts, and
see the sale of Its effects advertised for
O'Clock 1t caught me by the throat Ike
a shower bath. by gumr says l, now
or never! and l went in, took stock of
the very Notwithstanding there sure
enough as innocent as emptness-and felt
myself a made man. Then l come on to
the horspital and learned the truth of
everything. Il was common tu,k
this OF your barren w.ndfan. Jenny him
self knew all about It, and told me he did
Very well, Mr.. Montagu, thinks 1. You're
either a devil or human, and you've got
10 prove yourself Have / done so. sir?
But, after all, it amt much putin you in
the way of your own In exchange for Jem-
my's life"
upon minute inNeSuGation, there SEEM
ed 10 evolve Itself. from obscure docu-
mentary evidence, a hint that George
Georges great-uncle had contemplated,
amidst vain procrastination, the drawing
up of a clew to tho treasures hiding place
for the ultimate benefit of his inheritor
Whether or no this was the case, two in
disputable claims followed the discovery;
the living young mans TO the property;
the dead mlser's TO a no longer disputed
character for parsimony.
AS for Mr. Montagu. beyond a reluc-
tant consent TO receive back the flO ven
tured by him in the service OF Jemmy's
benefactor, he steadfastly and persistent
ly declined to accept for his probity any
part, great or little of the disinterred
gold. And In this resolve we must hold
him right.