The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-09-28

| The M|LL|ONA|RE'S MATCHBOX.
~ Barry Pain.
He had pressed upon me one Of hia own

u ~ Barry RAtns q
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
He had pressed upon me one Of his own
high priced cigars.
"Thanks," I said. "11atch?"
"Haven't you got one Of your ownT
"No. Come on. Hurry"
My friend the millionaire looked per-
turbed for a moment. Then his counte-
nance cleared. "We shall be at Waterloo
In 20 minutes" he said, land then we
can get light at the refreshment room.
They never mind your taking a match or
two"
mo good" l said. II want to smoke
now. Hand over your box"
With great reluctance he handed me his
gold matchbox, with his monogram on 1t
In emeralds-a pretty, unostentatious lit
tie toy. He shut both the carriage win
dows, so that no draft should necsssitats
the use Of more than one match.
opened the box and examined the con-
tents with care. He did not like the ex-
animation. He WINGED under II. He
grew nervous.
"Come. come" he said. eight mp and
give me the box back"
alas this been going on long" asked.
what do you mean?"
You know perfectly well what mean.
There are several different kinds of wax
matches in this box"
We'll, there's nothing in that. Some
tunes l Duy one kind ana sometimes an
other.
=. ~. sou uon pus siA 1neh. linus ~
- ~ Va ~
!"ur WA an SUIT! 10 say INA. you
are thief, a match thief. You probably
are liar also, for l doubt If you have
ever pougnt matenes.at any rate, In re-
I'm years repea' on my auestion-nas
tn.s peeh gong ON long!
iney oon niino your taxing ono OF
Two, ne saiu ieeDiy.
But now about si1! Tnere are hve
matches here OF special quality long In
tne snank' thicAer tnan usual maoe OF
soou WINNIE "aA' Aheie WIZ pe Only iouE
directly, because l am going to hight my
cigar with one OF them. Where did you
ger tnem
cup SUBSCRIPTION every year, ana surely
nave rignt
You nave no more right TO take away
the ciuD matches tnan you nave TO pock-
et tine cluo spoons, ana you know It.
Wnat ABOUT THIS match! IL mas oeen
carried loose IN pocket and Is dirty. IL
mas PINK nead. IL ID eVioently OF
very cheap KIND. snouia say II saved
the smoker do per cent Wnere oio you
re.
-. oH ne .I nc sau na %: won
SUBMIT 10 these qmestlons' Tive me my
box back at once" He made grab at
It, but ! eiuded hlm.
.;ons lou and az an 10 o there .rris aIess
-
'yu want " De sno"n up ,,
IN my enthusiasm ! nau showed my
cigar 10 20 out. rent WIN tne rail-
way porters ma.cn "ilnou1 paying tne
.easl "''eh'ion ~ Inc iniiiiohaires Wv
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pii. an" "uu' "n -: o" :ou W
nu, none tne less am Derever IN ruin
any honesty even IN s'na'' matters'
an" ..nt ;, .L.. d.. .,.
.ntt >, e '"eA
ny su ,uu VI
W"' :, neI see ellm' ! nave E"l
10 PUNISH IT, an spar'ns you pubic
e sas anu perhaps a long so9ourn IN
,e.on 81. anu IT. - ta.N, -. "a9
" s1as ..t,I w e ,:,'
~. ~ o "i'o"eu eons'ah'! " ~ ou' nAs
'n,s' $50,
reh. II "tn tne matcn .na1 !ne nttle
BOY nad dropped. Inc miihonaire near
sSreanieu WIN anguish l1r was the
.n',u nia'cn nau .aAen' ne snio ina.
u oena'en Ill olher nat!ers as uiu
WIN regard TO matcnes shouio soon De
ruined man. l continued: :,
nut tnougn 1 spare you puonc uls-
s sf .he punishment must ue seVere.
MY OVID conscience wouia never De easy
II dld NOT DO my duty-it did NOT give
you lesson when you would nor De
ikeiy TO forget. l am sorry ror you'
Out cannot oe heiped.
lei tne "indow Gown VIVID Dang