Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10

the proceedings and everything went OF
exactly as arranged and am sure most
heartily congratulate your lordship.' said
the official. volpbly.
"Congratulate!!! On q blacksmith's soni
You-you-' %
The naughty earb became inarticulate
with anger. The registrar went on suavely.
niaeksmith's son. certainly, and 1
doubt II she could have had a better part
ner She had the ideas, and he had the
mechanical ability. Experts say that the
bicycle saddle they have invented Is just
the thing that the public have long been
waiting for, and waiting for in vain. do
a little business In financial way. and
the young man was good enough to intrust
the arrangements to me. / succeeded In
interesting the great company promoter.
Giliooley, in the invention after we had
secured the patents all over the world for
1t, and this morning the contracts were
signed. The young man Is to be made man
aging director of the company at large
lfc."
I-1-really don't know what you are
taxing about stammered the earl. "The
saddle on the public? 1 thought you said it
was to be put on bicycle?"
quite so, quite so. Gillooley has paid
your daughter 100000 cash, less my little
commission, and he intends to pass it on
the public for two millions. And he'll do
| it. too" * 49,
Then you-7-you-have married nobody re-
Gently, ! take it," gasped the earl.
Not likely! There is too much money
IN the cycle business for me to bother
| about marrying people. I send them Off to
a neighboring minister" -
will you excuse me If bid you good
morning. stammered his lordship.
Delighted to have you do so,' replied
the registrar.
This brings me to the conclusion Of the
episode l set out to relate, and all that
now remains for me to do is to marry; off
every one of my characters, after the man
ner OF accomplished story tellers, thus
avoiding the example set me by the money
making registrar. The particulars of the
Gwendolen saddle was printed in most Of
the leading English papers as reading mat
ter, but paid for as an advertisement by
the talented Gillooley. and swallowed as
real news by a gullible public, who sub
scribed the capital of the new company five
times over. The Information was cabled to
America. and in the New York papers Lord
de Benture Barbarrybush read that Lady
Gwendolen, only daughter of the Earl of
Stobcross, had become possessed of 81, 800 :
oOO. AS his lordship was at that moment
IN negotiation with stockbroker, who
would only give 81 100000 with his girl, and
that largely conditional on the. success of
the wheat corner, Lord de Benture fmme-
diately sailed for home, and told Gwen
dolen that he had been in America merely
to learn the best route to Klondike, which
was quite true. He found what he sought
by marrying Gwendolen at the parish
church. John A. Biggs ultimately welded
NE grocer daughter, Hannah Sprowle,
after the great saddle company had gone
into liquidation. The stubborn old Earl Of
Stobcross, who had been a widower for
twenty years, refuses to allow me to unite
him to any one, and says he doesn't care
hang whether my story is unpopular or
not on that account Old Peter was mar
ried already, as he found out to his cost
after the episode l have related when his
lrate wife nearly broke his head for being
such TOOL as to interfere in business that
dld not concern him, and thus offend Lady
Gwendoien and lose all chance Of getting a
share of her money