The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-27

first, and see what luck you've got"
The girl obeyed. Piece after piece
she tore from the fresh aromatic loaf.
But no dollar made it's appearance.
well, said Jimmy, IF you amt
got no luck, 1 amt. But here goes"
With a sudden dig he tore the en-
tire inside from his loaf of bread.
Then he shouted aloud wit glee.
Gee" he yelled, Il got it! 1 got
it, Molly"
silver dollar. It's gold-gold, Jim
myi"
With frantic haste Jimmy crumbled
the bread in his hand. And then with
sudden ecstasy he caught the girl
by the waist and waltzed with her
around the room.
In place of the silver dollar that
he thought was there, there was
something else. And that something
else was not a silver dollar; it was not
a gold dollar; it was not five-dOllar
gold piece-that is, not one five-dollar
gold piece, but six of them, a round
half dozen, nothing more and nothing
less.
Thirty dollars!" exclaimed Jimmy
thirty dollars, and it's mine. Gee,
but old Helmstaedter blew himself for
fair. Won't we have a time to-mor-
rows Say, we'll"
He stopped His face paled He
trembled, for he had suddenly thought
| of something. He stepped to the side
of Molly Middleditch and put his hand
| upon her shoulder and looked down
upon the ground.
'Mollie, girl he said huskily, this
must mean somethin' to us. I was
thinkin' that we'd blow this in to-
morrow But I've thought O. some
thin else, little girl. It's what we've
been lookin' for, Molly. We've been
encaitched FIR now goin on four year"
He stopped. MOLLY, girl he went on,
drawing her toward him, will you
come with me down to tn Alderman's
down to Mulligan's-and get hitched
up, FIR better, FIR worse, FIR richer, f'r
! poorer. Wen be so happy. And I'll
! get a job somehow. l know l will.
| win you come with me, Molly. girl?"
Pretty Molly Middleditch hid her
| face on Jimmy's shoulder. "Tll go
with you, Jimmy Burke" she said.
They went. And from that time on
| pretty Molly Middleditch was Mrs.
! Jimmy Burke. And it was even so as
| Jimmy Burke had said. He did get a
! job, and a good one, and he kept it.
For Jimmy Burke is a mighty good
man whether he's a husband in the
! home, or a hustler in the shop. He's
all right all the time.
That same night a man sat in an
| obscure part of town with a CLEAN Of
satisfaction on his face. The man
was Shifty Shift, and he was count
ing over a roll of bills and few gilt
tering coins.
Gee" said Shifty Shift IT got away
with old Tortoni, all right, I'm think
ing. But. say. wasn't / scared when
! run down them steps thinkn' that
the cops was on my coat-tails. If it
had been them instead of the Dutch
man, say, l wouldn't have had time
to unload. I'm only sorry. now it's all
over, that l slung them sinners away
as l did. Well, what of it. l got
enough, and the half dozen or dozen
yellows that I fired across Dutchys
room won't make much difference.
Besides Dutchy, or his men, will pick
em up, and they'll make good New
Years presents for 'em. It's all right,
Shifty Shift, my boy. all right"
The next day Tortoni did not dis
turb Mrs Jimmy Burke. He was
very much employed in bemoaning
his substantial loss. His misfortune
gradually became known In the neigh
borhood, and there was considerable
enjoyment over his discontinue.
one night Jimmy Burke came home
10 and Mrs. Jimmy Burke with
perplexed countenance.
Jimmy" said Mrs Burke, what
do you think7 ! asked old Helm
staedter n he put those gold pieces
IN the bread that night. He said he
didn't"
What" said Jimmy. Whats