The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-02

Higbee- Smith, the Standard Oil mag
nate, or Wellington-Smith the copper
king, or OgiIvie-Smith of California
gold mine fame?
Hutchins said he was sure she was
Higbee-S Smith, for she had old man
Higbee- Smiths chin. He had often
seen him on Change and knew him
weIl-by sight. Knowlton grumbled
that he was sure she was a yelling
ton-Smith, for she had old man Wei
lington- Smiths cheek. But no one
paid any attention to Knowlton. for
he had been very properly snubbed by
the young lady when he had tried to
force his acquaintance upon her the
first evening, during the temporary abb
sence of the Lorgnette, and he was
naturally sore, for, being a Knowlton
of KnowltonvilIe, he considers himself
as good as the best However, as
Billy Miller remarked with his usual
astuteness, she was SOMEBODY
daughter, that was sure. They all
laughed.
The obviousness of your remark,
my boy" said Hutchins, lis it's own re-
ward"
But mean a somebody with a cap
ital s." explained Billy.
Leaning against the piazza post, He
| heard this discussion going on in the
billiard room and smiled For He
knew. He had guessed from the first.
He looked over to the other end of the
piazza, where Miss Smith was queen
ing it over a group of young people of
both sexes. and smiled again.
"She looks the part all right" He
murmured to himself, noting the easily
| worn elegance of her attire
He had occasion to smile often dur
ing the weeks that followed, as He
watched each of the gilded youths
SINCE his wings in turn at the flame
of Miss Smiths destinations.
so you say there is no hope for
me?' He heard young Hutchins muir
muir dejectedly, as the canoe gIided by
! the bank on which He sat-
None whatever" She was dabbliing
her hand over the side and watching
the silvery ripples left by her fingers
| in the sun fiecked water.
Il suppose it's the difference in our
positions" limited Hutchins.
Yes, it's the difference in our posi-
tons, said Miss Smith, and the smile
that was on His face was reflected
about her lips, too.
An, thought He, "she has a sense
OF humor. She is all right
VI course I'm only a brokers' clerk
now, but 1 have prospects. My ia
ther-"
One cannot live on prospects," Miss
AAiiNbiA VI uCAly IGtIllHu6Q MN.
II don't expect to-" Hutchins drew
himself up stifffy. II am now earning
$40 a week"
(which is just enough to keep you
In wine and cigars"
Hutchins wilted
How much-or how little-do you
think you could live on?' he asked
presently, when he had recovered.
Five thousand year? 1 know some
naOnln MyhA IL Iixra
In"
Il couldn't live on five millions a
year-with you-Mr. Hutchins," said
Miss Smith, so that settles it.
And it did settle it so far as Hutch
ms was concerned. But it was not so
easy to convince Knowlton and Billy
Miller of their ineligibility to hold the
position of Somebody Smith's son-in-
law. Knowlton had visions of a fat
bunch of Standard Oil stock as a we'd
ding gift, and Miller thought that the
least the Copper King could do for his
daughter was to present her with a
few copper mines as a marriage por-
ton.
Il never had such a strenuous four
weeks in my life" Miss Smith remark
ed to the Lorgnette, as she packed
away her stunning gowns the night be-
fore her departure.
Crisp, cool October had come. 1t was
a day that made the appetite so keen
that 1t was not even discouraged by
the ever present fried-oyster- rand beef
-with-onions odor that hung about
the quick lunch restaurant.
He ordered an oyster stew and cup
of coffee. and ate his lunch with his
eyes on the clock Then he picked up
his thirty-five cent check and his eye
fell upon his neighbours, which was
punched over the figure Is. From the
check his eye Travelled to it's owner
"Why, Miss Smith" He exclaimed.
What are you doing down town?
Come to see after your stocks and
bonds in Wall street, 1 suppose?"
Her smile answered the twinkle in
his eye.
Yes" she said, sit is a case of stocks
and bonds. but
She stopped suddenly as she saw him
looking at her wrists and they both
laughed. She had forgotten to remove
her paper cuffs!
I'm in a brokers office" she said:
but you knew it all the time. / saw
ii in your face the very first week.
Why didn't you give me away?"
He looked at her reproachfully. LAS
If I would! But why did you do it?
You seem such a sensible sort of girl"
well, even a sensible girl likes to
have a little fling once in while" she
said, looking down in a half shame
faced way. Il had saved a little mon
ey and happened to have some pretty
decent clothes. so the woman 1 board
with-she of the gold lorgnette-and 1
thought we'd like to swell it for a
month-just as an experiment"
And was the experiment satisfac-
tory?"
Perfectly. I've learned that it's
clothes that make the man.. BY the
way, MIR. Hutchins came into the office
the other day while 1 was writing a
letter on the typewriter. I don't think
he'll repeat the offer of his heart and
hand-and prospects,"
so you've had your fill of gilded
youths?"
II most assuredly have" said Miss
Smith emphatically. Give me the
man without prospects,"
why, certainly said he, holding