The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31

Corsican's many fields. All day long the cannon thundered and listeners souls thrilled with changing fears tn response Toward nIghtfall they ceased. No more firins was heard at Brussels that night; no more did the air shake suIlenly minute by minute; darkness came down upon the held and the city; and Amelia was praying fer George who was lying dead on his face with a bullet through his heaFt.
 Colonel and Mrs. Rawdea Cfawley entered Paris in triumph, with the yie- torious allies. and Rawdon, striving to live by play, got almost as badly Into debt in the French capital as he was In the British. Then old Miss CraW- ley died in England. and died unre- conciled to her nephew, Fhereupon Rshecca resolved on coup.
 She pointed out to Rawdon that while play was very well as hein 1t was not to be depended upon as a means of livelihood. She made him ey received for his commission and what she could rake and scrape in oth- CT ways she went to London and ef- fected a compromise with her hus- bands creditors, thus opening to him again the door of his native land.
 Rawdon followed her with the child, for Becky had by this time become a
 
 In an elegant little establishment in Curzon street.
 Becky now set out not only to five on nothing a year. but to do 1t on a grand scale The house and its fur nishings belonged to Raggles formerly butler to old Miss Crawley, who. upon leaving the service of that estimable spinster, had gone into the green gro- eery business, acquired a comfortable little fortune and bought the house at a bargain as an investment He had been brought up In the Crawley family and was, of course. delighted to be able to let his property to one of that illustrious race.
 Becky also made her peace with Miss Briggs, formerly companion to Mss Crawley, and engaged that poetic wo- man as companion for herself inct- dentally borrowing from her the lit- tie legacy which her former patFoness had left her. Colonel Crawley would invest 1t to such great advantage for dear Miss Briggs, Rebeoea said.
 Old Sir Pitt died and Rebecca and Rawdon journeyed to Queens CrAwley to the funeral, where she was speed fly reconeiled to the new Sir Pitt, and even the new baronet's wife--beFn La- dy Jane Sheepshanks-began to think, that the little woman had been sadly maligned.
 The Crawleys began giving elegant little parties which at first were at- tended only by the men; but the great Marquis of Steyne took up the adven- turous couple and ordered that they be received at his town residence of Gaunt House.
 That settled it. Rebecca now flew in the very highest society and her name was in all the fashionable in- telligence." She was presented at court and the Countess of Fitz- Willis spoke out distinctly to her three times at a dinner party.
 When that happeend to anybody there was no question any longer as to their social standing.
 Of course, Becky paid nobody--ex- cept now and then when a creditor got too pressing and Rawdon had won a little money at cards, or his wife had got hold of a little ready cash by skillful borrowing. Then she would give an importunate person a little on account to keep him quiet.
 Who would think of Fefusips credit to such great people "a the CFawleys now were? When sheN had party. game from Lord steyne' Srm at still brook and wine from b4seS helped her out immensely. As TAX 5ihe boy, little Rawdon, Rebeeca hay Swthe child and saw as little of him as possible until finally Lord Steyne got him g place In the famous Whitefriars school and he was out os the way.
 Lord Steyne also made Miss Briggs housekeeper at one of hls country places. giving Becky borrowed money to pay back to the spinster the boz rowaA lsRaeV, Rut MFs. Crowley com