The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-19

What was in that Dutch bottle, Mr Venus? We'll have 1t out of him; we'll
 have 1t out of him. He's picked up a feller as he calls his sectary and placed
 him above me, MT. Venus. Fust thing
 he does he discharges that sectary. 1 Then, sir. me and you will share our
 rightful property l said I'd give you
 half of anything I found, and I'll stand | by it, Mir. Venus"
 | MT. Venus had been thus taken into | partnership by the amiable Wegg in | consideration of the said Venus return
 ing to the said Wegg the missing leg, | or what remained of it, which had once
 been the property of MT. Boffin's liter
 ary man. Mir. Venus was in the taxi dermist's line of business and also made | speciality of putting together and piecing together skeletons, the diff | ferent parts of which he supplied from collection of what he called human various" Into this collection Mir Vegas leg had gone after the accident which had deprived him of 1t, and when | he became prosperous through MT. Boffins generosity, Mir Wegg longed to rescue that leg: useless as it would | ever be to him again. He wanted it as another literary man might have longed for first folio.
 Now that he had found the will Wege
 would have crawled out of paying up; | uul FeHuS was SO SHafp that ne sur prised the secret of the discovery from his partner almost before the partner knew 1t.
 Now said MT, wegg, we'll give the Minion few days grace to see
 If we can find anything else in the mounds and then we'll come down on him."
 MT. Venus assented rather gruffly
 and insisted upon being made the GUS f0dfnn hA xnytIl
 which Wegg assented with a very bad
 grace.
 While the loss of fortune was thus impending over the Golden Dustman. very serious affair took place in his household. Bella had once confided to Mrs. Lammie that the secretary had | proposed to her. Now. MT. and Mrs.
 Lammie, being at the end of their re- sources, conceived that it would be a | paying investment for Mrs. Lammie | to inform MT. Boffin of his secretary's 8 1 presumptuous act. It would bring | about Rokesmith's discharge and bis i place could be filled with profit by Mrs
 Lammie's dear Alfred" So she caught
 MT. Boffin alone and told. She caught
 she caught him. In fact. when he was | not feeling particularly imiable, for she caught him while he was coming
 from an interview with MT. Venus. In this interview the worthy pro- prietor of human various" had sought, he had told MT. Boffin of the discovery
 of the will. the intentions of Silas Wegg, and then had washed his own hands of the whole business, Neither would he have any reward from Mir. Boffln for betraying his partner. Mir. Venus was naturally an honest man. | and Vegas ingratitude and villainy had become too strong for him. He promised Mir. Boffin. however, that he would still keep up an appearance of
 being in it." and needlesSrto say, Bof-
 fin later found a way of smoothing
 Venus's path in life.
 So, going to his home fresh from the interview with Mrs. Lammle. the Col den Dustman. in the presence of his wife and Bella. called fiercely: Send Rokesmith here"
 Don't be alarmed" said he to Bella. I'll see you lighted" and then, as John Rokesmith entered. Mir Boffin turned on him and. shaking his fist sir, tamper unknown to me with this young lady? It was sheer insolence for you even to think of this young lady. This young lady was lying in wait as she has a right to. for money. You have no money This young lady was looking about in the market for a good bit; she isn't to be snapped up by a fellow like you"
 oh" cried Bella. pray say some- thing for Nle. Mrs. Boffin."
 "Old lady, hold your tongue" said Mir. Boffin. "I'r right you. my dear"
 But you don't right me-" sobbed Bella.
 Don't he distressed, Miss Wilfer." said Rokesmith. Tt matters very little now"
 Here Mrs. Boffln began crying. and MT. Boffin told her to stop her noise Co pack up; get out! The quicker the better" roared the Golden Dust man to the secretary. and all the time Bella was sobbinG and begging John to forgive her.