Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-08

I
Howard Philips. man Of leisure and
collector OF antiques, turned to his
companion. hardly knowing which he
admired most. the inanimate wooden
treasure or the beautiful girl.
IF acceptable to you. Miss Yorke.
viii take the meiodeon, giving you in
exchange the typewriter and a bonus
Of $50" he finally said. THE instrn-
ment is beauty and very rare speci-
men," he added.
The final arrangements were COM
pleted. and the next day found Ethel |
In possession of a typewriter and Phil
| Ups with the melodeon. Philips went
on with his search for antiques. but
somehow he felt that the greatest
treasure on which his eyes had rested
An months-aye. even years-was the
girl whose face seemed to haunt his
| dreams.
A terrific snow and hail storm kept
him indoors some weeks after the pur-
/ chase. and Philips sat down before the
instrument to see what sort of music
1t would produce. His fingers ran over
the keys. but no sound came forth.
/ I1t Bcuuieu Will BEcdtci lOtSCs yCs d.
lence was his only reward.
Something was wrong within. and
his deft fingers went ito work in the:
mechanism. and after several minutes
search he was rewarded by finding
package pressed against the keys.
The package was apparently a wad
Of old papers: but, With. the true in
stinct Of the collector, Philips began
to undo the yards and yards Of Irvine
about the long bundle. He was speech
less. Before him lay pile of bills.
money that was not his BY any other
right than possession. The girls
money! r Tgs
He counted 1t carefully twice-$ls3 800
He must End the girl and return It.
Here was the longed for excuse to see
her again.
The storm had somewhat abated.
and in few minutes he started to the
little apartment In search Of the girl.
He was informed that the Yorkes had
moved out three weeks ago. Wherei
Nobody knew! The janitor thought
> they had moved to smaller fat In
! | Harlem. ~
!. Now that he could not find the girl
I Philips realized the folly OF not having
a kept track of her. Perhaps 1t had
! been love at first sight Indeed. as be
thought about 1t seriously he knew
that he was very much In love. But
how could he tell her 80 II he could
n not find her?
A visit to the postoffiee left him none
l. the wiser. They furnished no ad
|. dresses. He drafted home to his 'oper
n FIRE and the evening paper. He sat II
u the twilight gazing In the embers. ant
1t seemed that every fame carried
:. with 1t a shadow Of the girl.
He read the advertisements frou
, force of habit and was about to throw
the paper down and refill his pip
when his eye caught this ad.:
&c young lady will give French lesson
- in exchange for lessons on the type
n writer. Apply after g. q. T. Y.
Broadway"
= Philips sat up bit straighter in hi
a armchair. Could 1t be she? At 1eas
10 it was worth finding out.
"a At o'clock that evening Philip
rang the bell of the Harlem fat. to
=. admitted and made welcome by Ethe
n You see, Miss Yorke, I am her
,. again." he said as he turned to th
=. girl. She seemed more lovely tina
20 ever. II have been trying to find 20
= for long time, but you had run ava
= from your old home, and only trace
N you by the exchange column. The fa'
- is-well-er-how would you considt
40 me as a teacherY
Ethel's eyes danced. "You see. M
. Philips. tried SO hard to pick It u
but could not. 80 thought of yot
NO idea of exchange and put that ad.
the paper" she explained. 81 did N
n dream you taught tipping"
~ ''To be honest. do not But ha'
"A something here-something I found
"A the old melodeon that will buy hu
- dreds of lessons" And he handed b,
the precious roll of bills.
70. A cry of joy brought Aunt Cornell
~ to the room, and a careful inspectit
mr. ~of the money revived memories of
~ queer maiden aunt who did not b
~ lieve In savings banks.
OF course Philips had to remain al
=, discuss the wonderful find, and til
10 made him one of the tiny circle,
-. that the next ad. inserted by eth
tor appeared under the column head
ad marriases'
III Mrs. Winston-I think your husbar
Is SO wittyl But why is 1t that y,