The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-06

garty with the deep respect that her rank demanded; but finally, when she com plained about her habitation and com pared it scornfully with Castle Heggarty, he carried her off boldly to his villa at Pullman.
 When MT. Titmarsh walked home from the office that evening with Gus, who all ways accompanied him as far as the door but never went in, because Mrs. Hoggarty could not abide that vulgar person. they saw Mary smiling at the window and beckoning them to come in. She laughed and danced and clapped her hands and welcomed Gus, whose spirits rose wonderfully when he heard the news.
 They were very merry for three weeks while their aunt was at Pullman. She might have stayed there longer if her at torney, Mir Smithers, had not begun to fear that MT. Brough was about to snatch her out of his own needy hands. Being a gentleman who had studied Mrs. Hog garty for long years with intense business interest, he knew that ordinary arguments would merely drive her into his rivals camp. So he cunningly conveyed to her a hint that since she had taken her keen eye from her trusting nephew's wife that young woman was seeing altogether too much of MT. Augustus Hawkins.
 Thus it happened that one day just as Gus was blowing the froth from a pot of porter in the Titmarsh lodgings Mrs Hog garty burst into the room, looked him full in the face, pointed to the door majestic ally and said, "Begone!'-an invitation which poor Gus obeyed so promptly that he tumbled down stairs at once.
 MT. Brough was in furious ill-humor with MT. Titmarsh when Mrs Hoggarty left his house and home. When, in addi- ton, he learned that Mary's little fortune was. invested out of her husbands s control altogether he strode away in a rage. No more invitations to Putnam, no more hol- idays, no more paternal advances of money came to him. On the contrary. the private clerkship, at e150, was abol- shed.
 This was the more embarrassing since Mrs Hoggarty's genteel aspirations had necessitated the renting of a house, which she filled with her furniture. She h. sisted, also, on engaging a boy to act as page, garbed in an old livery. Fol lowed by this wonderful creature, Aunt Hoggarty forced herself into society Once she even succeeded in getting neal Lady Drum and insisted on claiming rela- tionship. That old dowager, who had forgotten all about her passing whm ol [
 screamed for policeman.
 Soon afterward the Ginger Beer com pany exploded like one of its own bottles The Patent Pump shares went down 8 few days after the Ginger Beer company went up. Still the Independent West Diddiesex held up it's head proudly ane it's shares remained high, and Mrs. Hog garty continued her desperate and hope
 less assault on society, till MT. Samue | Titmarsh was deluged with bills. | He had been married year when the
 Mun and Tippet company shut up witt nothing to show for it's stockholders in vestment of 93O0,000 except a treaty with some unknown Indians who had
 afterward tomahawked the agent of ths ! company. Then came a fire that de | stroyed an establishment insured for s20, ! GOO in the West Diddlesex
 7, Mr. Brough tried desperately to raiss
 money He sent Mrs Brough in her car riage to induce Mrs. Hoggarty to nyes | her money, that lady having succeeded ] at last in selling her land But poor Mrs ! Brough was bad manager, and instead of carrying matters with a high hand ] burst into tears and kneeled to Mrs Hog 1 garty, beseeching her to save poor John.
 Mrs Hoggarty immediately sent fol
 her attorney, called her. nephew heart
 less cheat and swindler and demanded
 that he return to her the fS000 which sh, 1 had invested already.
 A week afterward MT. Titmarsh wa, 1 arrested for debt on the suit of hi
 tailor. MT. Brough had fled to France
 and Titmarsh, though arrested nominal
 ly for his personal debts, was arrested in reality to answer to the shareholder.
 of the Independent West Diddiesex Fir,
 and Life Insurance company for the loot
 ing of that great organization.