The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06

aii this. thought Mir. Samuel Titmarsh came to him because his aunt Hoggarty nad given him diamond pini
 He gave a great spread to the chaps from the office. who felt Immensely proud at dining from provisions sup pLled oy the tiptop nobs of the King oom. When he entered the office next day the chief clerk, who was very nigh and mighty indeed to others. in, vited him most pressingly to dinner at his house, which invitation Mir. Tit marsh promptly accepted. adding that ne would not only come with pleasure out would bring Gus Hoskfns too me luck brought by the wonder, tul pin did not end there. Mir. Brougb heard Of the haunch of venison and at once invited MT. Titmarsh to his great Viita Tn Fulham to the ball that he gave each year to the greatest people of London. MT Titmarsh wore his dia. mona and his splendid blue coat. ana ne had the honor of dancing with no less person than Lady Jane Preston
 1ne people crowded around to look at him. for he cut the very best of capers. quite different from the rest of the gents, who walked through tho quadriile as If 1t were a trouble and stared at his activity. After the ball, she took him home in her carriage with Lady Fanny and Lord Tiptoff, and he told them all about how the diamond .'S1 DAAh@Ah6 itlul LUCK ana now all the chaps fin the office looked up at him because he knew Lady Drum and her relatives.
 T know" said Mir. Titmarsh, "that Lady Drums memory is not very ac- curate, for you remember that she said my friend Gus Hoskins was her cousin, too. And so 1 told Gus; but he is very fond of me. and he viii have 1t that I am related to you. and say what I may to the contrary, he tells the story everywhere"
 MT. Titmarsh did not receive any more venison, but about a month af- terward he received a great piece of plum cake with card. Lord and Lady Tlptof." and Gus Hoskins ate a great deal too much of the cake.
 The magic of the pin was not over yet. Mir. Trough called him in on the day after the ball and informed him that he had been made third clerk with salary of 150 pounds a year. He then inquired most kindly about his aunt, Mrs. HogRarty, of Castle Hog garty. When My. Titmarsh informed him that she was very well off, hav- ing Jointure of 400 pounds a year, a farm and three house, as well as 32OO pounds in loose cash. Mir. Brough be- sought him to make her fortune by advising her to invest the cash in West Diddlesex shares. During the course of
 
 to tears. and at last condescended so far as to bring inkstand, pen and pa- per with his own hands that Mir. Tit marsh might lose no time in advising her to invest her money before the price of shares went up any higher,
 Mir. Brough became kinder and kinder. He invited Mir. Titmarsh out 10 Putnam till he became q regular guest there. and that he should appear at his best the great man drove him in his own gorgeous carriage to tail. ors and matters and shoemakers, where Mir. Titmarsh ordered grand waistcoats and coats or a cut quite different from the high waisted blue coat that he brought from the country.
 Soon there came a letter from his aunt agreeing to invest 5000 pounds. and MT. Brough made a beautiful speech about it. At the next annual meeting he declared a dividend of per cont, and Mir. Iitmarsh had the qualification of sending his aunt Hog garty so fat a check that she sent him present of 10 pounds and wrote ask, ing whether she would not better sell all her landed property and invest all the money In shares.
 When Mir. Brough heard of this Tit- marsh was advanced to second clerk with salary of 250 pounds a year Some days afterward. when he had promised to write to Mrs. Hoggarty telling her that though the shares were at a premium MT. Brough was willing to part with 5000 pounds worth of his own holdings purely for love of his young friend Titmarsh the office of secretary to the managing director was created and MT, Titmarsh was install- ed in 1t with an additional salary of l50 pounds a year.
 There was no obstacle now to his union with Miss Mary Smith. That young woman had a fortune of 70 pounds a.year invested in British con- sols. and her grandfather, Lieutenant Smith, retired, had promised that they might marry when their income was 800 pounds. So away went Mir. Samuel Titmarsh to marry the pretty daughter of the late Commander Smith, R. N.
 The village turned out to receive it's young man who had become such a great young man in the city. His Aunt Boggarty would not hear of his go- ing to his mothers humble house. but insisted on taking him to hers. where he had to drink gallons of her black curFant wine. She kept him up night after night debating about her invest ments but as her agents couidl not get the price she demanded for the prop eFty. no immediate results came of 1t,
 Aunt Hoggarty was immensely kind