The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07

Ah AIkSxVNssxssk = q MI Nk&AA-A&Sszs other stin more important subject. A gentleman suddenly arrived from foreign parts and turned out to be the brother. of Nelfs grandfather. When he found that the old man and the chiid had disappeared. he moved all the forces that wealth and affec-i ton could command to trace them. His lawyer was the same one whom the Gar1ands had, and that Kind cou-
 pie took warm interest in the search for Kit had sung Little Nell's praises at every opportunity.
 So 1t chanced that Kit became fre-
 Quent visitor at the strangers apart.
 ments, which were in the house of Mr.
 Sampson Brass.
 Mr. Brass was assisted in his work of squeezing clients and clients ad. versAries dry by his sister, Mise Sally
 Brass. who was justly considered by all her aequaintances as one of the most
 surprising examples Of animated na- ture extart.
 She was . lady of s5. with a gaunt and heny figure and face SC like her brothers that had 1t consorted with her
 maiden modesty to assume his clothes t would have been impossible to tell
 which was Sampson and which was Sally.
 Her complexion was e dirty yellow,
 but the tip of her nose did its best to
 make up for it by glowing with a bright red. She wore a simple gown,
 looking strangely like the green curtain
 that hung at the ofice window. This
 was fastened simply with one large
 button at the neck and the costume
 was finished by . wonderful turban of thrown gauze.
 These tive legal talents had a clerk who enriched their establishment with the social graces that they lack ef--Mr. Richard Swtveller, Perpetual
 Grant Master of the Glorious Apoilos, who met once e week in . mug public
 house and indulged in the eievating Dastima of cong and poetry, moistened
 as the distrusting spirit Of the land
 lerd could be prevailed upon to furn-
 ish.
 Mr. swivelier's main occupation was
 Co do as little as possible. When his employers were absent. he varied this inonotonous task with recitations in which the rosy wine and blighted hearts held predominant parts. At times when he flow of soul was tempoy-
 arily checked. he engaged in surprising | juggling feats with Q ruler and ap orange or the ofilce stool.
 These latter arts brought about his | introduction to the Marchioness. In real life the Marchiones was the serv- | ing maid of Miss Sally Brass, name un-
 known. As she dwelled below in very 1 little dark hole of a kitchen next to the
 dust bin. her very existence had been equally unknown to Mir. Swiveller till . tremendous sniff at the keyhoie warn ed him one day that his feats of skill khad not been without a witness. He opened the door and bounced on very little, very thin, very ragged | girl who looked as If she must have been at work from her cradle. Please sir," cried this young person. 'pfease sir, didn't mean any harm, sir. It's l SO very dull down stairs. was oniy looking through the keyhole for com pany"
 MT. swiveller's response was to cali
 passing pot-boy to bring pot of beer and some bread and meat. Thus began, a very interesting friendship which was, however, for reasons Of | policy confined. entirely to those times when the Brass brother and sis 1 ter were away. Mr. Swiveller's fervtd mind and his acquaintance with high society led him to chrigten the young lary the Marchioness, and under this
 title he drank to her gravely and apostruphized her in poetry and song. At this time Mir. Brass began to dis- play a great friendship for Kit invit- ing him into the office whenever he came to the house to visit Mir Trent. the brother of Nelrs grandfather. One day, immediately after Kit had de- parted, he exclaimed that q i've pound not had been taken from his
 desk. Mir. Swiveller and he ran after 1 Kit, who returned willingly and vol unteered to let them search him. Mir.
 Brass ostentatiously searched Kits
 pockets. leaving 1t to Mr. Swiveller to
 search his hat. with the result that he drew therefrom the missing note
 carefully tucked between the hatband
 and the crown.
 They turned him over tons consta-
 ble, and despite the efforts Of Mir Gar
 land and Mr. Trent, Kit was found
 guilty and sentenced to transportation, the jury and the magistrates smiling
 he could not tell how the note had skepticaIly at his prOtestations that gotten into his hat.
 Shortly after this episode. which up- set the. kindhearted, though careless,
 Swiveller exceedingly. that convivial gentleman succummed to the arduous work of consuming liquid attachments
 and feil into c fever that kept him in
 delirium for three weeks.
 The firm of Brass immediately aban- doned him to the merciea of his land
 lady and announced. that their con- nection had been dissolved, Doubtless Mr. SWiv0liefS cOunecStOn Wtth the
 rest of the world would have been
 likewise dissolved, had not the grate- ful Marchioness run away and come to nurse him. selling all his clothes and other belongings to pay for medicine.
 When he recovered his senses, the
 Marchioness beguiled the time by re-
 counting to him many secrets of the
 house of Brass. She explained that
 she had contracted the habit Of listen ing ct keyholes because she had been kept in a state of nmi-starvatIon and had hoped to discover the place where
 Mss Sally concealed the key to the
 iarder.
 Finally she mentioned knowingly
 that she knew all about Kits trouble; and. being pressed. discovered to the
 astounded Mir. SwIveiler that the lads arrest was the result of conspiracy
 between ouiip. Sampaon Erase and Miss Sally. the fve-pound note haviAg