The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-21

1 of some blackguard apothecary or doc- tor or something in the neighb orhood, but my mother took fancy to the girl | and had her up to the park and petted
 her. The girl fell in love with me. that's the fact; and I was obliged to repel some rather warm advances that she made. That. upon my honor as . | gentleman. is the whole story"
 Just as he finished these words, his | nose was seized in a cruel grip and .
 voice shouted: "Mr. stubbs, you are | a liar and a scoundrel! Take that
 and that. for daring to meddle with the
 name of an innocent lady"
 l Mir. Stubbs was pulled out of hls
 chair. much to the agony of his nose.
 and beheld a great marine monster.
 six feet high. The creature began to | box his ears and then to kick him in
 the most ungentlemanly manner. shout ing as he did so: He Is Q liar and .
 swindler!" Then he told all the peo. ] pie in the coffee room the whole 1ibel- l lous story, about the boot-maker, and | ended by giving him another kick and | sticking a card between his stock and | collar, after which ne left the room. Dobble raised him up. Taking the
 card from his neck he read. "captain
 Waters" Chopper roared: If this is
 true, you are an internal rascal and
 must light me after Captain Waters" Mir. Stubbs was helped home. where | very brief reflection showed him the
 only course to pursue. He sent the
 Cautain noteH short and contemptu- | ous as the ruff1an deserved, saying his
 assailant was beneath his anger. As | for Chopper, he did not even bother l to reply to the blackguard, but decided
 to avoid the society oD such low per-
 sons. IS set off on a little tour that very night.
 He did hot return till Captain Waters | I. rtxt~ fa at nntU- | nant regret, for as soon as he found | that his insulter. had vanished. he
 realized that his anger was too, great | for forbearance, and that he. fonged
 to blow out the fellows brains. But | 1t was too late. es. The officers of his regiment declined
 to have him at their mess, and would
 not see reason. He found then that
 a military life was full of meanness
 and prejudice. and resigned. Soon after
 his undeserved misfortune. his dearly beloved father died. and-it was found
 that instead of leaving him a good fortune he had left only his estate.
 which was worth merely two thousand pounds. As 1a
 The land and house were left to him. | while a sum of two thousand pounds
 was left to his mother and two sisters.
 The agents who had their money | ldltSu WllHih d 1CW WCChos bhcl
 they had nothing.
 Yet when the news of the failure
 came, his mother and the two girls said that they were thankful that they
 still had the wherewithal to live. At i first MT. Stubbs imagined that they 1 had a private hoard, but presently it
 was borne in on hi mthat they re-
 ferred to the house and the income from the estate.
 | Of cnuraa tbia dVa fa ha
 poor things ignorance of business, and MT. Stubbs explained to them that | the house and estate were his, not
 theirs. Even after his clear and simple
 statement they looked bewildered and
 then began to scream and cry and
 carry on till he was quite discour- aged.
 l However, they understood that they
 would have to do the best they could
 for themselves, and though the girls
 would not speak to him after that, | they sent him word that they would
 leave the house at once. Twice before | they went, Mir. Stubbs awoke at night | to find his mother sobbing over his
 bed, but otherwise they took 1t sensi- | bly and did not make another scene ! On the day fixed for their departure Captain Waters and Dr. Bates arrived in & coach and took them away with out noticing him any more than if | he had been a stick of wood.
 After this most unpleasant affair
 Mir Stubbs sold his estate for two
 thousand pounds and added the money to the one thousand that he had at his bankers. Then. having been left 1 lonely and sad by the breaking up of his family, he made a little tour of
 the watering places. Having a good military person. he gave himself the title of Captain" which was no more than just as he would have held that rank had the petty malice of the
 North Bvngays not forced him to aban- don his career.
 He become a great figure and won fame as a whist player-so much so that people refused to play with him
 because of his superior skill. One day
 he was stroiling up the High street in Leamin gton when his eyes lighted on Dobble. dressed. like himself, en
 miiitaire with a frogged coat and spurs.
 He was walking with a showy-look- ing, black-haired but one-eyed lady glittering with chains and rings. with a green bonnet and 6 bird of Paradise,
 lilac shawl a yellow gown, pink
 silk stockings and light blue shoes. Captain stubbs inquired at the hotel and learned that the lady was Mrs.