The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-03-31

cited as q mouse at car show, and
says he:
aAh. ha. what did tell you? rye
got oner'
4 see you have" says |. want
me to send for the doctor?"
stop your foollshing" he says. II
mean I've got a millionaire. He's
coming tonight too.
managed 70 find out that the new
boarder was a big banker from New
York. name Of Van Wedderburn. with
a barrel of cash and a hogshead of
dyspepsy.
"And I've fixed It that he's 70 stop
at your house. Barxilla." crows iona
dab. .And when he secs Mabcl-well.
you know what she's done to the other
men folks" he says.
"Humph.' says l. Maybe he's got
dyspepsy Of the heart along with the
other kind. What makes you so cock
sartin?'
"cause he's a widower." he says.
..'Then's the softest kind"
SWELL you ought to know" ! told
him. "Bet yor IS cents to quarter
1t don't work"
He wouldn't take me. having scru4
Piles against betting. except when he
had the answer in his pocket. But he
went away cackling joyful. and that
night Van Wedderbu.n arrived.
Van wax substantial looking old
relic. built on the lines OF the Boston
statehouse. broad In the beam aud
with shiny dome on top. lodged
the meals az our table would be as
agreeable as dog light.
However. twas up 10 me. and |
towed him Ia and made him acQuaint-
ed with Mabel. She want enthusiasts
tic until mentioned his name. Then
she gave a little gasplike When Van
had gone M 10 his rooms. putting like
a donkey engine and growing cause
there want no elevators. she took me
by the arrd and says she:
"What did you cay his name was.
Mr.. wingatey
ivan Wedderburfi." says l.
Not OF Van weiderburn & Hamil-
ton. the bankers?- she asks. eager.
That's him." says I. why? Do
you know him.
"0h. no." she says. Il don't know
him. but know Of him everybody
does"
Well. everybody did. that's fact.
and the way Marin Bounderby and
"Malzie" was logged out al the supper
table was a sin and a shame.
But what surprised me was Mabel
Seabury. She was dressed Up. too
not IN the Bounderbys' style-colIar-
bones and diamonds-but In plain
white. with lace fuzz. II she want
peaches and cream then all you need
Is lettuce ~ make me a lobster salad.
And she was as nice 20 Van as n be J
was old Deuteronomy our Of tie 81
BILE. He set down TO that meal with a
face on him Ike pair Of nutcrackers.
and afore twas over hp WIS laurh.ng
and eating apple pie ard icllin. funny
yarns about robbing his -friels.s- Ia
the street. I judged he'd be sorry FOR
IL afore morning. Tut ! didn't care for
that was kind Of worried myself:
didn't understand II.
And ] understood II less ana less as
the days veai 81. Mabel cooked little
special dishes Tor BIS dyspepsy 10
play with and set with him on the pi-
AKA evenings and laughed az bis
Jokes and Tie land knows what In.
side Of fortnit he was q gone goose.
which want surprising, every other
man being IN the zane OK. but twas
surprising 10 see her helping the gone.
ness along The Hauf Gerbrs PACKED
up and u out IN ten days. and none
Of the other women would speak 10
Mabel.
And Jonadab. He want III 10 live
with. The third forenoon after Van
got there BE- come around
and took the quarter bet. And the
way be crowed over me made my
bands itch for ropes end. That
night dropred line TO- poor Jonesy
II Providence telling him that n he
could get day on maybe he'd better
,Ome down TO weIlmouih and see 10
bis fences.
The ncxt dry was Labor day. aud l
what WINS left 81 the boarcers was
yoinx for . final picnic over 10 Bakers
,rove 81 Disable. We went. three cat.
coats fg.l - ~. AID Van aad Mabel
seabury was IN THE same Innf We /
made the grove al righi. and ne aud
Ionadab had our hands fuil. baking
Jams aud chasing spiders out ~ the
nix and doing 30 tie cborrr that
makes a picnic 80 Ioyfuliy mlyerable.
When the dinner dishes was washed
went or BY myself 10 quiet bunch
Il bayberry bushes half d mile from
he grove and laid down 60 rest. be-
ne beat out.
guess feii asleep. and what woke
ne was somebody speaking close hy.
-Oh. no. says Mabel seabury.
lrcadfuI nervous aud hurrled.lIke.
oh. no. Afr. Van wedderburn. please
lon't say any more"
"Do you mean materially mean
~ asks Van. his voice rather shaky
nd seemingly good deal upset. My
lear young lady. realize thnt I'm
vice your nge and more. aud I sup
'ose that was M old fool 10 hore.
'ut did hcpe-i- Can't you"
Mo- snys she. more ncrsmi@ than