Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-10-17

aTen Pounds" Repeated Rysnne, .
Hand IN His Pocket.
too proud to haggle. too generous to
bargain sharply. Twenty" he re-
iterated.
"Salaaml" said Ryanne. Good |
dayl" he drew the somewhat resist |
ing hand OF Fortune under his arm |
and made for the door "Shl" he whis- |
pered. Leave II to me" They gained |
the street
The merchant was dazod. He had
misiudged what he now recognized as
an old hand The two we're turning
I'D another street when he ran out,
shouting 20 them and waving the
pendant Ryanne laughed
Ten pounds. / am a poor mEn. ef-
! fendi. and / need the money. Ten
pounds am giving Il away The
merchants eyes filled with tears.
trick left to him from out OF the ruins
OF bis youth, that ready service 10
IorestRn the merited rod.
Ryanne counted out ten sovereiEns
and put the pendant IA Fortunes
hand. And the pleasure IN his heart
was such as no had not known In
many days. The merchant wisely hur1
ried back 70 his shop.
But =" she began protest
inGly.
Tut. tuti have known you since
you wore short dresses and tam-o-
shanters."
Il really cannot accept Il as a gift.
let me borrow the ten pounds"
And why can't you accept a little
gift from me?"
, She had no ready answer. She
gased steadily az the dull pearls and
|, the haly emeralds. She could not ask
, him where he had got those sover-
eigDs. She could not possibly be so
, cruel She could not dissemble in
| words Ike her mother. That gold she
} knew 90 be part OF a dishonest bar
! gain whose forester had been a theft
: more. a sacrilege. Her honesty was
!. like pure gold. unalloyed. unmixed
with sophistic subterfuges. That the
, young man who had purchased the rus
a might be mildly peccable had not yet
. occurred TO her.
why not. FortunS?' RyRnne wal
' very earnest. and there was q pinch a
: his heart
y because ="
Don't you like me Just little?"
2 why, do ike you, Horace. But
do not Ike any man we'll enough L
r. accept expensive gifts from him
do not wish 10 hurt you. but Il is I'm
p possible. The only concession II
II make is TO borrow the money"
r We'll. then, let II go at that" HI
was too wise to press her.
g. And can you afford 70 throw ava,
"a ten pounds?" with assumed nghtnesG
MY one permanent impression OF 20
NJ Is the young man who was Away
forced to borrow carfars whenever
returned from Monte Carlo"
m "A fool and his money. But I'm
n rich man now" he volunteered. An
briefly he sketched the exploit OF th
"a Yhiordes rug.
n 1T was very brave OF you. But hs
ds It ever occurred to you that It WASH
honest?"
nv "Honest?" frankly astonished thu
10 she should question the ethics. "Oh.
"a say. Fortune; you don't call Il disho
n
he they always getting the best OF us?"
o: IF you had bargained with him an
,is beaten him down. 1t would have bee
in different But. Horace. you stole 4
en- you admit that you did"
es- Il took my life in my hands.
ar think that evened up things"
ed mo. And you sold 1t TO Mr.. Jones
ed yes, and Mr.. Jones was only I,
AT. glad to buy IT. told him the fac
He wasn't particularly eager to bril-
up the ethics OF the case. Why. chill
~ what the deuce is Turk? ! shouldr
'-" cry out II some one stole my Bible. ;"
Good graciousl do you carry one
''Wen, there's always one on Z
room-stand In the hotels patronix'
~ Il suppose II AL depends upon hS
- We look at thfngA"
sxs -ThAkA IT, a eit,sseak pair - ~