The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1881-11-25 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SUMO OZ CO. 111.1 Olt.. tub above übservat 1011 take oil his long dewing WIOLO beard and his long woke hair and put them on the desk, together with the gold roes:tacks, and he was • different lean altogeto or. Ile had knoeked ileac thirty years trout his ego, and he •tidn't look half so wee nod pleasant without the gold speetm:les. " When phall you try mini," ivikeu the visitor. "A. soon as there's a good (Auntie." Mr. Brooks and the visitor had a short tveyer. Nation and then the visitor left. And Mr. Brooks put 031 his hair and beard, and amused himself by practising handwriting on a piece of paper. It was singular thtt he kept on writing the some name, and it wasn't his Well.  Wien George returned he informeit .tr. ttreeks that there was nothing for South at. Co. from Dublin, and Mr. Brooks said, "oh, all, right," and didn't seem at all surpri.ed. At four o'oloek Geolge's weik wee done tor the day, and he we.nt home. Bess ran down tr., meet him at the doer. She 1,1.1 been watching from the windows met hail seen inin coming along the str,s.t. She had an idea that he would he quite worn out with bard work, and had half a mind to go and fetch aim. City work, Nhe knew, was eery hard. She had read in the newapapers about clerks committiii.. suicide and merchants going mad through overwork surprised She was quite to sue George come up the steps two at a time, and when be caught her in his arms and gave her a good hug that nearly PlitllWZ,..l the breath out of her body she was more astonished still.  Wttah they got upstairs, and George had flung hisusli into hia favuurits chair, Bali poured in a broadeido of quodions. Did he like it ? Was A.B. nice? What did hu have to do r WIW the office comfortable? Ueorge, in reply, gai, a full. true. aud particular soooluit of lila clay's Work. n "Min %ton." tra OWL " Ai as Ski basp  easy it was to earn money in the City. I'm a jolly lucky- fellow, little woman, and I'm glad I'm able to NM my own living. Y,ti sto, I shall have plenty of spni-0 time to do something else, mud perhaps, if Smith Co. like me, I shall get promoted, and drop in fo i good thing. Why, I have heard that a thoulge:d a year is nothing of a salary in the City. Fancy me earning a thousand a year! By Jove, what would the governor say to that ?" Bee., was lost in maculating how muoh a thousand a year would be a week, and how much she should be able to spend in housekeeping. Presently she started up. 'Oh, dear me—l'd quite forgotten," she exclaimed, and, dating downsmirs, retuined with a basinful of something that steamed furiously, and a big spoon. "There," she said, putting it down in front of her husband; "now you must have it all. You mustn't leave a drop." it Why, what the iiitkens is this, my dear I." said George, stern, at dm bis asin in astonh ment. " Beef-tea—a made it myself. You must have it to keep your etreugth up now you work so hard, dear."  George roared with laughter. The idea of hie wanting beef tea to give Iwo Blrongi ti to sit on a stool and write LIKUICII out of a direLtory iii a big book : _ _  But he scalded his throat with a few spoonfuls of the steaming liquid just to please his wife. That evening (Irvine took Bess out to dinner. Bad he not earned ten whole shillings, the first Enmity he hal ev r tamed in his life Of course he had. Tien he had a perfect right to spend fifteen shillings and sixpence at once. The young coupe had a cab home that evening. George had earned ten ahillings, and surely he could idiuid halt-a-crown tor a rah out of it.  And before they retired to rest that everting Mr. and Mis. Smith had taken a clutrinimg title villa near tewu, and George had bought a little puny and a hasket-airriage for lleto di tee about in, and they had a delightful garden, beautifully kept, and a little conservatory ; andth orge had condescended to make it up with his father, and had sent him an invitation to come and dine with him at the villa:  But this was not done otzt of the ten shillings. On, dear no. Ouurge and Bess %ere not so foolish as that. _ .  Ibis Was all arranged in advance out of the thousand a year w00..0 Ueerge Mlll going Le get by-and