A Daughter of Delilah — page 64: what you’re looking at

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THE TEMPTRESS AT WORK. Do British aristocrat, who wore upon his face a perpetual barren smile, and in his right eye a monocle. While these eventful happenings were taking place, Kdgar Alston had called at the Athenian Club, and had re- ceived from the steward several letters, but the one which enchained his attention read as follows, and it was written in a bold, firm hand: ‘*HDGAR ALTSON, Esq. “My DEAR Sir:—I take an early opportunity for thank- ing you for the loan you so kindly advanced me the other evening, and you will find the exact amount returned herein. The clothes I borrowed from you are also left with the steward, as [never permit myself to be long in any man’s debt. Those you took in exchange I have no further use for. By the way, I am very glad that you did not show fight in the tunnel; for I was not only unarmed, but very weak from long fasting. However, all’s well that ends well. Gratefully Yours, ‘“GILBERT ROSEBERRY.’’ Alston read this precious missive over twice, then he burst into amused laughter. The money was there all right, and the clothes he presented to one of the club em- ployees. ‘‘Who left this letter?’’ he asked the steward. ‘‘I see that it was brought by hand.”’ ‘‘A boy. He said that it had been given to him by a gentleman outside. ”’ After lunch he sent fora cab and was driven to a jeweler’s in Broadway. His business there was brief, but it left him indebted to the firm to the tune of two thousand dollars, for a glitter- ing bauble which he carried in his vest-pocket. The credit of the only son of Jabez Alston was almost unlimited! | Gomicboo cS