REWARD OF VIRTUE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 12

REWARD OF VIRTUE.

UNEXPECTED FORTUNE FOE PAGE.

;: :The 'happiest pageboy, in; all -America s is Michael Dumphy, ■-' who has inherited ■ .£Booo,.thereby..proving, that ; Dame For-' ; tuno! has'-'-.not; yet; ceased ;td bestow,- her ■■ gifts- unexpectedly on" the deserving. ;vA-; ! lew, months ago Michael joined therankr ;of the .so-called-"bell-boys", at the Hotel" : 'Argonaut, vSari Francisco;.?^'Hβ J Was' :a;: novice lad,-.and because of this.the other' , lads. , ' on''the ■ bench traiififerred-jto* hin>all the'distasteful jobs; '•■ ■-■{: ' J ■■■.;■':- -■■ '■•'■'■:'■ '■■.;.-.- ; ■. ■•At tho.hotel there.was an aged visitor, ;Mrs.: M.'M."-Potter,-: of: Salem; Massaohii- i setts, who;'■ ill : and : :querulous/-,was th»;; : of the 'Tiell-boys'" existence.' Thej .accordingly /' : deputed -'Dumphy-. to .-.waiVj '.upon her..; Though;she was -Imown"1 ii "a '"non-tipper," ■ Michael,'' : despite V.the' gibee'.'; of his coppaiiions, attendedlthe.old lady., with':'uniform cheerfulness.,. and " devo-\ --';•.-:■:>',:■■': v^^':--.;U::V;--:-;•• '•- When : Mrs.'-'; Potter.}left • ■ the hotel •'■ in :■:■ Juhe v without Dumphy,'-.' the':' .gibes were .redoubledi .-bnt they, ceased -a'.;, 'month later, whenVthe. good 'pagfr-boy' 'was .the recipient ..of'■ , aibheque':for.:;iE2(l ~ from the Jaged invalid; \r.-'■.■■• ; -.'vV"^ ,, !

;;Two weeks ago ,'the ; .manager, 'of-the' l ': hotel. icoeived,:a letter'..'from , Messrs..-..: ' :Bro\m ; .and'Carlisle, of' Boston,:: ■' informing-him> that;; Mm. had: ;. died, leaving, a' .bequest,- "of;- .'wEsooMtoi" •' Dumphy. The manager'handed'thia Earn-■:• •■• ;to,':the:page;boy,".who immediately, pur-^, ;, chafed; a piece of.land.v and .arranged- to ;• ;■.-'.' ,have a house,built for his parents. Then,-:. '.with the 'remainder;v he took:, his 'old-, : ;father-.and mother on;a-pleasure trip to- . .Denver..--'-'/.'.:.'■-.:.■;,;-.:;H-V-.;';'''i ■■ :;^r-.:. : ,: : :. , The' manager. informed 'the lawyers how', ■ ■ ; : the money had beenTfispended,' and- the' / lawyers;-;'repUed,.-'statuiE:itpat .under..>'a ';,:/' provision •di"Mrs:.PottOES l will, l - the* - boy, v ■■ if-he invested ■~the.ViEsoo- was:, to '■■■ be'giyen'^7soo^mofe.':Dumphy, the -law-;- ■'■'. yers, announced,i'.had. : j;'passed:,the ■ test'. ; triumpTiantly;. and. the page boy-has now: .. come , into''possession of .the fortune.;' // .