put her fingers in the neck of her dress as if it choked her it will be better that i go he will never be friends with you while i stay here friends with me exclaimed the other excitedly that s of mighty small consequence i must restore him to you will do it mb chapter he will do it for m e the silent anger that rises to white heat is more dangerous than the kind that itself in outward show knew what it was to feel murder in his heart as he stood by the door of his apartment and saw that couple so close together knowing he was not expected on the earliest train he had gone softly up the stairs he was hardly surprised at the sight that met his gaze but he knew no course except to pack up and leave them to have uttered a word in reply to s offer to explain would have been to release the torrent of rage that filled his being was afraid of himself at that moment only a thin veil separated his self control from the revenge to which a loud voice called him he packed his things leisurely like a man in a dream took his baggage into the public hall happened to meet the on the landing and secured his assistance in getting it downstairs saw a cab passing and before could reach him had gone out of sight directing his driver to turn several corners for the purpose of throwing possible off his track he was nearly but at the time he did not think of that he only wanted to get beyond love at the reach of those who had deceived him he directed the to go as far as twenty eighth street and seventh avenue and when that point was reached he stopped and bought a newspaper the columns in which rooms were advertised a little distance from the corner he found a chamber which he engaged and as he appeared honest and respectable the landlady did not require him to pay anything in advance he had eaten no breakfast but he did not care for any he took a chair and sat for hours in a dazed sort of way looking at the adjacent roofs he was in a state that closely resembled at last night came on long after dark he went to bed by the light of the stars in the morning he awoke cold and hungry examining his purse he found less than a dollar in it he sought a cheap in the vicinity and spent twenty cents for a breakfast having nothing else to do he returned to his room and into the attitude of the previous day at night he went out again to a supper the next day he pursued the same course on the second morning he awoke with his thoughts on in his sleep he had seen her sweet face and she had asked him to come to her yes it was his duty to make the journey had committed an wrong to that girl and she ought to know it writing materials at the desk of a where he went for a cup of coffee he a note stating that he would be at either that night or the one hb will do it m following and asking that keep watch for him at the door in the wall this letter he without stopping to think that it required money to purchase a railroad ticket and that the price of the stamp was the last of his resources at noon on starting for dinner he recollected that he was literally his last cent was gone discouraged he tried to think what he could best there was his trunk and his and the thin overcoat that he wore on chilly evenings he hated to part with any of them and he passed the entire day without food in the morning he lay quite late no breakfast awaited him and he was weak and tired at eleven he dressed and descended to the street from sheer growing every minute he walked about looking at the things in the shop windows bills of fare in front of eating houses had a fascination for him dishes that he would have scorned ordinarily took on a positive as he read over their names baked beans how nice they would taste a banquet fit for the gods could be made of that material he eyed the joints of beef and mutton and the fat displayed in the provision stores until his hunger grew so acute that he had to move on a of air from a kitchen with the of cooking made him dizzy at two o clock he found himself in front of his old place of employment the office of the company he as he passed to see if any of his former acquaintances were in sight love at seventy he did not mean to have them detect him but the looked up and beckoned to him with a smile ton shook his head and was moving on when the man came to the door and called to him i wish you would come in a minute he said there is a balance due you and i want to get it off the books the words rang in the hungry man s ear like the whirling of a saw balance due me he repeated vaguely yes twelve dollars for the last week you were here it would be a convenience if you would take it now though wanted that money as bad as he had ever wanted anything he held back he hated to touch a dollar belonging to but after all he had earned it honestly and he was starving how can there be a whole week s pay he asked i left on a friday you were discharged rather suddenly you remember smiled the 