, 1873-12-21

lhCGu Tic group, LII LH0 HIbk ilIAc
aware TINT ovory oyo but ono waH fixed upon him:
llin 1uics nervous apprehension at onco loaped
to tho tr,lth ...
HIS s11gEnAnLE aEonET WAS ouT
md abroad tn thu yory ar about him. Az last
resort ho glnnco,l 'deapAtringy at 1Ieury York,
dows. -.
No word was spo1sen. Aa tho ber-koopor
| 10 took 4 craclor from dish md n,ntnblcd It
| with anco.od unconcorn. lro fingered OYER his
liquor until Its potency hsiifcnol Ills .rc1axcd
sii,ews, aud d,illod tho nervous odgo Of his ap-
"1t don't look II wo wore gop to loy any rail-,
much nfore Christmas" ho 1aid, with dohnnt
| caso.
No one muao any reply. , -. ,.,.,
always boon my opinion TINT thoBe dry ,soasons
como roglar. I've satd 1t aforo. Say It again.
Ita jst ia I said about going, homo you kno","
ho added with desperate rcckleHsnoss. :. u,,. u.m
soz you never went homo. Ihnr'a maj. M, oz soz
nlnn o. aoz YOU 'haiht eoon your vito md
daughtor since 40. Thars . man as soz you've
| bcan playin' this carnp for six months' -,
! Thoro was a tload silence. Thou volco said,
."rnAr MAN L1Es."
It was not tho old mans voico. Everybody
| turned al Aenry York alowly rose, stretching
out his etz feat Of lcngth nnd, brushing away
the ashes tint Ind fallen from hfa pipe upon his
| breast deliberately placed himself beside p1un-
kott, mud faced tho othora. -, ..,.,z,.a .,nox
| Dom, with listlesH indifference Of voico and n
| goutlo nreocoupation Of mannor AZ he carcleHBly
allowed his right hand to rost on hts UP nGar M
hiB revolver. ~ That man mint llore, but II I'M
called upon to make good what he says, why I'm
| on hand" -,
externally agitntcd Of them nil approached each
other The lawyer atopned ~ pat"fo nre so Tor
do aySes:" yS s"''' ''''' tho '''"'n las bee" homo
"How do you know It?
| York turned Ills clcnr.. honest, frank eyes on
only direct and rlnmitigatcd lilo Of his lifo:
I "pEcAusE i've sEEN HIM THERE"
The answer waa conclusive e. IL. It. as, was 1s 1n9wn
yertod attention from plunkett, who, pale aud
bronthloss. was staring at his unexpected de-
livcror. As ho turned again towatda his tor
mentors There was aonctltng IN the oppression
ssrange, st. &C., iadoflnaDlo ID 'tj tIrjll through tho
boldost and most, recklcas., As ho
made stop forward tho physician almost uucon-
and old man rlunkctt, with Ills oycs liked upon
tho rcd-hot stove, aud an odd smile eplayng about
his mouth, 1egan: ~, ,,,,.. zu .,o,.
"Yes-of course you did. Who hass you
o'a " " o&'o 1'vr %no e' utrs I' ,,nTr
uovont17 NV God! I have. who says I've
wshr ueah dont Won nr;oat It is tro after ali,
aun @ ~ suI ~ lInro VIM ont vn,, anca
agsin ssy( say!is i tr,o3 r r. @ gsng now ,S
Save mol" and With q tlorco cry. he foil forward
| In fit upon tho floor.
When tic old man rcgained hia senses he found
himself in York's cabin. a AlckorinF fro Of pl'io
boughs lit up tic rude raftors aud le!l upon q pho
.nra thn br,,n, wl1ercon Ia Inv II wan te
nortrn;t nj n ronnr eri. II wap Tho t}rs. object
~, ~ ,nnnt t,,o o mSn7a razo md it brought With
It n tIusn o1 sueh nai1,tn consciousnegH. that ho
storta] md rnncod oniclly arouud, But lis
oyeH ony a nat;ont o, tov foi ara;n
t:,oi1 no III mn, nni;i Yoril mt ,m{;nlv
hut viii, the saSno coid. ctoor tono in lis yooo
tint Ills oyo botraycd d moment mo. "toil nc,
''''' 1'1N y" Is That LIE TOO
and l,o potntei to tho picture.
T,ho nij nm closed lis oyos and did not rcply
st,lt,f lin into somo evasion or brnyado. But
tic revelation contained in tho question, vol
as the toue OF YorIt'B voice, wus to him now, in
eve even to Lis confused lrain that York Lad lIcl
when ho Ind endorsed LIS story in the bar7room,
omaa eHa1 to @ na nov sna I nG n mot @ ss ssS
going mad. It was such . reliof that with
cLar9ctorietic weakness his former recklessness
mud extravaganza retu,ncl. Ho began to
chuckle-annlly to laugh upronrfously.
Withdrew tho hand with which he had tsten his.
"Didn't we fool 'em nicely, Oh. Yorky7 ue !
}loI Tho biggest thing ever yet playcd in
this camp! I always said I'd play 'en
MI some day, and hayo
PLAYED EN- FOR Blk MONTHS.
Amt 1t rcll--ain't 1t tho richest thing you over
seed Did you sco Abuor's face w1lou ho spoke
bout that man US seed me in sonora '-warn't It
good ns the mi1lstrels? it's too much!" and
6triking his log with tho palm Of his hand be al-
must throw hi1naoIf from the bed in paroxysm
ct }aughter-a paroxysm TINT nevertheless ap-
pcnred to bo hnlf rcal aud llnlf affected.
"Ia that photograph Aer'H ?" said York in q low
voice. after slight pauso.
"II6r's? NoG It's one Of tLe San Francisco
actrcuscs. bel hot Don't you see-I bought IL
for tuo bits in ono of tic book atorcs. I uercs
thought floyd swu}laz that tool but they did
On, but tho old mau played 'em this timo, tdnI
hc-eh ?" aud ho peared curiouB1y in Yorl1's
| face