The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-09

minutes whispering, was good enough 10
offcr mo 81 for The article ] had paid
him twnni v-ifvc for little mOie than
week ngo. I'm gind 60 reinuuiber that
told hlu IA see him hanged tirsi and ]
walked out OF the store with Molly ring
safe IN my pocket a2lin
No use to try my luck with il anywhere
C,sC, SO ] went down TO the OlBcc ana
pitchcd into work with all NY nghf.
Anything 80 keep frOm th'ukIur.
lunch tan" llIgginspn aud w"it uui to-
-rthpr; ANA WAN "a kind of Iotiuin hope
llig-ins w hCing Il kiud-hCn;tcl fellow
toll him thu' / was iu & sciuDc, and want
cd somebody, awiuily, So hHiD mo ont oi
IT, ! hadn't sid NOiN before to any ol
the fellows la the Office; partly beMu-t |
knew how puor they all were mid more
because | dreaded rousing any curiosity
that might end IN suspiuiOu. Joe llOXie
bad such II iloSr 10 scent out things, ana lic
was Ctprnally aaliliug about that cheek
anyhow, nud bcttIn. on Blackjack. But
Ililcrinson was different, ana knew Inc
would holG his tongue at least II he.
couldn't help me.
80 told him truripod-up story-ihal
my landladN was dOwI on me for board
bll-nad locked me oui OF my room and
uOnnsc itci my traps. ] couldn't get 50
nuui us u clean shirt or - handkerchief
unless pad her NJ, and what IN thunder
was gong tD dOf
HiggrSun whstlcl.
That's ough, amt ," he says. " How
much do yUu owe the OLD hIgY
"ONer IA hundred dollurs-bad luck TO
her."
Whew! That Is rongh," he says. again.
"If II wasm't such fiiEcr. now"
"Oh, wcll." int elrupted. she'd take
something on account. / s'pOsc. l don't
believe che Il hold ont Tor the lump. IL !
could rate thirty or forty to quiet her for
u week or two, there might he some chance
of salaries coming III by thai time
" 80 there might" sait iligLnsOn, " nud
then again there mightn't. I'll tell you the
only way know OF To help you, Jack. AID
its II mere chance ut that. Tom Lippincott
owes mo some mOney-noj as much rs a
hundred dollars, thOuph-and he promised
10 pay "a rs soon as he came Tack nom
Philad elphn. Ties I'm agem for Block 4
Giscy. aud heard to-day that lie was due
IN town to morrow. u he comes, and Ia he
| pays me, IN divide with you, old fellow.
How TINT for high ~
It was enough TO make mo give his hand
such squeczr that he jumped ana wruus
II away from me.
Don't put d mans kuucklcs ont OF joint
because hes irJing to do youaGoOI tuiTi.
ne sad. lalglnnq. " Have "A glass of niger,
ami lei ; DRINK To Toms safe return"
Never did drink 10 anything with such
= good viii as that. To-day was Friday,
tomorrow MAS SatiI daN-my dreaded day
OF payment. Ii only Tom LippncOtt came
back in time,
/ don, know how | got through the
rest 81 Int tuN anu ibNuU III uNbu
Saturday. Higgins0n went on to look
for his mau then, and | waited for
him AT Crook y FONs, III a. perfect it-
yer OF hope ana fear irst one thing, then
another. 1t was rum II he dldn come, |
| knew, but II was TOO good luck altogether,
Tor me, If he did. sun. Ii he OHty d.d, and
| got out OF this one scIape, how | would
toe the mark IN future-dO justly, love
mercy. walk humbiy before the Lord,
II was no use. all my vOwlug aud prom
l n
lace. LppncOtt hadn't arrived, and II
! was uncertain IL lie would come by an
evening ttuin, or stay over TIL Monday.
"l'm sorry ior yoti, JacN, he slld, kind
/ ~. " l3ut don, let II worry you. OLD TED
7 low Come home with me and stay over
/ sunday. NlN little woman Will make You
! welcome, aud we've got baby worth
( looking ~, can ell you.
Poor old IligglrsOH, / felt ashamed to
J have deceived hiin, wretcheu ns Was. and
| wns half tempted TO tel INN TIE whole
ruth th"n aud there. l dnint. though.
/ und excused myself from going home
with him. had a freed III Brooklyn,
/ told INN, VINO wouldn't nina giving
me bed. When We went back 10
the office, l found somebody was
wautcd l. carry II message 10 the deputy
comptroller, and on vet 10 20. knew
intI,t got word to Nj. riacklOck some hOw
or other. and u>k hiin Tor an .Xttiis.on-
that was my only hope. This was good
7 opportunity u DO II. alu Went, tn lu-rh /
Wou q rather have taken "A beating. lie
7 wasn't ~ hls de X however aud not eX-
pec,ed again that day, the second uudi.uI
SAID. My heart jumped up for minute,
wIin a great sense OF ielief. But II weuI
down again.
II your name is Stebbins," the second
+ auditor sald, there Il message for YOU
from Mr. Blackjack"
That's my Laile, sir.
"Well. ac expected yoI here before
noon to-day, anu, ~ you dldn'; pat III an
Tonight. There's message auin- up ia
uu hour OF 80, and yVu can send ANY word
! you like.
IN write note If youll lend me Il
pen | SId.
Am he told me Ia find one at Mr.
/ DlacklocS's DISK. so ST. down IN hls
chair and w'ote that l would he at Ia
house b. nlne O'Clock in the evening. aud
hoped TO maze things satisiac torN. | took
! care moi TO sign my name, or say ythinc
that could be useu against me. And 1 wenI
OF, feeling as II HAD lease of life toT u
icw hours longer, anyhow. Tom Llpplu-
colt might get home before | had 10 see
/ Mr. BiAckiock, anu HIggIusOu had prom
lsed To To- on the watch Tor him aud let me
know. IL might be ali right yet, tried 10
believe. Aud put u our oil my mind a.
we'll a. ] could ill night came, and 1 got
word from HiLslIIsOn that II was all
Hroag. Tom Lipplucott hadn't come, and,
worse stu. diLn't expect Ia come for Il
week. Something hnd got awry III Pitts
burgil, and Block Giisey had telegraph
ell Tor hin to go on al odcc aud wait i'll
I structluns.
TINS knocked everything, of course and
gave up beat. There was nothing 10 90
/ but to NO and tell Mr.. Blackiock tAat
couldn't pay, and let linn DO ms worst.
wa, so tired, and discouraged, and down
hearted, that d'dn'. seem 10 care much fol
anything except Molly. AT least. Ii wa,
rodgh ON hes, poor little woman. Aud
there was her ring IN my pocket still, tnl
! unluckA rug thar had COS. me so dear.
Wcnt np to Mr.. BiHCkiock's house "a lit
ito before lhe time / had named, with II
/ logged feeling that Id best get To the bot
tom OF things as quick rs possible. A
scrvant-glrl showed me into u beautiful
library, with books Ill along the wallis, and
| pictures. aud easy-chnirs, and every thing
warm aud bright, ana elegant. Nobody
was there, and | looked around me, en-
vious and bitter enough, | can tell you.
:" He necdn I be SO hard on poor uevll
! Ike me. | wouldn't, II could SIT down IN
! such nest rs this" | thought. But
what does he care, confOuud HIM, wish
he'd hurry along and PIT me ont of my
| misery one way or dnOthsr.'
The door wa partly open, and heard 4
/ NOV emrut vi HE htulrs plpstUt lS ~" cot
] rustic OF "A lldN's d""-H, nuu inc next mo-
nrIt, very much to my surprise, - lady
rume IN and smoke To me.