The Morning herald., 1878-11-29

lnt0 mu66 WITH teller, ana ne TOOK
mean advantage of me and thumped me;
soPseSpsns I'm ncths Ay,aJaadE you air. !
|siiaslwiaheaj W aaowinsy issl he asked, the
question, and looked sharply OF George y
The absurd recital ELECTED loud gufaw
|, fromhiB pals. bod rsHo7oo sdI H. ~
II am hard up, Mr.. Black,nbfeplied
George 'as,I haze already said, Entirely
out II funds; no sons' viii trust me. I am
stranded by my own evil passions; and haye,
netting lst ssldelsgeHhas my chief efsdA4 effsdl4
"You intend to do Jest what Bob ssyyssY' Q
Ih "Ifhs willhApmei igess starvation y teoo
horriblew 1890 n'iv y,
-,..Well mate" said lack good -paturedly;
I "guess you'll mot starve or get trthiEsty here.
Plenty of lucre, if you'll work fol 4, and
llots Of gin'sna shR Let'sahass some of
| both" .slotg tad
George Newton shiverad like Q, man with
the agdeJJ and sonld9 not touch the stuff
when it was set befors him, hungty sas he'
II ff1edS as not SEt'Etss,s2 4 t. aorf hs
groaned. 'To die at once would be o. we'll
as to 1nger1 onanaa Share heconamon fats
of thieves and tmurdsrsrsp'q shs ~ ., s'+
l. Whether II was anger at this rough, But
unprYmed editated speech, Or q smiling Of con-
science, One Of tie other sent Tom Biloxi ID
This feet in d fearful sudden ragaT gsxru.
.sIopk you here ,nyosing mans you'd best
STOW such language as them, he roared.t
tfSThey aiht needed! Tn Tom Black, cove
what's on theclaS and 4 shant stand nom,
| senser' .Tiihs yriss,
''That's the talky cried GipsyJack. .,No
fant-hearted chaps wanted with usl'' stYsg
my sentiments 'zactlyr' dchimed tho,
Spider. ,7'1noo is %
'Leastways, keep yer mouth shet about,
murdersw added Black, IN gender, tones.
"We've seen too much blood-tooI much!
ughp ''1'-' ''iI'S
And, covering his face with his hands,
he sank upon the bench beside the table.
While this scene was ttranspiringI inside
the Rest" there stood outside, at the en-
trance, young Irish girl, with q basket Of
| apples hanging on her afni That iBs the
passing pedestrian would have supposed her
One 5sf oot rested IL d. low stone sas
other on the walk. 1sYA 10 13'1oqsrS rssup
But the girl was not Irish; nor YET ped
lar. 'iSnfiigL sod
| Cecil Clayton had waited a chance To- slip
away from her friend Clara unobsersed.a
| At twilight while Clara was engaged with
the servants, the opportunity offered. Has
tily arraying herself in an old calico; dress
and straw bonnet, she brought her front
back into d knot, ,fucksng " IN under the
| Iti- This formed complete disguise. 1a,ina'
ti1ktk tho hGl1
dOGF sRd ysps "a Ssss aa Eli
Ilt sYS needn't 1noind sendin' thin, sir she
said, int answer TO the lelerk' 8 inquiry with
% brogusiwhich wouid have aops credit to
an actress. MY taisblifeas Bidbms buy the
dacints5st 5 basket ,s yasv vhadandfstoh thin r.
mot ssNos%acn tfnsS'was losef1 yslscaine ne the,
Ldafksst.colored, Sfnos 'd@afaag3q9 @ One ssmong
! tha lat 1o1T 1efW spssi RleSW jss u. ~
blIc.Intake this Gbeca,1seb bits well lsaysonsd
and sthrong. Mymisthress1 1doesn't care for
beauty q 9gsh Il q I dgrsbilitt with mar
The SThs elsrT I ttueto The the srsaS instinct
raised noIobjectionFto ths'. .greeny" buying
this almost sunsalabfe afticle. into which
the apples wereId dumped and Cscil to- ward
of suspicion, made as I'll to- return the way
| abe had icomes But, turning the next cor
nsI shs hsilsa e . s.! pssslpg a g''ps p tho
| g Knowing comparatively little OF the city,
| she had not dreamed Of Water Street being
what she found it, Rough Clark had said
| It was; more properly he might have said
vile, she thought; when, after some diff.
Guilty, she came to the number whence the
superscription on the letter directed her.
Twilight had now given way to darkness,
and she blamed herself for coming without
aprotector, yet that was precaution the fear
Of having her secret known would not allow
Still she would not have gone back had she
known the extent Of the danger into which
she was so recklessly running.
On the doorstep she hesitated but mo-
ment, then pushednopen the door and en-
tered, singing bar of an Irish melody. \,
.sHallow cried Jack. attracted by the
strains; IAN apple Biddy! Kinder late get
tin round!' --.s., fotss- -a..
"Good voicew commented the Spider.
Tom Black did not stir, sitting with head
bowed on the table. s~-o a .iaso ;,.1<p
George Newton, on a low stool near him, .
nursed his sorrows and bemoaned his fate.
| Z In her circuit, Cecil Clayton lastly came
to these discontented, miserable men. She
determined to act ont her, assumed charac.
ter come what might and y 5as silently prayed
s SaGintis@en, % how die rye y,ezs shsssid, stop.
ping in front Of Jack, win any ofyyez
havs an apples Rale spitzenbergs; wan
cint apiece .Ysz couldn't have anything
betther.. They're healthy as healthy as
cows milk lZ'pon my sowl I'LL truth Tn
tellin' vez."", She held one, under, George
| Newtons nose ''Buy some, sir, from
poor girrul wild sixteen brothers and twelve
| uneles to lsuppoortF' . pa. : ,y1oasO
| Gpsy Jack set up o howl. 10 1o3g.r
l ~ tic;vfoa,,, hrotbarc and twelve nnclas2 Ha!