The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-01-14

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II as II 1t were small shot. Portugal street.
Lneolns Inn Folds. which runs opposite
Kings College Hospital. was as dead A. a
churchyard at midnight. Silent also was the
habitually noisy neighborhood. There was not
q dog stirring In Clare Market. and such courts
and lanes a. Marquis court and Vinegar lane
looked a. II their inmates had retired TO
eternal rest.
Those unattractive parts OF London lie be-
tween Lincoln's Inn Fields and half dozen
Of the theatres bordering on the Strand and
have long hlcs Of dull and ugly houses. Their
inhabitants nrc Of very mixed and generally
uninvltlng race. Most OF them are small
shopkeepors trading In cast-oH clothes. in
poisonous sweets. In old rags. and unsavory
drippings. in "snacks OF fried hsh. In low
literature and In indecent prints. in theatrical
tntters. and legal misllts. Small licensed
victunlers are thick there. and their premises
and the pavements before them are always
alive with shady assortment Of ticket-of-
leave men. combntlve females. and vicious
children. One afternoon ! saw eight dis
hevelled and voclferous women. two OF them
with children In thcir arms. leave one OF the
public houses. all desperately drunk. No one
took the least notice Of them. such things being
too common 10 attract attention.
Not far from Portugal street at short distance
from tho stage door OF the Olympic Theatre.
exists an indifferent tavern dedicated to one of
the Georges. Long 1t offered to the neighbnr-
ing population "a subject Of admiration and dis
cussion. in somewhat rough efilgy OF n trucu-
lent face suspended over the bottle and jug en-
conception a royal portrait. others tho likeness
Of "A defunet landlord. AS was, approaching
anchoy sight An aged man. who looked AZ
complete II wreck as can bc conceived, was
Uu. Of Trs
bling with fever and cold. he was resigncdly
leaning against the lamrpost facing the tavern:
coat on. His naked toes were piercing through
loosely s' hnnsns on his tangled mir: Hay,
ing coGSludG nh his PIECE ho ii%id go st1 ole
HT proud m Se.as ssas rsens hs
,s bsxsss hs thu. hs MsrS
out O work y the TsathsT had spent the day
some noisiIy drinElns b the counter. others
40 wet ha e they H 81 the
nre the heat drew from their clothes clouds OF
AsH to sesf@fs es pa's the sand
wieh men familiar with = Patience" for having
aS ny d ms in Ss
play hanging in double on biz shoulders. ,,'yo
are as besFy as an 1n;tarpsd r an Of double
The poor devil was not berry. Days. indeed,
s
cause he had had NJ food for many hours. and
Ey Isw IL en rsss sa
rioas !Famsps sho%. II Il BE- feels inclined
DSn t ,G sen Of
cream or white, satin will wedge the old devil
"Ha we y
young woman. with blue eyes. II thick fringe OF
red hair on the brow, and a consumptive COM
cracked mufr snurr out before your very Dyes. -
49,. What damn nonsense arc yer gargllng yer
lark arnt 20 turned Savationist. arnt ye?
But 1t amt. surely. these ore rotten lots OF wa.
yea that asr hs %as ss
At the private bar was short, strongly built
and s whsh Rs
hHa beard his dsGSr whsh bS
panions. There was something qneor about
his eyes. He had been a, First Frs Lieutenant
anentIy. GSarreIs With his fellow Officers ios-
tered by q brain maddened with daily into lea
his "r 9s f The day the eaii took posses-
sn%y whsrs hys ysd w " ses mdsr Tie
cid lady died clearly Killed by his dis S
fniness Of az a mans first and only love- Wien
h" saw. her dead. no received one OF those
He took u strange resolution. He could still
have begun HE in sphere appropriate to a!s
have Killed aI Himself because he hated iie and
did not dread death. He would not DO either.
had KILLED the 29e he
liz Sssa@s ssadSisG %as 04 FthsSs Is not
0sls s!f%s
'wh h s s.Fa Ss point Si' out among
those silent and resigned men who like liy-
s Fl. s .ts First nS h the rSss
navy enlisted in the iorl2rn gang His COM
pnnions wore certain that he was above them.
And that is why tho old Hebrew found himself
suddenly interrupted in his Internationally
speech and had sincerely to regret his last in
sulting comparison.
SoS nav n%Se
partition which separated him from the insult.
or. When landing about two feet from him he
= % "s 4 he hsd beb MS DAILY
kneel down now. ny boy and rcpeat after me
come as silently dead as tho street. The pot
sghast, The Fat israelite bigger than his an
onrS n * ase mo notice and
grasp stopped him half way;
Have you not Understood? 2" asked tho OK
officer. innexiby.
=" Be OIL. ye Irish conspirator." exclaimed the
Hebrew, or. by God l knife YOU"
Then the naval man was on him. With light
ming rapi,iity and giants force he threw his
PRESSING his BODY against hi. stretched riKht
log. he BROUGHT him down ,, on the floor. The
knife on the counter, His enemy had seen
this Kneeling irresistibly on the chest Of the
| low who yninIv attain ntad 4haka him of
he pinned hand and knife down ~ II he had
been playing with baby, and tore away the
seated mans neck with steel fingers, You will
the living God shall break your head and Al
the same time he raised him and fxed him
kneeling on the floor.
BY that time the offender had felt that he
could AS we'll have tried TO rise from the bottom
Of the sea with = twenty-stone weight around
his neck as TO recover his liberty. so with
practical instinct he decided on apologlzing
and repeated before all after the OK Lsuten.
ant; II repent sincerely iP :neS9king to this
When a feW minutes afterwArd left tho bar