The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-17

tain, even in their dress, an air of care less, semi.respectabihty. The disguise ot Don Webfoot was DO, thus in accordance with his manner. It was, in fact the clothes of railroad section hand on the body of decayed son of gentility,
 "Yes, ger fake; what racket are yer workin' fer chuck ?"
 " Food ," irquired the youth.
 "Yes. I'll let yer in with me on I scheme for the price of can. It's great.
 You want drinky" queried Don WchiooI.
 Var si, ye down an we'll rush the gro~ier atSeeu us; that is, ef yer've the stuff fer the hoose."
 pas Wettoot resumed his seat and the stranger offeiously snapped h,s gnmy fingers al tail waiter with a beer stained towel over his shoulder
 e BiIng us couple of drinks, ordered Don Webfoot.
 These two men, regardless of ;he sjrri- lariiy of their attire, presented a strange contrast the re Il vagrant and the coun teriei; imitation. The stranger aud the water eyed each other hard fAs an !ns.an.. and the same glenn of rewarded intui, ton broke forth in the formers eye.
 "A big slug of sour mash with cider on the outside" he sad,
 " Have you any any light wines Rhine wine, for instance asked Don Webfoot
 eht wipes Had his brother Judson been present, well might he have ob served;
 "pon has queered himself again
 A hurly, lhlek necked shoulder hitter sloueAed up 10 the table and roughly re- oogp 1ed the stranger;
 What's the tpple, Gimblets he in- quir,d grufly
 Ah, there, Buekles, come an ave a bowl with us" invited Gimble,s.
 Condesoendlngiy and heavily, Buckles slouehed into chair, and completed the tto
 Bunf me straight booIc. haven 1 had d lush, 1t seems to me, for morc'n a week"
 The round of beverages was broueh, and Don Wcbfoot was obliged to get change for A five dollar btli. To his credit, let Ii be sad, he had determined to show as little of his iaoo as possible. The uamps eyed the money eagerly There was full half months board and lodging ID the change for both these dis- , ieputables. Somehow light wine never , affected Don Webiooi in the same man. ner before, he vaguely thought. IL was not drunkenness which SD suddenly over powered him. He felt deathly sick, the arc electric light appeared to swing in ec- centric circles the hall seemed crowded to suffocatlon with damp, grimy, ill smelling crowd. He was suhoca ating he said he wanted more air he started . toward the front door, bu, by some mys terious agency he was tuned from his | course, and tenderly led to the rear door out into the alley, and the mysterious agency tSo Of them proceeded to walk him up and down between them. IL was about five o'clock in the evening. The cool damp ar somewhat revived him and Buckles and Gimble,s suggested that they return to the beer hall. With a , dazed sense of insecurity Don Weblool objected, and then there was more walk : ing, Without constant, walking laudanum produces death and the three men passed out on to the street in the twilight, and i, seemed strange part Of the city to D DJn Webfoot. Somebody lited him into d hack and two somebodies got in beside him and the party were driven away somewhere the hack stopped; the iwo somebodies led him forth again into tbe air, down flight of stone steps and, sud denly, into a large, brilliantly lighted hall, similar to the Tivoli," save that there vas no tables, but long, polished bar, and band of music playing .n A gallery. There were also a number of girls and women, some in bale; dancers costume and all with coarse, bold faces, and three cotillion sets were forming on ,he floor. This was the famed BuekinZ- ham of Chicago. To Don Webfoo, the two somebodies attending him did not seem 10 be Buckles and Cimblets, but they were. They were clean shaven and wore new hats. Don Webfooi must have been asleep a' some time since he met them
 " Two slim gentlemen in black dress suits, tall silk hats and faces whitened with chalk, and two short girls Mi,h