The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-05
CHAPTER XVII.


Jamcsons engagement in Glasgow ex-
tended, on and oil for some years, during
which his modest inc ne was lnortga red for
law EXPENSES, so thai h, wa able to gave
| little or nothin,. Curry acting days were
| over, but he wrote q beautiful hanl, and
| employed him elf in copying paris MSS,
etc, for tn theatre. OF course he didn't
make much b. ihs but lie contri butei some
small portion toward the household ex,
penses, alwa7s h9ariing upa little treasure
| for an cspcria! pIrpo'e, Year after year,
as regularly a. t. g l2th of May approached,
be di5app nrnl Generally hs returned
about a IN ADJ afterwards, and resumed his
place without u word. Willie guessed
pretty wei wnere he ha b,an; hut they
quite uni2rs,ooi each other and no word
ever passe betwe N than on the subjoct.
They grew older, and the world grew
grayer and gloomer for both, AMI tho case
Of "Jamieson ant Miller VS.. MacAllister
and Others continued to iml overisl the
poor player.
Mr.. MacCrawlay Citizens, having exhaust
ell every arttira tina pettilorging and Chi
canery could sug ,eS5, was at length brought
to bay, AMI the final hearing came on,
which result d i'll a verdict for the defoni-
ant
The very next lay Jameson gav5 notice
of appeal Thln commenced atiidavits, in.
| terlocutories AMI l don't know what all
Anyh the whole thing hal to begin anew.
OF course, the law ars, as usual, took their
tmo over it, But there is one comfort you
can have good deal Of law for n little
money in Scotlani-i. e., compared with the
cost of the article i'll England.
While this precious lawsuit dragged its
slow length along, Jameson was acting in
Manchester Liverpool, Birmingham, Shelf
Cal tl,n pyrt1 ,tn b.,
went Curly accompanied him At last en-
gagcments were difficult to obtain in Eng
land, so the friends returned to the Land o
Cakes. But, alas! "a new generation had
arisen, which knew not Willie" Younger
men had stepped into his Shoes and poor
Jameson had to retire AMI take back
seat, until he sank to be, as we had seen
him the night before, loading man at the
Theatre Royal, Paisley.
And now comes the remarkable coinci
dence to which l have before referred.
As Pike got to this portion of his nara
tive we reach the summit of a hill, at tho
bottom of which, some two miles off, lay
Stuart town, through which We had to pass
during almost the last stage of our journey.
As we paused to contemplate the prospect,
and indeed to tax, BREATH for we were both
little blown, our attention was attracted
to solitary foot passenger, about three or
four hundred yards in front, who came
walking along briskly toward us. Despite
his shabby clothes, be had the air and man.
ner of q gentleman. His figure seemed wiry
and elastic; his hair fell about his neck in a
profusion of snow white silky curls; the col.
lar of his shire was turned down over
travel black silk handkerchief, revealing
singularly beautiful neck; he carried his
head erect; his eyes seem ID fixed on vacancy,
,,1I "a bnla an an Al
preoccupied that h. scarcely observed us
until within Il stones throw, when to my
as touishmeut, Pike gave a long, low whistle,
as he exclaimed:
well, lneveri Who'd have thought it,
Talk . thn de'il! An how's aw' wi We,
Curly!'
Mr. Camplell--for it was hebrew him
self up for a moment, coliy; then, re-
covering himself, replied, with a pleasant
smile:
what, Pike! Still on the road. old
mani Don't you begin to feel tired of it,
and wish it we're all overi Sometimes Pm OF
Antony's mood, after Actium, and feel dis
posed to cry
Unarm Eros, tie long days task Is done
But no, NJ. | suppose I've not courage
eneugh TO take Off my own armor And,
ARR all, we've only got to wait little
ioE ger Tor Tie good TINA coming at tbs end
CO the journey; AMI then, you know as
. nuts it Ny hane and antidote ara both
60 But what rogue and peasant
to so wool gathering thusi
"2MAN, -. = NJ. t.m.s.,, a.
in ass n,a IA a !, company. the COM
ihE En- ma ,H2\ SH.omeo,' etc.
smile:
Excuse me, sir, old men will still be talk
lnS' us tne priv lege of age You are
young AM sangnine AhI l was young and
sanSuine Gnce 'nysef. hope you will have
better fortune than 1fel me You have an