The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-17

Buckles and Gimhlets had seen the land lord of the Canal street hotel, Nor could he come boldly out and prosecute bis robbers without revealing hts identity Then great fear took possession of him an d he began to believe that there might be a mysterious disappear lnce in reality, He had read of just such instances.
 While thus ruminAIinH upon the perils of his position. one ot the painted "ladieS came to him and ttied to cool his hot flushed face ~ith broad feather Ian saturated with loud perfume Then she asked him to buy bottle |, wine, He told her he had no money.
 "l will pay fov Il, she whispered,
 No,' said the eor~aissreat man, "i ~,l' drink 10 more to night"
 The woman swote horribly and tew minutes afterwards hc saw her talking earnestly, and quite near to hun. with Buckles and Gimb,etS. He caught hu, one wotG
 Ransom
 With this word came ta him tea'iine sense oi his dabttr He was kao~a. Somehow he had been recognized, and 1t was the intcn,ion 10 keep him s:upehed unt Il somc dicker could be arranged tor his return to his father,
 Then a rev strength came to hum aad he made a sudden sortie upon his enc mieS, and, charging through ,hei, ranks, gained the door and ran up the stone steps, He was hntly pursued by hsckle' and G;mhlets. Gaining the s,dc oi a gurncy he dove head foremost into the boN.hke vehicle, and uttered tho name ol the Palmer House Once inthst loC ality he would rad,ate out and seek cheap quarters for the nigh, and commence to bes in carnes, on the morrow.
 And on the morrow Den Webioot awok~ at late hen, ~lh ainging head pained, swollen eyes and fl cen cents to buy his breakfast He awoke, also. ID the miserable quarters ot ten-oe ent lodg in house. There, in nano~, white washed hall weie forty o1 fifty cheap cots, each ere cceuried by slumbeiluI bundle of poor, ~orld.worn humanity l The aimesphere oi the 'quahd quarters was close, shfinR, impure and opptes- sive. He hathcd himself m rusty non basin, dred hls h-uds and lace en a sod den laektowel dorued his miserable garments and wandered forth in scaieh Of haunt whose proprietor would give a cup of eotiee and TWO doughnu's ior hve cents He pieiaeed ihis meal ~lth Il ten cent glass of hlsky which he needei to hearten him for hs forenoon 5 Npedi ton.
 1 As Don Wobfoot rottgtew reviewed the events oi ihc preceding ior'y eigh l hours, he could no, make imself believe that his mysielous disappearance scheme had, SO far, proved a btilln success
 It WAS ten o'tlntk a. m, when h' wen ded his uay in the familiar dlrc rtior of bis fathers residence. Arrived there he limped with well affected lameness ul the steps, confident in hls ditgulse of oic cIot hes and blue goggles that he should avoid detection. And yet, with sink ing heart he soundcd lhc electric gong He would ask for piece oi bread, pos. sbly be sent around 10 the kitchen dooI in the skullery and there. possibly too, obtain an opportunity To sound the servants on the present state of f;el | ing of Miss Van Van de Van
 What 4 humiiating po,ition for the ex editor of the Chicago ni"frd GadFyl
 A familiar servant, Janet, the house. maid, answered his summons
 Please marm, said ihe fraud, would you give me 4 bl'e io eat, and fl you have any work in the back yare, III be glad to do it."
 "Who's ontsidcl" inquired the voice of I'eletiah petugie~ from the library.
 "A tramp, sir" answered Janet
 Well, what do you wan,f" asked the old man, stepping irso the hallway and catching sigh, of the dismal figure A, the door. Then he turned, and called lus,iIy
 "Judson!'
 Yes, sir" responded that du,iful youth. He, too, shed up the sppahtion, and said
 " Hello! ! eh Blue goggles Say, Miss Van Van de Van, did the Canal street hotel man say anything abou, his wear ing blue Rogiets {"
 The lady to whom these remarks were addressed came sailing into inc hall in 4 white julie dress, Ike a feccy summer