New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10

| into madness well ~,
Michael at length drew me aside, one day. WIN
| "a demcanor that | ut decided to be Foie
| tentous. lie always had for important eNen'S u
| fIown of mole or less gloom. ! knew all Ills
| frowns this one was Of the sort which he gave
on having negotiated a specially lucrative funeral
"Shuie he began, Its somethin I'm goin
| to tell We that'n be II big surprise An rust OH
| | guess ye won I blcve I'm tellln the truth wan
| bit, yc won't =,
"Oh. you always tell the truth, Mike l said;
| with rather rosy eXaggerntion Nv hat IS ~
Michael had found my father One or his to-
| hccman friends had used influence with certain.
| worry keen detective. who had no doubt done the
| fcrrcting work gratis. and just bloodhound
might dispose of rat or chipmunS in its pursuit
| of larger prey Furthermore Michael had himself
seen my father without the latter slIspecting who
| he was. This the fist time the two ncn had
| ever met. | Judged from what Michael I'M
| parted. that my father was much changed in APP
| IeaIance. ! now heard him described as bag
! gard of visaee and rather lank of figure. The
place Of encounter had been "a lquor-saloon, whose
| proprietor was fortunately, as Mike expressed It,
"raiscd home in the same place wa m M sell
| dive mind Ny father was in the habit or COM
inc into this place every night and taking as much
bad brandy he always drank brandy as the com
or two in his possession would buy. lie always
| drank alone always seemed moody and uncoh'
| nnncatiye, and never showed a sign OF lhtOA-
! icnlon. lie evidently in great Poverty ms
clothes. if not of the worst, were friyea ana nf
shabby He dwct not far away in the attic OF
| a t,ncmcntho 1t was not known how he
secured the little money which fell to him. Tor
he had had no regular occuIaton since Ieavln avn
|
| strcn,th Of frame made him sometimes valuable
| about the wharvcs.
! All this interested me xeenly. And it seemed
| n vast advantage TO have found out so much CON
| cerning our arch-foe. | had sense or RELIEF as
recalled the location of that liquorshop and Its
| adjacent tenement house. Both were Wei removed
| from our quarter being near Bowling Green, in
the breezy vicinity of the old Battery, not then as
now SO smart with tagged walks and marine
Stlan ely enough as days followed this reveal,
ton of Michacrs a curiosity began to assail and
| tempt ne. | wanted TO have Michael cohtIlvc
in some way that should see my father whi ne
| myself unseen. L knew that if L once made the
! request of him he would not be content I'LL ne
! had gratihed it. The DANCER might be great or
slight according to Circumstance. But 1t was not
| because of the danger that shrant from taxing
| Michac's dcvOtcGncss 1t was because doubted
! mi own right to the least risk of this sort
without the knowledge OF her for whom my SAFE
! ty and happiness were all that made life other
! than a ccasecss rain still. confidence III Michael
reduced that risk tcnfod as | reflected upon 1t.
! And as for personal fear. / had none whatever.
| All the timid qlams which beset child had He'd
| from me now. | had become youth OF not
! little cool COURAGE, and enjoyed in Imagination
! things that bore a spice of venture or telll.
| Nv mother had heard nothing Of Michaes ne.
| cent successful search She need never know or
the somewhat bold plan | was then forming
| There was not the slightest chancc-unless some
dire mishap should Occllr-that she would not re-
main in continued ignorance Of the whos matter;
Why should | not confirm any doubt which sun
cXstcd-and ! confess there was lurking one
that no mistake had been made in the precise
id~ntiIy Of NV father? Besides wanted to look
uon him once again. 1t was wholly Il curiosity.
| and | suppose it was clearly morbid as we'll lie
! had ne, or o> ed Inc, shown NE IA shade of ten
derncss But | wanted TO see what changes re-
morse passion, dissipation, perhaps defeated
vengeance, had wrought in him.
| finally spoke to Michael He at first shook
! his head with decision. Then | S ole more per
| suasivcly and he scratched il in characteristic
doubt There must be a way of my seeing my
father. told him. and yet of my remaining ul-
| discovered He could surely hit ulon a way.
"Yourc so shrcwd Mike, added, with touch
Of nattcry. open and yet adrolt Il am sure
You could lind IT. if there Wee envy way
Amy way p murmuIed Mike gutturally
and a little crrssly. "Of cooisc there amt
felt that had gained my MONT Whenever
Michael was the least cross TO me it meant that
big fund of indulgence lay behind his grnness
And | was right in this case ON the following
yet he securely Inscen by him
Michael cXrlaincd 10 lust how the affair
would be managed; l listened ana gave my al-
rIoval after had heard. He must have been on
rather intimate terms with Patrick costello the
proprietor Of The liquor-saloon have before men
| tioncd Nv father was in the habit Of entering
,Im' Of about four clock every afternoon An
! Of us We would be due. to speak, at a quar-
ter Of four AMI kept our engagement punct
ually to the minute.
The an bush struck me at once as wonderfully
secure Michael and | founl ourselves placed
i'm small a. M tincnt at side of the general en-
| trance. II little chamber intended Tor Tie
bacclanal Use of conviNia PARTIES, ana Jud2lhE
from its aSty. climy table and It's TWO or thlec
ctlctc chairs | ima.incl what Iiotous cliQuos must
nave cnlcd classes there. The door of tins re.
sort had key on the inside. which Michael
turned. Bat the uplcr part OF tins door was
, bind with Stats easily moved So that one draw
! ing n little backward could command am oDhduc
| but fair lew Of the saloon itself. | <nclt on q
chair at the side Of ny towering conn anon ana
orr surrey was complete. To-day no doubt such
| an ambu>calc would scarcely be possible III any
similar haunt Acsthcticlsm--or something com
| iallv like it-has made tie modern lq''oi-Seler
/ dccolatc his lair with eHudy stained GLASS WIN
dOVs dOcIs of polished OAK or walnut ana Il
! "bar' Of rIisnalic spcndor The TRICK OF iuus-
| in "A drinkers tlnst by TICKLING ms eye hau lou
/ vi come into vogue Here every tlnng was pam
ana even scurvy. bcited dcns where worlimen
/ Iour out into tumblcs the earnings that should
| get their wives decent gear or their chluch
| shoes As | knclt at MiChac1s side. saw gllmy
rows of bottles pcrchcd along wall misty WIN
cobwcbs | saw the APP aIHtIs TOR pHmp lli@ ae
| from a cellar below. with tarnlNhed faucets ana
! shabby woodwork: | saw n counter whose very
| edges worn ami saggcd, looked rs though IL la,i
accom- odltel tie shifting elbows OF muititud-
nous drnnlarqls: AMI lastly | saw Mr. Costello
! himself the gcnius-sha | say the evil genus =
of the dive with his veiny. san.ulne cheeks his
dun. boodsho eye. his coplous iaii 9i ;Scu nm
| tachc his nahby bulge of stomach IL Is ioSsion
| that Mr. Costello might have known better than
TO sit the spider of this noXios web, but there IS
| no doubt that he did not look as II ne khc" peC
or course it was all an old story TO me-
| Michael ami had seen it all before But mat
| oftol noon il somehow seemed new ana unWOnted-
! IL loatIsome because | realized that the man
whom NV mother stI loved might soon enter l's
| woful domain But four o'clock came WITHOUT
! I,inoinp him The minutes preceding that hour
| brouoIt more than customer TO MI Patrick
| Costello I write Of Ncw-YorlI as | saw IT years
| ago hut the years have not changed ths horllu
alcoholic rart Of II. and what record Oh pas'
| time Is true OF to-day
| | remember that afternoon so well, while Mike
and | waited in our hidipI place a woman
! staggered in with q big white pitcher. ana u
| yrinl,ad face as white ms the pitcher itself I'll
| Give We no more said Mr.. Costello wiplng his
| bar impettuIbaby. This was in It's way moral ;
! if raised Mr. Costello in my opinion: he was not
| All for sorld cain. A little later two NEGROES en-
tered They were at once told to get along out
| ~ that with fierce ychcmencc, and they dc
| yortod The hate Of this cnslaved race was then
,nnnnnnt with the Irish OF New YOIlk Sui Iotcr