Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-10-22
aYa5hin9tun Stanaard
AN ACTORS STORY.
As,ossd BY JOHN COLEMAN
CHAPTER Xv.

CHAPTER Nv.
ONLY TRAMP.
N'ght was falling At the Garloch Head
when . conveyance drove up and stopped At
the hall door The driver got down and
began to bring forth sundry boxes and to
load the cart with them. By and BY .
woman calns out Of the house and got into
the wag n Then they turned towards tho
ely. Suddenly tn, horse came TO a full
= op 1t was now quito dark, and the
CIR er, who had ''drappie IN his &C. On
& avored to ury. the an NAL onward, but in
y. II, saC.ciou, biute trembled VIC
b.rl mil 1 u1.y, rearel back on mis-
t1'., h., al tn t.y conc.uied not to
iai,a another soot. Obviously there was
I ,''; = { - but f,r D. can MacTavish to
e. iowa SO WA VA the matter. Iu
g ~ d,wa 10 sna,I.i his lantern, and
rflt wen: OH Sc, h. couiin't-fsel,
lie Ill In moment he called out to tho
woman In the cart:
"El, JEANNE! Here's mon lesing . but
deed No wonder Jock wouldna bulge
r. vas aye Q gev, cut, beast. Como down
All ,'e . hond, woman. Well ma leave q
Chr tan to des while there's . wee bit
squeek for bis life"
iney lifted the man into tho cart, and
Jeannis SUI pprtsi this poor creatures head
o. hnr lap. l. tie DIRE IN ng for whom she did
I ~ C ii iial Office. but "hei the high. { Ill
on y pal. d face as DR.. Mler's door, an
- sag WHO it ~as all tho blood in her Lsars
s. vi still, but shs didn't come Of . FAINT
in race-besides, she had something els, 10
Dc lust then
~ hat, whetr she exclaimed. the mis-
tres WIS aye richti He nna dead after
a'-she puir, bonnie laddie. Doctor, doc
tor! come butt the nooi" shs screamed like
q mad woman. When she told Miller who
the broken Town wayfarer was DO instantly
Lal ,or Carry brought IN and put in the
be- bel in the hous Restoradves wsrs
employed, but ii was long before conscious
ne s superv onsf.
On bis return from 0trathmlne' Wll .
fouDd a message from the doc or, request
ing him TO call imm ,diatsly at Brsada.s
terrace. Jeanne oaIn, running TO the Dc:
to meat him, crying bitterly. and exclaiu-
ing:
I'VE has fun him-we hae fun him! bnt,
ON. ruir laddie. how chanSell Thank Col,
my bonnie dsaris dina live to SEQ 1t! It
would has broken the hsirs q her-a. it has
minel'
Before Willis had time to speak sho had
urged him forward into an adjsce1t bed.
room, whers his poor friend lay shiverins
in a fitful. fevered sleep. Grea. hollow
we're in his cheeks aud beneath his closed
eyeA A profusion Of long, curly snow
white hair streamed over his brow and
round his thin, worn neck. Cool Hsaven!
Could 1t 10 possible that this faded wreck
was all that was LETT Of the once bright,
winsoms Curlyi
Long after wards JAMESON learned that .
soon a. Donald LETT the asylum ct Kew tia
poor fellow sci forth on foot for tn, north
Drenched with rain. and half starving. b
fell down fainti1g In the strsets Of Biz
mingham. He was taken up by the police,
and charged with being drunk Fortu
nately, the inspector was an intelligent
man, who immediately sent for doctor, o.
whoss certificate Curly was removed to tn
pauper lunatic asylum.
After q sojourn Of some months he wa
DISCHARGED Thanks to his kind physician
he was assisted on BY the mail as far q.
Nswcastls.onr Tyne. From thence the man
ager Of The theatre sent him by coach to
Edinburgh On inquiry there be found that
Willie had gons to Aberdeen weeks before
Not human being in his native city recoz-
nixed in the shabby, broken down, prsma-
turely old man tbs formsr spruce cornst in
the Midlothian Voluntesn He was almost
GLAD that It was 90, and he skunk out OIL
Edinburgh - daylight fell, resuming his
weary march northwards; nor did hs halt
till he found q resting place In friendly
barn by tbs waysile, which sheltered bin
until daybrcak. He had some two or thrsl
shillings still left which kept him from alb
solute starvation. Fortunately the weather
was fine. 80 by night hs slept in barns, undsl
hayricks, or, indie d. wherever he could aud
shelter. Al length b, reached Aberdeen
When be inquired at the theatre for Willie
b. was told that be was staying at Gairloci
housa
S..Gairloch house, he excl aimed 'sTha
: where she lives. Ga, moi 1t can't b.
that's impossible"
He re Owed to write to Jameson at once
but his impatience would not allow him Il
wait. H. wouli 60 imme lately. Thel
his pride stepped in-he did not wish her Il
sea him thus changed and worn-thu
ragged ami wretched. Thero could b N
harm anyhow in going near the place-il
looking upon the spot which enshrine1 81
be held most dear, 90 he walked toward
the Gairloch Head.
There stood tho house and the garden
exactly as he had left them two years ago
nothing Sc I'm chan god sxcep. hims.R Ye
The must 10 chan gel too, elss she woult
no. havs ssut III in saa5 cruel reminder o
tbs woakn, and d.yradltiJn. Yet, Der
haps, On The ih.r hail, she m,ans to re-
lease him rom th, shameful compact int,
which Us .iGi bean cosrced-perhaps sh
- "but al 81! he thought, ''she doubtiAs
remains young and beautiful as ever, Will
l."
At this moment q tall, spare man left tn,
house, AMI came rapidly to the spo
whsre Curly sat The poor wretch coult
contain us iapatieuce no longer, so b
accosiel tina stranger.
II Ues pardon, SIT, SAID he, but is Mr
Jamie sill stag iay at tie hou,o J Jnd srP'
'.Ar. Jameson il no. staying at tn
hnusA-" rephsd Mr.. Mace ;awley GituenS fol
It was ne, nor nas ue stayed unero slncl
tho day Of the funeral"
''The funerall What lunerali Who's
funeralf'
Miss Flora MacAllistsrs."
Flora MacAllnter"
"Ay-sh, was buried three days ago.
And so the limb OF the law passed on.
Curly stood looking at his retreatine
figure till it faded altogether into the mis-
Of evening; then, without q sigh or sound,
he dropped like q stone on the highway,
where Duncan MacTavish and JEANNE Mac.
Pherson found him lying some hours later.
CHAPTER XVI.
ELSPETHS WEIRD
A. g.