The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-06-15
Where the Sea Foams.


seem to feel free with each other, anC
any dignity you put or must vanist
At the first dow OF the tide. | haC
aot been in Red Bank above half ar
hour last year when a stranger came
walking briskly up to me, held out
als hand for = shake, and said;
Never was so glad to see anyone il
a@y de, hyou hadn't come on the
uN,a train l should have lett at four
a,2atG"
"laieei' And your name isis
Mayor Thomas Winfield Troy, o.
>>u-Se Here's my card. I'm awtully
.,ai - see you. You are looking
0.asa >s;Jer. How are all the folks
TIE c.evk sad you were looking for
RE How kind ii You TO remembeg
v<rc- NE, suppose you nave heard
. q. my misfortune. Il was stupid in
rse. |. admit, but the best OF Us are
/ sometimes abSent-mjnded."
"n:3-Gid something happened 70
you
"Ha har ha' Pretty good that be.
ing as 1t has been in al the papers and
Is the sole topic Q! the town. DiGn':
/ | so and put my wallet, IN the pocket
OF my bathing suit, and didn't that
wallet and its contents Of So 900 dis
appear IN the surf. II would be s
mere trife to me st any o:hsr time,
but just now"
And you lost $4,000"
Exactly $1,000
And you want me 20 lend you SIS
to go home and get SIS, 900 more
you've hit il exactly my dear old
friend, and save me the embarrass,
ment OF an explanation. / vii re-
turn III three days"
"Yes, but ! can't let you have IT,"
"Gou can't"
mo; I've only got $3.50, and there
seems no chance OF opening q faro
game or robbIng a bank. was won.
dering as you came up if / could not
work the three-Card monte on you.
Have you noticed any show for rob.
bling the hotel or picking pocketsf"
"Wh-whatl" he gasped; I'll
thought"
THAT l was a visitor to the sea-
shore. So ] am. l come down here
every season in search OF Doodle. but
this year / am playing in hard luck.
Ii you can raise the sugar well go up
to Coney Island. Think there'd be
any chance OF robbing the Post-ofice
hereH Second class job. of course,
but Pm hard up!'
"Say! i" ne began, but suddenly
cut it in two, looked me all over and
then turned and walked of. He evid-
emily didu,t relish my dishonest
c~ountenance. He had six feet OF pla.
ted watch chain hitched to his vest
pockets, and perhaps he feared l
would rob him.
Later in the day a tall, distinguish
ed-looking gentleman in fine raiment,
came out to me in the summer house.
We talked OF Europe, Asia, Africa,
the Kelly motor, the mosquitoes and
other things tor three long hours,
when he suddenly said:
ooh, by the way, / want to ask a
slight favor of you. | drew on Jay
Gould for So 5000 the other day, but
find / shall be dead broke before the
money comes. II you could spare me
$75 or a hundred for about four days
] shall be eternally obliged"
"Sorry, very SORRY, my friend. ]
am just going down to the bank my
self to draw on Mr.. Gould for $4,000.
As it viii be some time before the
money comesI won't dare let go the
lew shillings / have in my pocket"
"You doubt mel" he exclaimed as
be half ose up.
''Oh, no, sir; but our lay happens
to be the same. I'm on the conf
dence racket myself"
"WhatP'
'Sure's shooting. I've got my eye
on that old chap over in the corner,
and il Ican't wheedle him out OF q
hundred to-day or tomorrow m going
to break into his room atnight. Say,
! believe there's Doodle to be had in
this town. ii l can only find a man
with nerve enough ~ cut q mans
throat while / hold ~ arms, / be-
Iieve-"
"VilIain!" he Kissed as he rose up.
ooh, come of"
81 want nothing to do with your
"Oh. you don'tl Well, you can 90
your way, then. I don't chum with
spring chickens. A man who is afraid
81 a little blood-letting to carry ont a
robbery or burglary had better turn
to cIothes-Iines or hencoops. Good
day, sir. won't give you away, but
don't come near me again.
Two days later a woman came to
me in tears. She was q good-lookine,
well-dFessed woman, which made it
at the nicer. She had noticed my
honest contenance from aiar of, and
had finally made up her mind to come
to me with her story. She was a de-
serted bride. She had run away 20
marry the man shethought she loved,
and in a week he had gwen her the
cold shake. II she could borrow
money to get home on it would Be re.
turned by telegraph. Had I q sister,
Il so she might be ! n the same un.
pleasant predicament some day. 1t
was an awful thing To have TO appe
to a stranger, but she saw no other
way,
When she got through / told her ms
story. 1 told her that my right name
was the SC. Louis Kid, and that 4 was
hiding while amurder could blow over,
] was = bank sneakss burglar