The Red Cloud chief., 1889-04-05

couutsble tre0bling 6 The 1nSer-t1pa Wha9
I found inside VA . check for three m0otAo
salary. with the notiacs&ios 70 The o&ece
thai In Consequence Of my great success ID
having that morning made The Blunderef
the laughing stock Of Ill London. the pro.
peietors consideroc II duo r~ecoguitioo d ny
talents that ! should not enter The o0co
again. For explanation I wa referred %
the enclosed cuttings from that days daily
newspaper. lifted o Of the slipe from
out Of the envelope. and what b met ny
eyes caused me TO sta9ger back ~spcechlses
and breashlesa against the wall, for there u
that brief announcement Of the postpone
ment At the last moment OF For Life OF
Death ! saw the evidence OF the horrible
treachery Of which I had been . victim Tia
evidence Of my own ruin, utter and Srre-
mediable. stared me in the face. ] had actu-
ally written . detailed report and criticism
Of an audience which had never assembled.
OF actors who had never appeared, Of .
piece which had never been produced
"what need is there for me TO tell you
more. when you can guess the rest for your
self You dom . TO hear that ] and tho
papers with which ! had been connected
came the bv-word and scofi Of England. and
that the Bullseye In particular never sur.
vived the shock. Nor do YOU need 10 be told
that the few hundred enemies whom ! had
contrived to raise around ne BY exceeding
smartness turned the story in all ways so ~
to tell to my disadvantage, or that my jour-
nalistic career, which meant my livelihood.
was practically at an end, II you can under
stand the charitable eyes with which an ed
itor would be apt to look upon that kind Of
-s-a~ln NUhN2.a. es,AN vshnaueAa II
went, TO London OF the provinces, II vas
always the same-the black shadow pursued
me and closed every door in my face. Liz
zie, Of all the world. was the only one who
chung to me in my trouble, and insisted on
carrying out her promise and marrying me
in the teeth Of her parents. who threw her
Cd when they found her bent on allying
herself TO Q pauper. She struggled on my
side for two years, comforting and sustain
ing me In our bitterest adversely with her
love and faith. until one day she died in my
arms, and the light Of my life went out
Then, having nothing else in the world to
cling to. l chung to the drink the while it
dragged me down, down. down TO what !
am.
Zone thing more ! have To mention" said
the sandwich man, a he rose from his seat
and proceeded to hang the boards over his
shoulders again; lit was one day some
months after the events described that I
met Scrubby. Il can't for the life OF me un.
derstand how you came to fall into that ter
rible blunder,' he said, especially after
the note I left for you. telling how we had
all gone down TO the theater on . wild goOse
chase. only to find that the piece was post
poned until the following week.
"NOte! Left for me by you" I CALCULATED.
"Yes!-No! now I come TO think Of it. I
didn't leave the note. l wanted TO go down
to the ParthcnOn to see the new burlesQue,
nut I gave it to a man who said he would be
passing the club and would hand it in. Let
me see. All! ! have il nOw-you know him
LOydall. the Olympian heavy leads.
Smith. In Outing.