San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-30
PAUL JONES'S ALIAS.
BY DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY.
Author of "JOSepRS Coat" AUNT Rdct.
ell" "Cynic Fortune" Etc.
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the whole great armies of the needy and
the greedy, as Paul Jones would be- To
tell you the truth, doctor, l am a little
tired and peevish; and out of sorts with
the world. want to be let alone, and an
alias was my only chance"
81 understand" the old man answered,
with an air of humorous burlesque, land
will keep your dread secret inviolate. 1t
shall be enshrouded in the clouds OF
night"
IAN odd thing happened in Paris, said
the traveller ''The New York Herald
there, to my great disgust, announced my
arrival at the very hotel had put up at.
l wondered how they had found me out;
but discovered that there was a Paul
Jones there-though, why two people of
the same generation should have thought
fit to ticket an innocent child with that
piratical name l do not know. But there
he was, and they took him for me or, at
least, they took him for the owner of the
dollars, and sent up incense to the pile IN
til the young man must have felt choked
with it. There was an Englishman of the
beef-fed breed, man with the manners Of
a friendly bison and the voice of from
bone, who bullied him with antilles, and
stormed an invitation to dinner at him as
we left the station at Cannes. The other
Paul Jones got telegram at table, and
the big Englishman rOared his name out
so that everybody heard il, and all the world
stared at him as if resolved to put him out
of countenance."
Its little unfair, Paul" said the
elderly man, "to leave Il MAJ who can't
afford it to bear a reputation of that kind. ="
II suppose it is" the other answered:
81 never thought of that l only had time
to anathematize the New York Herald
before became thankful that there was
real man to take my place, for the salts
faction of those easily curious people who
are interested in other peoples money;
and the unknown Paul Jones is not a
shy man. | fancy that no amount of
pointing and staring will hurt him much :"
In very little while the carriage pulled
up before a villa, which by this time it
was too dark to see with any approach to
clearness. As the millionaire alighted he
could hear the vague murmur of the Med
iterranean surge, and he stood for mere
instant, muffiing his mouth with scarf
as precautiOn against the keen evening
air. to look about him. He could dimly
make out great shield of quiet sea over
the tree-tOps and hOuseroofs of the hill
side which slOped away at his feet and
here and there a light twinkling in street
or window. But the door of the villa
opening, and revealing a hall full of light
and flowers and half-tropical plants, the
Doctor took him by the elbow, and led
him indoors There he shook hands anew,
and babe the arrival once more welcome
You will see very little of me. " he said
''for the next three or four days. The
great work is already advertised and the
date fixed for its publication. | am at
work on the final batch of proofs, and |
have quite collection of words that
want to save for the appendix"
''The dictionary" said the new arrival,
smiling 1T is actually on its way tC
print"
st is actually in print, sir" cried the
other. The dialects of the Riviera are
classified for the first time. The philo
logical bridge between France and Italy
is complete to its last arch. Nothing re
mains but to pass the roller over its ma
cadam: and that, Paul, will be my bust
ness for perhaps a week. In the mean
the most part, and give you carte blanche
for the daytime, but | will never have you
out a minute after sunset In the even
lngs shall always be at your service,
partly because am by nature compass
sionate and social, and partly because these
old eyes of mine will not stand close work
by lamp!ight.'
The millionaire, Paul Jones, had found
a pleRsanter home than money could have
bought for HIM. and rs good physician
as any f'nS. 30 ypvPr eXtrnvn .!ant. could
have paid for. In the daytime ne drove pr
rambled or made brief railways eXcur-
siOns, and in the evenings he sat at home,
playing chess or holding pleasant converse
with Doctor Morris. H. visited Monte
Carlo, ana there saw our friend the Major
playing tremendous game with amazing
fortune and Captain Medhurst sitting by
him. cain and quiet, risking no money of
his own, but penciling card for his COM
panion. The millionaire watched the
game, unseen by either of his chance ac
quaintances, for half an hour When the
Majors luck turned and he began to lose
little heavily, he rose from the table at
which he had been sitting and carried his
system to another. The crowd which had
stood by to watch his play followed him,
and the Daisy talked loud and staggered
here as he had talked loud and staggered
in Paris. and was obviously delighted to
afford such a sensation to the hdbttIeS of
the place. Neither he nor Medhurst OBJ
served the valetudinarian, who was glad
enough to slip away in his own retiring
manner without recognition.
That afternoon in the railway carriage,
as he rode hOmewards, some English peo-
pie spoke enthusiastically about the beau