Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-29

ADonS you know oe<tasu 10 coma haA1fB
down hers for . bizneas man after o'cine6
q nigAsF asxsd III oMcer.
Phi aamirtsd 70 himsaH that b. did nce;
seiu b hAd CONS ashors 70 find Ar Tran
~, and ths iisa OF giving up the sarrh a.
sos occur 70 him h tally aaksd.
"whers do you uppnD can 6nd hinr
AT hcns, gue.s. Il hss oos Of shs kind
that goes straight homs from his storar
Il reckon hs d, nd Phil win yoa
plenss tell ne where b. iivsr
oh, come o6r" mufssrsd The poiicemaa.
.Dys s'poss | amt gos noshin' to do but
mov where folks ivsI Where ~as yoa
brought upf-'way hackT
I'm sorry boehersd yca- Gr, sid PHI.
who now saw the of1cers uniform and rse
ognissd is BY memory Of pictures be bad
cen In illustrated ns~spaperx Isn't there
any way b Gnd cut where . man lives u
New York;
Certainly. loos IN the directory Go up
70 Broad say-its up u tbs bead Of ths
sfrs<t-aa' go along till you dad drug stora
Like enough you'll and = directory there
Phil followed Instructions, -A..d is-.ru-d tbs
sxreee and numoer Of the TransiAy donaicils.
In front of aim street cars we're continually
coming and going, and by tbs Conductors Of
thess be was referred from one To another
until be found q car which went 10 the street
he wanted TO reach Although Phil knew
the city was large. tho journey seemed very
long. it was male an hour longer than is
should have been. for fire had broken cut
somewhere along the route, and engine hos
biockadsd the railway track When finally
tbs desired street was reached Phii found
himself several hundred NUMBER away from
that ns was looking Tor. and it was then
nearly O'Clock
1--WE half mind 70 give it up" .sid Phil,
- be walked rapidly along. perhaps thsy
20 to bed early, there's no telling Still,
they're abed, III know it ny the Lights being
out l don't ssem To walk down these mum
hers very fast.
Dc quieSened his sseps. b almost ran. ous
asre than quarter Of an hour passed befors
- "a glass transom the number that
indicatesi his Journey was st an end Phil
ytopt.si then be crossed the stree, aud sur
veyei the house carefully
Lights In all the windsws,' said ha
That looks an Il they'd all gone TO their own
rooms. looks like bsdtims | was afraid Of
il | suppose there's nothing TO do but 90
back to the sloop or find some place to lodge
Too bad
He recrossed the street and ascended . step
or two Truthful though be was, 10 would
have denied to any one bus himself that hs
did 1t only because Laae4a bad tripped up
those came steps Slowly be descended and
walked away. but he bad passed but house
OF two, and WAS looking backward, when .
man who had passed him ran up the Tramlay
ststs Then Phil saw q flash Of light and
heard a door close.
That wasn't Mr.. TramlAy There aren't
any other uen in the family He must be
visitor Well II other men can call at this
time Of night guess can visit IL, too
Back be went, and, as be was unacquainted
With the outer mechanism Of door BELLS he
raped sharply upon the door 1t opened
instantly. and as Phil stepped in he found
the hall and stairway, well as the parlors.
quite full OF ladies and gentlemen.
Its a party" he said to himself Then no
informed himself In great haste, that be
would postpone his visit, but as he turned to
90 he found the door was closed, and u small
colored boy who stood by it said Gen linen
fust room back. and pointed upstairs En-
tireIy losing his self possession and wonder
ing what to do, Phil stood stupidity staring
about him, when suddenly he saw Lucia In
full evening dress He hastily dropped bis
eyes, for he had never before seen dress OF
that particular cut