The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-07-30
THE VICTIM
OF HIS
CLOTHES.
" Howard Fielding and Frederick 4. Burton.
CHAPTER vIn.-coSrrxurp.
tcoPYRrcRr. 1901

PRICE ON HIS HEAD.
Then he stopped abruptly and walked
slowly up the avenue for short dis
tanco. His heart was beating violently
with excitement and tho exertion of his
run, and he knew that he must got
somewhere out Of sight at once. Just
ahead OF him he saw that tho street-car
tracks entered tunnel, the sidewalks
and carriagc-w@y rising hill above
1t. believing that here lay his oppor-
tunity he entered tho tunnel and
walked through its half milo OF length
without molestation save from cars
that passed him occasionally. The
drivers and conductors looked at him
sharply, and that mado him wish that
no had staid above ground. II also i'm.
pressed him with tho necessity OF dis
guising himself
At tho end OF the tunnel he found
himself In front OF tho Grand Central
Depot II he could only take q train
and go somewherel lnstinctively his
hand won't TO his pocket and then no
remembered. The thought of passing
again through an experience OF hunger
. with its possibilities Of police courts
and ferry-boat concerts SO distressed
him that he had half mind TO rethrn
10 jenkins and confess himself
iunatic. Then probably he would be
put in straight jacket and be confined
In loathsomq cell Tor the rest Of his
days. Horrible!
Suddenly he remombesed that ho had
been In the habit OF carrying a fifty
dollarbill in little pocket unobtrusiye-
ly made at the waistbapd of his trousers.
Most OF us would have thought of that
before, but Mr.. Drane had passed his |
boyhood in the lap OF luxury. and In his |
manhood had not escaped from her lead |
ing-strings until the beginning Of these |
unhappy episodes, so that the where
withal was naturally tho last element
TO enter into his consideration OF practi- |
cal problems. In this case he felt GER
tain that his enemy, the tramp, must |
have overlooked that pocket. He thrust
e trembling finger into 1t. Gloriousl
Ile felt the soft but firm texture Of a
bank note, and he knew that he was
saved. He marched proudly into the
depot and inquired about trains for
Boston. That was still further away
from home, but he had friends thore
who would identify him and see him out
Of his trouble. A train would leave in
the course OF an hour. Good. How
mnchp Five dollars. Very reasonable.
One ticket, please.
While the strip OF paste-board was be-
ng stamped Mr.. Drane drew forth the
hidden bill and unfolded IL. Then his
,eart went down to hold sad com
nunion with his heels.
II beg your pardon" he faltered, ad-
lressing the ticket-seller, 'but don't
hink Ill go To Boston this evening""
Tho bill was two.
The tramp had been commercially
borough in his search through Mr..
)rane's clothes, and, having found use
or the fifty dollars, bad recognized the
Utility Of an emergency fund and had
United his reserve TO two dollars.
Mr.. Drane went out again into tho
nfeoling air Of New York and wondered
1hy 1t was that he had never been able
efore TO see any thing in the philoso-
ny OF pessimism. Still It Is not often
hat some consolation can not be found
a q situation when a man has as much
8 two dollars in his possession. Law
bnoe found 1t. He didn't want 10 70 to .
oston, anyway, for there was Bessie, ,
he good, the beautiful, the soul-satisfy.
% Bessie. She was In New York, and
the thought the atmosphere took on
sudden freshness % II II might have
lown across garden OF roses. Per-
aps her little feet had pressed the very ,
ono on which he stood Lawrence
atted the stone gently with his foot
I'd felt oomforted. He would run the v
SIX OF courts and retreats for the priv ,
ego Of finding her.
Meantime how far would two dollars y
rry him? He must have bed and O D
and shave. The bod cost II
m half his pile at neighboring ho-
i. For prudential reasons he regis u
red under an assumed name, and for o
zoo In this history no calamity is 10 be .
corded as tho outoome of the decep- .
1n. In tho morning . barber took v
J, MIR. Drane's moustache for fiftean u
'hta, and aimodest meal reduced his p
pital tobaB adollsrs jThon he bought .
and spt down In a hotsi 2
fridor 10 read and reflect. Tho news o
per was ounoomhonly interesting. .
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