Telegram-herald., 1890-12-11
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DartES sac l04raey - san f4ola o.
the 1olleNiag dzy. Joel wilcox took TIE
opportunity % have god loax tax
Nith Percy LOvsl 2nd ascertain sbaI
that gosng nan kusw about the many
Transactions shich bad taken place Do
tweea Nsiasquez and CEan6zlL
Somstimes the yeang Englishmsn
got very communicative for 10 sas
naturally free epea- heaFtea sort OF q
fellow, a0t mOre than twenty-ssyen
ye2rs Of age. or thsrsabouts
Wilcox liked bin 50 veil that be
asked Lovel 70 give him . little OF his
history. said Losel. III tell you ny
histeFy You may not think so vel Of
me after ycg hear it As you Do now"
''Oh, dare say, like most young men
who drist 10 Frisco. you have led a
ki2deF Wiid life. but it Is evident you
were primed with pretty good eduea-
tioa before you started Ia on IL" was the
response.
Yes said tho Englishman. II sup
pose that's so. aud siaco left Oxford
have seen life through the kaleidoscope
OF many promiscuous jOurneyings. left
home before / Was twenty, got through
: good pile OF money IN Paris and BrUs-
sells and then suddenly found myself In
New York. played the races, gambled
and knocked around from one Job TO
another and altogether led Bohemian
life. But feel like SOLDERING up now;
IL isn't necessary for q fellow 10 be avsg-
abond all his life. and I'm ready for the
change. IL isn't more than three weeks
since l handled the chips for the las.
time, but have done with IL for keeps.
by the way, the very last game | SAT
down 70 MAS in the same room that Velas-
quez frequented and be dropped over Eve
thousand dollars that night. IL was the
same evening no sold the mining stock.
He often used 20 come 20 that den, and
some OF the boys there know a good
deal about him. but very much ques-
tion whether any OF them would tell
you much"
'Good." remarked Loveps newly
found friend, I'm glad TO hear that
your are tired Of your wild life, and,
what's more. believe Yon. So from
now on you will please consider yourself
privats secretary 10 Joel Wilcox.
never did put on airs before, but
/ guess i amt too old TO begin. Is it q
go?"
why, you astonish me. Mr.. Wilcox;
but / viii try 10 deserve your conf
dence."
"All right; count myself a pretty
good Judge of a man when l see one, and
think that so far as am concerned.
am safe in engaging you for an unlimit-
ed period; the salary question we can
settle as we go along" added Wilcox in
q jovial manner.
But what" be continued, twas that
you said about velasquez beipg known
by the boys in the gambling house?"
Percy then repeated what be had al
ready recounted, and Mr. Wilcox said
that the knowledge might be useful in
hunting down the rascal
As both Mr.. Wilcox and the English
man were good takers the conversation
was kept up in a lively manner. and II
was not long before Wilcox knew all
about Percy from his childhood up.
AS the train pulled mp at San Paola
Mr. Wilcox said: "Ahl guess, my boy,
you've been moro of fool than an in
tentional scamp"
The remark was full OF truth, for
Percy Lowell was never really bad, only
one Of those lads so especially common
among the better English 7ses who
become utterly reckless in tne eager
pursuit OF folly as 1t flies" Yet
through all his ups and downs he was
nonchalant, easy-tenpered and cool as
an iced cucumber. Always he could
find time TO part his hair in the right
place. no matter IL the house was on
fire; but be could also be relied upon
to reach the outside safely. And no
matter where or hos deep he would
sink in life's turbulent waters, he In
variably came to the top again smiling