San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-24

Gen Inigo arose took the telegram from
the table, aud handed it to his friend.
One morning in the early autumn a
gentleman was performing his toilet in
one of the handsomest bedchambers of a
certain hotel near Union square in the
city of New York. He was apparently
about so years of age, of medium
height, stout, with a broad, fiat head,
from the top of which the hair had dis
appeared. leaving a bushy ring round
the sides and back. His face, which was
ruddy and broad. with large nose and
a thick mouth, indicated coarse good
nature and shrewdness, tempered by
irritability.
At the moment we come upon him he
was standing in his shirt and trousers
before the looking glass, endeavoring to
adjust a scarf necktie of brilliant colors.
Something seemed to be wrong with the
fastenings, and after few Intellectual
struggles he wrathfully flung this i'm
portant article of gentleman's attire on
the floor, emphasizing the act with an
audible expletive. He then walked to
the mantelpiece and poured some of the
contents of a decanter into tumbler,
gazed at the liquor for a moment, and
tossed it down his throat He turned to
the table upon which, among various
other articles, was lying foreign cable
gram. He took this up and glanced over
it gloomily, then thrust his hands into
his trousers pockets and strobe heavily
to the window, where he remained, max
ing inarticulate grunts and mutterings,
and occasionally puckering his thick lips
to whistle few bars Of some operate
air.
After while his wandering gaze was
arrested by the. figure of a gentleman,
fashionably dressed, who was coming
along the street in the direction of the
hotel He stepped hastily across the
room, and pressed the button of the cleo
trio bell beside the door.
Tell the clerk, he said to the servant
who presently answered the summons,
Ito ask Mr.. Hamilton Jocelyn if he'll
come up here; want to see him. /
guess you'll find him in the Office. Look
alive now!"
"All right, general" replied the SER
want, who was complacent negro, and
seemed to entertain kindly regard for
the stout gentleman. "Nothin' else, sah?"
go to the devil!" the general an
swered testify; upon which the colored
person smiled indulgently, and gently
withdrew.
An interval of several minutes fol-
lowed, during which the general march
ed up and down the room with preoc-
cupied and impatient air, like lion
moodily pacing his cage At last there
was loud and brisk knock on the door,
which opened at the same moment, and
Mr.. Jocelyn came in, with a jaunty
smile and cigar in his mouth.
"Halloo, Signor Don General Impre-
sario Inigor' he exclaimed, as his gaze
perused the wrathful and lugubrious
figure of the owner of the room; who's
been crumpling your rose leaves now?
Do you know it's half-past 10 o'clock and
you ought to be-
Il ought to be! Oh, yes; of course l
ought to bel shall be, too, before long
Will SUCH q gang VI IlilSNCo SSuu oSOuh-
drels as I've got to deal with Now,
look hereI'
I'm looking" said Jocelyn. seating
himself in rocking chair and crossing
one knee over the other. Have cigar?
Why don't you put on your vest? de-
clare, general, you're getting stouter
every day Why don't you adopt the
Turkish costume? 1t would suit your
figure to dot. besides giving your limo
cent victims warning of your charac-
ter. When was in Stamboul"-
Now, just you listen here, interrupt
ed the general, slight Jewish pronun-
citation becoming percephble in his
speech He drew up chair in front of
his guest and sat down on it, with his
feet drawn up underneath, and his fat
hands on his knees. Just you listen
iere. I'm an honest man, amt |? pay
my way cash down, don't L I'm no
SLOUGH nor deadbeat, am Il When |
sign contract, and find I've got left, !
don't go back on it, do I? Oh, this is
sweet world for honest folk, this is!
I've been in this business fifteen
years, by Jupiter! I've run all
the big singers in this country
and in Europe, and if you Americans