Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-06

CITY That unfortunate gentiemsns trionds
nd come ON to take care OK nun anu hsd
arrived az the Retreat but M ei,. ,tI.l NE
escape. III ~ hve hundred dollars for his
n ~, and the proprietor OF inc Retreat
.,,,.'ia,ne nted that inducement py an oier
90 ia dollars from his own purse, Then
o. saiI hIsy a minute description OF the miss
inc man. . s..,o,od Int st,ll mot
happy. br, the miIlionaires in the
oi,v ia looking for me" ne thougnl, ana ne
danced cautiously over Ms paper az inc
other occupants OF the Iooin. - oioou
ok;Iiad az once for directly opposite sat q
sin'.i 1oolfino fellow staring hard at him.
M foilow had a copy of the same paper
1T Mr. Drane was reading, TOO, IN his
I'M In. Iia vas evidently detective. After
Ii' ,',rot,t If agony the detective rose and
aa nrO"' towords Mr.. Drane, still looking
shar vn,v a. fo ri,l Grand BLUFF, thought Law
-once He nervcd himself for a mighty
effort. but the stranger paused a"K"ardly
"' Excuse s me. sir; I see that wa, mis-;
taken. thought you were un oiu irlehu
Of mine. 1,,-.o,,o, lil,,1 -
beva cIIokod with the excitement and re-
i;ef and he felt that he would rather DO
rontured than undergo snch another trial.
He must get away. Even MS Iriehus
,,'o,,jJ l,iscredit his story and consign him
- On oe,l,,m But how was he TO move
10 raod tbe story again. IL ended by say
inc that the gentleman from hahshs Nltv
had conc 10 Boston on the mlunlGht trnn
believing that Air. Drane had he'd TO that
city. ..o5 % po..;o
CO. ns , n,I helm him. but he dared not
90 TO Mrs. Bowers house. 30 ne wrote a
SSoto To- Airs. Bowers inquiring If he might
not call on the young lady whom ne knew
o,,lr Inv the name OF Bessie. and trust to her
Kindness to screen him from capture du-
rinr the call. II cost him thrty-hve cents
10 send this note by messenger. After
what seemed interminablc delay the mes
senger returned with this answer;
THE yo,u1g lady YOU refer to has re-
turned to her friends. For M, sake re-
frain from sending this 10 you ny PoNce-
man. You may not be insane; puC ! am
convinced that youare bad. 6od ddc0fmtr.
So do not. on any account. expect any iur-
Their assistance from ne.
And what did poor Drane do them lie
wont down TO the East river and wondered
+ some condemned fool Of hero wouldn't
roecre him if he should plunge in and try
10 Lo docentlv drowned. The men at work
thereahotits didn't look much Ike heroes,
Int aDpearances might be deceptive, ana
MIR. Dranc gave up the idea. IL was but 9
passing frenzy His native yigor returned
soon and ID was reinforced ny the liihse vi
Bosses face that haunted nm con- ~
He would seek her If 1t took the resi- OF MS
Iifo and cost him his fOrtune-when he got
possession Of 1t again.
During the rest Of the day ne wandered
nimlossly about the docks ana ia ne quie'
streets His hunger be appeascd with n
eondwicb reserying his Ealance-eight
cente-for another meal. Inc more nc
wandered and the more ne thou1uI the
more desperate his situation seemed; pui
relief came from the most uheApe, yea
quarter. just "a II was gr9"lnS uaI
whom should lie meet but tho orisai.' q.
tramD. Each made rs i 20 run ht nisl
sirht thcn they thought better OF 1t and
stood facing each other.
"Well." said 1lr. Dranc.
well" returned the tramp, you've
done me up NEE, haven't You
Done YOU up" exclaimed Lawrence
chow about me, You rascal? Have you
read the morning papers, ..r,,
"Read the papers DO look rs II ! had
read the papers? If the papers were i've
cents g thousand / couldn't afford To rcau
a bulletn-board. No, Pve JUS, come IRON
the island. Iour Kansas City friends sane
was The wrong man, and OF course tney
had TO Let me 60"
Lawrence was on the point Of showing
the tramp the story Of the escape printet
! in the paper when "A perfectly tremehu u,
idea occurred o. him. 1t was so great thal
! his voice trembled IS he said;
That's good. Now | am willing TO lei
bygones be bygones. lam not out OF ny
scr4pe vet. and between rs we can hgll
each other q good deal. Arc you agreed"
You don't mean to get me arrested Iol
| taking your clothes, DO you?"
"Nota bitl You won't come TO harm
III see YOU through and give you money
afterwards 800,
"Pn have to 90 you. What am TO co!'
Change clothes with me.
| Thetrainp was staggered ut this sugges
! +iou. but he consented, though he valnh
| tried 10 get Lawrence 10 unfold the scheme
THE only trouble IS" SAID Lawrence
II don't know where we can do TINS
Well. do, replied his companion, ant
| no forthwith led the way 10 n deserted
| rooLery, where they speedily changed gar
! monts. M. Brane put on the rags agar
| with some revolt. but he was confident u
| the success Of his scheme, and that nerYeC
! him. -,
When thew stepped ont again into TIN
street he asked the tramp where he haC
zone when he first took the clothes from
| the Adams Hotel.
oh" he said, II played in great luck
and I'll be all right if you get me out o
tins affair with little money IN hand
You see / pranced around town for tn
day. and the next day fell in with an oil,
sweetheart Of mine. She used to live il
! Buffalo. and she was poor enough then
| but il seems that some time ago she wen
through mock marriage that atterward
turned out TO be binding"
The tramp paused and laughed gleefully
"Yos. yes. " exclaimed Dir. Drane. eager
| ". "What then?"
Why, you 500, the fellow she married
was thunder.ns rich. ana he went OF
and cot killed lust after the ccrcmOn,