The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-04
A HUMBLE APOLOGY.

mistake. When you apologize to a man
without owing him ala apology you pro,
tlucc confusion and Embarrassment, ana
while yon discover that you didnt really
owe him anything lac gets the idea that
you have played dirt on him without ms
knowledge.
was going up to New York city from .
seashorc resort when Mr.. Perkins asked
60 share my seat. As there were several
empty ones in the car his request seemed
rather queer, and l began TO look hins
over. Inside of two minutes ! made up
my mind that he was n bad man. lie hau
che general cut of u confidence man, and
IL didn't fiattrr me n bis that he had pickeu
me out for - haysecd.
"Nice day, " suggested Mr.. Perkins
"Ycs."
.Soine up to the city
Xiv. there"
81 Thought ! saw his face brighten Mt
this information, and ! was now positively
settled in my convictions. We talked OF
this and of that awhile. and he finally
asked IL j didu't want tn play n Few games
of euchre. ] ~hcsitated awhile as n good
e~uchre-playcr always does and rs a west
ern man should. and then consented. i
fully expected this was the prelude. to the
three-card monte business. and l Thought
out a little speech full OF ? +? and !!
which I meant To deliver at the proper
time. However, Mr.. Perkins kindly per
mittcd me To win nine games out of the
ten we played, and, furthermore. ne paid
Michigan ~ high compliment said that IL
was no wonder orr clergym.n had calls
at $1,0O . year.. our apples were shipped
all over the world, and that our murder
record beat any other state i'm the union.
MIR. Perkins could not deceive me by
his honeycd words and bland smiles. 1
kept n weather eye on his every move
nent, and when no expressed AN anxiety
Ia hear my history i refused to go back
over ten years. Even when he asked me
FOR the time of day l was on my guard
and replied that 1 carried q worthless old
watch around simply for the pleasure of
the conversation around to- money mat
tiers ! was onto him at once, and ! gently
conveyed the ilsa that I WAS almost dead
broke, and had to telegraph home for the
few dollars ] had hidden in the kitchen
clock before leaving.
! hoped that hal proved tn Mr.. Per
kins that ! was no green pasture i'm which
he could frisk. but he was a persevcring
man. when we got to New York I ex-
pcctcd To get rid of him Ivy saying that i
was going over to- Brooklyn for hotel ac-
COMMUNICATION, hut he promptly replicd:
"well. as I never stopped over there
pany. ! guess I'll go over there, too"
Then ] suddenly changed my mind and
old him guessed I'd go to the westmin,
ster, as tho proprietor was - personal
without a fire escape. Then Mr.. Perkins
smiled sweetly aud replied:
"He is also my personal friend, and
him"
The result was that both OF us went to
the Westminster. Mr.. Perkins wanted n
little more time to- angle for me-. He was
i'm no hurry and could wait his time. I
registered first. and then whats did he do
hut get q room right next to me-. This
seemed To prove that Mr.. Perkins had
monte man, ~ con. man, n p~ickpocket,
and u robbcr. and / got out my revolver
and loaded IL and determined tn do him
mortal injury II he worked his way i'm on
After dinner I walked down one hall
and up another. dodged the elevator. slid
Gun~n n m nj hnsk mir nNnal 0pnnf zarn
by the ladies' entrance. This was to-
avoid Mr.. Perkins,. but I had scarcely
me in his sweet and gentle way and
said:
bad men in Gotham and you might come
tn harm"
I was badly taken down. hut I told him
TO come on. The idea came tai me to walk
him 10 death. I therefore set out for the
big bridge, walked him down to il. across
=, pack AMI down :" the battery. then
fall upon "a bench. r he was ms n fresh s ss
about hftIs,n miles every morning before
breakfast. II WAS evident that lac counted
me his victim and tho Thought anRered
me. was determined to get rid of him
somehow. and ! said l must go to the
telegraph office. He said he guessed he'd
go over with me and send "a dispatch
about some business. and so I didn't go.
diin't want an open row with him, and
~ was AN hour or more before fortune
came To my aid. 4 detective whom l
knew 10y sight and name happened along
tlIe walk AMI | excused myself from MIR.
Perkins aud halted the Official and told
him my suspicious and conv lotions.
Yes, he does look fly" the
detective, land il won't do any hurt to run
linn i'm and see who he tx.
When MIR. Perkins WAS told to come
along he looked at me so reproachfully
that ] almost felt sorry for him. but Justice
must he done though the heavens fall. He
walked oil with the officer and I breathcd
"a sigh of relief and took n ramble for an
hour. just as l got back to the hotel l saw
MIR. Perkins and the detective enter.
Wcen l followed the landlord was ex-
planning:
II assure you that you are mistaken. l
have known him fifteen years. He is as
straight a. "a strit,g."
Mr.. Perkins was thereupon released
from custody, and lac looked at rnr with n
sad fac. a. he passed up stairs.
"ls lac all right" 1 asked of the land
lord
why, certainly. Best fellow i'm the
world."
You know hun personally, them"
81 should say!"
"But who il he 2"
"why he OWNS about half of Paterson,
"A good slice of Trenton. and can draw his
check for x2.OOO.OOO"
i got my grip and left the hotel and