Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-17

the Star began forthwith. ST am glad
YOU are in; 1 want to see you
ssYou had better come inside then, -
Eliot replied. wondering what the others
business was.
Eyes. it g rather cold tonight.
They went inside; Mark shut the door
again, handed Dan a char, and as the
latter seated himself he remarked:
.tNellie tells me, Mark, that you have
made up your mInd to go to American"
'fI have, Dan. l received letter
this morning, as she seems to have told
you, from an old friend, and ne has
asked me to join him out there.
"And you re going?'
"Of course. What else can do unoer
the circumstances?
"Nothing. But I'm downright sorry,
lad, that you should have to go, ASH
ton answered IN a sympathetic way
! ssBut 1 suppose you think it better to get
out of this at once? There seems to be
no chance of getting work here
HNone at all. and 1 mean to try no
more. I'm heartily sick Of the struggle,
Dan, and should be fool to face further
privation and insult when have an OPP
| portunity of something better. -
t'You would. And you are writing to
| this friend of yours?'
s'Had just begun the letter when you
knocked. :"
"You are asking him, believe, to
send you pass? He offered to do SO,
Nellie says.
| "Yes, and 1 am writing to accept his
offer. -
''If you do that, you will have to wait
here a month longer. Tear that letter
TO- c "
| ing that you will be with him in fort
night. - ~
| but
''But WHAT"
"Wen, to tell you the truth" said
Mark, frankly, -''I haven't a single
| hound l can call my own. What little L
had saved is gone.
| land no wonder, lad, after the up
hill fight you have had since you came
here!'' Dan cried. "But if you have
no money, Mark, have, and mean to
make you take few pounds of it. II
YOU hedn It been fool you might have
had q hundred pounds-all right, III
say nothing of that. then. But here you
are now. You want to get out of this
Internal hole and to America, don t
YOU, and there's ten pound note, lad,
to help you on the way.
AS Dan finished speaking he flung
crisp new Bank OF England note on the
table.
ssDo you really mean this, DAMP
Mark asked, moved deeply by the other s
apparent good nature.
F.Mean it! Put that note in you pock-
ct, and write as 1 suggested to your
friend.
civil take this money, Ashton, but
only as a loan. Some day I will repay
you'll the young man said.
'Just as you like, Mark. 1t won t
matter if you don't. And you IL write
tonight saying that you are going out at
once to this friend of yours?'
az will. l shall lose no time now. 1
shall book passage at once and sail by
one of the boats which leave Liverpool on
Wednesday or Saturday, - said Mark.
Ashton rose as if to go and stood for
moment or TWO twitching his hat IN his
hands. At length he spoke with ap-
parent hesitation.
ssWhat about Nellie? Will she OBJ
ject, do you think, to your going at such
short notice?''
"she will be sorry, daresay, when
she hears; but when 1 see her she will
hardly object. 1 regret as much as she
| does LlaL IL sHOulO no ACSSSSoAJ AOA VIZ ~
leave England at all; but there lis 40
help for it now. And so long as aIa to
20, the sooner the better, think. -
'sYes, think so, too. OF course you
can correspond, and if you prosper out
there she can follow you in while.
"Just 500 Mark criEd. ''That is
what she has agreed to do. am GER
tain, Dan, shall succeed in America,
and when 1 have mGde comfortable
home there-not beftre-I shall send for
her, .sS
you to write your letter. More is nothing
!, more l can do for you, ElfS'
"Nothipg. You. have Wbpe enough
already a I shall never be able to repay
all your kindness, Ashton.
"Nonsense! mine host exclaimed
with vigorous shake of his head. eff
a<few pounds more will be of any use to
you-you must need a lot Of little
things?'
} al have sufficient now to take me over,
thank you.
''well, good night
hGOod night
Dan walked to the door and opened it,
} but ere he had passed into the street
Mark g voice arrested his feet.
uYou will tell Nellie, Ashton, of the
change of plan your generous loan has
} brought about. She ought to know at
once. -
CT will tell her as soon as get back,
Mark.
: ssYou had better tell her also that
shall go to Liverpool tomorrow in order
to book my passage.
s.I'u tell ner all. Goodnight
Goodnight. \
u Dan passed out into the street and the
} Satour closed upon him, and Mark reseated
5 himself at the table TO pen the. letter to
| Charlie Hesketh announcing that he wa:
coming out forthwith to Johnstown.
D Dan Ashton had not left Mark Eliot
t many seconds ere he was accosted by
3 Walter Mayhem, who was waiting at tbs
3 street corner. $ee~
5"wen,' Mayhem demanded eagerly
Chow have yen got on?' :,
, "Splendldly, Maxhew, splendidlYtN
mine host said in a:iubilant tone -
j | bova Tivau him q ten Mound. l1Ofa-An0