New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-11

said If this COMPOUNDED matter hal MI S ial
| luns,ioninf1, for in five minutes | had told him
| the whole story of the photograph ,oouou
| u, was nleasant to observe ms de!neanor'
r,nrc% no never for a moment lost his faith in
| Iim-mind he had not seen the portralt-and MS
| eyes continued to shoot little glances OF conn,
dence at his son. he drew nack ms cmair anu "
Now. Sir" he said. with his hands on his
knees this must be expatned we =. are mu no'
tce You will he good enough 10 eAplaih' lily
| lad o5
frankly that he had never heard Isaac Gold S
| name before and certainly had never given HIM
a photograph, believed him; and when he
| jumped up with his usual impctuosity and pro
noscd 10 90 at once 10 Colds house and see the
photograph. | was delighted. In half minute
we were in cab. and in ten more had the good
| luck to discover only old Gold at home A hNe
| shilling piece slipped into the drunkards hama
sn0iccd to obtain for Us the view desired.
Il suppose it is likeness of me" Jim muir
INJURED. looking hard at the photograph,
! curty Up 10 this moment he had thought me
deceived by some chance resemblance. ,.o :,
Then let who took II. ana Where III
was printed" Jim answered in q matter-oi-fact
| tone ." do not believe | have ever been taken
in this dress. See, 1t bears no photographer
name; probably an amateur has taken IT, Let
While he thought, old Gold pottered about the
open door of the room on the watch for Isaac
|
il. was photographed in this Gress as one of q
group before a meet of the hounds at old
Butchers
Yes And this has been enlarged, have no
doubt. from the head in the group. But why,
or who has done it. or how it comes 10 be here,
| | know no more than you do.
| At this moment young Colds footsteps were
heard outside. He seemed to have some sus-
picion that his secrets were in danger for he
came up the stairs three at time. and bounced
l,.,t-t auf n,Tas
! knock us all down. When his glance fell
on Jim, however, a change came over him. 1t
was singular To see the TWO looking at one another.
| Jim cycling him with the superclouS stare OF the
boy officer, and lie returning the look with covert
recognition in his dark defiant eyes. Well,
| said jim, do You know me
have never seen you before 10 my knowl-
edge
Perhaps you will explain. then, how You came
That is my business said Gold sternly:
oh is it?7 rctorcd Jim. with fire. We will
sec about that | think it annoyed him. it
certainly did me- to detect in the others glance
and tone subtle mcanIng-a covert understand
ing. II you do not explain, I'LL will call
In the police, my man.
But here the colonel intcrfered. He told me
afterwards that he feit some sympathy for Gold.
| He summarily scnccd jim. and. telling the other
| that he should hear from him again, led Us down
/ stairs ] noticed that as We passed out INTO the
street, lac slipped his arm through his son s. and |
have no doubt he managed 10 convey 10 the young
fellow as plainly as ty words that his faith IN him
! was mistaken
Very naturally. however jim was not satisfied
| with this or with the present position Of things.
| which was certainly pulling. But. look here
/ he said suddenly standing still IN the middle Of
/ the pavement, what is To be done. sir ~ That
fellow believes. or prctcnds 70 believe. though
be Will not say n word. that have used him To
! do my dirty work And ! have not Then
why The deuce should he parade my photograph?
DO YOU think-by George | believe have got it
| do YOU think II is case Of backmail?7
No, SAID the colonel with decision. " II cannot
| be- We came upon the photograph OF ourselves
! and 10y the purcst accident. II was not sent 70
US or used against you. No. But look here,
say The colonel in his turn stopped suddenly
! in the middle Of the pavement and struck the
latter with his stick. lie had got ms idea.
His eyes sspaTkled.
Suppose some other fellow employed Gold 10
pass tie examination. and. having tins very fear
| of being blackmailcd in his mLYd. got photo
graph of a friend to!erahly Ike himself, and sent
| II mp instead Of his own? What th"u? ~
lilo, ho, What then Precisely | said.
We all nodded Ia another like So many Chinese
mandarns, and the coorel looked proudly at his
son. though saying, " Now what do You think
Il mink You have biz it, SIR said jim, answer
| ing the unspoken question. Them were nearly
| thirty fellows ~ Bulchcrs'
And among them there was n low rascal-a low
rascal. sir. replied the colonel his eyes sparkling,
who did not even trust his own companion IN
| iniquity, but arranged 10 have AN answer ready
| IL his accomplcc should turn upon him. |
suborned him" he would say when Charged
Il deny it. He has my name pat ononsh. but
not not nv Photograph" DO you zee. major
Il see | said And now come home with
me, both Of you, and will talk II over with
! Kitty."
By this time. however, It was . o'clock jim.
who had only arranged for flying visit, found
| lie must resign all hope Of seeing Kitty to-day.
and take cab TO Gharing Cross II he would catch
| his train back The colonel had luncheon en-
| cagcmcnt-for which he was already lat"-and so
! We separated then and there I'm somewhat Of a
| hurry. When got bnck the first question Kitty
| who, YOU may bc sure. met me in the hall
asked me was Where is jim, fnther?7 The
second And what does he say about the letter 7
God bless my SOUL exclaimed ." never
| gave a thought 70 it, | am afraid never men
| toned II. my dear. | was thinking about the
! photograph. fancy We have got nearly 10 tic
| bottom OF that
"Poohl' she said. And. upon my word. she
pretended 10 take very little interest in the cN-
planation | gave her. though-Shc sly little cat -
| when dropped the subject. she quite ready
70 take T. up again. rather than not talk about
| Jim AZ all
sometimes late for break fast; she rarely
or never. But next morning on entering tie
! dining room ! found the table laid for one only
and Matthews the maid waiting modcstly before
the coffee pot Where is Miss Bratton >" | said
| grumpily, taking The Times from the fender
Miss Kitty had headache was the answer.
aud taking "a cup Of tea in bed > lIO. no -
thought !. this comes of being IN love! Con
| found the lads! Sausage? No. | won't have
sausage. Who the deuce ordered sausagcs at this
time Of year Bacon? lmph seems
| half done. This coffee is thick
| There that will do Don't rattle those
cups and sauccrs all da7, Contound The girl -
| do you hear lou can goi' The way women
| bully man when they get him alone is cau-
| ton
| When I returned from my morning stroll. I
| heard voices in the dining room. and looked in
| 70 see how Kitty was We'll She was-in brief
! there was Just a scene going on. Miss Kitty. her
cheeks crimson and her eyes shining. stand
| ing with her back to the window and facing
her half angry and half embarrassed was Jim
IIoty toty. vow two. | said closing the door
| behind me- These early times for this Kind
Of thing. What is up"
III Lc hanged If | know. sir said Jim.
| looking rather fooliSh.
What have You got there. my dear? % con-
| tinlrd. tor Kitty mad one hand behind her. and
| | was not slow to connect this hand with the
| scOrnlnl cXprcssinn Oh Ter nrcttN fncc