Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-12-25

groan of despair Determined to
9 i've The mystery OF the mans
fruitless search for NJ 8 Ainsworth
/ FASTENED after him; but he onty
quickel his footsteps as l APP
preached an was soon lost in the
darkness. passed the rest of
the night in inventing theories Tor
this strange mans actions aud
tried to rec ,ncile his well tod" at
tira with his punched face and lust
OF hunger in his eyes. Ii ever
face carried With it the eternal
stamp of s,row it WAS this mans.
Toe aut. graph Of suffering and re-
morse was written broad AID
strong across it Every iiue
told its separate story AMI the
whole was record OF misfortune
that made II bulky volume of hu
man Inl e y. But tn. more l p N
derei over some lucky solution Of
the enigma the more was I lost
in a maze and ag in was compel
to relu faulty r,linqnish it.
A year la or was az in in San
Francisco parsuirg my vocation rs
a repr ter when 1 WAS detailed t.
c III on Johr Goldweight n ..-
Ca no MIA street and interview in
on Il matter CONNECTED with a fl
nanciu crisis pending in the stock
market. He was one of the leaf
ing CAPITALISTS Of San francisco
aud authority on all matters of t.
nance. l found him at home seat
ed in his paIlor and surrounded
10y his family.
He received me with c,nde
scendinS forbearauce which men
OF capt. i generally assume tow ri
alKed volnt,ly on the subject uu-f
DIR d scussion aud In the midst OF
the interview the clock stuck the
half hour. AS .he stroke died in
the ir he lifte,i his glance to the
IN mile and his wIfe's eyes rested
auxinusIy Oh lis features Silently
he rose + ON his chair and
starting for the hall began putting
III his overcnat. His WIFI follow
Ell quickly aud placing her hand
up Ii his suoulde' saiiin,pl"ringly
Are you g.iug out tonight"
Il am"
Then / must he at your side il
you will not tell me the secret OF
your ahsel CO from home every
Christmas. | myself mu y I've it,"
l. 81
in t .e face for nearly q minute.
The C iiiren stood staring at the
C 'uple in the hallway. With the
tears wellins in her eyes she beg
ged him to say what bust
ness took him out III the storm in
the night. Disengagiug her arms,
winch were about his neck. 10y
main strength he pushed her
roughly b,ck and with IL moan sue
sank down in the hallway. AS
the Innid OF the house rushed to
pick up her mistress. / realized
how uudesi able would be my pres
ence and stepping over the wo-
III II > body in - threshold fol-
lrwed Guldweish down the steps
He t,ok my arm as reached him
Market street in the face IF u
searching win that made me but
ton my Cat about me. L 'efralned
( ON conversation and neither
spoke work for seve al blocks
1t was near thu Baldwin Hotel
that he paused an instant aud
stepping up to IL MN who WAS
hur'y ng past us stopped him With:
"Can .you tell me zvhere / can fnd
Mrs AinszVorth?"
L eeled back from my compan-
ion IN stood there mute with as
met twice before hunting for the
Ain7w rth CONAN There was no
him. In the house not
half AL hour before his .ce had
w"ln ii cheerful eXpressi II ttaJ
tNl'i OF content anu goO.i living.
hut now as he turned it towarI
me 1t was the same that had
seen previously, clou lei with the
of reno - am! care hose |
pr sence l had uied in vain IT,
solve. Tue transformation In the |
ma STRUCK me with terro Tor an
instant "nly. for lie new gather !
ing Instinct Was stiOug mp, IN tne at |
once ana | u"teIminrd now t.
fauhom the SIC ct # his life, So !
pulled him away from the man he |
IA al accostcd although it VAS |
hardly necessary IS the stranger
who was in liquor h d turned up
Oh him 50 bpolI5hly ami roughly |
that he must have been glad Ia
l-ave nim; yet IA the mau PASSED !
up TIE street my Companion
turned aud locke ait.r i'm visit
fully aud SOFT ,wfuily. No ire,
no one cares q, give. me tn infor-