Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-29
If thanks were coin I would be rich

| ana his nina reverted 10 the eplSOQe VI
the early afternoon, bringing the fair
| young face with violet eyes and cluster
ing golden curls before him. In what
direction his thoughts strayed may be
judged from the remark he muttered
aloud as he turned into Broadway
''It was a sunbeam shot athwart a
dark life, and as unattainable as the
sun ITSELF"
Arriving in front OF Days theatre,
upon q sudden impulse he turned In
and bought ticket. Though the cur
tain was 10 the play had not progressed
! far lit tho first act when he found him
self co1ifp- bly, seated.
Pass. Juately fond of the drama, he
was soon engrossed in the brightness OF
the dialogue and the skill of the sterling
! favorites, Rehan and Lewis.
Immediately in front of him sat a
| gentleman with whom he had slight
acquaintance. Besides this acquaint-
ance, evidently his com panion, sat a
young man whose countenance he noted
was the most attractive he had ever
seen in a man. Somewhat plump aud
fair, good humor. intelligence and re-
finement reigned ia it. He further
noted that the young man was endowed
with head of hair which should by
right have been bestowed upon one OF
! the other sex, for il was pure golden,
fine, soft, silky and curly. From time
TO time, as interest in the play Jagged,
Dorrison turned to look at that kindly,
winsome face, remarking how artless
and responsive it was without losing
particle of manllness.
Yet" he commented, "such face, |
take it, would win more with men than
with women"
By and by the young man who had
thus attracted his attention threw his
arm over the back Of the seat, permit
ting it to hang impl behind him.
DoriSon started violently. He turned
pale and feeling of sickening faintness
swept over him. Had not all faces been
intent Upon the stage his marked aglta-
| ton must have attracted the attention
Of all ABOUT him. lie trembled in every
| limb.
There was the hand he had been bid
| den to seek.
Not only was it the hand with promi-
nent joints and knuckleS and with dis
proportionatelv long thumb, but it was
incased by the mate of the very glove
he had that morning examined.
TWAS the same in color, in quality, in
! form and in the popularity OF it's make.
Like that one it fitted every part OF the
| hand that wore it perfectly.
For a moment or two everything
swan before his eyes. He seized the
arms of his seat to keep him from fall
ing. The sensation, as powerful as 1t
was, passed away, and he got himself
under better control. He studied the
! hand and glove. There could be no
mistake. The opportunity for close ex-
animation was ample before the young
man withdrew his hand.
| From this moment the drama on the
stage lost all interest for him. He now
was concerned in tragedy before whose
dread events the puny happenings Of
the comedy paled into insigniticance.
He studied the face of the young man
with new interest ard from another
point of view.
sit is the hand and the glove" he
said to himself, "but 1t is difficult to be-
lieve that that face could have been
concerned in such awful work"
Yet, while he expressed this thought,
he did not falter in the belief that the
murderer of Mrs. Parish and her daugh-
ter sat before him. For brief moment
he contemplated the wild idea OF de-
nouncing the man then and there. This
was due to the strength OF Cathcart's
theorizing. Though the old detective
would have laughed at Dorison's certain
ty, he could not have failed TO have been
COMMUNICATED by his sincere testimony
to the power IF his reasoning.
What Dorison did determine to do
was to wait until the play was done and
follow the young man, with a view OF
discovering who he was. he grew so
impatient for the curtain to iali, and 20
nervous over the slow progress the
comedy made, that, unable to sit still
longer, he left his seat and went into
the rear OF the theater, from whence
he could command view OF the house
and not lose sight Of his prey. After
what seemed to him an interminable
time the curtain fell and the large audi
ence slowly made its way out.
As the two upon whom his
eyes NbIG uAcu
spot where he stood, the companion OF
the man with a thumb recognized Dori-
son with a courteous bow and passed on.
Dorson followed. At the outer door the
twain stopped and conversed earnestly.
And suddenly, before Dorison could an
ticipate the act, the man with the thumb
flung laughing negative TO some per-
suasion OF his friend, darted across the
pavement, leaped into waiting car
rage and was rapidly driven away.
The other turned to watch the people
pass out, Dorison stepped up, and salut-
ing him, said:
81 have been strangely attracted by
the face OF your companion OF the even
ing. | have really seen one more win
ming. May l ask his name?"
The gentleman, who was one intro
duced to Dorison through the manenver-
ing Of Nettleman, laughed as he re-
piled:
''The common experience. Every
one is attracted by IL. / tell him that,
like the traditional girl, he carries his
fortune in his face. he is as good a
fellow as it indicates. His name is"
At that moment a gentleman with a
lady on either arm addressed the speak
er, and the sentence was stopped short
of the information IL was TO convey.
Lifting his hat to Dorlson with request
TO be excused, he offered his arm TO one
OF. the ladies and walked away.
'Dorison was disappointed, but he con-
soed himself with the thought that the
information was not lost, only delayed,
since he could soon find the gentleman
who poss ssed 1t.
Quite excited he stroiled down the
street aud entered that great thorough
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