The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-30

Saad sor aI 'in o Teman an o M, rn
Die who should sphsttnte Tor him Meohan..
iea!ly ran over list OF the first names thHt
NY mothers maidon name had heen ester.
Her fathers name had been George. George
good enough az Ws Is to Sn ds n my ,dsns
Ne John psss'on was gone ana George d ass
lived, but John Preston should come back no
With last loos a. the graveyard. as though
bidding farewell to that dead sell which had
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Ssa CAIN AM 'e and FAR III an: and BEAUTIFUL
Now began to p.otiS in the rosds r.
on asr 70 Gf on
m: ut which declined desiring TO keep r.. as
have been pressnt at my trial or .xeealio9
rememhsted that WINS At least twenty miles
oas OF the iE end nat lew o me seeps
Thus ,hnkns Or snc 1s.sr unt
m re T., my score. For the second lime I halt
ed, and sitting down on u grassy bank little
Thug / was lie erinnrd--.to take shelter no.
Ssrs np Dh hat hao yh mysr
Il suysi by the wnysiis for nearly an hour.
road GRADUALLY grew fewer and lever. until At
me- me- or children playing by the roadside were to
hs seen. on wont. mile after IN ,le. ~ q strid-
Ing swnSns pa un, r. she dny VIA m awn
o. SpuiiiuE, and In . few minutes was thread
ing my way through the streets.
thr"nged with people from the grounding
xillages-iarmers. travelling packman' traies-
rom the ealm sni solna Of tho county rosi
was 81 striking that It dazzlod me it To- ut
first. and as got more accustomed t9 the lie
aad movement there came over ne the .ama
strange feeling TINT had exrerlcnred WHEN
found myself outside the doctors house in the
/ had then lelt IA !houRh | must he the ono
living person In ac,y OF the dea 50 now 1t
other world moving grimly and silently among
w,kei through the crowded thorongh'ars
In u trahca. The busy murmur and hum OF
voices around me iell upon my ear with u
e mo seemed but the es
dream. Twilight wa. fast melting into dark.
as HS end Fl sf nSn s T
the market piacs CO. Her. Tor The first lime sin"s
srolins, sind Of way tried to consiler whit
t time to lose What should do? Wh.re should
90 s" as TO be latest from ths eyes OF the
curious. Three or four hotels OF the custon airy
market.pIace kind confronted me on various
sides Of tho square. but they were clearly not
Was SUPPOSED p i to be- IN " dtion i" whiea ,hes
very ruhlicity Invited tentlon aud s.overy;
saiefy in MsaS : ,hereore Wo1 be better
to try one ot the rouEher class Of places on tho
opt,skirts 81 the town Wiz. - .,.
ias ' on III. South side. walked RAPIDLY along
it, when stopped on finding myse opposite
what. from it's apnearancs. Judged to be IN
'n Ju d. by lie Exterior tho house was old
and ,dlIapidated flaming red lamp hung
outside tho door. while dirty looking curtains
looking Iosfsrs hung about the doorway; IN
confused chorus. OF berry voices brose upon
my ear. stood for u moment III sIon, con-
,emrat9n II the hn nss ,S exterior wondens
science husit would s,swer my pu pos. all
ha," What res ten" hns w ir m lay
my head SO long as could screen myself from
/ crossed the road and wont into the house.
a. As pa 500 shr9nG, ths do1 ir the singnE
Ing In u sluenky fRlsetto treble could now he
dlstl grishsd ahos the general hum Just
inside tho open or q the room the owner OF
Grating the company in kind OF sing song
pr err n T long .iE Fl raner in his
as / entered the room stopped me on on the the
threshold MS though ha been shot. for they
were words hat sounded my own rame.not
name ny which had bsen known in my other
l!e-John Preston
much as looked up. no one BETRAYED tho ira-t
sgn OF iniersst or curiosity IN the new arrival
for an H ' su paiter but 1--WE reh on
repeating over and over again his cry "ilor-
rinle mnrisr at Grimsby Last diving speerh
player. tax n down from his own lips on tho
scaiTo'd... Hero y"u are: speech. portrait and
poetry all complete for IL small charge Of one
:, For moment l stood thus staring, at him.
ss n en- nnS,e oi sss
coming back to my senses. The dealhly cold.
ness let me md the, blood began 10 course
tha-o arose mai, overwhelming. insane de.
s ha to ny 70. %Wn hnd IT poE It
rn"yed forward a PACE, or two and peei ed
over his slop der at the horrible caricatnre OF
myself which he was nnconsciously brand sh-
ing heforo my eyes-turned an hurried out
o. Tho house, ont OF the street AMI out OF the
town mover 10 king bach. never stonning I'M.
IN the open once mo .. Then | sinckened my
pace. Then for the III st time bren, he'd II oeiy
again.
MY first thought when ! recovered my COM
parlor Of tho, inn. ! smiled rs tho rrlnem-
pended upon the portrait Il myself which
had seen over the peddlrr's shoulder Thea
~, I sat down underneath a shcltering hedge, by
the roadside and. placing my tired head be.
tween my hands; tried to think what was best
worn out In mind and nodv a. wa. could
not go much further To return TO he town
after the experience had lust passed through
was impossible tho very idea made mo shud,.
Should cover, me-, until lad reached my jour-
rey's end. For that night as for I'LL others on
my WAY, ! would slesp under The heavens.
tered linz mex wherein 10 10 TLen rose to my
and given rnre t. tho silsnt beauty o tho
To The rsht an! to the lett before mo Or be-
man moving creature was to DO s,en; Tho
one creature left on It. No Cain wandering the
wide world under tho ban Of heaven could
have felt moro !esolate and abandoned tnaA
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