The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-11

The other mans crooked-hes thief, and
my man knows he is. / won't forget your
kindness. II isn't every swell as would in
terfere to help woman like me-"
She went OFF nodding and smiling.
Pm in for adventures to-day" muttered
Dorison, as he retraced his steps through
Twenty-ninth street to Broadway. II
wonder if destiny directed me this way to
help that poor girl. Apparently l have an
occupation IN life-the rescuing of pretty
young women. 1t does not promise TO be
remunerative, yet if thanks were coin l
would be rich tonight.
The Incidents of the evening had stirred
him from his gloomy thoughts, and MS
mind reverted to the episode of the early
afternoon, bringing the fair young race
with violet eyes ana clustering golden
curls before him. In what direction his
thoughts strayed may be judged from the
remark he muttered aloud as he turned
into Broadway.
at was sunbeam shot sthwart dark |
life, and unattainable as the sun itself.
Arriving in front of Daly's theatre, upon |
sudden impulse he turned in and bought
a ticket Though the curtain was up the !
play had not progressed far into the first |
act when he found himself comfortably |
seated.
Passionately fond of the DRAMA he was
soon engrossed in the brightness Of the
dialogue and the skill of the sterling favor
ties, Rehan and Lewis.
Immediately in front of him sat q gentle
man with whom he had slight acqualnt-
ance. Beside this acquaintance. evil
IDENTIFY his companion, sat young
man whose countenance he noted was
the most attractive he had ever seen IN
man. Somewhat plump and fair, good
humor, intelligence and refinement
relgned in it, He further noted that the
young man was endowed with a head OF
l.,T,, l>o
slowed upon one of the other sex, for 1t
was pure golden, fine, soft, silky and curly.
From time to time as interest in the play
tagged, Dorison turned to look at that
kindly, wlnsome face, remarking how art
less and responsive it was without losing
particle of manliness.
Yet" he continued, "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, permitting it to hang
Imply behind him.
Dorison started violently. He turned
pale and a feeling sickening faintress
swept over him Had not ali faces been
intent upon the stage his marked agitation
must have attracted the attention of all
about him. He trembled in every limb.
There was the hand he had been hidden
to seek
Not only was it the hand with prominent
joints and knuckles and with disproportion-
ately long thumb, but it was incased by the
mate of the very glove he had that morning
examined.
1t was the same in color, in quality, in
form and in the popularity of its make.
Like that one, it fitted in every part of the
hand that wore 1t perfectly.
For moment or two everything swan
before his eyes. He sliced the arms of his
seat TO prevent himself from falling. The
sensation, as powerful as it was, passed
away and he got himself under better con-
troll. he studied the hand and glove
There could be no mistake. The opportu-
nifty for close examination was ample be-
fore 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
studied the face of the young man with
new interest and from another point of
view.
sit is the hand and the glove" he said to
himself, "but it is difficult to believe that
that face could have been concerned in such
awful work !n
Yet, while he expressed this thought. he
did not falter in his belief that the muir
derer of Mrs. Parish and her daughter sat
before him. For brief moment he COM
templated the wild idea of denouncing the
man there and then. This was due to the
strength of Cathcart's theorizing. Though
the old detective would have laughed at
Dorison's certainty, he could not have
. failed to have been compltm9nted by this
sincere testimony of the power of his rea
soning.
What Dorison did determine TO do was
to wait until the play was done and fol-
! low the young man with view of dis
covering who he was. He grew sc
impatient for the curtain to fall and Sc
q nervous over the slow progress the comedy
made, that, unable to sit still longer
. he left his seat and went into the real
!! of the theatre, from whence ht
4 could command view of the house an(
not to lose sight of his prey. After VIVA
seemed to him an interminable time tn,
- curtain fell and the large audience sslowl,
u made its way out. AS the two upon whom
!; ibis eyes were fixed approached the spo
where he stood, the companion o
the man with thumb recognized Dor1sol
! with courteous bow and passed on. Dori
son followed. At the outer door the twain
q stopped and conversed earnestly. An,
. suddenly, before Dorison could anticipat
!, the act the man with the thumb flung
;. laughing negative to some persuasion O
q his friend, darted across the pavements
% leaped into waiting carriage and was rap
. idly driven away.
The other turned to watch the peopl
- pass out. Dorison stepped up, and salutin
- him, said:
81 have been strangely attracted by tn
face of your companion Of the evening.
10 have rarely seen one more winning. Ma
~ ask his names"
The gentleman, who was one introduce
y to Dorison through the maneuvering c
- Nettleman laughed as he replied:
q Tho common experience. Everyone
a attracted by it. L tell him that, like tn
l" traditional girl, he carries his fortune i
- his face. He is as good fellow as it ind
~ Gates. His name is''-
II At that moment gentleman with a lad
-, on either arm addressed the speaker, an
~ the sentence was stopped short of the il
- formation it was to convey. Lifting h
- hat to Dorison, with request to be q
" cused, he offered his arm to one of IL
N ladies and walked away.
w Dorison was disappointed, but he COZ
e soled himself with the thought that th
information was not lost, only delaye
~ since he could soon find the gentleman WI
:. possessed it.
OF Quite excited, he strolled down Il
=; street and entered that great thoroughfar
-' the Hoffman house. Having made a tor
.o of the corridors and the art gallery witho,
Ne finding anyone he knew, he turned to
4; out, when he saw the man with the thun
-A enter the door.
~ To his great surprise, also, he saw IL
, young man whom he had seen twi
IN before that day under most dissimilar CT
' 'h cumstances-the insolent young man
no no start up from a corner and address Il
A0 other.
The man in whom he, Dorison, had
great an interest returned a cold and Vi
W mistakably naughty bow and passed O
while the other colored, frowned and r
=; turned to his corner.
"a n The man with the thumb supplied hir