Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-03-29
"And to think ,ha, they can get any

dupe tho lower classes-the poor igno-
rant CREATURES that infest this neighbor.
hood. but they succeed In getting q pro
sumably respectable. intelligent lotof pa-
tronsl Didn't you notice that nice looking
turnout few doors below here ycster.
dayi Well. saw q handsomely dressed
woman. heavily veilcd, get out of that
carriage and come In here to Nine Fan
nys She probably lisienei Ia just such
drivei a. you heard In there Just now;
only, Of course. it was about love af.
fair: and shs went homo satistied. 10 u
a crdulous world"
"ye-. crcdulous where it should be
suspicious and suspicious where u should
4. crcdulous." answered Rush.
While Rush was doing this detective
work be was almost isolated from gen.
cmi society. There was some excite
ment io Il. got out of it. but he and Mar.
tin were rather holding hack until tho
arrival Of the man johnson from the
west. Martin thought and expressed his
suspicious 10 Rush. that johnson had
been In love with Ross Ellington. and
hal bcen cut out by Costello. who was
reported TO have strange fascinations for
women. johnson hal not the time nc
the money 10 spend In ferreting out the
prof. of his suspicious, and was Obliged
io take The Dawn into his confidence.
lie had no, secn Costello many timcs.
AMI although hc declared that he would
know him again u hc saw him. he felt
sur,r of recognizing him by his voice.
which be saii was indc-cribab!e. but -.
culiar and never 10 bc forgotten.
Rush longcd 90 Zee Helen with an ire
sisnblc longing. 90 which ho gave way
Que evening. Lraving Martin ON watch.
be- wen, io his lodgings ilrsi AMI dressed
himself. and then walked around 10 the
Academy. The opera was "faust,
again. Helen sang dlvinely. Rush
aiorcd every note of that beautiful
music. and he was lifted cut ~ himself
by ilslen's exquisite performance. Mar
gueriie was admitted Ia In her best part.
and she certainly gave an ideal interpre-
taiion of H. Dear girl. how bo loved
hcri Iio forgot the tenor. who was act
ing In his most imTasioncd manner; he
forgot everything but Helen; and when
shc appeared q, the window In food of
moonlight. her dark eyes intensified by
her golden hair. and sang th, exquisite
duet. he actually weighed In his mini
the prolable result 10 he should clambsr
over the fcot light. and fold her In his
arms. "iiere I ait he thought. "a Ias
.iOn % love tearing me In two. and Set
I suppose look as calm AMI as unniGl
a. that venerable banker In his los.
Ills only relief was Ia join IN the 9.
burst of applause that broke froGi i.
Parts 81 the house. lle never liked ,ri
behind the scenes between tho acts Wi
Helen was singing "fausi," bccausc -
va. - absorbed In the part that be lcll
IL was PROCLAMATION 10 hiring her out u it,
- he wandered about tho lobby. hopin:
that ho might meet some one whom he
knew and who knew her. llo did meet
some ono very scon West Hastings was
out there. iooking very BIAS. and tals-
ing with two or thrcc club friends about
his proj.ctei trip abroad and tho good
time be intended 90 have. Then he came
across Mr.. Archer. who insisted upon his
going up 20 the bor.
"I,essis has that O'Iiara there. and ho
borcs the life out Of mo with his insufier'
ablc aGecta,ions don't Ike the man.
and yet l.av. no night totake - violent
q pre- ludice against him. II would b. .
yreai relief 10 me. however. u you should
,om. up, and I know il---ie would h.
;,ai a. - you We hayent seen you
'or n long time. What has b"en the
na,terY' Sir. Archer ask~i. as he con.
iuc,e,i Rush 20 hi. loS.
. Rush cnplaine,l tina, he was working
~ a srcciai case for The Dawn and ~ss
unusually busy. ~ they nearcd the
,p,. they saw O'llan bcnding low over
tL-ssie fron his sat above. They could
Ilmo-t .ec tie pupils of his cat like eyes
iilate ~ he talked "a her In his slow. -
-uliar voice. Mr.. Archer looked at him
and shuddercd. She could only catch .
sord 10 his conversation now and then.
and that more than satisfied her. lie
xas talking upon q subjcct she dlsiiked.
"wb,ther one believe, In splritualism
" not" o'ilara Was saying. "he mus,
,lmit that there ar, -btne wonderful
things done In it, name ! should like
YOU o. NEST n little woman down town
"a mc,lium, I suppo-e she calls herself.
She woulI tell you things that would 81
you % thinking II you want to make an
appointment 90 meet her. viii arrangs
the meeting. and get Mrs Pryor 10 chap
cun VA Its not an attractive place. bu'
IL is perfectly reputable or you may II
sure shouldn't suggest your going
,here"
All this was siii In low voice. 20 that
Mrs. Archer did not catch enough of the
conversation IN know what u was about.
Hal she known. shc would have spoken
oat plainly. O'iIara scemci 20 sPcak
behind his tongue. AMI IL was quite difii'
,llli 10 understand him unless you gave
your mini to the effort This impedi
n,ent, u imJ-sliment IL could TO called,
male him speak slowly. and this slow
ness gave n certain imprcssi'eness to the
simplest remark hc made.
Mr. Archer grc.tei Rush with ths
greatest oorliality. lie seemcI like
whir OF fresh country air after breezs
from Hunters Point. IIcssie also wa
pleased To see him. Though sho wai
very much interested In what Oliars
vas SAYING. she found tbs man rather
Oppressive. and there was something
aiou, his dila,ed pupils that she didn't
altogether Ike.
When Rush entered the box. olIars
wen, out. AMI Mrs. Archer seemed Il
breathe morc freely. Tho conversation
was lively and general until the curtain
was runs up again. Then they lisiencs
with brcaihlcss interest "a the beauiifu
music. Rusl, could not help contrasting
his present surroundings with those of
few hours l,efore anil q few hours hence
On every side OF him were youth. beauty
refinement and wealth. The woman ~
alorcd wa. before his eyes. singing as NJ
one else could sing.
soa. 70 80 her. h.ar her singing.
scsrrs kno~ ~hlsh n diy'n.'si."
quoted Rush Then his thoughts wan
icrcd backto the miserable tenement u
East Fourth street where he was 20 spen'
the night. will, poverty. ~retchedne.
AMI crime ON every side. and lie himsel
on the track of murderer. The life o
journalist has variety in u. u nothinl
else. Then be looked about him. at Oh
'.glittering l,orscsboc;" the delicate per
fume VI the flowers that lay upon tb'