The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14

iefs; and MAKE tsIt; You won't blow on me
s Ss rSansof jim Tio that
oniy borrowed his story but his name and
pesons as we'll Yet IN bis s6 l1yay to od
Tor past injury "Of course not no said, with
,snilc that was. however stIll thonS;ht full
that %hF sa ssSp PSyton Is living with her sdoptsd
parents not ten miles from here. and IL might
their ears She's quite ts bS Spu s,Sry ads
Strangers don't think YOU ought e. Jim" =,
sad this to 80 In sSs Sysn
said: "iets 90 inside; and RI Introduce
and turned to the s"in on Bqt as soos as
my horse rs is led. for Tin Oh visit TO- pcyton,
| and Intend to push as far rs Santa lnez still
sell. jim. he added. gently, you. pros.
| prcis and your future. l heard ne
went on in San Fra EsFs
your You gym e%a master hGFs:S e. slsnfed at t6s
Come" he added still pleasantly. but in an A.,
older and Graver voice Win perhaps tne leas.
JIM WhIch itl Meyer mind what lnt, th hogs
i sSs mo. should ilse to: We have been old /,
irs s 8 Say, difference in 0urluek-i am
Thus adjurcd tho rodoubtable Jim. In .
house.. admitted that ho was travelling for az, an
methods neil Of disposns Of bis wares. md OZARK.
ss n pa1f,stf Sm t
Already Sw"rESi Az viii WEI iniIn 3u 4 !:
wares. particularly. in yonder house. and
might doeven more I no! .pre premature blown
fSns Einf 2nu ike to- ss. down
yourself :" said CprenGs. All those valley
managed. lin; think could arrange Il for
nths S wsns on WI TO mtg s =
vel hunt up something fer yon, togetihssr =,
with glance at the farmhouse: IT might be
near, here. you know. and you'd have pleasant
old adventures"
YOU'D hettcr come In a mint before. you
rly: Clarence hesitated a moment, and then
yielded. For an equal moment Jim HOOKER
was torn, between secret jealousy OF his OLD
them as familiar associations OF his own. But
his vanity was quickly appeased. Need It TO-
and foam OF super civilization they knew
little Of as almost an impertinencs. COMPARED
to the rugged. gloomy. pathetic: and nj EQUALLY
Of which they knew. still less! What ayailed
the courtesy and gentle melancholy OF
em and b da4t s ssa tn;
Yet they received him patronizingly. as one
who was like themselves an admrs1 81
J THs ar ana 'e
to prefer .nt n and yet the lis
the man in Jim's favor All Of which Clarence
saw With that sensitive IHrGehtiqn which had
optimism. He. smiled a lit;ls. tnouehtiully.
his host and iamiIy. and. AZ 10 roGe away in
the faint moonlight, maEDihcenty opu"nt in
his largesse to the farmer-his first and only
The farm house. struggling barn and fringe
OF dusty willows the, white lone Of the
wagon WR the in hf th I1yf
like black slhouettes against the staring cam
vas. all presently sank behind Clarence Ike
the moon. the hazy mystery of the level grassy
plain and the monotony Of tho unenLing road.
As he rGdG aSnE he t OF t otheT
Known oW to his boyfkood Of deprivation. deDen,
& Sfasy end dssR ana Sdd his
years Of study. monastie exclusion and final
case and Independence with "a uneasy songs
remembered his homeless childhood in the
south. whore servants and slaves took the
the mother that he rarely saw: he remem hered
his abandonment to mysterious female re-
Iatlon. where his natural guardian s., seemed to
was sent-an all too young adyenturer-to
work his passage on an overland over emf
h"pes. the deans Dr. and the daneeis Of
th TIA ts he reeasd
acInatiye jim Hooler had translated and re-
M es theues n Of the cruel end Of that pgrm
age-which again left him homeless and for
gotten by even the relative he was seeking in
Journey to the gold mines. taken with u boys
trust and 4 boys iearlessness, and the strange
he
his protector whom he had at once instlnc-
lively .loved-transferred him to the house
him kindly and sent him to the Jesuit school.
bnt who never awak.ned IL ~ him feeling o.
Hs BIS s q. as S.ra
the keen revival Of his boyish love, Tor his old
playmate, now pretty school eirl17the petted
sSs Sh shoeE s
and the revelation that this hard. silent and
reckless lie and desperate reputation had
impslled him TO assume disguise: He re-
and
that he was unfairly favored, oy some mere
The rude Vices q his old associates had
suaI induisenees Of tho later sompaaions Of
his luxury and exposed their holloy fasoins-
tons: his sensitive fastldiousness kept him
clean among vulgar temptations: his clear
perceptions were never blinded BY selfish
sophistry. Meantime his feeling for susy bad
remained Unchanged: pride had kept him
from seeking the Peytons; his presen. visit
had been pnlooked for by him. Yet hs had
that this courtesy was probably due to the
change In his fortunes. although no Ind
honed " might have boon some change in
thoir opinion brought about BY Susy Bat he
would at least see hvr again. not In The pretty.
half clandestine way she had thought neces-
sary but openly and as her euuul.
In his rapid ride he seemed 10 have suddenly
penetruted tho peaceful calm OF tho night.
The restless irritation OF tho afternoon trade
winds had, subsidized. tho tender moonlight
had hpshed and TRANQUILITY Possessed the w!r-
ried plain; the unend inc files Of wild oats. far
spaced and distinct. stood erect md motionless
as trees; something of the sedate solemnity
the ran sta seeT 6ers 10 nave DAVE s @
lcht. dry air the heavier dust no longer rose
shadow passed over the field like II
h.N ton ipss