The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-05

OF the mans hands upon the table: Car
ringer placed his upon it and then drew
back in To. rOr-the hand was as cold as
stone.
The mouey must not lie there exposed.
Carringer arranged It into neat parcels,
looking furuvely every moment az his i'm
movable companion, AMI in mortal fear
that he would stir. Then be SAT back and
waited. A deadly fascination impellsd him
to move back into b.s former position, so as
to bring his face directly before the gaze OF
the stranger. And so the two sat and
stared at each other.
CarriuGer felt his breath coming heavier
and his heart-5eats growing weaker. but
these conditions gave him comfort by re-
duclng his anxiety and softening the nan Rs
OF hunger. He was growing more aud
more comfortable, and ynwned. II he had
dared he might have gone to sleep.
Suddenly fierce fight no ded his vision
and sent him with bound TO his feet Had
he been struck upon the head ur sta obed to
the hearth No; he was sound and alive. The
pale stranger still sat there start < ct moth
ing. and Ia movable, but C4rringer was no
longer afraid of him. On the contrary an
extraordinary buoyA cy Of spirit and elias
ITCHY Of body made him feel reckless and
daring. His former timidity and scruples
vanished, and be felt equal to any advent
ure. Without any hesitation he gathered
up the money aad bestowed it in his several
pockets.
81 am a fool to starve," he said to him
self, with all this money ready TO my
hand"
AS cautiously as a thief he unlocked the
door. stepped out, reclosed it. and boldly
and with head erect stalked out upon the
street. Much to his astonlshment he found
the city in the hustle of the early evening,
yet the sky was clear. 1t was evident to
him that he had not been in the saloon as
long as he had supposed. He walked along
the street with the utmost unconcern of the
dangers that beset him, and laughed softly
but Eleefully. Would he not eat now-ah,
would he notl Why, he could buy dozen
restaurants! Not only that. but he would
hunt the city up and down for hungry men
and feed them with the latest steaks, the
juiciest roasts and tho biggest oysters that
the town could supply. As for himself, he
must eat first; after that he would set up a
great establishment for feeding other
hungry mortals without charge. Yes ne
would eat first, II lie pleased, be would eat
till he should burst. In what single place
could he find sufficient to satisfy his hum
Rers Could he live long enough to have an
OK killed aud roasted whole for his supper
Besides an OK he would order two dozen
broiled chickens fifty dozen oysters. a dozen
crabs, ten dozen eggs. ten hams, eight
of four different kinds, eight salads, four
dozen bottles each Of claret, Burgundy aud
champagne; for pastry, eight plum pud-
dings, nd for desert, bushels OF nuts, ices
and CONNECTIONS. 1t would require time TO
prepare such meal, and il he could only
live until it could be made ready, il would
be infinitely better than to spoil his au-
petite with a dozen or two meals OF ordi-
nary size. He thought he could live that
long. for he felt amazingly strong aud
bright. Never in his life before had he
walked with 81 great ease and lightness; his
feet hardly touched the ground--he ran and
leaped. 1t did him good to tantalize bis
hunger, for that would make his relish OF
the feast all the keener. O, but how they
would stare when he would give his order.
and how comically they would halg back,
and how amazed they would be- when he
would throw few thousand dollars on the
counter and tell them To take their money
out Of it and keep the chaugel Really, it
was worth while to be so hungry as that.
for then eating became such an unspeak-
able luxury. Aud one must not be
in too great hurry to eat when
one is 50 hungry-that is beastly.
How much Of tire job OF living do rich peo-
pie miss from eating before they are hun
gry-befOre they hive gone three days and
nights without food And how many il is ,,
aud how great sef-c ntrol il shows, to
daily with starvation when one has "A daz-
cling fortune in ones pocket and every res
taurant has an open doorl To be hungry
without money-thnt is despair; to be
starving with a bursting pocket-that is
sublime. Surely the only true heaven is
that in which one furnishes in the presence
of abundant food, which he might have
for the taking. and then a Rorged stomach
and long sleep.
The starving wretch, specializing thus,
still kept from food He felt himself grow
ing in stature and the people whom he met
became piRmies. The streets widened, the
stars became suns and dimmed the electric
lights, and the most Intoxicating odors aud
the sweetest music filed the air. Shouting.
laughing and singing, Carringer joined IN
the great chorus that swept over the city,
and then
The two detectives who had traced the
famous bank robber to the saloon in Mason
street, where Carringer had encountered the
stranger of the pallld face. left the saloon /;
but, unable to pursue the trail farther, had
finally returned. They found the door OF
booth No. locked. After rapping and
calling and receiving no answer, they burst
open the door, ana there they saw two
men-one of middle age and the
other very young-Sitting perfectly still,
and in the straugest manner Imaginable
staring at each other across the table.
Between them there was great pile OF
money, arranged neatly in parcels. Near
at hand were an empty absinthe bottle, a
water pitcher, glasses, and IA dice box, with
the dice lying before the elder man, as he
had thrown them last. One Of the de-
tectives covered the elder man with re-
volver and commanded
"Throw up your handsm
But the dice-tbrower paid no attention.
The detectives exchanged startled glances.
They looked closer into the faces OF the two
men, aud then they discovered that both
were dead.