Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-15

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iskuG1t.
re. ugly. Eiss WY Do shsy call re
TIE kigpesin
Tbs klpp<ri ThAs T. the iiaA wish warm,
resaish brown color - the color q your
hair
10, Il ais't. They call me 'goldin sur
mp and trcaele' when they'rs restfn e.
the solnr Of ny hair. and they call nc kip
per b.esaEs In 50 skinay and Cat. Tksy
ssa ssil re Anything .ssy Ike 70 lay ths.r
tenrls te-I ssus miHi, hat ] sin't g0in
10 b. draws9 and stuck up for all tie lssts
laugh ss-not meF
JOS. then heard the front door oDsn,
and gong into the bar me; the bloke-
Patty vas his nAms-who Ind returned.
lie was al rght--qaite s95er-ior won
der gave him tae money had taken.
and noSding a. DriFo aid
''Thezs parsss e a-wsitin 10 zee you"
Be bad not yet noticed Ddgo, who Aat up
IN a dArk corner watching him ~ II TO hnd
cut what tort Of man they had 70 deal
with Putty now examined him 10 the
same way. and then farming 70 Taras who
hsd suterrd from the passage, treated him
10 8 long stanA
I'VE want 20 know II Jon can le: us have
the use Of room fer few nights. - sAid
Taras.
For private purpose" added Drigo,
Using and dropping bis voice as he came
closer said, with q wink, ''unbeknoWn 70
outsider. you understand"
Putty nodded and addressing me said,
Hook s." a. he took down pot and drew
himrelf sone beer Tsras gave me pleas
ant nod a. | slunk ont By The front door
That altered my destiny. It was not al
Uncommon thing for me 70 be seat out Of
the way Nhea Putty bad business Ehair,
70 talk about With his customer gcFDss tho
bar Of the JOY aud never troubled my
self even % wonder what bis secrct deal
ipgs were bot that kindly look Ia the faeo
u Tara excited a strttuVs feeling Of intsr-
e; Ia my mind. which made me curious 10
know what bushes ts bad 70 transact
With such q ra4-s- a. tls bl9ka
/ slipped dsgyu FsTyt0at alley 70 the
shore, eliult,d ap tbs rotten timbers on 70
the balogny aud edge1 myself into TIE bar
parlor. who're esuld lear pretty distinctly
all that VIA aid Ia ths l.sI
Driso wes speAEisg bat bis broken Eng.
llsh AID the low crafty -9Be q his voice
made what be sHid Hliltelliribls 20 rae. ];
SEEMED 10 parp.gz Putty alG7. to- presently
intsrrupting aim be aid With irritation.
"Hercl les 10 inpuaGF VI VI Jour beiug
80 ctissed sly over Lhls nero business
must know All the pastielss. .tFsl2htiorari
afors 20 ilt9 Il. Hare, likes your LOOKS
betthr IN what do your pardnera, mate,
Lemms bear what you W got 70 Soy"
THE matters simple GlogEA,n replied
Tazas. ''fAE.s iTispds have islt their ccgu-
tgy for certain reasonz, 10 10 10 they On
gagged themselves "A sailors On board 4 ye.-
vel bound for Leaduu. heircoatrAss binds
them 20 return with tho ship " their ooun-
ny, and they csnust ogenly break tAs con.
trGct without rrnderlng themselves liable
10 be taken bsck By force. But tAey intend
20 desert aad our object D. ~ provide a
place Of refuge - which We may conyey
thsrn b. night from thsir ship az soon - II
arrives, and where they may uhaugs their
asagolnR clothes for the dr-as No shall have
In rsAdinezs for them We shoss this i'm
for that purposs bseauaa j. "a ceuysiIently
near tie dock and ih no; open 20 ohasrys.
tiop. liyou DO not ohooss " let us use your
houae, we must Cad HnUth.r. That u the
vhpls matter"
NOW / tumbls 70 It right snoaEh, - said
Putty. Il sse you "a = gVE 'lsmau, sir, and
allsrs likos ~ deal with gsu'lainen. But
! you will understand, sir, that al thla here
| s. ascn ths law, and lay mypsf open 70
loas my license and cat month or two Of
hard even for lsttln Of parties into the house
after elosin hours"
| II viii pay you feryour riAk. How much
Z do you WANT"
ITS more risky thsnwhat you think. It
looks dead and alive hole, as no one come,
anigh once IN blue moon. but tho ooppers
keep hlooniin sharp eye on Us all the
sane. When do you expect this here YES
aeli"
"Tomorrow But It. might DO delayed
I till Saturday
I That means kttin up on the lookout
two or three uightss or course the iot
would be pulled OIL when nobody much
/ amt aboutW
Between 2 aud in the morning, n posi-
BILE"
"rhat'd do" Then after little oonsid
Grafton Putty said "lierr, IN tell you
what III do with you You shall have Lh,
ubs Of my room Tor dollar night Will,
, you're on the lookout, aud you shall hand
over i've quid the nlsht the job is pulled OF
and your mates get clear, Now can't SAY
fairer than that, can ~
Taras accepted these terms, and aftui
some further discussion he aud Drigo lei
the Joy, saying they would return tue fol
lowing afternoon
slipped out OF the Joy by the way had
entered II and hurried round TO tue front
impelled, / think, by some unrecognlzee
hope that raras would nod to me again.
know that sank down on the steps o
BaAterA wharf diseonsolate when SAW
shin IN the di4tanea tuu the corner OF Fer
ryboat ALLEY and disappear without looking
back
had been sitting there In duh apathy
my elbows on nay knees and my chin h
my palina, qrartar Of Rn hour or 20 min
utea, when heard step In ths alley an,
turning ny syos SAN prigo coming back
just before he rsaghud the Mariners JOY
he stopped ndfselng about waited a ouupli
Of minutes OK 10, looking up tbs alley a. !
10 MAKE rars that be was net followed
Then he dived quickly down tho two step
anil entered this house, had taken dis
like 70 the man from the frsL There wa
an evil, wicked look in his fsas. Thsrs va,
treaehery In his tartiys Slanesa, IN thsvgy
stoop Of his shoulders WIZ had no COM
back alonai What further business haf
he with tho bloke which be could not hayl
done whsn TnrAs was with hilui Thosi
questions aroused my faculties into un
wonted enargy, Ones mors Ilipped rouni
20 the back Of tho house aud up tho baleonl
into the room beAind the bar
prigo was talking to Putty, but In suel
low key that could make nothing Of tn