The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-16
j PRoTEGE OF
/ JACK HAMLIN's.
! - Bret nssts.
scwsyieAs, 1850, by Brs. Haxse.)
!, PART II.


1; PART IL.
q wh{s ny Sssched the street and the
- cs1pi behind them Jack Hamlin
srois bfessss uneasy. The girls clouded
- "A melancholy manner we're not
rrouislfR IL also occurred 20 him that
! - mixh meet some one who knew him
~ theS compromise her. This was TO
Z = svosG9.d At all hazards. He began with
2 lsesd s3yety:
sWsin new. where shall We gof"
- slightly raised her tear-dimmec
s - Where you please--I don't care"
s1heSA isn't any show going on here. 10
ws? He had . vague idea Of . circus
Enen sseris in che shadow OF
4 II boz behind her.
do$t know Of any"
s0r asy restaurant or cake shopf"
sIheA's p!sce where the girls 80 TO
r esnsSy in Main street. Some Of them
o theft now"
1ack 1shuddcred This was not TO b
0eaghlof. "But where do you walk I"
ZIP I'D down the Main street."
''wh4e everybody can see your" said
Jsek, p3andaIized.
The SRI nodded.
momssas Then bright idea struck
/ Mr. HAmIin. lie suddenly remembered
/ that III ons OF his many fits Of impuls-
] I've geSesosity and largesse he had
given % m old negro retainer. whose
VIE hsF nursed him through . danger
~ ilintss, \ house and lot on the river
tsnk He had been told that they had
epensd a small laundry or wash house.
uoccur,sd to him that stroll there and
Beal urcn ''Uncls Hannibal" and."Aunt
CAiee" combined the propriety and re-
Qecsatsii;y due TO the young person he
- visl, and the requisite secrecy and
sence OF publicity due to himself. He
! eace suggested it.
Tou zee she Was mighty good woman
- yousou sht TO know her, for she was
~ ed siurse--"
The gel glanced At him with sudden
Z hpatiense
"Hcnest fnjun." said Jack solemnly;
Me did nurse me through my last cough.
tAint Paving old family gags on you"
Uh. ,t,ar, burst out tho girl, impul-
avdy. II do wish yon wouldp't ever play
- sgesn. wish you wou.dn't pretend
y rsy uncle: wish you wouldn't
- u, pass for your niece. II isn't
5eA Esali wrong. Oh. don't you know
~ ~ frong-and cant come right any
WI lEs just killing me. can't stand
= I'd kather you'd say what | am and
beg Icaeae To you and how you pitied me I"
They tsld luckily entered narrow side
oRsst. aid the sobs which shook the
yoane girls frame we're unnoticed. In n
~ norg Jack felt horrible convic.
| I'm stesa,ng over him that In his present
y t.1ap h.
IKE th:, hound Stratton. and that
however, innocent vas his own in
tent. trcre was q sicken,ng resem.
blance i, tho situation on the boat. in
the aseSsdvsntagc he had taken Of her
irisndIeas.ness. He had never told her
that he a. a gambler like Stratton, and
that u !w impossible for him to assist
her EXCEPT by stealth or the deception he
had prEssisei without compromising her.
lie whc1had for years faced the sneers and
haif-irissiiened opposition OF the world.
dared nfs tell the truth to this girl. from
whom i:A expected nothing and who did
not interest him. He felt he was almost
slinkine,t her side. At last he said des-
peraielys
The orgsss. sophy. didn'i i?'
oh, ::e-." said the girl. YOU played
eeautifn.sy and grandly. 1t was so good
lyon. 90. For think somehow Madame
nance hsd leen a little suspicious of YOU:
ia, that.settied il. Everybody thought il
vas nnN-and some thought 1t was yonr
Noiessi'sa. Perhaps" she added .timidiy.
u. Is"
Il play good deal. reckon. " said Jack
With essm humor which did not. how
ever. aua.se him.
II wise could. and make money by it,"
said the gitl eagerly.
jaek WINGED. but she did not notice 4: as
ne sens -on hurrlediy:
That What wanted Ia talk 10 Won
seont want 10 leave the school and
make n.ss own livinr. Anywhere where
people EsTn't know me and where / can
o s'one:snd work. shall die here a,ponr
aese sisa-sth all their talk of their
l'ends NJ their--sssters-aad their ques-
hons abb s., You"
Tell 'san to dry up" said Jack iniig-
panty. s'tsse EN- To the cake shop and
sHsl en-. u with candy aud Tee cream.
iaasA ssop their mouths. You've got
asnes Cos nav last remittance,
sia.i yea he replied quickly. If you
aaat. Hires" li~ haad wax already In
.s 80 ees. when the gsrl STOPPED him
sss de-pari Gesture
fes, s.soi n all ] haven touched it,
assi Nant %. For can't liye on yen.
fye.a undeys .and-~l want 10 wors.
sss*a, oaa draw and rasas. Madame
saare - = Do IL we'll nay drawing mas
Wsars '-mifa;. u time. take portraits
sai ges 7: "a for il AMI even now can
eaea photographs and make eolered
asar:s from Them And" che
s .eopeea So glanced At Jack half siin-
Fsa danc some arrady'
asessi surprised relief sustasei the
.nesssi M 81 mGca NJ thls aston
aas tse W.on As at ihc change IL
-msd = elect IN her lice pale hlue
~ @s<e paser by tears cleared and
xasenfs nader their swollen lids like
~ ss:sl tAe lines of her depressed
u'Nsa sSsifhjcDed and became nrin.
"e soseasssaat ,0st SIS hopeless monotone.
taFe shop - the next street--a
sosrsfx'e' s-where they have one OF
go 70 Sc wlntoN." she went on. re-
ssse1 {8ck's unaffected interest,
tass~" : ~" s"ie
LAX as~ensed. few pace. further
.Vasht s.sen 10 ;he corner of narrow
49,, saSre they presently tarnei into
sssie' u t,ro 3safare and stopped before
siad. = ~ = photographer. SoYhy
,sse1 ~ an oval frame containing n por.
a. fAaasod go porcelain.
-. hsH. Was startled. inexperi-
1891 ~ n vas. a certain artistic incsina.
80 sess Ian 10 WAS good. although II 10
49, 'Faria lie would have been aston
- seis 4 i bad eeea worse. The mere
sasi fA.s headstrong country slri.
al ran ay wsth cur like STRAIT
~ shoG:a te able TO do anything else
'sss hin1 ~ safprlsc
sos So Tor shat," ste SAID hes.,s,.
ssass, "G,s could have so: more Tor A
kss enc. bat had 10 do that sn my
49, eaf..:g recreation hoGrs II had
Shs; aHi place where I could
,.s.- s.se stopped tlnidly and looked
ssssses.s AZ jack Bar nc vas Already
a. ssas IA a caaracEer;xtleassv reckless
s. coming back after he hai lcft
Il ~~~fAts Oily IA fnS