Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-23

The wine made me shudder. "Four-half'
was nectar III comparison with such souI
stuff. thou ,ht However, gulped il
down and >, i nothing, not to appear toe
nice had ,,c1aped out my plate and WA
screwing up my courage to tell Taras thai
| would finish up the box il he didn't want
any more, when Mere Lucas bustled in.
whisked off our plates, knives and forks
and set others in their place, though the
cutlery was as bright and clean as if it had
Just come from the makers Then sht
placed steaming dish on stand.
Come" said to myself, here's duff tc
Gil up with AT any rate
But found that it was a savory dish
maearoni au gratin know now-and that
was not hail bad. besides which there was
plenty of it, and to my great relief Taras
took all thal left Then in came another
dish-cutlets, with paper frills around the
bones, and potatoes frothed up In fash
lon as odd as everything else, and by this
time began to wonder when this sort OF
thing was going TO end However, there
was no more to eat except fruit after that,
for which was thankful, as my appetite
was fully satisfied, and did not like to re-
fuse lest Taras should think ! was dis
pleased with my food But the odaity Of
the whole meal was capped by Mere Lucas
bringir in large bright pot after d. ii,
and filing two small cups with bot coffee.
which we had TO drink without milk.
II usually smoke pipe with my coffee, !"
said Ttras. do you object"
"Gamr replied. ut amt likely"
He filed his pipe slowly in grave silence,
and watched him, trembling v anxiety,
for | hlt that he was about to decide my
fate lie had not yet spo .enm " ord with re-
gard tony future waiting until my bodily
needs were 4lis!ied 4 my mind was in Il
better cOndi on u gra.D fresh ~ hefore
opening a su icct which 10 hlm at least
was of such vel .hty Importance
~ have been vsry silent" he said after
lifting his eyes end REGARDING me for a mo
ment with kindly sJlcitIde, because
have had = great q u to settle in my own
mind, Cat iat IL settled now, ~ if Won
like we Will talk about"-he turn his
chair round 80 as to face me and adde ,
after silent puff at his pipe about to
morrow
"Tomorrerr' | echoed What's a-goiu
20 h~ppen thenf"
~ hat is what we must try to decide
lODibiiON az ~ u NiOth Nhdil EV W ShO Pp'
terry where 1 work"-
"You ain't a-goin To send me away till s
tomorrer moruini" said ioyfully
mo. Mere Lucas will take care CT you
tonight, Have you any notion what you
shall do after?"
Yes" replied resolutely. II made my
mind up to it while | was in the station
'us. shall go back to ShadwelL 'Tain't
no good | got to live and face it out like
the rest on US. And | can't get liviu
where amt known. I'll go back to the
joy Dessay I'll get Off with punch oil
two Then Putty'll come round and give
me job, cause he knows don't nick the
beer nor the coppers."
II think | must ask one question. Are
you related 10 that man in any way"
mot me don't member ever haviu
no relatives"
"He is not even friendt"
~ told you | amt got no friends-not
one. If had, do you think | should ha
gone and done what | did down there in
the meshes Greenwich wayY'
F,e shook his head. Then, after pause
be asked me if thought | could do some
thing better than 80 back to the old life.
No" said l. II can't thiuA of nothing
else as I'm lit for and as would do me bet
ter Can your"
"Yes,' he replied, laying down his pipe
and leaning forward with new light
flashin in bis deep, earnest eyes he contin
ued: II can think of something much bet
ter You are filter for new life than the
old"
"You don't mean an institootionp"
~ l. . H.. 4
that he should think me worse even than
was as recollected the proposals with
regard to living a new life made by the
missionary who visited me in the station
house cell
mo, do not mean anything of the
sort" he replied, with a flash of angry re-
pugnance in his eyes. "On the contrary.
am thinking of removing you from all asso
Citations with the world You have lived in
and its peopie--of placing you in IA position
where nothing shah recall the past-of sep
arating you from previous conditions MS
completely rs ii you were TO be born again
upon another earth. To do that you must
think that your life begins from today
that the part OF your life in the past has
been blotted out. You must abandon all
the ways and customs to which you have
been used Even the language, such as il
Is, that you speak today must be changed
for new one. Every link in the chain that
connects you with the past must be broken.
You must begin just like child who has
everything to learn Do you understand
meS"
Pm a-gettin at it. Here, it's like as il
I'd never been picked up out of the river
and was just a-goin straight to heving
amt itf"
"What is your notion of heaven"
"Well, I've heered say it's kinder place
where you don't have to do nothin but sit
about and enj'y yourself and never want
anything more'n you've got"
"Then it isn't at all like that, for you
will have more to do than you | I'VE done
vet awhile. and there will be pain as well