The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-18

litter made out, none the less that fact
lat We stood good chance now of put.
ting our hands on the ten thousand dol
lars came home TO noe.
"Bigg," SAID /, "you'u be set up for
twelve month, and he'll be- off for New
York TO marry Yankee-that is, IL he
doesn't close ON that pretty bit OF goods
up at the Hotel de Lille. Was there ever
such q townl'
found Jim sitting ON a dirty bed
In dirty little house near the boulevard
end OF the street he had named. He
didn't look at all hopeful as I'd expected
he would, and the cigar that he held in
his hand had gone out.
Well, says he, "you got my letter.,
"why should be here IL I hadn 'tY',
"Ah, true" he went on; "and / NAV
as vel. tell you at once-I believe your
mans at the Msison dor, up in the
Montmartren
'.How did you find that out?" / asked.
~ traced him by his stick, said he;
AN orange wood cane, with q globe oil
silver and little map of the world on
top OF II. Is that it9''
"The same cried |.
"And he wore hat of black felt, large
beyond usual?'
So He did that"
Then he's at the Maison dor; and
how we're to get him out, God knowsn
why, what's the difficulty?'
II don't like the house. says he, shift
Ing his eyes curiously.
But what's the matter with it?,
"Oh, there's nothing the matter with
It except that good many who go in
never come out again. I've no fancy ror
that myself"
"Jim, says I,"you haven't got a heart
OF rabbit What nonsense you're talk
ing. Take me up to the shop, and let me
have look at II"
II was going to suggest that,n saws he
''It'll be dark in an hour, and no one
to tread on our heels. l know the
woman who keeps the cabaret at the back
OF the place, and IL was from the top OF
the shed in her garden that l looked
down into the lower roomsn
why not knock at the door at once
and have done with it, says i.
1T would be worth more than your
life or mine TO do that" cried he: tsalI
the nei9hborhood knows IT, There's not
. man that would venture in"
Then what makes you think that Grey
He was two days at an opium den in
the Rue d'Oran, which is not a stones
throw on, and was last seen at the cab
sret speak OF. He was then with the
man who runs the Maison dor. Folk
knew him from the description of his
hat and stick. guessed at once that
what took me to the Rue d 'Oran."
You're friends with the woman who
runs this beer shop, did you say?',
THE best possible, though ! wouldn't
walk with her In the Bois-not for choice
leastwisen
Then let's get up there at once. II
Grey IL in the shop, the closer the ey
we keep on Il the better" /"
He assented to this, and we went off to-
gether In q closed cab.
IL was then almost full dusk. and |
threatening for a wet night. In fact we |
hadn't got up TO the top OF the Rue du !
foaubourg when the rain began TO pelt |
down IN earnest, the people scuttling into |
the cafes, and the water flooding the gut
ters- When at last our rickety old cab
began 10 lumber up the slopes TO Mont
martre, the lamps in the streets were
dancing before stif west wind. and the
SKY shove us was black as ink. Where
We ws,a got 10 couldn't for the life of me
teiii put by and by Jim stopped the
driver before third rate drinking den.
ana we STEPPED out in dirty street, where
tne muu was almost up TO our ankles.
'Inis u the place. y said he; while II
raiped 20 fast that the water began to
run on ms hat jam your tile over your
eyes, and follow me. You viii vant
twenty franc piece to shut the old
Noman.s mouth, after that it's easy
lie led tie way into biz OF a bar vbe-e
'cas or ilye shabby customers were drink
mt neer and talking TO women who
nstSno1 them down 10 the ankles. But
- Nernt there more than a moment.
ior Ai,tF word IN French lingo 10 the |
enaf y 80 served the drink. We passed ON
~ slnfA teriof which overlooked a biz
~ ilsrva ~ al, little woman. who
a et ~ EAR ~ Lave washed her face
~ fr fif eLt. vas in talk with a girl
N;'< ". sn'tst IN her hand-a peor'
Itt ~ tIvel ocking wretch. who
irsg. 4 don doubt. BY caper.
rAt bs,vr me scum in the bar.
~ ~ when Hc came In. and then
ttr cylnf with the woman.
-i'ihof n ads Of H.
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