The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-10-03

"Fifty."
"N eli, that's not so bad"
sNo. The other fellows losses never
are" ;,
ssKeIatively, no. Actually, II couldn't
have been more"
s'How so?'
"Because 1t was the Omega, the nnis,
the last rose o. summer"
GAS Baron Giebeel says, I'll be gostet'
II understand you.'
"It is very simple. ] took account of
stock this morning. One nifty dollar bill
and some loose silver, not much. liz
seemed to me the time was right for
project I've been rolling around in my
mind and made that bill my, question
70 fate. The oracle says, Go ahead.
ssWhat an oversight not TO have ar
ranged it so that the oracle's affirmative
would have made you winner"
ssImpcssibIe. / could not do what i
propose, while had anything left"
alt seems to me. fifty would come
handy under any circumstances.
ssNo, not enough of it to be of any i'm
portancs. With economy. ii would keep
fellow for two or three weeks, but the
he would be Just where he would have
been il he had not had ii. Others would
have got all the benefit Of 1t. And what
g the use of trying to stave off the inevi
tablet l have simply gone to meet it
that IL all"
UAnd now what are you going to dot
at don't think / have mentioned that
yet to any one."
"You are .;, welcome 3 to all the money
ssThank you, Ross. Your proffer is
kind, but / don't want any. To owe
nothing and to have nothing are primary
requisites to my project"
"Weil, can't join you and helpf You
can count me in on anything short OF
hsrrO I'm 4
for that. / should dread barking my
shins on strange furniture in the dark.
And then the burglars hours for busi-
ness would be so likely to interere with
enes social engagement. just fancy lesv-
ing Patriarch's ball to sally forth with
dark lantern and . jimmy"
SIT 10 very evident, replied Jack, with
. smile, 'that burglary will not do at
all.
swell, how does Wall street strike your"
"oh. that's worse yet; less manly indus
try about 1t.
Laughing together the young men arose
and started toward an exit. Neither noticed
that their conversation had been listened
to, with evident interest, by two ladies
seated Just behind them, one an elderly
woman with shrewd but kindly face
ana the other an exceedingly handsome
girl, or that the latter, when their backs
we're turned, stood up looking eagerly for
some one amid the bank of faces above
and behind her. Had they observed her
they would have seen that she found the
face che sought, glanced once toward
them, and resumed her seat with a salts
6eu smile.
s'For the lands sske!" exclaimed the
older lady. "Did you ever hear of a
Prodigal SON like that one? His last dol
lar. And what do you suppose he's going
70 do; can guess He's going home for
some fatted calf A good twisted strip
OF its hide is all he ought to get. /
wonder who he is. "
"I'n tell YOU when the next race is
over, Aunty."
"You will. sskes alivel Do you know
him?'
"Not now. But Amy Thorpe does"
'How do you know?''
''She just told me so.'
Miss Keturah Trusfitt looked puzzled
and Ielapsed into silence. When she
spoke again, her voice was softer. ''Poor
young chspv' she said meditatively.
"Like as not he's got no mothers care TO
guide him right. He's been led sstrsy
like many. And what a pity II is; he's
handsome, manly fellow; isn't he,
Constsnce?v
all didn't notice, answered the
girl hesitstingly. The loud changing
OF the judges bell, calling up the horses
for the next race, put stop to further
conversation.
CHAPTER H.
Miss Constance Dessine spent part OF
the succeeding summer at Long Branch,
part al Saratoga and part at Bar Harbor,
not a little TO the disgruntemsnt OF
Aunt keturah Trus6tt, her cbsperone,
who heartily disliked 40 much fitting
about in not-weather. al can't see what
possesses you this summer, Constance, -
she protested, "unless it's the uneasy.
rowing spirit OF your French fat hsr
workln' out. He was like Noah's dove
that found no rest anywhere for it's feet.
only the dove did 20 back to the ark and
settle down, while be never settled any
where, until he DIED. Iou don't take
after the Truehtts not . mite. They
were always great on stsyini whtrs the
Lord put them. Your mother Almirv
was never twenty miles from West Frsm.
fnRbam until your father came along and
courted and married her, all IN y whirl
ss you ray say, ana whisked her on. n
that husband Of hers, Victor Dessine, hae
had his ~sy, theysG mover have stopped
long enough In one place for letters [,
catch y en- up And you are geti Bg q