The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-28

the side Of his plate was the inevitable
steel coil; and il produced even moro
than its usual effect. / own felt sorry
for him.
Il He did not dash from the place: Tow-
ever, as he had from the liquor saloon.
"A spirit of resistance had seized him.
and he demanded to know where this
object of his fear had come from. No
ere could tell him (or wouldD. Where
upon he began to rave and would cer-
tainly have done himself or somebody
else an injury if he had not been
calmed by man almost as wild-looking
as himself. Paying his bill bgt vowing
he would never enter the place again,
ne went out, clay~white, and with the
staggering air of man who has just
asserted himself.
He dropped, though, as soon as he
reached the street, and / had no diff.
guilty in following him to n certain
gambling den where he gained three
dollars and lost five. From there he
went to his lodgings in West Tenth
street.
! But late the next day returned there
and rang the bell. 1t was already dusk.
but it was light enough for me to no.
tice the unrepaired condition of the
aron ratings on either side of the old
stone stoop, and to compare this abode
Of decaved grandeur with the spacious
and elegant apartment in which pretty
Mrs. Holmes mourned the loss of her
ycung husband. Had any such compare
son ever been made by the unhappy
John Graham, as he hurried up those
decayed steps into the dismal halls be-
yond? ] did not doubt it.
In answer to my summons, there
come to the door a young woman to
whom had but to intimate my wish to
see Mr.. Graham, for her TO let me In
with the short announcement:
."Top floor, back room. Door open,
he's out; door shut, he's in"
AS an open door meant liberty to en-
ter, lost no time in following the direc.
tion of her pointing finger, and present
ly found myself in "A low attic chamber
overlooking an acre of roofs. A fire had
been lighted in the open CRATE, and the
fickering red beams danced on ceiling
and walls with a cheerincss greatly In
contrast to the nature of the business
on which / was bent. AS they also
served to light the room. proceeded 10
make myself at home; and, drawing up
"a chair, sat down at the fireplace in
such a way as to conceal myself from
anyone entering the door.
In less than half an hour he came
I'm.
He was in state of high emotion.
His face was flushed and his eyes burn
ing. Stepping rapidly forward, he
flung his hat down on the table in the
middle of the room with a curse that
was half cry and hah groan. Then he
stood silent and had an opportunity
OF noting how haggard he had grown
IN the short time since / had seen him
last. But the interval of his inaction
was short, and in a moment he flung up
his arms with a loud Curse her!" that
rnng through the narrow room and be-
trayed the source of his present frenzy.
Then he again stood still, grating his
teeth and working his hands i'm way
terribly suggestive OF the murderer S
instinct. But not for long. He saw
something that attracted his attention
on the table, something upon which
my eyes had long before besp fixed
and. starting forward with fresh and
quite different display of emotion. hC
caught up what looked like n roll OF
manuscript and began 90 tear IL open.
"Back againl Always backl" he
walled from his lips; and he gave IN,
roll Toss that sent from It's midst .
small object which he no sooner saw
than he became speechless and reeleC
back. 1twas another Of tho steel coils
"Good f;odl" fell at last from his stif
and wording lips. "Am | mad or ha'
the devil joined in the pursuit agains
Uo7 / cannot eat, I cannot drink, bul