The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-03

tmce ] sent to one of his numerous
addresses. an American magazine
which contained story 10y Mr. Young
Allison. Of Louisville, Ky. which gave
an account Of man somewhat similar
Ia ms correspondent who wrote 10 the
chief paper IN that city correcting the
errors Into which u fell The man /
IN Mr. Allis0n's story came 10 a TAD !
end. and so ! wrote for the FIRST time |
To my correspondent suggesting that I
he should read this story and take .
warning ngm the hero 81 a. lie an
sWrrcd politely enough that he had
read the story With interest. but was
pained to see some verbal lnaccura-
g ca IN II. 10 which ho would he pleased
To call thc authors attention u |
shot - % 80 good as 10 send him his
address 8y aud 10y nay resentment
against my correspondent faded away.
ard there came Ia iis place an admira-
ton for the mans wonderful knOwl-
edge. and the extreme accuracy 81 his
general information. ! wrote 10 him
saying ! would be- pleased 10 meet him
any where he liked 10 name. lac L.
piled rather evasively TO this aud for
a year or two / endeavOrcd 10 make
an appointment with him. hut always
without succcss. Iris reluctance on
his part Increased my interest In him,
and made me wonder why be- spent
~ much time In writing. while pain.
ly unwilling to meet the man he wrote
10.
one saturday night Mr.. Bronson
Howard. the dramatist. and myself
attended one Of the entertainments Of
the Press club which at that time had
rooms overlooking Ludgaie circus.
When the Press men found that Mr.
Howard was present they guadcd him
into making speech, aud afterwards,
hy -equest. addressed few solemn
words 10 the assemllarc. on Mon
day | received q letter from my cor
respondent. written this time FROM the
Eccentric dub aud be- said he had
lp,n present az the Press club en-.
icrlainmcn' ard lad been much
plcqsei Z, see tine man who had given
OFT such quantity uf erroneous In
! formation Ia crcdulOus world. lie
added that lac would have made him
SELF known 20 me but as he learned
that Mr.. Howard was my guest he did
not Intervene. I answered this letter,
chidlng him for his backwardness. aud
fald that now whoa he had seen me
Il was only fair that ] should have
chance OF seeing aim. To this he an
swcred. appointing day when we
should lunch together az the Eccentric
club. At that time ! had never en-
tered the precincts Of this association.
hut judging from lta name. thought
Il was well chosen for such q meeting
ON the night before the day Of the
appointment. I was working late IN
my room. which at time was at the
top II building overlooking the
Strand. II must have been near mid
nlght when ! WIS startled hy n knock
90 my door. II was odd that anyone
should call M that hour. although |
was aware that any acquaintance who
/ know | occupied this room could have
seen from The strand ~ the light In
the window that ] was there; siill. the
street door was usually closed at g
O'Clock ard no one could enter unless
DC had a latch-key, for there was no
/ caretaker In the house and Il was use
/ less % ring the bell. Aside from this
q friend had warned me that Il was
/ dangerous 10 remain alone In an I'M
tcranted house late M night. "a some
one had been murdered In q similar
situation not long before. thought
Of this warning az the moment when
l ShCutcd-"Come IN"
The man on the landing opened the
door hut did not enter. The hall was
quito dark. ard the ligh, from the
/ room merely showed the lower mart
of the mans body; his face was In
shadow. lie said: Excuse me for
/ calling az this late hour. hut saw
/ your HIGHT In the window aud thought
I perhaps yea wcrc working here. My
name Us . aud vou were o. lunch
with inc tomorrow at the Eccentric
4 club"
As he said this ! sprang 20 my feet.
Come H." ! cried. "Nrvor mind
the latencss OF the hour; | am very
clad Indeed Co see YOU"
II cannot stay a moment" he an,
severed. Il must be on NJ once. :
merely called 10 tell you Il would be
Impossible for me 10 meet you to-mor
row. as arranged. You viii excyst
my postponlng the meeting, am sue
The cause OF breaking the appoint
mcnt Il quite Unexpected. hut impcra
tive. shall let you know when | can
meet YOU
That's all right" I answered. 81
shall be very pleased 10 lunch witt
you at any time that Is convenient. 7,
L. too had. YOU'VE having thc trouble
of climbing all these stairs merely Q,
lrt me know the appointment Is uu
Nou write SO many Letters that or,
note. moro or less. wouldn't hav,
made much difference ana shout
have gotten Il IN the morning
u hapl cned ca bc passing, AMI saw
your light Ia the window AMI 10 wa,
such short notice that ! thought /
was better not 10 trust 10 letter. d
yuu happened 10 be- here
With that. be- turned down the dari
stairway. I went cut % the landing
and struck match but he said D
YVES not necessary and that Doc cnu'i
ind hl3 Way down all urht enough
+ nud hpggtd mc not 60 FOLLOW, Whic
WAS about Co do. having dos,crd'i
ureml steps llt ouc or two mcr
wntchcs. hullpg tGcm uvpr ilic wei
,f ihc wni,casc. and az the foot 10
MNucd Goodnight ANA Wat Wa
Usc hsl I saw of Lim.
After hc lad gone ! began % won
dcg how lac had gotten ln. for
nta.td almost inl ussihlc that tli
dpor ,hoUld be olcn ~ that hour @
She night The street door closed wiz
q string latch, ard nuy tenant I'd iN
hn.lling "a going oUt WIS certain. !