Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-03

moment. The cozy, weil-furnished
room, the pictures ON the walls and
Jhns sad face showing up distinctly
with the red glow of the hreUght on
it'll tell you that scenes photographed
on my memory.
IL should think we sat like that for
close on half an hour and then Jim sud-
denly sprang up.
L have it, he shouted. Tknow what
! Ill do. Look here. I've got 10000
left, Well, I'm going to try my luck on
the stock exchange. If things turn up
trumps I'll marry and try and live de-
cent life. If they don't, well, hang it,
I'll keep my vow and have done with it..
They tell me that a revolver bullet
doesn't hurt much. It's so soon over
by the time l had left him Jim and
l had agreed to go and see a very clever
stock broker-a friend of mine-the
next day, and ask him to do his best.
Its such a funny world Jim said,
as l shook his hand. Perhaps may be
lucky, and then my vow can go to the
devil and my revolver into the gutter
We'll, you know what queer Jade
Dame Fortune is said to be, and in Jim's
case she lived up to her reputation. Nv
friend made money for him hand over
fist. Every company he put money
into seemed as if it couldn't go wrong
and, as things were booming, Jim made
about 100000 or 100000 in three or
four months. But he wouldn't be sat.
isfed with that.
III go on he said, till the day be.
fore that on which l was to fulfill nv
vow, and on that day, no matter what
the conditions of the market, I'll sell
every blessed share I've got; and then. !
if all goes well. I'll be married the next
week
IL didn't see him much during the |
succeeding two months, as I was very |
busy at The time, but he kept sending |
me notes telling me all was going well; |
and, knowing what shares he held. | |
could see on reference to the papers
that he must have made pot of money.
AT last the day came on which nc
was to sell every share he held. He
came into the club-this very club, by
he way-about two in the afternoon,
md | could see by his face that things
had gone all right with him.
Congratulate me, old chap he said,
that's ALL l wrung his hand. when
you've done squashing my hand, old
BOY" he said, 1 want you to come round
o my place
I'VE took a cab and were soon there.
Now said Jim, I'm going to chuck
his revolver away, and then shall feel
IS free as a lark
HE took the pistol from a drawer,
pened one of the windows and threw it
ar away into the park below. 1
"'And there goes the last of my bad {
uck. please Heaven! he shouted, gayly. {
And tonight you and / and the fu.
ure Mrs. BaTham shall have a dinner 5
ogether to celebrate the event, and on I
his day week I'm going in for matri.
lony.' {
land bliss, hope added, laugh Z
ugly. {
~ don't hope, old boy, 1 Know Jim {
aid. '
I'VE three dined together that night, $
nd Jim was in the best of spirits. He
aemed to have taken a new lease OF I
fe, and l could see that the woman he {
as going to marry really cared for I
i'm. She seemed, too, as good as she q
as lovely. q
Jim and went on to the club after. e
ard and sat up late talking.
"'Do you remember this day FIVE v
ears ago. he said, as we parted on the a
l nodded. r
well, isn't it funny world| he n
answered, laughing.
HE was right, poor, dear old c0np.
nd it was even funnier than he ex- a
acted, for that very night the T>ree u
sters held a consultation over him and .
efore dawn broke Antropos had cut
two the thread of his life"
I
81 say, it is late" Vernon broke off, i
nd his voice was rather husky. "You !
D my way, don't you? Well, come on,
j drop you."-Pick-Me-Up.