The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-17

cold. Not another scrap Of tobacco cop,a ;.
gather. although he had turned ou uiuou no
pocket in hope OF finding n cruml or Two very
appealingly, alternately from her father nthins
friend evidently fearing That something harsh r !
rough spoken whom III pleased. "'"e' was
Jessie T. not we'll" said the orranist.
Braunt did not answer him; but crossed owe,
more gently than she expected! : SAD
what's wrong. lassiel Art hungry"
Langly. slow as he was to comnrchend ny"
perhaps FOR long. lie had 0t several TainG Iib. foe,
fered him money from his own sca1ty store
a manner not altogether friendly" eT IN 10
ganist went quietly out. leaving father aDnSS
d'S9@sh SsId alS SoS i ike Ss to 60, ,on.
come in-some woman" said Braun,. o"Sewoo
don't know our neighbors.. but one Of The we
The girl shook her head. i"
~ want ponemnsusht but Just TO rest a III.
If Tho y father w'bs ~ !e sSss sSin to h ses sha Sqt t nnS ,,.,
sat silent, In the gathering darkness. '
Presently the door was pushed open. and
plsSed a LOAF. on the table with the rest Of N:
burdens. and put on the empty hearth ths
Braunt Rlared at him, speechless for n ms
ment;. then cried out. indignantly. "~
IN ha' none o. thy charity, id II wnl",
blingly to her. feet. "
DOnt. fntnef. OOnt.' sire walled Iban
swaying as. che ATTEMPTED to wnls toward him
.Eansly sprans forward, bat hrsunt 6russ.a
daughter. lifted her llsht form pp in h Gse arms his
speaking eoothinnly, and caresslngly TO aer''
He carried her to the bed and placed her Low.
"Runrs. he. cried to Langly. Run for
doctor. There's one down Light street. Th.rss
something main wrong here. I'm feared.
The young man needed no seconl telling.
The doctor objected TO go 70 Rose Garden court,
there was little to be- got out Of The court, ."'"
II an orGanist at s.. Martyrs" replied tho
m'ss oS. IT. s SSsf ,hss;." rai al, the sS Doctor iSs paid s%1,
generally attend. e people in the courtS There
II don't know" answered Lancly. land 7
have no t'mr TO find out; II is urgent. Come"
So the doctor, grSmbllnx.io his kind Of
They found Braunt anxiously chafng the
hands Of the girl;
Neither answered. and the doctor wen,
quickly f. the bod; with the seemingly cal.
scenes are matters OF hourly routine. lie
placed his fingers upon her wrist. bent hi. ear
'"Has she been long nl1" hs asked. sharply.
father, and lAtterly has not been at ali well.
WHO has attended herr"
oh: weil; you know, can't grant a death
will most likely be an INQUEST"
Good Godl" shrieked Braunt. Al ~inouesti
You don't mean 70 sAy-ycu can't mean NJ
Yes. she is dead. I can do no good hero.
III let the Coroner know, and he can do as he
know. Good niehti''
.Braunt threw himself, upon the bed in a storm
OF grief: LanRly stood by the side Of the dead
girl. stunned He took her limp. thin hand in
his. and Razed down upon her. dazed and tear
ternately pleading with fate and cur.ing IL.
Suddenly he turned on Langlv like n mailman.
What arc you doing here'' he rosred. II.
words TO be troubled. Get you Rone, and leave
LanRly turned from the bed and walkei
slowly 70 the door without a word. Braunt fol-
lowing him with his lowering. bloodshot eyes.
door. leaned his arm against Il. and bowed his
head sas IN s0pi ssis anguish msn! +. said. a.,p.,r,Ds,v.
Braunt looked at him a moment. not com.
pretending At first. Gradually the anger
.'P!d you 50. isd'.. no said sen.ly. a. last.
II didn't know.I didn't know: Forgive me
broken BY this time. I'm crazy. lad. and
know not what say. have not a penny
this heartless town. No, not II I have TO take
her in my AIMS. AZ ha' Oft done. and drudge
wi her TO the North. sleeping under the hedges
be tramping to the Deal March then. 1t
the green fields un der tho trees. away from tho
smoke and din, alone together. All. God! III
to sss ss o shs . '" shIs B. BSS " ere s slsm mo1 al SiSA'
You mustn't 90 that. You must hear ~hai;
with me or herr"
What care I for the lawI What's It done
for either me or Jessie1 I'll have no pauuer
There won't be a pauper funeral. There
arc kind hearts in London. as well as In The
Sor,h, Promise me you'll do nothing until I
- promise. said Brapnt. sinking into his
chair. II doubt 4 could walk far tc,RiSht;
os I. back again later. I want to be alone
mot aaS Hag.,. left s The sG ss did ra nd, q sns ,s. 5 5ssa Mss
he saw was about to enter.
"pon't. go In" he whispered. HE wants to
is there ANYTHING wIons2," asked Mars,en-
alarmed A. the tone Of the other.
Dead s,s so I'd. Cod Ssan II HO ;.r An .eeiSasn1,
-pncxpsctedly Are you a friend of his :"
..Ts + Won INNS, ,.,, u.-,.u u.v,., ~
do. Come into he court where We can talk"
The two young men descended the stair.
his a daasRt. a a'ss u nj %G BY The n nar ia WIN We Se' must mus:
verv little myself. although l will Willingly
ask help from any one"
II have only a few shillines." said Marstsn,
but W. must get more somehow. None u the
Ten has any. or they would give It. Yester-
unfortunately. I have auarrelisd with him.
bitterly and .rretrievably. ! fear. ALTHOUGH
he said nothing to me. ] can't go to him. But
there is Barnard Hone. Yes. he's the man.
He helped Braunt when there was trouble
with the police. I DONE like to go TO Barnard
Hope for certain reasons I don't care TO 10
indebted to him. Would you mind Goingr
He lives in Chelsea"
No, J. will do anything can. have
Then I would 20 tonight II were you.
To. morrow 10 his at home day, and there
will be a lot of people there. 1t will be aim.
cult to see him then. and We can't wait until
the day after. His address Is CraiRenputtocb
House, Chelsea. II you fail. / will see hii
father, so ono or other OF us is sure TO get thS
money"
II will go ct once" said Langly.
II was. n Iona journey to Chelsea. and when
the tired organist reached the place he found
Barney had a theatre party on. with n dance
TO follow. and would not likely be home that