The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28

tha0prdone lived. Tho front door Of the house
and found PEBBLES and cat them up rains
the windows, He, gained not the attention OF
ne B1rrys hut the PEOPLE e on on ts.,d Moor below ThSS
Mr.. Hopkins rang the ianitor's alleged bell, but
seemed % Be- Is, popSlsF viii that he Should
Io,awSy. He retired to the curb and popdered.
a weary pece, trundlihS a bicycie. Il was Col.
Gordon, Neither spoke unit, they were face TO
i iSSS,v 1speot c q H.! Ss ta5feif a. Ia d NE sp SmS SRd
Nor diS you DO ~, he :Aid ...,,,
e 6O II doT SS%s1 SlSefsnsd RSa aSS9asn .si fisSSe So iHas
dHst-tncrusted shoes. and air OF general de-
,,o Hey, C . &c i j, I may return your aues-
attsEF f | fsit G SSU. uI So 5 sESsH &c ba a9i iS S9ion no hack sSt.
no baEgage wagon. no truck In ali BROOKLYN.
BY the ape l reached New fork all stores
Without chang, Of tope: the S9lSnel yhIle
which rumbled into silence. YEARLY ne opened
s sSos front q; dock E. HSd; t 6FSsE IF sbs his sN Wheel dis
Mr.. Hopkins called after him.
OUT. INTO the street. In one hand he olutched
bali 2 sheet Of writing paper such as IL used In
Took al. It. HopkinsP' he eroansd. Look
at Il and tell me what Il means"
Mr.. Hopkins took II In his hand and read thus:
DRAn Nh. RrAH. DEAn FnnxD: I leave this few
word Of so%sshinS SWfui happsnina 70 he TSrnSii
and Gays for me e 20 with her when the cab Gomez
Your fdend, MAUD AALoSEr.
where did you Anu 1T" asked Mr.. Hopkins.
ION shs outside of the kitchen door," rroaned
Isn't Mrs. Gordon there?"' asked Mr.. Hop:
b sharp TTattle q horses h9ots sounded isS pt
the eorneE. Tw9 esbs approached, bicycle
anne On nearer sRs he o 81 sHS s se6o Sr. 1 Hopkins IN t saw
Mrs. gordon and the maid sitting In the fTst
S SessDd T hex S SlIIshSSsS5I ,S Sef b, the d FfS% n, r. t saS
and then hauled forth McSofter from its In
terror and set him carefully on the curb,
coioanSsl S TOOK Il. n e rsS SS:'A telegram AAu-'n'
- PnRcuor. METROPOLITAN PoIIcI.
5SrrH. 49, strss. AaASstton: D...
money. q.
II thought. OF course" she said. that e.
thing. friGSttGl had happened. ! never
! !9SSs & could SliH mean e SSC o2sSaE slSSnfss g. Z I s sGsISt oeS
cab andsR9de Maud: 60 with me and we SsYent
TIsss % 70 Police Es IN af BSCUFiTn. L sn9 xs sse ye s9lf in aS
that they only had Nj. .McSofter there, They
it. he had beenSsfrested for Riding his Slcy-
Gle without 2 light, They said they would LET
would soy. that the wheel was his. But they
said 10 didn't seem 70 know whether it was his
SS65nRSSSE;h:TEss oS sh SSs0RRs s eo ai9 G nj Ff Ss9 t SSSEPRs s ha9
must have been stolen; I was rather put out
to 5 ashamed to lst Mr.. McsofteTs lamp b
StS!e1 R0 iESR % him 9sd T5E h f Po tss H ftssSSs; ans that On
the way home and. report them for II l was
Sp oSTlssD clear s5y th aTTtsfss sa RSo sS T th ND s1 Mdd sert ta 4 !
iyn they wouldn't say anything either. So We
HsnS 1 @hi faO: and G we S Snf fRaI%SH P pst H Into It. 'G and
hers we are. I hope you haven't been wor-
She turned to pay the cabmen.
1T IL fortunate. after all, she said. that the
telegram suggested my taking so much money
Col Z Gordon groansd. Mr.. Hopkins eyed the
t 1eSssts'i3&S cS s5Ss p Pu ifs i Si%s EiiH 70 S' H!a feet IN.
e al most Is; 1 fls;sS 81 Slr{ bSs siPflsS; i Ps sSy rising 4s: 5 G6rs
DON !w1 6,% E yoI st sG ; e St to RFfsssf9 sSc' Mr.. Hop
pressfo aV On the tSoushtful CO eo~untehanee Of the
-. Thank you, he said. Il don't think I'd
better It,s light enough for me to ride home
Col. Gordon stopped over Mr.. Hopkins's wheel
and with o grim smile removed the lamp from
That's my lamp" he said.
You're u began Mr.. Hopkins.
The Colonel silently pointed to the initials
r. g scratched On The bright metal. great
You say one word" whispered the Colonel
hoarSely and earnestly. and III turn you over
to the Brooklyn police. I saw you commit
theft. Whatever l may have done. you didn't
see it"
east But from that day TO this neither has
crossed the others threshold. Nor does either
ever cease in the effort TO persuade his news
friends to malign the other.