Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-19

was not in position to say, because for
some time he paid no attention to 1t what
ever The first thing he noticed was that
every every morning Mr.. Gaylord was avid for
MS papes, and that he turned to the Wash
lnston news and read it feverishy Later
on the valet observed that strange anx-
le,y lay upon the whole city. Excited
groups talked and gesticulated together
on the street corners. Men fingered long
In the barber shops. haranguing. The hotel
rotundas We're thronged at night. and,
apparently, not for purposes of pleasure.
Miners thronged the city by the thousand
iresh from the camps. Bulletins were
eagerly read in the clubs and the news
paper windows. The rooms of the mining
exchange hummed like hive with men,
one morning the papers printed the
news that India had suspended the coinage
OF silver That day there were three sui
c'oes at Rico and two at Ouray-and per-
maps some others, elsewhere, of which
no one took note. The air was electric
WI, Win presage OF disaster Gaylord ate moth
Ing all day, and that evening he stayed in
MS room-a thing he had not done since
ne returned from Chicago. About this time
Colorado began to make new fashions for
i ai Beres1ord invited his friends to
dine with him under the auspices of the
sherir. So they came-all the merry old
FOUNDERS, and drank good wine under the
nose OF the sheriff-who drank as much
as anybody. In fact, Mrs. Beresford. in
her corn-colored satin, held aloft an irf-
descent goblet of twisted glass in her
hand and cried:
ITO the sheriff" and the company drain
ed the amber liquid to him, while he came
In from an ante-room to bow his acknowl-
edgments.
UP In the camps hard-luck dinners be-
came the rage. One dinner was given at
Rico to which ten penniless men sat down.
VINO nad been millionaires. or we'll on the
way to be such. the week before The
rood they ate was obtained on credit, and
they sent out telegram asking for passes
to Denver-whlch they gotEfor it had been
only month before that they had had
the president Of the road and twenty other
good fellows up to drink champagne and
eat venison with them.
The days passed feverishly. Men waited
TOT the final blow 1t came. The Sherman
longer guaranteed the purchase of silver
Gaylord came to Stubs with the old
whimsical smile about his face
I'm done for" he said. I'm cleaned out,
Stubbs. But there's lot of others travel
Ing my road. and I'm not going to feel
lonesome. I'm simply going to pack my
grip and get out. I've got little money
mat l can honestly use, though most of
what have in the bank will have to go
to paying on the men at the mines and
settling up matters. And I've this to saw.
stuobs. to you. If you want to go with
me. you may. brought you over here,
and you may share my fortunes to the
|! end If you wish. But give you fair warn
Ing they'll be misfortunes from this time
OF Ior WnHe. O1 course, I'll get on my
feet again somehow, but I don't know
when nor where nor how. I'm used to
rcughing 1t, and I don't mind--at least. I
wouldn't mind but for one thing-but that, s
neither here nor there. Now, what will
you do? I'm with You, Stubbs! Say your
say"
''Why, sir" said the man. touched by
his employers misfortunes, there's a very
respectable place in q BARRIERS shop that
will be open to me. and I'll be better there
I'd be burden to you, sir, but here I'll
be well provided for, and in condition.
beg your pardon, SIR, but you'll understand
how mean tito be of some assistance to
you. should you need 1t at any time"
The tears were i'm Gaylord's eyes in q
second.
"No, no, Stubs, shan't need your as
sistance, I hope. Butsif do I'll ask fer
1t, and be proud to-and there's my hand on
| It. don't know yet where TIL 60, but there
are many reasons why the sooner I get
away from here the BETTER
That night Thaddeus Gaylord left Denver.
Stubs returned to his masters old apart
| ments at the Brown Palace. and was gath
ering up such of his trinkets as he had nos
packed when nervous little knock at the
door arrested him. He opened 1t 70 the
lady Of the miniature.
He is gone?' she almost whispered s.Mr.
Gaylord Is really gomez She held note
| in her hand which Stubbs at once saw was
In his departed patrons handwriting
He IL gone, madam" said Stubbs. bow
ing profoundly.