Arizona republican., 1898-12-09

x its walls, f respectable and characterlGss on thai June mcrnin~ IS it's hundreds of dup
 Heated ncighbo2s.
 Inside there was the &wed stiffness o1 the prcscnco Of tho llinr of tcrrors.
 For Number Six was dead
 Mrs. Evesilarn, the la,ldlaay, had an ticinated his fate from the moment that summoned by her cflambcrTn2id. she had found him dclirious and v~ithinG with pain on his bed; the physician. who had arrived just five minutes toe late to tc of service, had dropped the limp, cold hard with professional in difference and pronounced lie czltinct and the coroner mad already given notice of his intention to hold al inquest or tho body.
 Poor Mrs. EvcsiaIn was plunged into sincere grief at the catastrophe. for not only was her tender nature touched by tho sudden and awful incident, but she saw, at q critical time in her a1fAjrS. one of the principal sources of heI income abruptly cut off.
 Ambrose Arlingt3 = the unhappy Number Si1-had been to her prince OL IJQEGtS, i)GO1DlG GLtl IiItLNti. A+A+OO- trusive, easily satisfied, and. in tho brief communications she had had with him, urbauc and consiGerctc. lis very re- serve, which to some might have been obnoxious, was to her. who had seen
 more prosperous days, his best recon, mendation. for she had not long reigncd over the fortunes of the present doni- cilc.
 Nor mt it be understood that the house was a common boarding p(1cc. No lone bachelor in that well-reg;1loted establishment grow!ed over the tough ness of his beefstcall nor bew2ilctl the foeblencss of his coffee. Only room ars,H and those of the very best class, f0uod a-l abiding place under it's hosPi- table roof.
 To the inmates it was not q sociable way of living, for they knew little or nothing of each other. while among tho servants their Individuality was oblitcr- ated and they were only spoken of by the numbers of their rooms. Thus in this democratic atmosphere every guests name became absorbed in the humble figures painted on his chamber door.
 With some of her patrons Mrs. Eve sham did enjoy q passing acquaintance, but this man, An.-Jrcsc Arlington, who now lay dead in number six, was as much a stranger to her as though he had not Gwelt beneath her roof.
 The whole Evcsham family sat in rournful consultation over the morn ing's disaster. There was the widow herself, still in the generous summer of life, retaining tho ncturcd beauty of the sweet girl face which, sixteen years ago, had won the love of tho light hearted Hal Evcsham, the prince of good fellows and life and soul of the press club, who was now lying at rest in Brooklyn cemetery, and had left. ah ne! such 8 pittance for his wife and little ones to begin the world upon. There was bluc-eyod, brown-haired Alice, thoughtful maiden of thirteen; there was Kate. the cXuberant, of twelve, whose wild, glorious hair would not keep Ort of her sparkling eyes; and last, though not least in the widows estimation, Harry, fotat ten, whose short, crisp. 3uburn curls were in per feet sympathy with his clear, sharp, in telliGent features and trim figure.
 They were sounding fearful ppanS of praise to the virtues of the dead.
 80 quict and regular in his pay mcnts," sighcd the widow, with prac- tical sympathy.
 ''So delightfully."- mysterious" mur- murcd Alice.
 stufiinG papcr in the kcyholc of his ioor." aoaned Kate.
 Nor bla5bod to ma when I hit him 0n thc head with my ball. though of course I didn't mean tc," whincd Harry.
 He must hare been rich, for he seemed to follow 70 profession, yet had always plenty of raono.r," Mrs. fvcsham continued, still. poor soul, harping cn IEc loavc5 and Ii3hes.
 Then, to think that next Tuesday bis sister is to Gr-ivc from London on Lkc steamer" Mice lamente :. What 9n earth VIC ehall say to tt poor girl pr what we s',a1 do with Ee whcn she comes l am sure l do not 3novv, nam larling"
 s'c,Ior I, either. child; it is a terrible dilemma to be in"
 Well, at any rate" Kate hazarded, ''shc will be able to tell us who he was and where we can find his folks
 50 she will, dear; had not thought of that, but it Is a long time between now and Tuesday, Mrs. Evcsha1n as scntcd with some assumption of cheer fitness.
 At this moment, tho discussion was interrupted by a servant who announced a visitor. No, he did not give his name nor card, but the girl felt sure he was gentleman.
 1T will sec no onc-but stay. perhaps I had better, Mrs Evcsham said bruohing away hor tears and proceed ing to the reception; room, where i-2o found herself face to facc with a slnSu- larly handsc12 .l,le-agcd man, whose Gpo inf2llcctaal o0untenance in