The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-14

hurt and wears his left hand In a sling. but he
can play cards. and will be found playing cards.
and In very good company. too. You will
MIN. When once he sees this bit OF paper all
will he easy. He knows what these two words
tRss is w wor snG sgs 10 sR Rou the is ! frede 9pS; the ono
sweetwater. Who had drunk half his glass.
Sfr ummip so in az his sh bso MoT thot T IL. tn was aIW nSss
his tpnbler, and spilled what was LETT, In il.
n hope | wont forget that word. he re.
on his momentary show Of feeling.
II you do, then don't expect the S25," re-
not Offering to renew SWesetwater's. N''o'
co SEIee ,rTa, 5,s laughed. s aid he thought he
hour he ,eu Was ms at m tGs deyot an and r9 is ond III h AZ
teen minutes speeding out of New Bedford on
nj, way 70 Boston.
might be going up to, Boston. too. But. once
relieved OF this apprehension. he settled back.
minute in which to ask himself who he was
and what, he was about. Adventure had fol-
more more or j less .ss' d HRed SonSptSre ANA .na' f eH W ss ii n a
had been asked to recall the changing pictures
now. was 1t serious or not. and would he ever
know what II meant or how it turned out? =,
and told to throw It over. the wall. he had
thrown and run. giving a shout of warning.
Know 4 Is sr% Whe Gs' tho hot s atoooS'hn had n qslIe eye Or li Rsh. t e
was meaut to do. Then this new commission
on which he vas bent-was It in any way con
suit Of his being in the right place at the right
moment, He was inclined to think the latter.
rand nna f sSo nGT DO Saa FOLLOWED il wsd t BY a6 0af sG N a town Sr,
no larger than New, Bedford. forcing him from
scene Gnn,1 70 ,s scene ns,v I'LL II. he Is, i9und himself i e, Speeding
from which he had the most to fear.
.m BIf e9%fbrf' 9 Te Felt : G tSS, he IKE b, thI soa sri ing.
Rled with. but he neither knew by whose hand
or In what cause. II the hand was that Of
i hneT the Eeak we of tn the ma" moment EelT 10 w Eli on il ' e wns
that Of fate. the very uselessness Of struggling
mt ps IL Was S SpPEq are 6tb at o Snse; p aDa . rsasSni
that whatever came :his intentions were above
a 9, eticR he settled D. himself ms at last fora nap,
The fret thing he did was to show his list Of
would lead him. To his surprise he found It to
be the fashionable quarter. Tive OF them
t TsTs t names 81 o OF Tsslcjsns yests slpbh9p nnS 'tn q
wealth avenne. HteigRSo! and he was dressed
Queer messenger. /. for such kind Of work"
thought I u ( he; IN wonder C1s,on why he he l u ! hs on such Seh
his. Reasons, / wonder 4 he wished the GRAND
t. taIl, He here himself &c, very nonSSh 81, At
attitude were those of a totally unconcerned
man ma, Have l been sent on a FOOLS chase after
ho vas aoS as he reasoned ca s . i0n" "Why. t fsrHV sh osmi
he have paid my fare? Not as a benefit to me.
might be. Let us see, then. what those ends are.
SO now for the gentleman OF the red hair who
plays cards with one arm IN a sims"
the clubhouses easily enough: He possessed
a certain amount Of ipsinuation when Peees,
good EXPRESSION. which. in unprejudiced minds.
defed criticism. or porters and doorkeepers
he was not afraid. and it was these he must
At the first clubhouse he succeeded easily
enough in getting word, with the man waiting
in tho large hall. and before many minutes
learned that the object OF his search was not
to be found there that erening. He also
toward the success Of his embassy. 1t was
Wattles. Capt. Wattles, a marked man evil
densly; even in ri, this n Hsist9 FInWf. club bo mazda
his way to the second building of the kind and
boldly demanded speech with Capt: 'Wattles.
went out again. this time to look him up at
the restaurant.
two sentiemen came in. one of%.whon said to
sick; do YOU say thought Waffle. was
SO he. was" returned the other. before
that accident to his arm. N9T the least:thing
That was all: the door here, swung to be
tween them. Sweetwater had received. his
clue, but what a clue! Habsrstow'sf Where
ThinEins the bold course the best one he re-
entered the restaurant and approached the
- heard YOU speak the name. of Capt. Wat
ties" saia he; t 81 am m. hunting Mp , nc for is Gap'' Wat
He soon saw that he had struck the wrong
men Tor Information. They. not only refused
to tain RnsT Tnw hIm; but to t Iose tim hl@ h w,'h le GPe th ems.
and having no other resource. fastened to the
last place mentioned OF, his list.
1t was now late. too late TO enter n private
house under ordinary circumstances but this
house was lighted UP, and a carriage stood in
steps and consult the large doorplate visible
from the sidewalk. 1t read thus:
HABERSTOW.
Fortune had favored him better than he ex-
pe lie hfesitated a moment. then decided to
ring the bell. But before he had done so the
door opened and two gentlemen appeared; one
ing had his arm in a sling, and bore himself
with n lerceness that made his appearance
somewhat alarming The oiher was older and
| OF him seemed &c. be in an irate state Of mind;
nc apologies the former was saving. Il
| When Tn myself again well.have a little
more talk. My, compliments to your daughter.
sir, | wish you n very good evening. or rather
The old gentleman bowed and as he did so
Sweetwaterc caught a Glimpse-it was the short
| est glimpse in the world-of a sweet face beam
ing from a doorway far down the hall; There
was, pain in It and q yearning anxiety tina.
the old gentleman. utterIng some few sarcas-
tic words. closed the door and Sweetwater
| found himself alone anu Ill udrkDtbS.
The Kaleidoscope had been given another
Dashing down the stoop he came upon the
gentleman who had preceded him lust as he
was seating himself in the carriage:
Pardon me-" he. gasped. as the driver
| caught up The reins you have forgotten some
| thing" Then. as Cant. Wattles looked hastily
| out, You have forgotten me-"
Tho oath that rang out nom underneath
that twitching red mustache was something
to startle even him. But he chung TO the car
| rage window and presently managed to say:
"A message. sir. from New Bedford. l have
been on the hunt for you for two hours. 1t
won't keen. sir: not more than a half hour
| longer. Where shall | find you during that
time?"
Cant. Wattles, ON whom. the name New Bed
ford seemed to have made some impression.
pointed up a. the coachman's box, with a
| growl. in which command mingled strangely
with menace. Then no threw himself back;
Evidently tho Captain was not In very good
Sweetwater. taking this as an order to seat
himself beside the driver, did so. and the car;
riage drove Off. IL went at n rapid pace and
before he had time TO PROFOUND more thhn 2
question or two to the coachman. he stopped
before a large apartment house in a brilliantly
lighted street.
Capt. Wattles got out and Sweetwater follow
ed him The former. who seemed to have for;
gotten Sweetwater. walked past and entered
the building with n stride and swing that made