Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-12-14

ulonniy. Round here NC Nuts.
ought to be-" And, all % the lss
TO the left he staggered alngly hon.
sure that II he did not feeling N.Y.
the street he sought speedily NM
would alike fail him ana aln and
helpless in the gutter. SNa a leave
drunk a man may be, matter
knows when he is upon ne geuaaJ
collapse. 1pon The brnl \
T ZONE ne, hold up, can't yery
Inc warning was grufiy sn.,.
came all too late to save sHpoken, ID
sudden and violent contact webb I'm
Vancing pedestrian. He WIN an
ana would certainly bava eeled BAD
not the newcomer seizad fallen M
powerful grip, Nothing was arm b
Ihey We're as two shadow Ostaa
the mist. Webb was too agurs
by the shock and liquor 70 mach daas
reply. He stood there make an
In the ether mans supportiraas abOa
Pretty far gone, l reckon'"s grasp
tne latter. You looks like pit slafsa
yer head as soon as ! let % ~ p'cllu' u
I've a bigger job on hand tbs yer, an
you" y cove In
"Where-am IL" h~lccop,h.
Lost m'way." e'eu Webb
mo wonder, what with tho
the booze was the reply. .W iSs and
are in Greek street" "ea4 YOU
Good" gasped Webb. trv,rn
stand unaided. 81 live--No 4, Sta .
street" ;" 40 Cato
mo. IS Cato street, ehYn r0,.
the stranger, with interest in his p.asa
Why, that's close by. But howmV ue
get In at this time Of nlghtr wv
"Latch-key-bed room, ground
was Webb's disjointed, but still I NJ,
lible explanation. If, by means !, sr -
latch-key, he could still reach hid ,od ~
he would be safe. But he was obvi0a.
ly incapable of walking, even . sSss
distance, without assistance
The stranger hesitated, as tbou,.
rapidly revolving some fresh MAN !.
action, In his mind. See here NV -.
i've cuss," he said, at length, am =.
yer as far as yer crib. II you,n a..
sit down on that curb stone for , .s
pie OF minutes. I've a mate waitiD,
for me a bit down the street. and !
want TO tell i'm wot"s up. Seer
Webb assented, and sat down AZ ba.
den. The stranger uttered a p4culi@
sort OF cat-call, which was answered IN
the distance. and walked swiftly down
the street. Within a few minutes h
returned, according to promise. AMI. h.
ing a man of obviously vast personsl
strength, he easily raised and sunpor.
ed his drunken protege to Cato street
which, despite the still dense fog. No
apparently had no difficulty in finding
Twice he paused, as though to listen
and it was evident from the sounds
that a vehicle was following In tha
roadway close behind.
BY the time they reached No. Il
Webb was III q state Of barely semi
CONSCIOUSNESS. His conductor extract
ed the latch-key from his pocket, open
ed the hall door carefully, and fairiy
carried him into the hall.
(Which is your bed roomF' he de
manded, quietly lighting a taper.
By a final effort, Webb managed Il
indicate a door at the extremity Of th
hall, and then went off into a drunkeI
stupor upon the strangers shoulder
Very gently the latter carried him Int
the bed room, and deposited, him, Jus
as he was, upon the bed. Then, afte
a hurried glance around at the p0SitiO
Of the furniture, he eXtinguished tn
taper and retraced his steps, omittinl
however, to close the hall door benin
him. Upon the opposite side of tn
street a hanson cab doomed yaguel
in the dense mist, with a tall man
figure standing at the horses head.
"Weli?" Queried the tall man, imp
tiently, Gan you manage it withOI
risk %
II can manage it right enough, sir
was the reply, land rare luck call
to tumble across such a chance. 4
for the risk, well, there's risk to
run, anyhow, in a job like this; D.
less this way, l reckon, than any OF
er. Wot you've got to do, sir, Is
lead the 'orse quietly on until owe
takes yer, and if yer happens to spot
copper, keep i'm in chat for a minute
two. That's just the enc thing /
afeared of. stumbling against a cope
and the odds is ag'in 1t. So here goes
Standing upon the footboard OF =
cab, the speaker stretched forth !
powerful arms and stepped into
roadway, bearing u moti"nless ngu
enveloped in a long naval cloak. Ine
was something in the mans every !
ton suggestive Of GOODNESS and SELL
lance, and these qualities We
strongly In evidence upon the prese
occasion. With no greater appare
effort than though he had been car
ing q sick child, and as calmly
though No. Is were his own reslden
he re-entered the house and noiseles
went into Webb's bed room. !
heavy, stertorous breathing OF
drunken inmate was sufficient pr
that he would not regain c~onscioush'
for many hours to come; but tne
truder did not deem it prudent to d
ard striking a light. He had, ~
memory, an exact knowledge OF
room, and had no difficulty In depo'
ing his burthen npon a sofa that sa
near the fire place. Lastly, he Iia'
the latch-key upon the floor, as thos
1t had been dropped by its drun !.
owner, and once more went forth !
the street, closing the door pen
him. For n moment he stared u
into the still dense fog, as though y
nx,nnntinn a. annun. Tho form oil