The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
TIE RAJAH'S LOST GEM.
: IA or DONALD IN sHOEuikEH
ron BHTTER FARE.

uyrhousand.p 70 md Diamond brought
l,nal From India Low, inair OF jose
i'm, the Artistic safe Dr"ah"r-L""t Up
uortunity and Failure ot III" shoemaker
ponAld. the prison shoemaker, stole up tho
s,,lr, " u. hospital. his wrlnkled old lace all
tgs a With n cunning srnirk lie had a purpose
IA mind. a. he usually bad, and this purpose con-
ce,ncd hs Individual beti-rinent lwenty-'hfeo
mon ,hs Of prispr tnre lad s!ckened even MS indu'
rated stomach, ard he WAS no" determined 70
seri Q In some way m order TOT hospital rnuons
M, how was hs "a bring this desirable change
AA,gr lie was afraid u appeal again 70 's
doctor. Experience had taught that luncuonafy
tint Donald appetite va. never 80 Iualy a. wien
he NJ, .d.d that hs was "was,in' away from some
dIs,I ,per o., the innords aud had caused him nt
u,,h lima. IN p~re,cribe |. peculiarly noNious dose
and rm.onally 10 see that tho patient took 10
inc Inns barred by suspicion. who WAS there who
rlglt possihly in,ercrdc for the poor shoemaker
w, but the old Colonel, the convicted banker
vino .nioyrl the confidence, Of all the olDcrfs, huu
hn! privileges conferred upon him without even
ask! ~ for them Would not his word b" potent
nov With tho doctor should he make 80 moderate
area ie-t' All, but would he, since there was only
one ,onvict more selfish than the CONVEY Wlthon'
o,ivl sRos, and that ~ns the convict with unrm'
Atleas, there could bs no harm 10 trying. 1t seemed
,hc only chance IA many sharp turns In his
career Donald had found good -natured indirecuon
s.rv! cable In attaining his ends, and this course
he wa again about TO pursue, lisnce mo cum
ming mirk on his wrinkled old fsco
&c nod m.rnin' to you. Col0nn. " began Donald,
with A pull OF his scalplock, drawing w a stool
ALONGSIDE OF TIE old bankers armchair "Shure,n
theresa pathological exhibit at the mex, Worlds
ri ~ .A,.n i,,,,r .hev'l IA. ha win "a a sDNCl-
ming OF Before ard AFTER. Why you LUX moro
like yo,r own grandson. 80 you do, than as you
did when you KEN in; and renewin' your yout"dAy
BY Ivy like tho agile h.ssclf, that yare
+ think | hold my own" replied the old Colonel.
graf. sed despite lis doubts OF nonhd's ingcnu-
ousr cas-
Hold your own. Colonel" repeated tho Shoe
m,ku. with 4 high laugh Of scorn, you holds the
,l,t RINK with the rist nowhere and for why:
Ber,l your body ls siren. ,ned by bang up grub,
is,i "a, your spwl Is composed by a good Conscience.
Al rs a happy man I'd be, 80 | wud, II | had
Aylhu wan of thin two standbys in the cooler
"v,hy, your conscience Is undls,ur bed. isn'tit"
assrd me Colonel, lazily
hats lest II, Colonel, Donald wont on, eager
~ -There's notnin' like a lost opportunity, you
aso ', to come 4neasin' back out OF the forgi'-
FUN ,ss OF tho past, and tortJT the mind far Bryant
the nintln' power Of ordinary rauons. Listen.
now, and ri tel you Of wan, that AFTER forty vars
o, , well spInt llts on the turf, keeps sappln my
sire II like a Sparung boy VITA a cold on his chisr
Ant thin, vlstiver rimidy may Suggest Itself 10 a
ma OF your s,andln' and inlo,ance, will bo mot
By /, consinsus on my part, | promise you.
1 was In Lunnon, so It was, Colonel. that
lu entered upol the sporty life, not sucdia 10
a. y paIdcla graft, but prIggin' and cracAln'
". river | saw an openiH, hAe JACK OF all trades
go o wrong | stood well with The fash mob.
did. and Il I'd only larned 10 abide by business
ri iciplrs | might now b. the head Of the profesh
thxo, insut Of beil driven into exile TO pick hemp
nj 1 eat salt.horss ia tho tour quarters OF tie globe
o., tho mistakes Of our yout, Colonel, how they
r. urns TO torinint us, when tie day ot ricuicatua
i, past No wonder / turned me back on beans.
= morn, though I'd had naught for supper bat
a wad of brid oil sueaked like a zebry, and I, Tin
OF tay made Of tanbark.
We'll III git down, Colonel, 70 the particular
thing let unlonc, 81 that now there's no heht
IN me, only prlmlsin' that yOull bear IN mind
ny prsini danger OF anaemy and It's possible
q nidy There was n sly old fence hnowed in
!. nnor. named Como; a spider o. a man, with
h. y invisible web a strltchin' cut in NIL dlrctIpns,
" 1ilo no lay back IN his house IN Ugh 'O!iwsy,
liver takIn' annythIn' until 1t was fast IN his
, ,asp. and thin nlver lcttin' ~. Wan OF the
rIckedest old spiders no was, Colonel, that lyer
lem aarost; for he thought out Jobs f1T thin that
liver would have cunsavet thin, nnd he TUX the
l. ,n = share ol shc s"tE, though he nINrr run no
Sks But all the Sauce, Drt4h he would ad-
vance a bit now and Tim tbtApa" he knew, when
taey was on tho rocky road, ana lCyuE he was
auus a pTomIsin' how much better ne do the
iyext time, he mad the pick u! the lily push ui tho
LAY al his beck AMI call 50 pue AFTERNOON,
Whn a sharp, Little, mahogany brown urvhIu.
that knoNed as .GrmeAs brat, tipped me IN tho
street thai his OH CIau wanted me, | give up tho
plant was p!pIn', wan Vi thim squlrrs with Il
wallet in tho side pprhtt 81 ms great out tho size
III a knApsauA, ana wIht strhIghtway to him
"A rispIctable ~tlsi!cncc hal Gomez Colonel,
with = le %lcr's shop m 'front.' where lac minded
watches all day, whiu he wasn't y nIitln' up into
new spoons the old spoons he had mu.tcd down.
As ! entered, there Ice Was, tall and thin and az
dark ~, q mGlaty, ~stan.In' ocL.uG the counter
ahowin' "A washed chain - an Old Teddy lie
barely lOpNcl up. Jest pass INTO the rear room.
my man, he said, 'dud whln | IN at laSurr, IN
examine int1 y,ur qulhncauon, fur the NorN |
wish And thin | Aectrd HIM go ana eN plain
to his customer rs hos he needed NnGddcr hand
in his shop, hut he leitci irum my looks az how
l might not Ice up t. uII,tic Jobs Oh, n sly old
spider, Colonel 81 used 10 waycu' all. slrts Of
snaIos that he 4 90 out Of hiS way u lie lest 10
Keep IN practice.
there weren't n'thln on the table or the uArtel
with nabhln ana that the cupboard IN the caI ncr
was double lp'Ecd, wlln he ncm sneakln IN
1 nDf'S l maven ! hfp y III NA.Nn O. bllll4, he
said pleasantly ! seen YOU was glttln' r!StlcssO
and thln, with . turn NJ the hand, he pintcd out
u mirror So set under the counter in The rear room
as to reflect Iyory tlln TINT NInt IN inside. I'm
glad all the same. he cuntu burd, mat you're
no intint N business, lot I've got n lrh marked
out for yuu thatll b" tie lay ui your He And
thin he went On g. tell me that - Crt'tuE Major
BALDWIN hal Jest returned hum rom lulN. retired
on hal pay, AMI hal brought with Nm the all
tiredest dIMri that lNer stuck out lrpnl tho
handle vi = Ray SSwlTI, ~ shpne with the glamcs
OF the diva from tho lprTcd .. some hathcuISh
idol Furthermore, he sHll that te Major was
settled out IN "A Ccttuug country house on tho
Brighton road. AMI that the III mOud was KEEP
In wan u thin sph1rlcal SAFES N the drawn
room that they pFnaM,nt NJ ~ You might take
Il for amy piece o' useless, !urnItuf' unless may
hap You stubhcd your tc nginIt
"'tDmbGnatun' ! u"t
"'Sure said Gpmc., and II the Major died IN
his slapo they'd have to dynamite the durn
thing
Thin what's to he did? | cont.noocd; I can't
lug II away with me aS II II was some new kind
of %skittlc~'
"Nlu wants aluddct man Gomez explained,
with a fierce llpN IN his eyes You can gt into
the MalG Srppm Ia The s. "a cast Garner >rcunu-
st,ry lrolt By way II the gatt,r plre ana tho
and twist some oakum m his tD"S ana set II of
and ypuV soon zoe him a wHse.n' las uld poll
in token that hen give up
"NiNN, saEsi 1T may he MI material enough
for you br.d across lctWccna pirate anita Ntra-
Lin imam put IS aE,n my grsft u use fire and
thals Hat
"'Thiu pump it fun u POWER end blow it I'd
and be- damned - you Tor a PIX. headed lngllShcr
that must aHsch u'l1r say De.