The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14

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, sight 8 ssr thin long. slim fingers a turnlu' ol
tho knob, now fast, now SOs. while his trained
oar listened cluN, Ike a music, master eluyln
~ smarter. 4 bcnutus sight, Colonel, and n sur
piSln, i0r II and behold you, icst whin yri Was
cNpIctin' him 70 trow up his dukes and give IN,
with n twist sud turn bed have the door opened
dent misuse II lie mad no part OF passed. with
the fash push Win he did a Job II was becuz
hl, puS' wan low, and whin ho made q strike, he
waspi tppnct tra'ellin'on the Continent, %rivanin,
IN pIctur' galleries and goin' daily over sunsets
On mounting sicH WEREN'T no proper pal f0r
him, colonel, but had helped him out Of a tight
snap Dnct, and he kinder .~cottened To- me, ana
though II was we'll kno1cd he worked solitary.
and On bis own plants, now and agin he'd 90 ~
on u lay with ue. P'raps II was beou1. my lust
favor ~ him Planned out ~ well, that l did the
cause VI my Cluhhin' myself nights and necdin'
so e relate ir tie suifcrin' endures troo com
pun tuns ul conscience. .
We'll, Colonel, | sought out J osel IN, and found
him a mopin' IN bic room at the hotcl, sittin' alone,
with HE head on his hand, for all the wotuld
like 4 ppot q huntn. his crOnk Tor a immortal
Il you had a skitch Of that young man, you'd
swear AZ how AFTER bu ryin' his last rlnuve, he'd
Jest diskiycred IN hisself the SYMPTOMS OF TIE
same mOttual disease At tust he wouldn
bitter words ~ how lie was cuSsrd enough o ready,
aud WAS golnI SO he was, to some lar country.
and there, on a cruel diet, ana clothes mhde,, ot
sack. cluth aud ashes, ~ rcpint u his SINS. But
| KEEP pcLslsuh, and lnoily mntoncd the pnrty,.s
name, The effect on Josclyn was s'pusn''. Col
oncl lie jumped up from his cheor' and began
to stump up and down the .tlure,
what not Major BALDWIN he cried. that
lest arrived from lnly on the = and o mail
The very same, says L
they sparklcd rs II they had n pair Of dynarnos
behind thlm. 'Tis fate, he nuttcred 10 hisselt,
1 would BIZ mad not to at'inpt. H. somethin'
this utter hoprlessness,', And he lopod up and
down sons more. and thin he slaps no on the
back. and says, ! goes you, and in ann pddct
ao' he lush Sn' BY u"s' SellSoy T fnii' And NJ e, o'f srak
into tho conuguity OF my story, Colonel, Is II
amy wonder that I thinks Of thin old times OF
booze, whin tryin' to down my bootleg in tho
marnin with a extry chew IN my mouth TO DIVE
away the taste?
"Tha, very night, Colonel, me and Joselyn,
attcr leaNn' = cab IN q secluded clump Of Nools,
iittrd out, In smooth dark clothes. with sncaks
In our pockcts and hail masks and dark lam
tens md him With q revolver up his sleeve and
me with q life. prrservcr. We didn't talk much,
! know. for We had it all planned out as bow we'd
Kit IN t'too tho library wIndcr, IL seemed a dead
sure lob, without CROUCH Juice IN i to keep me
Ma!or, is a old bach. and Los 'Joseiyn an.
swetcd, No, a widu"cr not BEN fly enough TO
ask how he knew; though it ken acrost me arrr-
ward Ike tho pint Of a Joke not got onto 20 onct
On we winL, up a lane, and Uuvet the paths Of q
ltalyan gsrding, until We stood on the side YER
andy, cut around tho glass and thin aid a
sticky cloth up agln it. and hin Gin,ly tapped.
as q loose foot out II a babby's Jaw
"Joselyn whit in fust Colonel, which wa =
mistake for not KNOWN, properly how TO feel
We stood still for a instinck. lisupin' ready for
a blow and a break away; but there was not a
sound Thin | flashed the, .glim and led the
way. The house II was double. with tho library
on one side and the parlUr on the other. There
WAS a wide hall in the cintcr, with the stairway
comm down, end in the rear II i, n great FIRE.
place, with seats set IN deep On the sides, out n
sight and quite tho thing, ia say, for %coorting
| led Joselyn % the sphlgicCI safe, which was
covered over With npistry, and looked for all
the wor"ld like the canoply on u elephants hack
myself on wan. u thin fire place settles T'roo
the c~urtained doorway II the DRAWN room, |
could see the faint hin Il light with Joselyn a
worEiu' in the ciu;cr and now and thin ii hear
the click 4 the tumtlers as he KEEP turnip and
hstinin' | felt conf islle l did. and 50 little
conSarned over the inliu OF what promised 70 10
what, would, DO If | owned 40 foinc a residence,
how Ia have lilards in that room. and u tOWiin'
alley IA Gnrl Ter, with piinty Of quiet nocSs up
stairs fr tussin' the kysrdS An Of q suddint,
4 ken arr ~ me that with the parlor on one side
and The library on the udder. there wasn't a.
much space used up, as he'd sccmei IN the house
Wien We Approached from the rear That bein
80, there nlust he Gnodd"r room ~ rooms of 10
the night, ''Gncciin' with NE rear part Of the
parlur. - I where wsS tho door, and who might
!" ",'nin there The though, made mo unalsy,
- '.'H N' A'N ''AIa 1 MI LAG NhVb va Nh6b
! didn't know about, 50 up T sat and looked t'roo
the CurtHlnei passage
In that very fist moment, Colonel, | was
conscious 4 n l!ghtenin' o. the gloom, bcyant
J"N'lynS glim; and as | bent forrid a glass door
showed itself, on the furter side OF tho room, and
thin n tail female figgor hraun' a lamp The
she " a'a beauty, and = stately one at that, 'drissed
as she was In soma dark clinsin' gown, with her
black ,hAlf a hHnSin down nigh TO the tiure. She
moved along so noIselessly like a vision on tho
stage mat | could blt SET still and hold mv lrCuth
for fear rho would vanish. She turned into
the front, room md stoppod. short AT that in
leet With the di'mond in lis hand. For a second
mask and and cTed. R \ dom = YOU %f know an+S m no3
What ar, you dom, here Mr. J%osslyn?' asst
the gal, ginlly, but with oil the COMPOSER Of a
iiiSo on the bench. and down he fell, al her feet,
lam .ntin' besachin' and guin' to cXtramcs II
%entrl,ics that condemned men haven't reached,
who | have heerd tDln' TO pray on the nigh be-
fore their last
1T was Ike . play, Colonel, with me in the box,
ond thin on the stage. Fusl they began To tell
they met on shlpbosrd, andsloved TO fust sight
no" the old MAJOR bekem suspicious, and Thin
ns arrived IN Lunnon learned .shough about
Joselyn 70 rcipss his iuIter acapaintancs And,
indeed. Colonel, | think the gal had made up her
mind TO abide by her fathers decision; but, Lord,
," love you. she didn't have a earthly show agin
Joerlyn's "ioquencc., lie sNipt wa her OBJ
i~sctons and her scrupl-s with the s,orrum Of his
passion, a clinsin' To her and ris!n' Cradooally
until he held her in his arms, and their ps prissed
clus togllher Thin, ! knowct he had won: and
50 he had, inr "rter q few whispered words the gal
she dartcd away and back agiu with a CLOAK. and
OF they wint tr0o the lihrary and out the winder,
Of, Gnd out Of my sight forever,
u said i was %nlfHcttn' play. Colonel, and 80 II
were but thepricel paid for tina, box was too high,
While | set there stsrln' artcr thin. like a gahy
%Gtafa.r. the thought siddintly KEN to me, Where
d stand on this ere deal; lShere'a my share of
the sway; where's the Raiy's'dl m0ndb Where,
indeed, Colonel ! rushed out Of tho house. and
trOo tho itaIyan gsrdln' and down the road to the
dump Of woods. The cab was gone; and | was
done for,
1T wal a parrer squeak ! had, Colonel. to cit
beyond the four seas The next day all England
rang win the news u the robbery ufa ten tousand
Pund dtmoni; and the b"iks vns hot on my trail
| got away, but ihRt was all ] lid git. and think
what might have done, what m4ght have been,
III J"Srlyu had only played ne ihir' For we'd
have give Gomez the go bye, sure, And that .
the lost opportoouity, Colonel what keeps comm
hHck aud hantu' mo with ITS gibeq. that I let my
ll'us 70 my partnership int rests, and which
sint me fort In my vout 70 be a pandrrer on the
face II the cart whin WASH ruinnin' nv digist'un
In durincks vile. Do you wonder that I'm was,in'
HVAr under The recollection, and don't YOU think
It would b" the part ota true gintlcman. that y'sre,
u Slrrlst 10 the doctor tina, my crn4titooshun
should be noirl'h"d mp with hospital rat rs"
u do not replied the Colonel firmly. II II lies
IN tAr power ~ 200 toso "7"ct your conscience,
why should b. inclined 10 prescribe q course Of
bread and water"
THANK you. kindly. Colonel" said Donald.
rSlnr from this fall with unnbNtod rood humor:
u appreciates your scrlples and honors yol for
Thin You'll mike It uD fo- me, ] know, for the
irtcrtaiumln, Of NJ yarn I've been -pinnin'
before | goes out, ard 80 good msrnin' 10 you"
HACK FOR CLUR ASPIRANTS.