The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25
THE DISGRACE OF DONALD.
,iIsE or me PRISON SHOE
MAKERS ANXIETY ENPIA AIMED.
An ACTRESSES stolen Jewels and n Meeting
in "a Railway Accident Recalled by a
visit From nm Indiscreet Friend-some
Haif-Doliars start ON Their Travels.

in "a Railway Accident Recalled by n
visit From an Indiscreet Friend-Soms
Haif-Dollars start ON Their Travels.
Donald, the prison shoemaker, was In disgrace,
and this is how II happened. For the first time
during his successive inca roe ra1ons M mad ~
c"iyrd a visitor, u bang up gent" so the conva'
lesornts, pacing up and down the gallery over
looking the street, reported, sporting n blood
red ncckue with n ~sparklcr in it, a gold chain
., thick ~ your fist and reglnr barber whiskers,"
nut In the eyes Of the guerd, whose duty il was
" srend by curing the interview. a rather sus-
ricious character Hence, this officer was un-
usually alert and yigllant, with the result that
Is caught the stranger dipping into the shoe
makers dcft grasp a small package which turned
uut to he q roll Of bright new half dollars, The
incident closed, as did the Office door and the
screened grating Of the dungeon, after the visitor
had been kicked out into the street and the shoe
maker marched of into solitary confinement,
10 reflect on the trulsm that riches have wings,
under the influence Of bread and water
Such a fate had CONF 10 the shoemaker before.
in fact he was a living commentary on The prison
w%nishments Of the four quarters Of the globe.
Itecalliug this, the old Colonel, who had been u wit
ness Of the scene. was somewhat puzzled by the
ayoniLing glance the culprit cas-, when led away.
Surely Donald, the old English lag, who had been
strung W by the thumbs At Portsmouth, and
knol hauled On a convict shipnnd logged In the
EVIL old days Of contract labor, could not have
been thus ngitated by So humane a doom, xvi
IDENTIFY some mystery lurked behind appearances,
q mystery which stimula tod the old Coonels
curiosity for many a day; fori n prison, as OUT,
g. SPAR does not come until one has lost all interest
in the concerns Of ones fellows.
II turned out that Donald anxiety 10 see the
Colonel was fully as great A. was the old bankers
e. see him His sharp little eyes never missed
anything under the most trwildrrng urcum-
stances, and even while he had been undergoing
what H. noridly described A. The grand bounce,
a. hai noted that tho Colonel had been q Witness
g. the catastrophe, So, when the period Of this
immurement was over, he managed Ia lull the fat
keeper in the washhouse into lcthargy by his
ilattaties, and thus to slip by unchallcnged up into
In" hospital,
The old colonel was s'ttlng alone IN his corner,
ljstoss, discouraged. breeding on the ills Of body,
mind and estate. 1t would ne hard to picture
Donald as messenger Of good tidings, but certain
tti thatat his coming the old banker : face bright
cnei as II he brought hope with him; as, indeed
he did, the hope Of a diversion,
"Shure Colonel, tegan the shoemaker, 4 was
tmnkin', So was as | Topped up the stair, that
~ VI Nh'i ' WV 'AiAN' 80 ~ NhAH ~
s,Ituung, harm none, as far removed from the
lull ~plsbayin push as the king on his t'rone,
! cud nitpr approach you for another favor with
the can confidence | now have, Since kind
ness and generosity and high toned aiTahility
j. your graft, you must suck to thin, musSy be
tauked"
there is nothing Whatsoever" replied the
old Colonel decisively, that | want to buy, trade
or give away
"\v Coorse there isn't" agreed Donald, or
you'd have been sindin' fur m sfore. What
wants, Colonel, is what you kin still keep arter
you've given 1t away, and what gains in vally
ar,rr you've shcered 1t, and that's n little in
1ornatun.'
"Idon't see it in that light" said the old Colonel;
-hul 60 ahead and tell me- what 1t is"
Il wants to know, Colonel, replied the shoe
maker. bending forward, in Il whisper" I wants
e. know what beca No Of my pal the other day, and
what they did with the stuff he slipped me"
or who was that man, by the way" asked
thu Colonel, curiously.
There you seq, Colonel, cried Donald with a
triumphant smirk. what | was telin' YOU about
the availability Of your Infornlatun. Now,
her,'s the bargIng, | purpose. You answer my
~quostiIs straight and full, and III not only give
you his name, hut spin you n yarn about him
maj VIII TAKE your I uUEnlS OH your ldlteT ina
for a spill at least, and at The same time explain
IN a par'blc my prisint anNity"
\greed," said the old Colonel. with a sigh of
relief But without going into disagree able
Go,alls, must insist on your delivering your
goods first
It's what a small dealer mus, expict, Colonel"
Donald responded, settling himself on the window
bench, and I'll not at,inpt To withstand the
commercial tindpuripS pf the age M truSun'
youll hear in mind that he who pays fustpays
twict over, here goes
That gent. Colonel, was a old time pal II mine
in Iunnon, named MagnnS. And | think it
speaks better Of him, than amy words kin, that
lein' Oh easy street hissrlf, he ken down here,
rpskIn' more'n You know, to tip a side pardner
Of his early DAYS in dlsiriss. wudn't have done
il myself, | tells YOU for fair, helm Of the mind
that aud aCquaiHtauceS, Whin thev're IN the pig,
must be forgot ScCh ~ he way that the uses
uf adversely haS" Swcrtened mo M, aud it's my
humble opinnn, too. that in NEST cases they're
about a. good for this purpose aS a spunful Of
molasses in a h~ogshcad Of vinoSer.
II was twinty year ago, Colonel, over in old
England, and me and this same Magnus was in
a sicund class compartment, spseGin' tr'oo the
southern counties Ia q sporty town, where W. had
the quiet Tip that an old ringer Of a nag. painted
DiuWn ana lea up on SlhfrliN, Nul L." \ sure thlnE
T. cop the plate and pUSS, Ia say nDthln Ot brtS,
wan rs which "" ON the inside bad laid atluUg
udis. We was %traNrlln' l%uNuru., hiu' we'll
herIrd from Workln he crcu'. anG II the guards
mdn I size u, up a. gents, they dr1 a. mint"l,
Cl IN" swell MOI. and pep was the more attintiln,
Trp"rlatun that % Shilliu in he "yr' ~ H." wan
laEhpd bigger nor 4 half guinea IN the tllus
II III" IIdeI 50 W. had the krri IGgc To- uIr>piye.,
with he rNCeptuu ui q ilrrp"n party. with . long
CrlN heard, IN wan Garner
vas puHn' on . dUdeen, 'u SRuN NY NtAtum,
Na"r NagnuS, Wh" had nNan polrin over The
Ir1sS. ken slddIn'ly over t. my side, rs { he
tprIug in the safe had tossed hiIl Lux ahrrr.
Donald, says he, apiuuu a. Z spIl u. despatch,
wish trimulouS nngrr, that's the Surt Of a Job
vp ought ~ ba Up 30, InSiId NJ Tinglu in u Snidr
boss on the hanighted buonICs, and no read ~
how q famous actress had been robbed at a prlVata
bntel in the city of all her .pNelS. n tiara ut di
monds and \ sunhu'St 1T lmaraldS and pearls.
Ia say nothlp' ol brooches and rings. I'll WI Va,
a. a Conservative estimate, not less Than fifteen
i,ISand punGS. No one, aCcordin' Ia the ar
tiCi., was SUSPECTED, unless II were her huSt and's
valet, who had disappeared, it seems, a dark
Completed man, CllS shaved, with a long white
scar down The side IT his Chceh
" ell, W. lslksd the inccrdint over, CISsin'
our luck, and wishIn' more fools was born Ia in
visit ihtiT superluIusS in obvious timptatuns,
add seCh like cummint0reS On the problems IT
lie, while the %furrpner IN the Garner dO7ei aS pace-
I'D ~ a habby IN the woods. with bis curly bard
CarisSlu I, fcHturS. i was ralnln'. Colonel,
as it had been ralnln' for days aiure, and the
waters was out on The fenS over which We va,
Scun'in'. This must have caused the catastrophe
NhIcn secured. the metals Spridin no doubt.
and cHut H., ana thin there WAS q lOt and a splash
and inst We Nlrt htnulu off tho line md Tim