The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-03

S@ss JOuU3uunIeu 5IlSHL anu ;l6kkss U6slOuAlN2
a coin prayed God that } it was a Sow
sereig drew 1T out, iheheld q half
penny, and offered it to the porter. ~
The mans Jaw dropped
. only 8 hall -penny! he said,
startled out of railway deceney. sss3
- know that said John piteously
And here tho porter recovered the
dignity Of a man. 8S.
sz Thank you, 81 {. s. & said he, and would
have returned the base gratuity But:
John, too, would none Of 1T; and as they
struggled. who must join IN but the.
cabman Ss.5s
q cots. MI. Baigrey, I" said he, you
surely forget what day It is!''s
4 Il tell you Il have no; change, !, cried
John. 81 u
We'll, Z said the driver, ''andS what.
then? I would rather give q man "a
}shillin On a day like this than put him
on with derision like q bawbee, Tn
surprised at the like Of you, Mr.. Baig-s
frey! So /.
!. .ss s s. ~ name IS not Baigrey! broke out
John, in mere childish temper and dis
,tress.
''Ye told me Il VA, 4, said the
.cabman.
81 know I did; and what the devil
right had you to ask q cried the un-3
happy one. .5s=5
ls= "Oh, very well, !" said the driver. 5 3. 81
know my place, III you know yours 4 If Z
you know yours! he repeated, as one.
who should imply grave doubt; and
muttered inarticulate thund ers, In.
which the grand old name Of gentle
man was taken seemingly in vain. y; BUS I5sss#
s Oh, to have been able to discharge.
this monster, whom John now per
ceived with tardy clear-sigh tedness, to-
have begun betimes the festivities Of
Christmas! But far from any such ray
OF consolation visiting the lost, he
stood bare OF help and helpers, his.
portmanteau sequestered In one place,
his money deserted in Il another and
guarded by a corpse; himself 50 sedu-
lous Of privacy, the cynosure OF all
mems eyes about the station; and, as II:
these were not enough mischances, he
was now fallen IN ll-blood with the
beast to whom his poverty had linked
him! In ILL blood, as he reflected dis
mally, with the witness who perhaps
might hang or save him! There was
no time#to be lost; Z he burst not linger5
any longer in that public spot; and.
whether he had recourse to dignity OF.
to concil iation, the remedy must be ap
piled at once. Some happily surviving
element of manhood moved him to the
former. u t5S
s. Let us have no more OF this said
he, his foot once more upon the step.
Go back to where we came from. = 4.
He had avoided the name OF any des-
tination. for there was now quite a lit
tle band Of railway folk about the cab,
and he still kept an eye upon the court
Of justice, and labored to avoid concean1I-
trio evidence. But here again the fatal
jarvey outmanoeuvere him. Sc
Back to the Lodge q, cried he. Il
shrill tones of protest. Ssl
st Drive on at once e roared John. and
slammed the door behind him, SO that
the crazy chariot rocked and sjingled.
Forth trund led u the cab into the:
Christmas streets & the fare B within
plunged in the blackness Of a despair
that neighbored on unconsciousnes
the driver on the box digesting his re-
buke and his customer s Implicitly. i
would not be thought to put the pair
in comp etition; J ohn's case was out Of
all parallel. But the cabman, too IS
worth the sympathy Of the judicious;
for he was a fellow OF genuine kindli-.s
ness and a high sense OF personal dig
nifty incensed by drink, and his ad-
tyances had been cruelty and publicly
-rebuffed. AS he drove, therefore, he
counted his wrongs, and thirsted for.
sympathy and drink. Now, it chanced:
he had a friend, a. publican, Ii Queens!
ferry street, from whom, in view Of the.
$sacredness OF the occasion, he thought.
he might extract a dram. Queensferry5
street lies something of the direct road
to Murray deld. But then there is the
billy cross oads that passes by the val
ley Of the Leith and the Dean Gene
terry and Queensferry street Is on. the
q way to thai That was to hinder the
cabman since his horse was dumb,
from choosing the. cross-road, and cali
Ing Ibis friend in passing So, IT
was decided; and the charioteen, al.
ready someyha a fed, turned aside
I his horse to the righ
CHAPTER
CHIN S5;ss.s n s8s Ohm, meanwhile,
5s53 39#$5 sat collapsed, his.
a chin sunk upon his
kNAl chest, his mind In
tI~HkN-sII abeyance % ii e;
ssstsgMSl ", smell 81 the cab
lIs was still faintly
=s present a5i to- 81 s.
- senses, and ! GER
tain leaden chill.
about his feet;
& e ls 8 had ilisap-