The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-22

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shine, and the little thrill Of easter!y
wind that tossed the flags along the
terrace Of palaces, and tumbled the
green trees in the garden. The band
was playing down in the valley under
| the castle; and when it came to the
turn Of the pipers he heard their wild
sounds with a stirring Of the blood.
Something distantly martial woke in
him; and he thought Of Miss Macken-
zie,. whom he was to meet that day at
dinner. s.s 4.5z. 81. " sf 5=z5
s. Now, it is ndeniable that he should
have gone directly to the hank, but
right in the way stood the billiard room
OF the hotel where Alan was almost
certain to be found; and the tempta-
ton proved too strong. He entered the
billiard room and was instantly greet
ed by his friend, cue in hand. @ n
Nicholson" said he, II want you to
lend me a pound or two till Monday
you've come to the right shop,
haven't you?"' returned John. .tI have
twopence." @&... + - . 4:
Nonsense" said Alan. "You can
get some. Go and borrow at your tail
or's; they all do it. Or I'll tell you
What; pop your watch = ~ y S7>, 5.z
ooh, yes, Il dare say" said John.
And how about my father q + -
How Is he to know? He doesn't
! wind it up for you at night, does hep
inquired Alan, at which John guffawed,
mo, seriously; I am in a fix" contin-
ued the tempter. II have lost some
money to man here. I'll give it you
tonight, and you can get the heir
loom out again on Monday. Come; it's
a small service, after all. I would do
a good deal more for you."
Whereupon John went forth, and
paBned his gold watch under the as
sumed name of John Froggs, IS Pleas
ance. But the nervousness that as
sailed him at the door of that inglori-
Gus haunt-a pawnshop-and the eff.
fort necessary to invent the pseudonym
(Which, somehow, seemed to him a
necessary part of, the procedure), had
taken more time; than he imagined:
and when he returned to the billiard
room with the spoils the bank had al
ready closed its doors. - :
s. This was a shreWd knock. "A piece
OF business had been neglected." He
heard these words in: his fathers
trenchant voice, and trembled, and then
lodged the thought. After all, who
was to know? He must carry four
hundred pounds about with him till
Monday when the neglect could be.
ssurrep titiously repaired; and mean
While he was free to pass the after
noon on the eHc1rc11ng dIVan OF the
billiard room, smoking his pipe, sipp-
ing pint of ale, and enjoying to the
masthead .fls the modest pleasures of adj,
miration. &tssssFfsxss4 u. r.. :
None can admire like young man.
OF all youths passions and pleasures.
this is the most common and least al
loyed; and every graceful reach, every
easy, stand-off attitude Of waiting: ay.
and down to his shirt-s!eeves and wrist
links, We're seen by John through a
luxurious glory. He valued himself
by the possession of that royal friend.
Rugged himself upon the thought. and
swan in warm azure; his own defects.
like vanquished difficulties, becoming
things on which to plume himself. Only.
when he thought of Miss Mackenzie
there fell upon his mind a. shadow of
regret that young lady was worthy
of better things than plain John Mich
olson, still known among schoolmates
by the derisive name of "Fatty"; and
be felt if he could chalk cue or stand
at ease with such careless grace as
Alan he could approach the objectSof
his sentiments with a less crushing
sense of inferiority. <1. S.. 49,, !
Before they parted Alan made a
proposal that was startling in the ex-
IRENE. He would be at Colette's that
night about twelve, he said. Why would
not John come there and get the.
money? To go to Colette's was to see
life, indeed, it was; wrong; it was
against the laws, it partook, in very
dingy manner, Of adventure. Were tt
known, it was the sort Of exploit that
disconsidered a young man for good
with the more serious classes, but gave
him standing with the riotous. And
yet Colette's was not a hell; It could not
come, without ting hyperbole, un-.
der the rubric of gilded saloon; and,
If it was q sin to go there the sin was
merely local and municipal. Colette
(Whose name i do not know how to
spell, forI was never in epistolaFy COM
munication with that hospitable out
laW) was simply an unlicensed publ
can; who gave suppers after eleven at
night. the Edinburgh hour Of closing.
/ II you belonged to a club you could get
much better supper at the same hour
and lose not a jot in public esteem. But
# you lacked that ua1ificatiun, and
were an hungered, or Inclined toward
conyiYality at uni awful hours, GoIette,s
was your only port. gu were very
ill-supp lied. The company was not re-
cruited from the Senate or the church,
though the bar was very: we'll represent
ed on the only occasion on which il
flew in the face sof my country's laws,
and aking my reputation ii my hand,
pene rated into that grim supper house.
And Colette's frequenters, thrill lingly
console GUS Of wrong ding, and that
tWo-handed engine (the polio man)) at
the door, " were perhaps inclined to
somewhat feverish excess. But the