The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-18
YHB DIPLOMACY OF SMITHgRS.
GENTLEMAN GEORGES WELCOME
M MS PAL IN JAIL.
A Gold Nine In Prospect - Treschsry %
slim wsm~s -Geatieman Geerge's Out
loo. DARK Resources of suithers
D,.pla, I'd go Opportunities In . Prison.

r.o- ~. Vo, nss Of. os.a.,sa ossrss.
.Wilcome home. Jaree.' said Smithcrs.
and In his grin there was naught but kind
hnsss
was 80 surprised. 90 contrite I may
.lno., aay. that | laid my head on tho
l,y.r bunk and wept aloud. All the In
disn,ties | had endured my hair. my cloth
ins. nv shoes. the coarse food. tho boot
l.g c,ne~. the Rrin keepers. the jeering
o~,nyirts. the being addressed as Jack
instead Of as sir and tho being made To
40 thing. instead Of doing a. I plea sod.
,,rsed through my mind. sweeping away
,h., duh apathy which had enabled me-
4 hear them A. In n dream.
| couldn't have acted moro wisely had
acted advi-edly. II smithers nourished
snv secret resentment. n he had purposed
D. have II out with me after a little. that
resentment and that purpose were washed
awAv nv my tears. He slid down from
The upper bunk. the banjo banging un-
beeded on the tagging ahead Of him.
Don't. Jares.' he entraated. with his
hand on nv shoulder. Somehow I can't
stand II. damm- me- u I kin. You've ailus
ben 80 dir'rent from me. somethin' bright.
shinin' and above, somethin' TO be lived
up TO but niver reached. somethin' 10 be
ssrved for the pleasure Of ssrvin'. that
" SO you now In sech q state. q man like
you. the head Of the push. a t'orobred. u
there ever was one. a. TO swell In the top
uppieet sassiety. with an answer ailus
ready. and all hngwidge~ opsn To bot
tongue and ears, In the same a. q bit Of the
blue sky fallin'. and shown an awful black
ness behind. Be yourself. large, and
you're sure to be the winner you allus used
towe
I felt better. I actually felt better. For the
FIRST time. I Understood clearly the nature
Of smithers's regard for me; IIepresented
the upper nc OF life 70 him. that side Of
cleanliness. culture. verve. address and
graceful courtssice over whose rim hs had
only peercd a. n street urchin may won
derngly peer into a confectioner's window.
In a word, I was his ideal. and very much
Of my old consequence; I smiled aYably;
accepted the cigar which he fshed out
from a corner Of the ticking.
i've heerd somethin' OF your expert
enc-, large continued Smith@rs, most
of which have carne from a too sensitive
natur. In coorse, you've felt an aversun
for tho tough chArackter you've been
t'rowed with. but did YOU niver stop To
think hat mabbe they amt ~ awful stuck
on thimselve-. and that the disfavor Of a
tUtH Nv Nbu thnhrs iAth NJ baAh "
sorr' II you want 20 he thought a devil
Of a Teller collectively, you've got 20 make
each one Of thin think he's a devil OF a
Teller individually. They're Jest like chill
eren easy TO lead by the poss: Z you don't
p blum and hearty. and more interested
IN odders han In yourself. and your per-
rensnent qualities will soon be recognized.
never fear LUX at me for i~nstince. Win
fust KEN In. ! had nothin' a. all hut a
AianaSA1 R.xrArn NA0 I've a~f
saft job. ~'orspital rations and lashins OF
canned stun. plugs by the hundrid and
the freedom Of the hall. all t'roo the judic'us
sppliclntum OF jollyin' ile. And that Amt
picked NJ t'roo tradin' and mathin' and
crNpe behind the biler house, to any nothln'
OF 4 warm little roll, collected t'roo rubin
M against q gang Of visitors. whose mouths
veil put aside, for our day Of Gbsratum,
Jaree, while the chicking-feed viii sarve
for ux'res and Sch
-Liberation'' groaned I. II will be dead
long before that day dawns
"Dan't think H., urged smitheS. LUX
ahead. niver lux hack, ard aforr You know
Il the days will he slidin' away Ike cards
from a ~blvil-edeed deck. AFTER all, h
din renee doce a few years make, N unly
you keep your healt' and marvel 0nct
In; the sane games a runnin'. the sane
iints q blastin'. with all the more suckers
shoat for your incarceratun Why. man.
your bits but a nv sprck; there's a cove
locks next 20 us on the left. who's done
twict that for granddaughter, fust: and
he'll tell you that the last tlirty days. which
he h now a-doin'. seem longer than the
bull twelve year. And whyf Becuz,
he's niver lukked back. but allus for'ard
with abeorbin' ini'reSt.'
DO YOU mean that Slim wafies the men
seem 40 down on who acts A. an instructor
IN the tailor shopi- l asked. Il must say
he struck me as a miserable, toAdying,
rrying creature. counting favor with the
officers and spying on the men
The very pueson.' agreed Smitherr.
and you've took on his pictur like q fash
light. He's wummed and sneaked and
squealed and med hisself solid. all with
the one pint In view Of bein' well heeled
whin he goes out. He got hisself mel
instructor. becuz amy work he doeA on
the mercheen ounts "a overtime and will lie
paid for And toil-well. it's q sight To $50
him humpin' his hack for dear lie at the
slightcst chanel. with the blue dust from
the cloth hanging over him like a East un
canopy. Hundreds Of dozens he's sowed.
hundreds and t'ousands; n that's where
the ah~orbin' int'rst OF his life CONES Ia.
large.
Somewhere In that cell. next door. he
g. sheet arier sheet OF brown paper o
which day arter day he noted down the
work done. but he's never tott-d up tho
total, no, not he. Thai wud take AWAY
the int rest. that wud leave no held Tor
tie imaEinatun. MAnny's tho night IA |
hem along I've squinted In and sccn him
setiun on his stool not rcadun, OF carvin
or nsgin a ship. or trainin' a rat orehitchin'
W a team ~ reaches TO n nut shell coach
tehke. but. with his head In his hands
oreamin' the happy hours away over all the
" that money goin' TO bring him. No
wonder tho time has slipped by EASTERN
he old m"rcheen. no wonder that nov u
begins 10 stick and drag a. the day Of oaShin'
b. apprua~h~-
Look ahead I exclaimed iritahly:
what have | "a look ahead for, except 10
D. turncd out I~nnilcrs In the street, 10
take the road with the tramrs or he swept
" with tho first losd % buns
Don't te - sartin, ysrgc, returned
kmi'h"-s. m,sieftuusly. You fofsets tho
rnl I've alrvady under kV~r. which ~tll
fyr - a Twin rhAnct until I gits my hand
u agn And l--id~-. I've got somethin'
" NV sh-.v- that vin make your cyrs
$50 ou'. A. YOU survey tho glorous Mtur
= pnlmsr~ VA n tn. tl jest fertihae
" 'his pr,~plct a lt'I-, and thin III ch-
plan
N'h a de1trr;y, incr~iihlr 10 one Vic
onustt move within that narrow sIHsc-
srNpIt up~-ttins e~nfn-ihins Smits.rs
Cd prrtiun, ant . lsr- por'lon, too;
'H.urhf. = n sAVutv stew. which tAd
t--H s'~smlne ovef his lamp. into a SIN
d. vff-h h~ -ht thnrIgh Tho oTrning
T. |Hr tsHfufu q The Erattns ihen 10