The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-18
FOR'ARD HOUSE.-By T. Jenkins Hams.

to insult a decent woman. you Yankee dog.
Help! murderr'-and she was on him like
! s.kildcat.
"6taye you for a scoundrel. I know you"
foared Qarneti. Larry. there. bear .
hand ! have him"
Hold him. thin. We brave man. rang
out O'Toole. coming up. Go It ovid gal:
sive IL to him. IT'S a Teddy killer he ID
fer sare. pom me whurd, fer a fact"
In q few minutes there was q crowd Of
US around them. The old woman bit and
scratched until 0afnett turned and ran
for II.
"Afther hint! Catch tn biackguard-'
bawled O'Toole. and the big rascal fairly
laid on the ground and rolled with laughter.
The old woman didn't need much urging,
and she grabbed her skirts In both hands
ana went sailing down the stretch after
him. I could see his iurchine old bow-legeed
hsufe cutting away before the crowd at q
great rate. and they were yelling and jeer-
Ing and having a fine time of 1t. A couple
Of soldiers Joined in the run. and Garnett
began to a visions of a Dago prison.
He knocked down a man who tried to stop
him, and. letting out another reef. went
sailing down the dock with the crowd close
aboard him. He managed to slide across
the saneplank and get below lust as the
soldiers came up.
The uproar brought Russell on deck in
time to keep the crowd back. and he with
his men held the sahsplank until O'Tooie
came up.
whats all the row about 81 he bawIed
to the 1riehfnah. but O'Tooie was laugh
Ing 90 he couldn't speak. Finally he got
II out
"'Tis the Teddy killer sv tn feet, Gar
nett. Pom me whurd. IT'S a hansln' mat
ter he'll have for the damage he's dope tn
sex. He But he broke down laugh
ing again.
1t wal FIVE minutes before he could es-
plain matters. all the time the woman wa,
stornins and swearing. and the crowd boot
Ing and jeering. Finally the skipper got
the soldiers to haul her away. and then
Garrett came OF deck. He drew out his
little vial and began shifting. but he could
not look at the skipper or O'Toeie.
what do you msan?' asked Russell
WAS II Jameson in disguise you took the
old woman forr"
"'Pon ire whufd. 1t wasn't his fault. IN
wager tn ovid gal what first came aboard
IVES no other wofhah-ah' this wan looked
enough like him from a stern view. IT'S a
bad trade. though. this kiilin' nv leddies,
and he leered with some meaning at Gar.
nett.
Russell looked at him with a strange clint
In his eyes for a moment. but said pothins.
Then he turned away and went asbor. ana
as I followed him he seemed TO be thinking
hard. The skipper of the AIbatross ha,,ed
him. but he didn't answer. and In a little
while he stopped at a flower stand and
bought a bunch Of roses. Then he went On
up the street and the next time I sav him
he was wandering among the graves in the
little cemetery beyond the town. I didn't
70 In. but stopped and watched him from
q distance.
He finally came to q grave that bsa .
figure of a man lying on 1t. and the sight
Of the mans head seemed to mako rim
start and stagger as II sick. He dronped
the flowers and raised the mans face as
l cam in the gate. Before I came nm he
let the head fall back on the sod and .tood
looking down at II. 1t was GROWING d.rL
fast and I spoke to him to see II he kpev
me when / reached his side. But he said
nothing. and I saw his eyes look I'D at the
high peaks Of the great Chilean mountains
where the sunken sun dyed them bloody