The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-26

I next day; nor the next day after. The
following afternoon, coming around the
Won Crate monument into Luisian street,
l Spied him about half q block away
coming toward me- I was almost sure
he must have caught sight of me at the
same instant. However, he stopped SUD-
denly, unbuttened his coat, took from
its pocket a bundle of papers, glanced
over them, wheeled about and darted into
| the next side street. He was not looking
| for me, that was easily discerned What
/ the object of this maneuver was could
| not make out, SO I determined to bring
| the matter to an issue. Accordingly,t that
evening I went to the address the police
gave me in New Jerusalem street A
dingy visiting card stuck under the
I knocker plate informed visitor which
/ fiat was DR.. Scroff's.
A very sullen creature opened the door
/ and demanded my business with her
| dodgers. Having demonstrated to her
/ satisfaction that my motive was purely
social, she accepted my card (grudging
/ ly it seemed to mel and left me in utter
/ Darkness, with the malicious design, as
| I fancied, that I might stumble off the
| landing and perish miserably in the dun
! geonlilSe hof two flights below. During
| this time I could hear the banging of
| doors, the moving of furniture and the
| unmistakable swish of broom. Pres
emily, these scene-snifting preparations
| came to an end and the door was again
| opened
I found Scroff with one hand resting
on the center table and the other in his
breast, presenting a humorously melan-
choly picture.
My very dear SIR he began after we
I had shaken hands and l had succeeded
/ in recovering my equilibrium nearly lost
through the reckless seating of myself
| in a rockiEgchair. Oh those awful Ger
man rockers, treacherous things with
/ rockers that describe an are of $50 de-
| grees or so with the first move and af-
I ter the recovery, quick as the action of
/ a bew-strf1g, may pitch out the incum-
bent even as the bow delivers the shafts.
my dear, sir, I little thought that
| you would be forced to hunt me UP,
| when, by every right of common decency
! should have come to you. have never
| been So Inundated and embarrassed in
my life For three nights 1 have not
I closed my eyes. Oh, this miserable de-
+ lay"
/ "What miserable delay?' I asked
/ oh, the remittance I am expecting by
any mail; and with which I was to re-
| pay those so marks 1 borrowed from you,
| to kick the walters with" he went on
! almost beside himself.
I You IOOllSn man, nonsense. DO you
mean to tell me it was on that account
you avoided me in Luisian street this aft
ernoon.''
IF avoided you, most likely 1t was
the reason, he answered distractedly.
A resounding thun1p on the knockers rem
dered further remarks of his inaudible.
A moment later the housewife coming in
with bottle and two glasses announced
in stentorian voice, while she seemed to
fix one of US with either eye:
He is waiting
.'Who," we demanded systematically.
''They boy who fetched this from LAsn-
bach's," was the grim reply.
Poor Seroff, thought, how does he
survive the thousand and one catas-
trophies that a single day brings to him.
He went out rather meekly and care
fully closed the doors behind him.
Presently he came back almost radiant
and skipped over to the bookcase, say
ing:
81. could not fancy for the life of me
what the lad was waiting for. It had