The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-08

the meroenary smiles 81 the
women. satl0r men. negroes. Chinese,
thieves, sure thing gamblers. The
entire underworld IL there for one
purpose unlN~to set from Those who
ton iahotiuusly. the money value n
that toll, The graft Is g1Od. but a
'grafter' without his ''mou' makes
iittlc money.
There has been 81 late consider
able discussion IA this city concern
tuE tbs word graft aud graftcr.'
A CRATER is thief and graft Il the
general term fnT " hat may BE- atol-
en-. A 'mollf Is the woman who
lives with a thief and works With
nj Tor htm. The words Of the un-
der. world are not pretty, but they
mean much. Among the crowd the
women move continuously. lowering
from table u table brsglne the men
TO buy them drink. This does not
mean that these women are intern
pcratc. They iuNariabiey order tcoF-
dial which il served In pony glass-
-, and which Is nothing more nar
less than a weak solution 81 liquor
lee and water. it h sold for Is cents
a glass and costs about 1 cent a sal
Ton. Kloudike kate has a record fer
drinking 80 glasses ~ the stun in
one night. bat then Klondlke Kate
has been in Nome aud can talk 81
things that interest men from the
north.
Hos u Is oeae.
4 iran iurehes unsteadlly into the
place and stands glaring about. In
atautly he Is besat sttello sweet
hrartf" SAYS creature Ia taWdry
clue dress. she comes 20 him and
slips her arm about his neck.
Jnmoved by hts stare N stolld un-
concern. she comes even closer,
pressing roughly against him. Amt
you gain' 70 buy me a drink 2.
''Get out Of this. NJ says roughly
The woman only laughs. and lean
lng even closer. presses her mouth "a
his The man pushes her from him
half h.Artedly Come on. says the
woman. finally. lets - and sit
down. she leads the way 90 a box.
There - a table Ia it and eve ehaira
on the stage a woman u singing
Her voice 81 hoarss and she SINKS
Tosti's Gould I, rutht~ssiy murder
las the beautiful song. Something
In the sons touches ths mans sd
den brain. Perhaps &c l. the words
AAHAA e kANAffsAAH NfAfE NAaafHtHfAttsaa'
thar thrubs through the music.
Let me alone. he says 10 the
woman.
Not yet. dsarls. let's have
drink A walter i I1unxing ~ an
she summons him with a glance
The man orders whiakay and N.
woman cordial The hiIi j. % cents.
the actual cost possibly three. prob
ably two cents In pastng his btu
the man che that he has money.
a Littls Drama
The woman becomes more afYee
Tomato They move back from the
front u the box where they have
been sitting In fun view % the audi
nnre Its my treat now, she says
finally When the waiter comes she
goes 20 him and orders. adding few
words In an under tone.
After that the man stope counting
the drinks. There are a great many
Of them. and the lights begin 20
dance before his eyes. tie does not
hear a woman step quietly into the
next box He II dfmiy conscious
that the woman with him ~ carreas-
Ing him strangely. Suddenly he feels
both her arms tight about hls neck
and his face IL pressed tiercely
against her. He cannot Sc and he
dos not hear the soft step ~ an
other woman coming into the box
and a. rapidly rstreating. All Re
hears II the woman murmurinE
fisrceiy Il love you. love you.
Then she becomes strangely Geld
and suggests that they 90. The man
insists urou having another drinks
aud she tells him he has had enough.
Then ne discovered he has no money.
re has. ~ insists. been robbed. he
IL sober enough u0w. Every penny
he has IN the world. the earnings 81
an entire winter IN the logging
camps. has been taken from him.
The woman regards him coidly.
You've spent your money" she
says
It's lie--you stole r.. no shouts.
What's the matter herei'' The
walter comes In. followed by two
other men.
rive been robbed she took my
money.
It's q lie. he spent his money. he's
been drinking all night I amt got
any money. You can search me.
shouts the woman, angrily.
Come. come young Teller" says
the walter Mays on the level. she