The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06

call Jimmy myself. He tossed the
Short Tn bob. he did. when he got
In. Such luck don't seem ever 10
come my way"
where Is the Short IN. as you
call him2" ] inquired. thinking that
II might be 10 my advantage 10 In
teryieW that gentleman.
"A-drInkin' Of his bob ia there"
the man answered. "whcre dye
think ye'd he e-seein' i'm? Bearln'
'issrlf proud like . real tort, and AZ
chosen stime they'il he chsekin' i'm
out into the gutter, and then rs
wife'il come down, and they'll fight.
an most like both Of emil get
iueged before they knows where thry
IS, and come before the beak in the
moruln'."
Look here" l said, ''if one Of you
will go IN and induce the gentleman
% whom YOU speak to CONF out here
aud tain To me, would not mind
treating the four Of you 70 half a
crown"
The words had scarcely irft my
lips before a deputRtion had entered
the house In search Of the gentleman
In question. When they returned
with him one glance was sufficient to
show me that the short lin was in a
decidedly inebriated condition. His
friends. however, deeminF Il possible
that their chance Of approaching my
! librraliiy depended upon his cOndi-
1 ton being such as he could answer
go 'vtious with some sort 81 intelli.
srncc. proceeded 10 shake and pun.
| mel him into something approaching
: 1nhrirty In one Of his lucid inter
,alS-l inquired whether he felt equal
1 Ia telling me in what direction the
gentleman who had given him the
shilling had ordered the cabmnu Ia
| drive him lie turned the question
over aud over IN his mind, and then
arrived ~ the conclusion that 10 was
I --asmr nnrri close 10 wurrrioo.
I Thu, was certainly vague, but it
! encouraged the 20 prr~~yrre
Think again" said; he must
| hasr given sou some definite address
Wow 10 remember" said the
man. III seems to me u was Fnv.
Wells hotel Waterloo Road. That's
where 81 was. Fuxwr!rs hotel Don't
you know ~
'FoxwsIrs Hotel Is q merry, merry place.
/ When the Jolly booze T. faNia'. H5win'
tree
Now chorus, gen'mcn."
Having heard ull | wanted to,
gave the poor wreichra what ] had
promised them, and went m search
Of cab As good luck would have
/ it was able to discover one in the
/ City Road, and In II ! drove 81 to the
direction Of Waterloo. II Haylr were
I really going 80 stay the night az
| F1xwrll's hotel. then my labor had
not been in vain. after all Hut /
had seen too much Of that gentle
mans character nf late TO put any
trust In his statements, until J had
verified them TO ny own satisfaction,
was not acquainted with FoxwclI'H
hotel. but after yomc little search !
. discovered IL. Il WAS by no mraus
/ the sort OF place q man OF llaylr's
F wealth would be likely to patruuiJc,
bur RENE mberiug hat lac had par.
ticular reasons for not being en- evil
drprr just al present. I could under.
stand his reasons FOR choosing such
hos'rlry. accordingly paid on
my go bmau aud entered he bar.
Tpking the young lady ! found there
little on one side, inquired whrt h.
cr gentleman had arrived within
the last hnlf-hour, carrying a bug
and heavy traselinR-ruE.
Much 10 my qualification she re-
piled that such q gentleman had ccr-
tainly arrived within the past half.
hour. and was nov at supper in the
ruircr-room. She inquired whether I
would care to see him. / replied In
the negative. stating that would
call next day and make myself
known to him.
We are old friends" I said "and
for that reason ! should be glad II
you would promise me that YOU will
say nothing to him about my coming
tonight"
Womau-iikc the idea pleased her,
and she willingly gave the promise
. l-kcd.
III you want to see him you'd bet
ter be here early" she said. "flc
told me when he booked his room
that lac should be wanting to get
away at about ten o'clock to-mor-
row morning"
(. I'm b" here well before that" l
replied. IL all goes risht. shall
call upon him between eight and nine
u'cOck"
Feeling sure that. after what ! had
said 80 her, shr would sag nothing
/ 10 Hayle about my visit. returned
, to my own hotel aud retired to rest.
/ Next morning was up brtiuirs.
had brcRkfasted. aud was at Fox
wells hotel before eight o'clock had
struck. I proceeded straight to the
bar. where discovered my ac-
/ quaintancc OF the previous evening,
| in curl papers, assiduously busting
shelves aud counter. There was q
/ fragrance nf the last nights pota.
( tions sell lowering about the place,
which had the drrary, tawdry APP
I prarance that was so different TO the
glamour Of the previous night.
babe the girl good morning. and then
I inquired whether SHE had seen any.
thing Of my friend. ~ frst she did
not appear To recognize me, but on
doing 80 she volunteered to 20 of
aud make inquiries. She did SO. 10
return few moments later with
the information thu; the gentleman
had runR for his boots, aud would
he down to breakfast in a few min.
utes."
II wonder what you win hate TO
say for yourself when you see me,
Mr.. Iiayle." / mnttered. 'You will
end that am not TO be SO easily
shaken OF as you imagine"
accordingly made my way to the
diBIng-room, and SEATING myself AT
table ordered a cup Of coffee and