The Washington times., 1902-08-10

made a free passageway for man who
was Fastening at he top of his speed to
the ferry When he came to where an
other street intersected Cortlandt he
lodged in and out between the wagons
with surprising agility and without per-
ceptibly slackening his pace.
He was peculiar looking man.
Scarcely fye feet tall. with shoulders
of the breadth of large and portly
man, a large head set upon thick.
short neck, derby hat two sizes too
large resting on his prodigious ears
and exposing a broad. bulging fore
head: small at the waist with slender
legs bowed almost to deformity. aud
toes that Tapped over each other as he
ran, he attracted scrutinizing atten-
tion.
Some of the people who made way for
him stopped and gazed after him un-
til he was lost to sight by the filling
up OF the gap which had been made 10
let him pass. Even the stalwart po-
liceman, who carefully guards the foot =
steps of the almost constant throng of
pedestrians to and from the ferry, mo-
mentarily relaxed his vigilance, as the
dwarf shot by him, and rushed into the
ferry house. II the people who saw the
dwarf had suspected his errand he would
have been surrounded by a mob
he passed the ticket punchers before
they had time TO call upon him to halt.
BY the time they thought of their duty
the dwarf was tapping a man on the
arm. This man stood near the gate
leading to the boat, which was just COM
ing in.
The man whom the dwarf tapped on
the arm was fully six feet tall He was
dressed in the somewhat worn and i'll
fitting garments of a laborer. Over his
right eye was green patch. His beard
was two days old and he had been clean
shaven when a razor last touched his
face. His slouch hat was pulled well
down on his forehead.
The dwarf spoke to the man as he
turned about and hent his head down
ward.
But l cannot come, Jimmy" he
said
Again the dwarf spoke to him in a
whisper Then the two turned away to-
gether. They went directly to the Sixth
Avenue elevated station. the dwarf
walking behind. When they reached
Twenty eighth Street it was dark and
rain was falling.
They went briskly toward Fifth Ave-
nue.. where they turned up town, walked
a few minutes, and the dwarf's compan-
ion paused. When Jimmy came up he
said:
You must go i'm
But | cannot"
She is waiting for you
This man went up the steps, reaching
the threshold just as the door opened.
He stepped inside. The door closed.
Jimmy waited until he heard a sob just
as the door was closing. Then he hur-
ried away. His work was only partly
done.
He walked briskly. and in a little
while ascended the steps OF a residence
on Madison Avenue. The door opened
before he had touched the bell. He went
inside and young woman closed the
door The dwarf followed her up one
fight Of stairs into a sitting room,
which was evidently her own. When
she had closed the door she said:
We'll. Jimmy?-'
He is with his mother
Thank you. Jimmy. You may 60"
When the dwarf had gone the young
woman stood looking apparently at the
figures of the carpet at her feet. But IL
she had ever known what the figures
were, they were then as far from her
thoughts as the date of the discovery
that the world was round. This young
woman was Elizabeth Dalow. She was
not beautiful. Her face was too strong
for beauty. But a novice in character
reading must have seen that she would
be impressive anywhere.
Passing into another room. she quickly
returned in macintosh and was ready
to got out. She passed quietly down the
stairway. opened the door gently, and a
moment later was walking swiftly down
the avenue. Later she passed up the
steps where the dwarf had left the man
with the green patch over his eye. The
door opened at her touch. She, too,
was evidently expected. An elderly wo-
man conducted her 10 room at the rear
OF the hall smothering her sobs as they
went Before she touched the doorknol.
she turned in response TO hand on her
shoulder. Elizabeth spoke-only word:
Courage"
Then they entered the room. Both
ctood looking at each other. The eyes
OF the elder woman we're suffused with
tears: those OF Elizabeth were filing.
but her face was no longer stern. Eliza
leth spoke:
He is here?"
Yes"
shall see him?"
Yes"
Mrs. Julia Gaylord was sixty years OF
age Her face was sweet, pure, wo-
nanly-such a face as boy who loves
lis mother never forgets, as a man in
stinctively trusts and is better for the
trusting. as her husband had been, and
who had died leaving a smile in return
for a kiss that had opened for him the
gates to the visible sunshine OF eternal
day Mrs. Gaylord left the room, softly
closing the door behind her.
In few minutes @he door opened and
a young man entered. He was neatly
and carefully dressed. TALL slender.
pale. and with his eyes upon the floor,
he advanced to the middle OF the room
His face was -shaven. Elizabeth
sobbed, but her courage did not es-
cape She arose, went up TO him and
said:
'I am glad you are here
He raised his head. He could not
speak al first. however hard he tried.
Tears came to his eyes and then ran
down his face. Again Elizabeth said
and there was that in her voice to give
a much weaker man strength
Courage"
Young Gaylord's voice came to him.
He said:
This means State prison"
Elizabeth shuddered, but William did
not. For a moment he was the stronger
of the two. At length she said:
mot yeti"
Young GAYLORD looked at her as ii
he scarcely comprehended. Then she
added