The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-24

less on the asphsls. AZ THAI moment .
gentleman came up and. With . brief i am
q surgeon was down at once. making an
examination. lie shook his head and .aid
something. inAndible to the girl at the
window The young mar facing him turned
heavily to the b~y-tander- Men. my father
Is dead. help me TO carry him The inert
body was lifted. the son supporting IN"
head, and carried ,o a house a little way up
| the stree, on the opposite side. the door OF
which the surgeon opened with q key "
was all over for Miss Ellerton Sh"
sat for some time looking deJectedly a.
the opposite houses. She was shocked
by what she had seen.
We have abbreviated this somewhat, hut
in it- completeness II seems a little abrupt
and crude. The style expands itself ana
grows mellower a. the story proceeds. TN
page 4? we notice a remark by Miss Ellerton
To the effect that Theodore Marshall does
NJ, seem To be a timid person. Further on
We find ample proof that he Ia not timid In
tho roof garden az the club h" aid 10
the rather INSCRIPTIONS politician. Pix
Mclean Will YOU come into the street.
where | shall be al liberty TO pound your
Mclean declined the invitation, pretending
tn br amused Then te kind enough
To take yourself on. You are not wanted
here said Marshall ] arm quite within
nv rights. ! believe. anwyhercontf~ roof.
answered Mclean. believe YOU are.
said Marshall. but II NAV n well be noted
that YOU force yourself upon people who
do not find YOU agreeable; YOU a X q
vantage Of n place hat protects your skin
10 insult a man who anywhere else would
knock you down. and you appear TO b"
afraid To 60 into tho street. l believe you
AVE the reputation 81 being a parasite,
q tricky politi cian % n small kind. a TUT
hunter. a loafrr. and a loose liver. hut IL IL
nv fortune to stamp YOU as personally
timid
Later Marshall gave Mclean q dreadful
thra-hing. brui>ins him 80 that he was laid
up In bed for a week and was obliged 10
take his food in liquid form through a
glass tube. The ARRAY occurred in a country
rad AZ night. Mclean had a pistol, which
he lcveled shouting Keep hack. or ] will
shoe, YOU like a dog We read. Theodore
never talked afjerward ~ what followed.
hut n he had h. could no, have told whether
Mclean had or had no, a pistol; certainly
NJ shot was fired Marshall only knew
NJ the time tina Mclean was in his hands
and when h. had dot , with him he felt
deadly sick AZ The Thought Ola man ~ h~aten.
He dragged his victim 10 the side ~ the
road and left him. Miss Ellerton found
the pistol in the trampled weeds next day.
We are told hat sh. examined II and found
IL fully loaded. and that n trace 81 n smile
hicker>d ~ the corners 81 her mouth and
eyes A. she said 20 herself IN q meditativ~ |
slightly e~xultant tone Not even
n chance Ia Use Il, A. for Marshall. all
the injuries that no sustained was compre-
hended in a -brIise near the c~heekbone
and an uncomfortable nose that looked
a. II u had been borrowed |
Norche~er : has it, queer spots. hut |
II Ia an unusually interesting story. lts
its social life and It's usine COM
plica,ions are well and strongly presented |
Its characters are vivid and entertaining |
its sermons are readable We notice
that, nne Of the characters. on going TO his
room in a hotel. rings for ICED water. We
suppose that the form Is q concession TO |
IN. English like clsngour " and -parlour =
I, IL curious. however, 70 find a true blue
American ringing for iced water in his
own country.