CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-01-02
JUST INSTINCT.

was "a mouse. There had been some rare
snort. bu, Herrick was of the opinion
that it could not last much longer. lie
had run this way and that way. and =
thousand times he had fancied that he
WIS going to escape But always the
velvet paws. with the long, sharp claws
springing out of them, lad caught him
inst in time. SO at last he lay still,
painting, not knowing which way TO
turn.
He was in big city, all alone. The
people who rushed by HIM We're like the
thoughts that whirled through his brain
they were shadows, and the everlast-
ing train Of them had no bcfimning or
end He could not distinguish the real
men and women whom he saw from
these whom he merely remembered
Now and again there appeared in the
throng the faces of the dend. He did not
mind those But there We're Others that
he shrauk from.
He stood with his back against the
iron fence in front of Trinity ch lrch.
Herricls hands were in his pockets
He crumplcd cracking piece of paper,
which meant that he oou.d live several
I
moro extended future, he could not
picture it. All the lines of his life seem
cd to end in knot which could by no
means he united, lut must merely be
, dropped. He remembered that there
were miracles hut he could not think
of one to wish for.
He crossed Broadway and walked
down Wall street, slowly and with hest
tatiCu. fer he lad 10 GRAND \ voice
cried. "Cah. sir!'' almost in his ear. He
turned and locked up ut the man ON the
box.
"Is it rcs,rl " he said to himself.
"that sli.l lsoE like gcntleman?'
He tClt t.u.rl tho Gilman Us toward
one wl-D had piyon lin aEclpiug hand
Why not pay the debt? To do 50 would
cost him only day of his life. He had
So bill in his pocket.
"Yes, - he said. Take me up to the
Fifth Avenue hotel"
1t was the first place that had come
into his mind. He got into the cab and
snapped the door. The cushioned seat
and the comfortable support for his head
were very refreshing. A fancy came to
him that he would dine decently and
then 20 to Il theater The extravagance
would be trifiing, for it was really Of
small importance whether he starved to
death on Sunday or the following
Wednesday. He was in mood TO make
jest of il all.
A strong glare from an electric light
struck down into the carriage and made
visible TO him package in brown pa
per that looked rs if it might be sand
witch. The object prctruded from under
the seat. He thought it must be the
cabman's s supper which had been hidden
in some small locker and had fallen
upon the floor. The idea that the food
should be spoiled WAS disagreeable to
Herrick. and 70 he picked up the little
brown bundle.
1t was smaller than he had supposed.
and il did not feel like bread. But had
II been food and he at Tie last pang Of
starvation the touch Of it would not
have sent such thrill through all his
frame,
He knew that the contents of that
package Were money II felt like a mass
of | us folded, awkwardiy wrapped up
and fastened with elastic bands.
Through the brown covering Herrick
could feel the crispncs- of the govern
ment paper. The amount might he n
poor mans : monthly wages or rich
mans profit on n great trnnsaction.
As TO his own conduct in this matter.
Hcrrick had no doubt whatever Fate
had thrown this money into his hands,
and fate might take it way, but not II
he could hold on tightly enough. His
fingers trembled as he picked at the
elastic bands Suddenly and without
his knowing why the rubber strings
vanished with loud snap that startled
him, and tbs package spr.mg open on
his knees. He caught IL fash OF green
color, and then the cab rolled out Of
light into shadow
II seemed long time before v.other
light struck in upon him. At the mo-
mcmt when IL did so he saw u face close
to the cab door, and he dodgcd back.
covering the bills with lis hands. But
the chance passenger or the street saw
nothing. He was thinking Of hi> own
affairs no doubt and had no inkling of
the strange thing that passed so close TO
his eyes.
Herrick was himself agaiD in mo-
mcnt, and he bent forward, eagerly
scanning the bills i'll his hands and
counting them feverishly. There were
40 Of them and each was of the denomi-
nation Of 81 900
Throughout the later period of the
young mans misfortuncs he hue had
substantially but one wish-,o rest.
Rest has many forms, suited to u vast
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