Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-07-25

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tsI e he a.rr ing : r q. and szs
bag askedsone Of the men, en- without
hesifat ton. Ss-
ne wss,'sI replied. .sI1ls & st,,.
mani want. Which way did he. 81, %
Eswhen he left there ~ lssF -
He took Jim Boulter's cab, said
another man, who had until few
moments before been leaning against
the wall. ''The mort TN was alook-
Fin afterSit for'im, and I heard him
call Jimmy myself. He tossed the
Short I'm a bob, he did, when he lgo,t.
in. Such luck don't seem ever Is
come my way 4..:*. :. II.
Where is. the Short I'm, as YOU
call him?'' I inquired, thinking that
it might be to my advantage to in
terview that gentleman. =. ..=s $..s
! ''A-drinkin' of his bob in there.''
| the man answered. "Where dye
4 think ye'd be a-seein' i'm? Bearin'
! ITSELF proud like a real tori, and at
closen' time they'll be chuckin' i'm
out into the gutter, and then. lis
| wife'n come down, and they'll fight.
an most like both of emil get
jagged before they knows where they
is, and come before the beak in the
! mornin'." ~
'Look here" I said,- "if one of YOU
will go in and induce the gentleman
of whom you speak to come out here
treating the four of you to half a
! crown" III
The words had scarcely left my
! lips before a deputation 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 I'm was in a
| decidedly inebriated condition. His
| friends, however, deeming it possible
| that their chance of approaching my
liberality depended upon his condi-
! ton being such as he could answer
! questions with some sort of intelli-
! gence, proceeded to shake and pum-
mel him into something approaching
| sobriety. In one of his lucid inter-
walls l inquired whether he felt equal
to telling me in what direction the
| gentleman who had given him the
| shilling had ordered the cabman to
drive him. He turned the question
| over and over in his mind, and then
| arrived at the conclusion that it was
| "some hotel close to Waterloo" f.
This was certainly vague, but it
; encouraged me to persevere.
think again. 1 said; ''he must
have given you some definite address"
Nov 7 do remember" said the
! man, ut seems to me it was Fox
wells hotel, Waterloo Road. That's
| where it was, Foxwell's hotel. Don't
you know it?
:" 'Foxwelrs Hotel is merry, merry place,
, When the jolly booze is howin', flowin'
| Now chorus, gen'men." -
Having heard all wanted to, I
! gave the poor wretches what. had
! promised them, and went in search
! of cab. AS good luck would have
it l was able to discover one in the
City Road, and in It'll drove off in the
direction of Waterloo. If Hayle were
really going to stay the nj ht at
Foxwells hotel, then my labors had
not been in vain, after all. But I
had seen too much of that gentle
mans character of late to put any
trust in his statements, until I had
verified them to my own satisfaction.
1 was not acquainted with Foxwelrs
hotel, but after some little search I
discovered it. It was by no means
the sort of place man of Hayle's
wealth would be likely to patronize,
but remembering that he had par
ticular reasons for not being en- evi-
dence just at present, could under
stand his reasons for choosing such
a hoste1ry. accordingly paid Oft
my cabman and entered the bar.
Taking the young lady found there
a little On one side, inquired vheth-
er gentleman had arrived within
the last .half-hour, carrying a bag
and heavy traveling~rug.
Much to my qualification she re-
piled that such a gentleman had GER
tainly arrived within the past half
hour, and was now at supper in the
coffee-room. She inquired whether
would care to see him. replied in
the negative, stating that I would
call next day and make myself
known to him.
1--WE are old friends,"iI said, "and
for that reason~I should be glad if
you would promise me that you will
say nothing to him about my coming
tonight
| Woman-like the idea pleased her,
and she willingly gave the promise
I asked.
IF you want to see him you'd bet
ter be here early" she said. "He
| told me when he booked his room
| that he should be wanting to get
away at about ten o'clock to-mor.
row mornfnp"