The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-29

by the side the house narrow alley with night
Shiny slippery steps descending to the river
Gaeon Stairs the landing place called and the name
Gaeon carried back the days of Elizabeth the old
adventures, and the Spanish treasure ships.
The in the ulster raised his hand and his fingers
went the door the spot where he expected to
find the knocker But there was none and with an I'M
patient mutter he next sought the door post Here he
discovered bell handle, an old battered brass knob
which, when seized out with about four inches of
wire faint tinkle sounded and he waited the
result.
By-and-by heavy step was heard. and a shooting
back OF bolts The door opened, and face could just
be discerned In the gloom.
so you've come, young gent Right"
seemed be darkness
beyond the owner Of the face 50 low and SO far away
did it sound.
night to in rejoined the visitor, grumblngly.
Both h on ,em are to my my liking anyhow and that's
There's nothing to fall over but two panks
shaky and might get to the steps afore expect
"pn strike match
NO you won't Keep close and you'll be all
right"
The man meanwhile had shut the door, taking to
close it and slide back the bolts with the least possible
noise The darkness profound that the visitor
could nothing, and only combined
strong tobacco did that his companion had
turned his face towards him.
What's you objection to light? You don't always
live in the dark, your"
Didn't you that board outside saying the wareus
LETT"
"Who could anything in this beast Of night?
didn't look and if had shouldn't have known any
well, it is there, and don't want people to talk
about lights in place where nobodys supposed to live
Here's the steps put out your right hand and you'll find
a Take hold of that; it'll steady you"
The steps steep that, for strange to the
ascent, the rope stretched the side hand
rail was quite necessary AS it was not very firm
either climbing very or
feet bared his shins twice to his mutered dis
gust
They mounted two flights, and then the man who OBJ
jected to light permitted his visitor to strike match
The feeble flame of the vesta showed they had
assembled kind of hatch into empty apartment
extending the whole width depth of the building The
height nconsiderable, scarcely than six feet
ardthe hear
that the place built with the object of sustaining
great weights. It had in fact been used for storing
grain.
We've got to floor higher said the tenant Of
this desoate abode pointing to what was nothing more
than a ladder.
The match went out the second was struck, and
the visitor held it high to guide his footsteps it's yellow
light revealed Hargrave Denton his pale dis
turbed partly apprehensve thoughts
thru the reaction following his return to soberness.
HIS companon roughly dressed IN thlck plot jacket,
much the worse for wear jersey serge trousers deck
shoes which made not sound, with a yachting
pulled well his brows slouched in front.
The ascent Of the ladder brought them to the top
floor, which, like the preceding entirely empty
The stout panks terribly uneven, and.
leading to door into ruts the little iron wheels
Of the barroWs used for moving sacks of grain and -four
Denton looking round shivering. "You
had comfortable diggings the last time How
did you come to shift?"
tThats my business" returned the man in the yacht
ing cap, aomst fercey. Don't you questions
won't hear no lies can make myself comfortable
anywhere-when I've got Why, this
ace to some places I've lived in Put your nose in here
and snug, amt it?"
He flung open the door towards which the ruts In
the floor and puff Of hot stuffy
stale tobacco smoke the fumes of and the smell Of
red herring waited towards Hargrave, who already
qnan1ish nearly made sick
The about six feet square, a
strong ships
save that there bulkheads, while the Of
wood well tarred straight instead Of curved
and the roof not low pitched.
these differences apart the lockers fitting in be-
tween the uprghts odd contrivances
ious articles the old ships the swinging
dayr Sxf foul
Of the forecaste.
removed his cap and stood, his legs far
apart, his thrust his
staring frownngy at his visitor who remained in the
doorway IL did venture further
asphyxiating atmosphere.
What you sticking there for?' growled his host
Jerking were ni1naI biting