The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-09
SHADOW BEFORE. By

THE 18th Of July, 1870. found John Warrington
Dodds a ruined gamester OF the stock exchange.
Upon the 18th he very opulent man. And
yet he had effected the change without leaving the
penurious little Irish townlct of Dunsoe which could
have beer bought outright for quarter of the sum
which he had earned during the single day that he
within its walls.
John Warrington Dodds had many Of the gifts
which lead Spectator to success. He was quick in
observing just in estimating, prompt and fearless IN
acting. But in finance there is always the element Of
luck which, however may eliminate it, still re-
mains like the blank at roulette constantly present
handicap upon the operator. And so it was that Wor-
lngton DOdds had to grief Every thing which
he had touched had gone wrong, and now on the eve
OF his marriage young, clear headed and energetic
he actually bankrupt had his creditors CHOSEN
to make him But the stock exchange is an IN
dulgent body. What is Of one today may be
another tomorrow and everyone is interested
seeing the stricken man is given time to rise
again So the burden of Warrington Dodds was light
ened for him. many shoulders helped to bear 1t, ana
he was able TO go for little summer tour into Ire
land for ordered him rest and change
Of air IN restore his shaken nervous system Thus it
was that upon of July 1870 he found hlHseI
at breakfast in fly blown coffee room of the George
hotel in the market square of Dunsoe-
1t is a dull and depressing coffee room but on TINS
particular day crowded and noisy as That OF
any london hotel Heavily booted men clattered in
and out spurs jingled riding crops were stacked IN
corners and there general atmosphere OF morse
From every side warrington Dodds heard of yearlings
of wind gals. Of of spavins of cribsucker OF
a hundred other terms which were unintelligble
10 him as his own stock exchange jargon would have
been to the company. He asked the waiter, for the
reason all, and the waiter an astonished man
that there should be any one i'm this world who dill
"shure. it's the Dunsloe horse fair your honor
the greatest horse fair i'm alp OreIand. lasts for
wake. and the folk from far an near-from
England an Scotland an verywhere.'
The waiter had q telegram in his hand and he
turned the address to Warrington Dodds.
"Shure. I nver heard such name, sorr. Maybe
you could tell who it,
Do1d lool<a at ne
mo, don't know" said he q never heard Of it
before It's foreign name. Perh1ps if you we're
But at that moment little round faced rudy
checked gentleman who breakfasting at the next
table. leaned forward and interrupted him
Did YOU say foreign name sir? said he
"SuellenhaUs is the name"
q am Mr. StreIenhaus-Mr. Julius Strellenhaus OF
Liverpool. 7 was expecting Il telegram Thank you
very much"
He sat so near that Dodds. without any wish
play the spy could not help to some extent overlook
a very long MIR. Streenhaus arranged the sheets
methodically upon the tableclOth in front of him
that no eve but his own could see them Then he took
out notebook and with anxious face he began
make in It, glancng first at the telegram
and then IN the hook and writing apparently one
letter or figure at a time. Dodds Interested.
he knew exactly what the man was doing. He was
working out a cipher Dodds had often done it him
self And then suddenly the little man turned very
pale, If the fun purrort of the message had been
shock to him Dodds had done that also and his SYM
pathiss were all his neighbor Then the stranger
rose and. leaving his breakfast untasted he walked
I'm thinking that gintlernan has had bad news,
sorr.' said the confidential waiter
Looks like it." Dodds answered. and at that mo-
his thoughts suddenly drawn off into
other direction
The roots had entered the room with a telegram in
his hand.
Where's Mr.. Mancuue?" said he to the waiter.
well there quare names about What
IL you said?'
Mr.. Mancu1e' said the boots glanCing round him.
"Ah. there he is," and he handed the telegram to
gentleman who sitting reading the paper in
Dodds' eyes had already fallen upon this man and
he had wondered vaguely what he was doing in such
Company. He Il tall white haired. eagle nosed
gentleman. with a waNed mustache and carefully
pointed beard-an arstOCratic tyne which seemed out
element among the rough. hearty, noisy dealers
who surrounded him.
As he opened the telegram Dodds could perceive
that IL as bulky the first He observed.
also. from the delay i'm reading. that it also in
some of cipher The gentleman did not write
down any translation Of but he sat for time
with his nervous thin fingers twitching among the
hairs of his white beard and his shaggy brOws bent
the deenest and most absorbed attention While he
mastered the meaning OF it, Then he sprang suddenly
his feet his flashed his cheeks flushed and in
his excitement he crumpled the message up in his