Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-03
The suicioe Of swallow.

assumed SO prehistoric knowledge.
Ike T0psy be- had Just happened.
away back ia the dim, misty pioneer
days OF Higay. then 3 mere trading
post. n6a great csfy Of meat strikes
and cosmopolitan quarters.
That is why all the newspaper boys
kneN Swallow. au"W him as bril-
3iauL but Erratlc disciple oG special as
slgnmclfs. apt 10 Dee flush today,
,zaphandiar tomorrow man with
ar abused past AID an uncertain ia-
fure made more yacEHatlug because
OF the dope habit. Many and many
a time ha had teen counted down and
on; by the eaHs bHt hs rose up snail
ing. IKE Tr4ta. H1egasled-but hun
81.
And then swallow developed a to-
s5ug=au gait The FIRST OF the month
had fo8ua him the possessor of
-caR-Cb0Eius Wad. a. the slang par
3auce of Che club remarked. A week
later be staggered into the 7 lines o.
zoe al ia the morning, his face
drawn in aojeft contour. his clothing
bedraeEled and uuhepz- Siding mp To
EAI Alass f+=E H'H-aHHA+ 80 " HasH
IT'S all on. Brownie. I'm all in.
There positively nothing doing
Frieuds"-here be sobbed faeliugiy--
friends all gone money fsohi-
zone. HrgHEie I'm soin' down 10 the
lake aud-aug -E0-the same old
Eayi"
That was the beginning Brown
gave him dg.lar and thought that
wuala be fhe ending both fhe dol
lag and the suicide. During the week
ha!ldazeu ot the b8ys beard the
same story and disml ssat 1t in much
the same manner Then came cas-
uaI mention a. the club. and mutual
recognition that tAe old var horse.
Sa4 developing "A peculiar trait-oue
which might. indeed. lead him to q
rash personal act.
After that the gang piticd him. ar
Eued with him ana at Jas, wcaried Of
bin Regularly aud zeaiously be made
Fhe rounds. my sterfousIy announcing
his terrible Intention. Then came the
fatal nleht when be hiunderei into
Ehe club where Ehe bunch we're
agreeing for The sevanty-hf-h time
there vas nothing iu the business.
Weeping softly. while bis bosom
heaVed with emotion. DO confded 10
she c1terse that the end had indeed
come.
This vas the fatal night
To morrow morning they would hnd
his Efelczs body floating on the tide
Qater. soRgy. HeFrosful speck he
meath the turning curiews and the
Ehesiing guils'
Jones Of the Tribune. who had been
pestersd zeaiaasly during the past
raa Be.Es. and 60 whom the suicide
raia was as familiar a= that n Little
Bn-Feep, arose with a flash Ok de-
Termination la Ills ese-
szali1e -ae =poae sharply
Swallow are su# Eelas 10 drown
ysurseite'
swallow ham1ly bowed his head
and gept
Wei. old mau. you've been a good
friend 10 all of 1a heTe- waving his
arm toward tha won srtg- Iutiu8rs-
aud we have tried sRalloWius '---
Gin o8r Esak EaT f1 be worthy. but
81 ygH feel thar yoH must dia here
BE- termed tpaarI Dis fellows for
taelr appreciation -if you feel that
sou must die. HlE--why. wen all 20
down 20 the iaka with you, swallow.
and aud you q good. deep place"
F0r a moment there was deep ST.
Tance- Swallow looked starttluely in
20 tae faces ot bis fellows. realization
dawnlns dllateH'ly. Then. Rhen the
rIll force of the statement made its
Impression upon his befuddlea brain.
he TUNED vita a sroan and. before
-sllliug friends could apBrchend. had
plunged down The stairs and disap-
Heare8.
Conformation followed. Several OF
the boys, zot busy Tor the time being.
made frantic efforts 70 head OF the
desperate suicide, for despite his hal
tuclnations many OF the older men
loved Swallow for what he had been,
rather than what he uow was.
Morning came. the day sped. and
again the diurnal wheel turned. but
M Swallow
a week passed. then two. and his
friends mourned him piously. fervent-
ly. tutifully feeling that they, per
haps. had fastened his doom.
a year had interyened, with its
many changes. and Swallow was for
fhe moment forgotten. One busy
morning some three weeks later,
Brown, kneedeep in the wreckage.
vas sparfing for SO. when the door
opened and in walked a nattily dress /
ed man OF good bearing. elean-shayen
and JanHty despite the white in his
hair. Brown looked once. then he took
another look and gasped. The visitor
smiled and spoke. his hand extended:
ayes. it's me-swallowi Glad to
ssex. mo -