The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-12

three men the trunk was holSteo oA
the box.
The cabman, wearing an exaggerated
axnression of suffering, clambered heaV-
iIv to his seat: Mr. Merridew, with
brief adieu, sprang into the cab and
Slammed the door; and Mr.. Jernynghan
was left standing by the curb. gazing
b1ankIy after the departing vehicle
"Now | wonder, he sol1ioquized'
"whom that old scoundrel mistook me
for Have l got a double in this city!
I must find out. There might be some
thing in it for me-"
He glanced from the door key IN ms
hand to the empty house. Ia
"a pretty snug-look1ng nest ne
unused. "a man might find conltof eapie
quarters there for night or two II tne
| hotels kicked him out. Shall l take tnlS
to the police station? Well guess
notp od |
Mr.. BIRMINGHAM, who was a GOOD, |
ra+,,red man in the main, would IN all
probability have carried out the com
| mission intrusted to him, and thought
no more about it, but he had had the
misfortune to spend the best part OF
= nioh+ in the cells of that Identical
s+ation-horse, and he naturally shrank
from reyiving painful recollectons ana
renewing an acquaintance winch mao
been anything but agreeable; Il.
He slipped the key into ms pocket
and, being reminded by the striKipg VI
neiohboring clock that the lunch hour
60 dra,,-iro near. betook himself to the
th;rd-rate hotel where, owing to lack OF
fn,,ds he had temporarily established
! his headquarters. 80,
.sAnvbodv in this dirty little town
look like me. Bll?" he inquired OF the
: b ir rs he swallowed glass OF
chean whisky and ordered II to be
! charged to his account :, dad
] "0nlv one as | know OF, responded
: the other. eying his interrogator WIN WIN
! some disfavor, "and he's dong ms pest
| not to worry over II. -
"Who's the man, Bill?" Mr.. JernylS-
4 ham persisted, shutting his eyes 10 'iie
insinhation. t,,, tho
d rta,lder aslxed Somebody else been
Dinched by mistake?
II Mr. birmingham restrained his tenn
- per with some difficulty &c,
II ssNatural curiosity" he said. A mar
} met me ON the street just now, stopped
i; TO speak. apologized, and passed on;
ID "Nust "a mistook you for MaJoi
Warrington, replied the other on r.
{; the dead spit of him in the face III
-. ~ laid considerable emphasis on the ld1
~ word. Kind OF gratifying to be nlstooi
for a gentleman, amt 1t :: he aodea d
~ he turned away to serve announcer Ou'
ST toner. ,o,,oe1,I1a
:, HES consigned the barkeeper's soul L
~ III everlasting torment, and, lounging INT
,e tbe i1l-furnished smoking-room, plcKe
=, I'D the morning paper.
III The news of the day proving barre
eI IF interest. he turned to the want az
Ut vertisements and read diligently throug
three columns of Situations Vacant
20 in the vain hope that some money-1iiah
10 ing scheme might suggest itseif.
~. At the bottom of the last column wa
ey solitary insertion under the caph4
he .r17, su Houses Wanted" and /
en- re.d that also. 1t ran as follows:
nd wANTED-For six months, by you11
to married couple, strangers IN CITY, W. We
ct furnished house in desirable l0calit
he Rent not to exceed sixty doIlals
month. No children, C ar w. No..
The AnnIv. H. WONDERLAND, I53 MaSs'
out Terrace.
ate Homeless of finding anything to i
terest him, Mr.. Jernyngham threw |!
M paper aside and, assuming pose SUI
-. able to meditation, streIche9 out i
ms 1ono legs and thrust his hands INTO Il
ne +ros1sers pocket. One of his fingers cor
sh, mo in contact with some foreign su
1e11 stance, he drew it out and tonnd II
roll be the key he had been commission
. to deliver to the police.
"Oueer old geczer," he con1nente
lot "c+scks of money, I'll bet I've nall
10 ind TO take look through the hou
Think Of it standing 's I empty WV 59T t,
by He stopped abruptly. and, picking
ef- the ei PAPER, freread Mr.. Wonderman's
Ell vertisement with awakened interest.
, o9t eIl.furnished house IN N d fsIf
ohS he found with it on that score.
t t., M months at sixty dollars. Three hundT
nan and md sixtv dollars. No kick coming the tn.
ana ana Whv not? Yes. ding it, why not:
lfea For fifteen minutes Mr.. Jernyngh'
II remained in a condition of appa,r'
- ), coma. at the end of which period
ne; rose with the air of general who
90 formulated a promising plan OF ca
ms ms naion. and left the hotel.