New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-18


The group round the fire had grown quiet. Each
face manifested its interest The old lady had laid
her knitting in her lap and was looking thought
fully into the fire. The doctors keen eyes shone
behind his glasses
1T night when the horseuan entered the
bush which skirted his station The intense silence
which means miles Of uninhabited country held
earth and sky. The rustic OF a leaf the startled
wing Of nesting bird seemed loud In the profound
Stiffness for the hoofbeats OF the weary horse
mufied by an ancient carpet OF fallen leaves.
suddenly. resonant and clear on the sultry dark
ness. broke a mans song:
:, Not mine Din This Internal PIace,t
face
STANLEY Smith Peered ahead, and presently dis
eerned a moving figure on the track Evidently
The UnIucky Number turned to the doctor.
"A 'sundowner' Is a term used for a tramp who
at ntghtfall camps at the nearest homestead The
heegar This mans Voice lad Bro1oHnsed Kim
gentleman. The indeIible stamp Of culture was in
IT. accents.
The matches beauty Of my Iady.s face
Stanley Smith refined in.
Who goes there? he asked.
John Jones remittance man. answered the
man from the shadows. who If he has luck. will
reach Smithheld tonight. abode Of Stanley Smith.
millionaire. who unlike me. has been assisted by
fortune and has climbed up. while I have slipped
down the ladder
4 Stanley Smith responded the man on
horseback. and might suggest that it takes
steadier head to climb than to slip
There was muttered imprecation from the man
foot. then a curt:
- beg your pardon. Good night
Certainly not good night. There is question
OF donor and recipient between us said Stanley
Smith quietly; we pair OF beggars- All the
world Will know tomorrow that Stanley Smith.
erstwhile millionaire. is again remittance
man" The quarterly paid life pension is the end
Of his famous career
He had dismounted - 60, -,.zs
| with a short laugh. We social and hnancial
equals on the last rung.' ,, ..-.,..-
John Jones. iucuraby indolent and reckless, had
fallen in many rough places To exist had az ia[
his veins thrilled and steadied at the word com
wild places risked life with and for them. deded
law and order valanty. Gentleman John s. Gsll-
cate hand had been AGAINST every Hlu fit rSl of
kInsbiD He had been known for his elegant man
had reached the homestead the former had gained
gentleman Stanley Smith introduced to his wife.
" Constance!
The RECOGNITION was mutual. The woman looked
& Jer s CoI l i i b{ voice and a steel CLINT in
/ his eyes he regained self-command- 90,
I Your husbands name was known to me only as the
most fortunate squatter in this part OF me country
5Sir John had rgidIy disciplined his features. but
his eyes blazed with passion-was Il toyL But his
rough dress OF the bushman, his wideawake In
whose face had paled. the blood OF his race dom
| mated DissOlute, homeless tramp ne may nave
| been. but behind him Stanley Smith saw the gray
walls Of his ancestral home.
THE three sat late that night under the shelter
/ Of the vine rooted veranda. and the unexpected
guest told wild tales Of Wild scenes M, Inc e2id
/ TCoi hardened nv n rejected cloud. But her eyes
Ro eTs be1t 64 the his over which the moon had
| fUl
bstray- If The small cool hands that Law in lap
and the Images Of death. shadows or despair
that told them hot with bitterness; he set tho
teeth Of a remOrseless scOrn Into the puppets or
IT IS late said Constance at last. rising IN IN
ter-upton her sort dTapeFies ia!n3 ~ stoiss
are eerie Sir John There are passions that weave
spell: have you no tales or these-oL Hi1llloI
! OF defeat Good nIght-dreamless sleep
s,Tg-,+ a. the reatbIess dawn both men ask
, ~ =, rne S,,ssti5r-yvhat the other stood for
/ Constauca2 whether she loved or had ever loved
him? With accentuated passion Stanley smith oe-
| The dismal notes OF the foghorn and the protest.
tn ToyyI ~ the shipz dog brought Us back to
ewes that turned 20 mine the red sunrise on ths
',Sa giseT and tranq1fI night" resumed THE IN
lucky Number" when the melancholy foghorns had
reaeSd che mysteries and marvels OF the limtless
these two men. Both had tasted their immortality
Nd found their acknowledgements st a woman
bau5 The whole boundless sky Of milky ways and
stars did not light them as her eyes -,
sI{ut both men desired more than Constance the
---,-.'r,-a tba+ she and their IDEAL the
Each felt that he could surrender her 20 the other
A. the surrender were the test and proof that she
could pass from the perfection Of her coldness 70
.Centieman John had given her his all long
man has his limit beyond which ne cannot 60 O"C