Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-14

First Raffles Story
This is the first series of thirteen new stories
titled "Rafies, the Amateur Craftsman"
Rafies is destined to achieve widespread fame in
his peculiar line did Sherlock Holmes in a totally
different Spheres for Rafes and Holmes exact oppo
sites in view character and career.
While Sherlock Holmes exercised his wonderful pow
toward the detection of crime Raes represented
of unusual intellect and of high birth and breed
ing who has sunk to employing his undoubted genius
enable him to live by his wits.
The second adventure of Rafies-"A Costume Piece"
will appear next week.
IT WAS about halfpast when returned Albany
desperate
left it The baccara counters still e1ed the table with the
empty glasses and trays.
opened let the smoke out and letting the fog instead
Rae himself had merely discarded his dining jacket
arched though
dragged i'm from
Forgotten somehng?" said he when he saw
pushing past without And led the
way impudence amazing to myself
Not come your revenge you2
give you myself that
We were face to face by his areside and cut short
well be surprised coming back
way hardly in
your school, and
you that's will
listen me-for two minutesT'
In my struggle every
went and not mistaken in its
preston. ..4..
certainly my man. he; many you
"NoJa finding
smoke and you. will ask do
either you've I
Really said he lighting his own cigarette with one clear blue
eye upon me- known
because yOun probably bitterly
you'll be justified doing it'll But it's use beating about the
know dropped over two hundred Just nowT
the in pocket"
"T remember"
But had my book, at
that desk"
written Rafies.
overdrawn already at my bank
Surely only for the momentT
I spent everything"
somebody told well of heard you had
come in for money"
penny Yes I've been fool there never was nor will
been Isn't this enough for you? Why
don't turn me OuT He was walking up and down with very
Couldn't your people do anythingr' he
cried 81 have peopel was only child
everything there My comfort that they're
gone will know
myself hid face Raes continued
pace with everything else in
variation his soft and footballs
literary little cus he said at length; didn't
you mag you recoect tagging
literature of all sorts the thing nova
days; any fool can make a living at it"
shook my "Any debts" said
"Then you a nat sOmewhereT' he went on
in Mount street"
"wel. the furntureT'
At laughed my misery. a bill
And at st eyebrows
eyes could the better that he knew the worst then
his walk and for minutes neither Of
But in his handsome unmoved face read fate and
breath cursed folly and
him all he had kind
school, his
to
nothing
year. fatuouy his
pathy his had relied him heart all
di6dence and humility rightly
little sympathy that curling nosl
1
blundered feet would have without word
Rafes stood between and the door.
"Whee gongT' said he.
That's business" replied trouble
'Then how am l to help your
didn't ask help"
Then why meT
why indeed!' l echoed. "Win let
until you tell going you
A to
Cant you many
IN others
the puckT breaking n a
cynical that brought drop of blood the boil
said whipped
my pocket pass do
hereY'
touched temple and thumb
with ruined dhOnored and finally
end OF mspent life o
did then and there depcab
involving appeal