Evening journal., 1905-05-26
THE SUN IMAGE

shone through the spaces at the ends
OF the Stats. Now. though the spaces
were not round, we noticed that
round spot Of light from each crack fell
on the. wall opposite the window. had
often seen the phenomenon before and
called Adams attention to 1t. A sin
gular expression came over his face as
he looked at them.
"Can you explain the circular form?"
1 asked.
"Only that the spots Of light are mi
mute hinges Of the sum-" he replied.
"But it isn't this that interests me. I
can never look at one Of those little sun
images without being profoundly
moved"
"out with it." said. for Kfa8v there
was a story behind his emotion
"When l was married." he said, 'to
the best woman In the world-I drew
a matrimonial prize among hundreds OF
blanks-I was doing well In business
and was able to provide for the three
little kids that came along during the
first iive years Of my married life. My
wife was not extravagant; indeed, she
looked out for the nicl1els very care
! fully. Nevertheless, no matter how
careful a woman may be IN this respect.
she is a natural plunger and found
out my Daisy was one Of that kind.
zone evening in midsummer when
my family was out Of town was per
suaded TO go into n gambling house.
never dreamed Of betting when / enter
ed, but l soon caught the fever, and
when left the place I had won some
thing like $50. was so well pleased
with my venture that I tried II again
the next night won steadily for a
week; then began to lose. To make
a long story short. by the time my wife
came home l was ruined sold out
my business to pay my debts and had
$3.50 over with which TO begin the
world again My wife was plucky
about it all and refrained from what
nineteen in twenty women would have
done under the circumstances. She new
er spoke a word Of blame.
Il received my $3.50 one morning and
in the afternoon went with it to try
to recover my losses, telling Daisy
was going TO take a walk. won over
$1,000. but lost it the same night, win
ming and losing alternately. My wife
knew as well as l what I was doing
but never said word. pretending ig
norance. When had lost all my win
nings and $500 besides she began Il
look anxious. Not that / said a word
I didn't need to. She could tell by my
face how ] stood. and when she want
ed to know exactly she would examine
my pocketbook after was asleep
"One afternoon I went to the den
with but $50 in my pocket. and mus
have looked pretty miserable, for M
wife kissed me before 1 left the hous
and said. BE sure to be home fordin
ner, just as if she didn't know tina
if 1 got absorbed 1 wouldn't payran
attention TO dinner or any other mea
l played very close, seldom riskin
much at one time for my capital was
bagatelle Despite my caution my pn
grew lower and lower, and at last
= had but one white chip left. The deal
er wasn't paying much attention-t to m
and was yawning necessarily, havin
been at his work all the night before
! was so absorbed that / didn't motto
young fellow who came and leanel
over me. watching my game. / pu
: my last chip on the ten and lost
was broke
! "The dealer. Ignorant that / had moth
ing 10 bet with. went on with the game
. And now I'm getting TO the point Of M
story. Through cracl5;fn the wlndoN
: one Of these little suns came In an
lighted on the jack. The dealer blint
; ed at it and didn't seem sure whethe
it was a white chip or a silver dollal
: The young man behind me said
; Deal This decided the sleepy mar
: and he dealt. The jack won, and
/ tossed me a white check. The youn
4 man behind me- without asking PEI
s mission, pushed the chip over betwee
, the king and queens and it won. I sa
stupidity looking on. the young ma
5 making my bets for me and winnin
e every time.
d "The dealer began to wake up an
y take an interest Ny bet placer wa
e taking awful chances. and wanted
n stop him. but / remembered that a
q my winnings had been on an image q
J. the sun and didn't dare say word fC
d fear he'd fare up and give it ava,
7. The piles before me grew and grew
and suddenly was startled by hearin
the dealer cry, 'Bustedr The frs
thing I did after that was to turn
E look at the man behind me to see
= the devil had done it all TO get my sol
s with the winnings. Great heaven
p whom do you suppose saw7 Under
( sombrero drawn down over the fac
Il glittered a pair Of eyes. and those eye
s belonged to Daisy. She turned Ike
? fash and left the place. leaving me
, pick up my winnings. I stuffed all M
e pockets full and went home. When
?, went upstairs Daisy was in bed. 81
a asked me the usual question-had
d put out the lights. replied. as usua
T. that had aud turned In.
y That's why / say a woman is a na
-e ural plunger. Daisy would have gor
back with me the next day to brea
the bank again. but had had enoul
of fl. and we agreed that should r
n turn to my business. l did so and haS