Gunnison news-champion., 1905-11-03

nsem.nt es excit.pens wesla s=v. t-coa
The pEepss ,asng ~ seep pace ~Iss ss-
lsHpsssesee. Hs~eser. ss< lo4ruey
ea4iea before the si~sus-e Vt k,~ h.rdy ssa
wholly wasted away. asA s~o minutes
later se wss sesssd st . Restaurant
table and ksd ordered jssss seventy cents
worth of fs.,d- Netssng. froa f-h- h-e.ll-
- tsrrspia. bod ever tn~sea ~ sSsa "
him - thai soup.
III I ever meet . kuarry hee9aT
agsia-- Thought he. ~hea the food had
hegSn 10 take effect .-I'll tress sisa ~ .
sen-course dinner
The world tos,k - dinereet s~ps.cs
A. he ate. he fess s1re thai every thing
would come GA, right. Mis- scqsaint-
snce st Murray stree; ~oasd gladly nelp
hiM osst cf his predicament. and he
cenid laugh at his strange experience
Win q tight waist band and nInety-fiVe
cents in his pocket. he Was . rich man
again as he etroiica up t. the desk 10
pay his check. just there temptation
seized syoR him. Ne wanted 10 sai.sl>e
IL seemed as II his longing for food Rad
been feeble TO his present craving for
just one fragrant whih Of tobacco.
How much are those cigarso- he
asked. indicating some which the man
at the desk had just spread before Gus
toner.
Fifteen ceRts-two for . quarter"
Was the reply.
Drane reflected that a man so pocr as
he was coeid not afford 10 pay fifteen
cents for cigar when he could get it
for twelve and . half by simply parchas-
ing two. Overcome by this snassai able
arithmetic. he laid down his last quar-
ter. and in another moment he was en-
Joying one Of the weeds for which New
York is justly infamous to such a degree
as he had never enjoyed . good one in
his life. But he was penniless again.
he crossed City Hall Park with a firm
step, and his head in the air. His woes
were floating away in smoke: his hopes
were high. He walked down Murray
street and quickly found the number he
sought The name Richard II. Billings.
in white letters on . window of the
lower story, set all doubts at rest; and.
indeed. the man himself sat at a desk in
plain view from the sidewalk. Lawrence
identified him at once from description.
and he felt that he was saved.
Mr.. Billings, however. was engaged in
earnest conversation, and Lawrence,
after staring at him a minute through
the window. decided To walk around the
block and give him q chance TO finish
his business. Whea he had completed
the circuit Mr.. Billings WAS 10 loager
in sight. The rolling top Of the desk
wss closed. and when Drsne noted that
fast his heart stood still. Ne hurried
into the office.
MIR. Billings has just left for the
Grand Central depot, said an Office boy
He is going ON to Boston tonight. II
you hsrrv up there you can catch him
Have yen got message for him?"
NO; wish to see him personally"
60 on" said the boy, ''you want to
strike him for the price Of beer"
Drsne could not wait TO reprove the
youth for his impudence. Ne WAS in
too much Of hurry to get TO the depot
He learned that the train which Mr..
Billings WAS to take left at six O'Clock.
1t was then hslf-past FIVE.
When he had reached the street he re-
fected that It would be necessary to
WAS, before going there. He had sup
posed that il it WAS central" it must
he near at hand, and he learned with
horror that it MAS more than three miles
away. To reach it on foot in time was
out Of the question, and he had not Q
cent!
He cursed his foil y in leaving Pillinss
door unguarded, and was inclined to be
offended with Billings for going to Bos-
ton. The world had turned blue again.
He could see nothing ahead of him but
another night in the street.
For the next three hours he wandered
about the lower part of the town, and At
nine O'Clock he found himself in front
of the Pennsylvania railroad ferry-house
at the foot Of Cortlandt street. Then
the thought came over him like fash:
This road goes TO Trenton. Bob TYLER
my old friend Bob-lives .here, and
he'll let me have thousand ouicke,
than wink IL ] can oaly reach him.
But how to Do it? Supported bv a
good dinner he would have started along
the ties cheerflsy, but . ferry WAS .
different matter. How he regretted the
extr@sagance that hsA lett Linn penni.
less!
Across Che street from the ferry was
little high stoop" house used As an
hotel. Lawrence had come to the con-
clusion that he must Hook up some char
table institution and ask for . nights
lodging, and with tLis purpose in mind
ne entered the hotel Office and asked tn
see the directory. While he WAS consult
ing IT . man with concertina in his
hAnd cropped into a chair near him.
Hello, Billy" said the clerk to the
new arrival, where's your side partner?-
oonno, replied Billy. Guess
he's in the jug. haven't seen hin
since the three O'Clock boat this mora
ing"
'Poine 10 play lone hand to-niebt7-
"Guess 4 II have to. I can do thu
dancing all ripht hut 49,. =: