Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-26
1 ell Rallies, l91a&a,! Ghe Amateur
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.n cay no more. Then and there
 my annoyance, 1 took my own de- Since he would tell me noth 7. If the result of his visits, 1 deter q D;,ed to keep one on my own account, 'Da that very evening found my way tbo millionaire's front gates.
 rbe house he was occupying is, l ,,rore quite the largest in the St. rbns wood district. It stands i'll the .,clp formed by two broad thorough .,es neither of which, as it happens. bus route, and I doubt if many .niotpr spots exist within the four ,ilp radius. Quiet also was the great mare house, in it's garden of grass ,nts and shrubs; the lights were low, so millionaire and his friends obvious | spending their evening elsewhere. ibe garden walls were only q few kpt high. In one there was a sIde lor opening into a glass passage; in Ap other, two five-barred, grained and rmjshed gates, one at either end of hp little semcircular drive, and both rde open So still was the place that ibad a great mind to walk boldly in nd learn something of the premises: fact, was on the point of doing when heard a quick. siufiing tep on the pavement behind me. l hrned round and faced the dark scowl nd the dirty clinched fists of a dilapi- hted tramp.
 You fool,' said he. You utter iotr'
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 That's it." he whispered sayagely; Tell all the ighborhooG-g give me way at the top of your voice.
 With that he turned his back upon and shambled down the road. trugging his shoulders and mutter- g to himself as though had refused m aims. X few moments I stood bounded, indignant. at d loss: then followed him. His feet trailed, his nees gave, his back was bowed, his lad kept holding; it was the gait of man eighty years of age. Presently waited for me midway between NO lamp posts. As I came up he was ghting rank tobacco in a cuttv pipe nth an evil smelling match. and the hmes showed nc the suspicion of q hlc
 You must forgive my heat. Bunny Ut it really was very foolish of you fre am l trying every dodge-beg- hg at the door one night, hiding in shrubs the ncNt-doing every nor thing but stand and stare at the puse as you went and did. It's {, ktume piece. and in you rush in yo" dlnary clothes. tell you they,r' the lookout for us night and da! the toughest nut l ever tackled" Well, sad 1. "if you had told n, before shouldn't have come. 10, me nothing."
 He looked hard at me from unde
 broken brim of battered billy You're right" he said at length ve been too close. It's become sec. nature With me when I've any ng on, but here's an end of it. Bs!n so far as you're concerned. I'm Nng home now. and want you to HOW me, but for heavens sake kecl' ar distance and don't speak to r!n aln until l speak to you. There Se me start" And he was off am, decrepit vagabond, with his ads in his pockets. his elbows aared and frayed coat tails swing raggedly from side to side.
 followed him to the Finchley road. ere he took an Atlas omnibus, and @t some rows behind him on the put not far enough to escape the NJ or his vile tobacco. That he could ny his character sketch to such n-he who would only smoke one ana of cigarettes! It was the last, NJ touch of the unsuitable artist. and enarmed away what modification re still remained in me. Once more elt the fascination of a comrade was forever dazzling one with a sa and unsuspected facet of his eacter.
 we neared Piccadilly I wondered ht he would do. Surely he was not hg into the Albany like that? No, took another omnibus to Sloane eet, sitting behind him, as before Sloane street we changed again, ' were presently in the long lean cry of the Kings road. I was now agog to know our destination. nor
 kept many more minutes in pot Rallies got down. l followed. crossed the road and disappeared a dark turning. pressed after and was in time to see his coat as he plunged into still darker sged alley to the right. He was olng himself up and stepping out young man once more; also. in E subtle way. he already looked
 disreputable. But alone was
 to see him-the alley was absc- Y deserted and desperately dark. ue farther end he opened a door
 latehkey. and it was darker
 within.
 onctively drew back and heard
 cnuekle. We could no longer see
 other.
 light. Bunny! There's no hanky