Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-02-01

1Ohn Breen came back % lie a9ain.
he cat up fssbly and Looked CAUTIOUSLY
shout MIN.
Hefslt no pain. but he va gvensly
puzzled. An expression q disgust
dawned upon his face when hig syes
caught sight Of the bread and cheese.
but being desperately hungry 10 cut
d piece Of the former and ate por'
tion. He WAS chilly. too and fef z
craving for hot food.
7 Then be beheld his wealth. ne be-
gan 70 tremble violently, end tears
rolled down bis cheeks.
Awe.stricken, be whispered % him
self: .And I might haye died 20
night / might have died and n9 one,
not even myself, have been tho hetter
for my having lived"
1 He took the notes, the bags Of gold
and the documents from the safe, LAID
them 10, 4 heap at bis feet and be-
nan to reckon his future. II was
easily done, for each bag was stamped
with /" 500" while each bundle Of se-
I curities had a slip Of paper attached,
bearing. It's approximate value. Pc
sides. he found no difaculty tn count
ing now.
/ The grand total came 70 few hun
dreds and odd Of over $4,000. III
Il must leave this accurBed house Ct
once he said, suddenly. II must lose
no time Of I may be too late."t
within an hour be left tho house
in o cab, with couple Of ancient
| portmanteaus. In his pocket he car
ried q letter addressed to his char
| woman, and containing instructions for
her hot 10 call until notified y 40
70, which be intended 70 post at the
nrst opportunity. The letter also con-
tanned ten e5 notes. X
Il was past midnight when ne
reached the large hotel in Northum;.
berland avenue-the name of which
! had somehow occurred to him a. he
stepped into the cab but be managed
somehow TO get . fairly good supper
| before retiring.
He spent the forenoon IN studying
the newspapers and in the afternoon
he paid d visit to the poorest guar
ters Of the east end. returning with
a white and troubled face to play with
his dinner and to spend the evening
locked in his room,
| A few days later people began 70
| call upon him prospercus-look
gentlemen and fine ladies-and earn
est conversations took place n the
elegant sitting-rooih he had engaged
| IN addition to his bedroom. Other
\ men and women, pinched and sad, be-
gan to watch for his coming 70 their
miserable dwellings
And nearly three months went past
4 One evening toward the end Of May
Mi. Breen gave a little dinner party
in his private sittingroom. Ten iar
dies and gentlemen, all keenly in-
I terested IN philanthropic work. were
present, and even those Of them who
were high in the land treated their
Rentle-faced, host with unfeigned re-
spect and seemed to regard him with
sincere affection as well as admiraI
tion. is-'s .trs-y'-'- n 4 'ls
Il must ask you to pardon my leay'
ing you for q moment my friends,
he said, suddenly. y ind have Ley
my notes on the scheme 10 my roOtn.
with word Of thanks for the per
mission readily granted and . pleasant
| smile to all Mr.. Breen loft the room.
aHe Is d wonderful man." remarked
! a countess "ts It really the case thai
. he has given $4,000 to the children'i
. hospital IN Whitechapel Z. ,.ss s.s !,
II5e handed The money to ID yea
, ,ardav y said an old man with kindly
/ twinlllnr ewes. "And II was only I
. trst installment he assured me, Bul
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