The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25

I'd \S1f71t 3 ~ VI @ ley Manor; and we colld did
ii IN Az ygc choose. rest our eyes from
" 8$a A. W.. Se.H6gll It's binding splendor by e.
* ~nT1l s-aeS,1as> search through the dusk ana
#IllANI EIa1sS s@ tho roonllt night outside tho
Il M3# ia window2panes, until tho yas
- dark bulk Of the lake shaped
Y. M ,roan 81 its SURF the beach
tS Somehow our talk, which III had d starteo Nsht'y
enough amid dead and gone irgnian revels ssnk
into sombro mood ana presently we were isoussins
not an sional misstep tho bounds OF
ancc but the black problem Of itse
Tho Judge had d high opinion OF the koeley cure
but the doctor believed In gislation. backed by
good STIFF sentence prison Roger had listened say
lng nothing, but putting at that Pipe
ST his that he smokes whenever no IS under the pro
lection OF own household gods At last ne
the pipe and poised In the Of one
about to speak We all listened, Tor Roger does MT
often out OF court and when ne does ne Is
likely have something to say Best i
best fellow In the world.
81 II have nothing to say against tho Ks cey$ GU
said Roger In his soft aouo.
lt helps some men tightly, and that not saying
that the doctor hcre cannot give Just as good
aermo as they give there Is the contaEion
of sympathy tho influence of faith to be taken8
into account you know. There Is in what
Benz (wavng the pipo ct the doctor) has TO- soy
about fear deterrent and dare say many lelioWs
have been reformed through holr affections which s
Tho pleasing theory Of the ladies'. Ny own
Is that each has possibl cure could only
find It, know man who was scared INTO aha
reformed mel from fear nor "a
S3vor but principally, think, because he saw the
pdionsness Vice in ano thor mans actions
That was a queer case" Sa s
g''You mean Jimmy q said tho Judge. "see here
Roger Isn't here and w are all n the farn-
q llystell US about Jimmy
Z atty wouldn't mind I know. Tell them Roger,
said his sister. So In the end, Roger did toll US.
Ie rubbed the shining top Of his head, from which
his brown curls his kind keen eyes con-
tracted absently; he sighed and began
Agocs back period that makes fool my age for
x was old enough to DO In Harvard Law School and
Jimmy was in knickcrbockers, found him in high
circus In Chicago oxulting In the dangers Of
Tho trnpeze. He had made friends with a neWsboy--
that tender age Jmny's pcrous soctabllty
vas In full bloc m-and they were exchanging emo-
tons. MY! squeals Jimmy amt she o daring LADY,
Would your mamma dare DO that Mlno wouldn'tv 5$
5'yto is sto,r mamma 2? said 1--we bnng already on
crn,s 81 ca,araderie thanks the balmy Influences
cfs peanuts and pink lemonade Jimmy answered
8rankly:'oh my mamma Is MRS. James Cunningham
s.ud amt got any papa and we don't live in Chicago
hut were visiting my Aunt Sue. and Ralph Wouldn't
take mo L. the circus, SO away ! surmlsed that
his mother dragging the clsterns and harass
Ing the police about him by this time and I wheedled
him into giving tho street number and the upshot
Incident returned him to his mother that
afternoon That Is how became acquainted with tho
Cunning CHAINS. II have felt sneaking obligation to-
y Jimmy SINCE. There wero only Patty and Jimmy
In tho family. married Patty Mr. Cunningham LETT
his fortune Internationally to his wife. There wac
half million dollars--enough to spoil q boy not
enough to I'LL him with the sense Of obligation that
sometimes great fortune vii. hrlng,tslt did spoil
Jimmy. Io at my wedd lg, tho sweetest little
golden angel in blue velvet you ever saw And
after the wedding breakfast While Fatty was trying
her mother no tied m old shoe full of rico
tho bridal carriage and then e1nscatod bottle Of
champagne to cheer some choice friend Of his waiting
In tho stable and contrvod during the reve to tumble
out OF the sccondstory window and break his collar
bone, which his mother thought was punishment
enough F3
Il didn't, but too new to the family circle TO
be loud in my opinions. didn't hear very much moro
OF Jimmy that year until no got into moss at school
and, tho mastor being friend of mine, had TO Dog
the young rascal out of his Just deserts Naturally
that it fell to to pull Master Jim out Of hot
water regular Job, must say It was q pretty
steady job too. lie was expelled from two schools
where he had been popular that no returned home
with miscellany Of tokens regret In the shane OF broken
pocket knives. old crayats revolver without any car
rdges and three trained mice. 1t was MTs. CUNNING
hams notion to have q tutor for him. Digby was an
Innocent young fellow In training for a clergyman He
innocent that Jim worked his Off on him
malaria, Like every else, he fond of Jlmmy
and Jimmy liked him much that he borrowed money
to buy Digby gold watch when they parted lie taught
poor Digby draw poker and when the malaria wasn't
too bad Digby taught him tho classics Really. Digby
aid push him through tho college examinations 10 be
nre, he heavily conditioned and dropped tho next
year, but you couldn't blame his tutor for that 8S
"Thep Ralph took Jimmy into the business just MS
beginning to fear Mrs. Cunningham would regard
the law as the best reform for wild young man. and
saddle Jim on me.
Poor Ralph kent Jim year, Then he came to me
very solen:nly and mo about the Kelley cure and
b was sure It would mako man of Jim. 551 aI
WELL should not like to offer Jn,s case III dlspar-
Agenlen Of the Dwight work He offered bet It wouldn't
hmi md only went as he expressed It, TO obliga
che ladies'
,ehe worst thing about Jim that he liked his evil
ways He the most pnabashed sinner you ever saw.
fIe went through certain form penitence when
sss getting over at Of latexcatioNi hut he announced