The Washington herald., 1907-04-14

he said Hurry" And they did.
| \ jamming, jostling crowd was around
the pier when Ryders cab arrived. He
/ Jumped TO the ground and rushed forward
TO see if he could find the well-known
figure. The gang-pIank Was up, and the
huge bird-of-passage was slipping noise
| lessly out into midsream. The greac
/ smokestacks belched forth their black
/ vapOr, and white wisps of steam came
from the monarch's sides. The propeller
churned the muddy waters Of the bay into
/ IA froth of creamy foam.
Ryder stopped as he reached the middle
I Of the quay and looked out at the rapidly
disappearing boat Eagerly he scanned
the crowd of passengers clustered Ia the
| stern of the vessel And then he saw
ler. Seated gracefully upon a coil of
IoEe, she was posing for her picture.
/ Dressed in a tight-fttln- suit Of gray,
/ she was The picture of aristocratic lowell
nt s.. One hand was leaning lignt.y upon
a p1rasol, which matched her dress to
perfection. Her arm was distcnded "a Ia
/ Lady TeaZle.
UUt when ayder looked More clpsely,
he ceased to admire the animated por-
trait Of an English gentlewoman. Stoop-
ing over a camera. and sighting the lens
carefully with his eye, was sam Scarlet
/ He was dressed carefully for the voyage
and Ryder admitted that hc looked Well
even from that distance.
But the tableau was forever spoiled for
him. He turned hurriedly and walked
back TO his cab, while Ine grent throb-
bing vessel pushed heaGIong into tne
open sea. carrying its precious freight 10
La far-distant country. Beaten hy the
adversely of circumstance he murmur-
Cd. by the adversely Of fate
'fEe t.ah aTfbi.d iei--fr+.l.r Trrosffrft the
city streets with nothing like she speed
with witch j. had come. As il picked
its way carefully through the draws and
( trucks of commerce, Ryder lay back Ian
gUidly on tile cushions. as.G puffel cig-
arctic. Suddenly aa idel came to him
he shouted out TO the driver.
What's that yu want asked tie
Jehu looking through the tiny trap-doOr
80 tho rrof
Drive me down 90 Wall street" said
Ryder Il wish 10 see the stock OK
. change
And soon they were headed through
the melee of pushing, josflng carts and
. ! trolley cars. Steering "a course that only
e a New York cab-driver Is capable # do-
ing. Ryder soon found himself tacling
q down q narrow lane. filed u overil3wiu
o. with joStling, rushing hurrying Ameri-
b cans, all scrambling for the same object
the mighty dollar Il was Wall street
He scanned the faces of the passing
! thronS. All had the same set, hard look
( All had "a tense drawn expression around
? the mouth. All hurried onward, propelled
/ by an irresistible desire. pushed forward
E by the restless ambition OF the American
toward more complex, more intricate
S civilization
4 Suddenly Ryder started forward I'm his
[ seat ana threw open the closed doors that
hsmmed him In. In the crowd of busting
m0ney-makcrs, he had seen an old IA
e familiar face 1t was that Of Tom Trus-
o colt, placid, bland, imperturbable in the
q jam and hurry Of the street.
Z ''Trux. Trux. shouted Ryder. "Oh
S Trux. I want you.
Truseott turned very slowly and de-
liberataly toward the cab. and, wher
] he saw Ryder, his face lighted with q
% pleased smile.
{ why, Ryder, my boy. what in tho
3 world are you doing here? ] thought
o that you were miles away. What brought
, you to this unlovely place. after tht
tranquility of Warrington"
- Ryder pulled Truscot into the cab.
'frux, / wanted TO see this place" h,
y said Il wanted to put my foot insid,
OF the stock exchange. just once. JUS
( To see how it feels. That's the reason
+
[ looked guilty, but TTuscott did not no
1 tice it, II wanted to see the whole she.
bang in operation
And you shall" said Truscott. slap
T. ping him on the knee. Here's a ttcke
s 10 the gallery. Want 20 go up"
Yes. BY the way. how's STEELE"
4 Didn't I give you a little advice?"
Yes"
Did you follow it?"
No"
Truscott leaned over and whispered L
him Buy Steel" ne said
!. Here said Ryder. feeling in hi.
n pocket Here's all I won on the las
n race at Belmont Buy Steel
: Il VII" replied Truscott. Follow mt
r. again. sand you'll be prosperous.
4 W does IL matter. nOw?' answere,
Z Ryder dejeetedly. But Tom Truscot
! was nor noticing il. He was deep in
n haze Of thought, and one could easily
= guess what il was about. Suddenly n,
= pulled his watch from his waistcoa-
. pocket I've got to skip" he said
H Goodbye. old man"
And in moment more he had Jumped
n from the cab and vanished in the whir
, of the multitude leaving Ryder all agapt
= at the lightning disappearance.
Here's de stock exchange. mister.
. sang out the cab-driver, from the top o
I, his conveyance. Going to get out?r
'Confound it, nc" Ryder called out So
want to get out of this beastIy whrl al
soon as I can Drive me to the Des
y brosses street ferry, right away, quick
IN going back TO the simple life. There
q train at 4;3e"
b. And the cab spun around as only an ol,
y steeplechase horse who has been sol,
" down TO this degrading business ear
=. make il perform In a moment more the
were rafting away in the direction o
!, the ferry, and Ryder began to feel happ.
again. of what use was all this mael
. stTom Of life 10 him. anyway? He wa
; born to be the country gentleman. an,
y the sea of crowding human beings bore,
him 10 such an extent that he would hav
r no more OF it. lie did not feel really a
home until he was alightlng from tn,
d train at Warrington, and saw Jim Jump
n er's new three-year-old colt being trottet
e up the street for exercise
q He met Jim that afternoon on the road
y The hounds were with him. and "a mum
= Der of puppies We're cut with the oil,
t ones Come on out with US, called TN,
| NJ. r. II. We're going cub hunting am,
y are trying TO break in some of Vixen
youngsters. Aren't they beauties
d thoughe" and Jim smiled down upon hi
T little charges Ike a big, warm-hearte,
i mother looking after her family OF six
Think / Will, Jim" Ryder answered
: I'm bit out of sorts. and little rul
will warm me up. Hello. there" h
- calculated, as two ladies appeared on tn,