The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-21

out he iver gev' before I gifts t'roo with him,
so help me-"
And large, az overwrought he shame,
mortified shun, fear and rage, rolled on the
ground in an agony Of tears.
II.
I stepped out from h black dark, and
stud at the side Of the piazza, listenin'
to Mark Flamingo as he ~harangued the
crowd. 1t was a motley gatherin'. and
that's a good wud for thin, too, for tink
they had been gathered with malice pre-
pinse by him. There was the landlord OF
Cadiz Inn, whom he was addressin'. There
was hostlers and farmers and barroom
idlers. There was an editor and a chief
of police, the lean and fat OF the nearest
town. And in the background glowered
Miss Bruno, the goddess Of the hull mer-
cheen, as such she wore.
II F1amingo's face had been amy redder
It wud have been ~pupple-rile purple. And
| his wuds slapped and stung like invisible
darts. they KEN out with sech force.
Don't tell me- he stormed, she has
deserted me. the wife Of me buzzum, de-
serted me with me recr'ant frind, large
| Rin1nold, and be DOODLE cuesed to him
eloped In me motor car be the light OF the
moon-may 1t blow thin bot to the depths
Of the odder side Of IT,
1T has, says I solemn, steppln' fort
like a missinger OF woe, barrin' the habili-
minis.
And thin with hat glibness which kin
allus put trut' on the blink, I told how,
while takin' a respit from tile on the
mounting side, / had seen the car go up kerr
smash like Elijah in the fiery furnace.
-They hev' borne her carse TO the Brook
side House, where now it lies, " l concluded
q auiok sicond to IL.
And the wretch, the bstrayer, the vile
low Thnrio2' he CAPPED.
they haven't collected him yit," ] an
swered tussly. There wasn't n rake
handy
Thin follered the sicond scene in the
drammer-a scene, i believe. long ana
carefully rehearsed-ominols wud-be
Flamingo in the dull and dark recesses
Of his mind. He begged wan and all 10
forgit what he had said-to hold his sorrow
sacrid, to leave him alone with his grief.
Death, he said. had blotted ont all bitter
ness; he remimbered the dear departed
unly as she was whin, the whitest of lilies,
he plucked her from the parent stem. He
wud ask thin, thin, each n ivc~y, 20
repair to their RESPECTIVE homes. He wud
consign his honored acquaintance. Miss
Bruno, to the festerin' care of Mine Host,
az the conveniences demanded. He HIM
self wud see to 1t that the last sad rites
were perfummed at the Brookside House.
And so, presently. it KEN about that ]
found mesilf drivin' Mark Flamingo Ia
his d~istinashun in the pony cart, which
that marnin' had brought Mrs. Flamingo
and Miss Bruno to the Cadiz Inn.
A surly compan'un; he set silent, his
head sunk low In his coat collar. broodin'
az he had brooded all day. over the devus
WAYS of his selfish will. You might have a
few narvous puttybashuns. old chap. for all
your a plum I fought to mesilf, IF you
unly knew what was comm toward you"
For by this time I was fImmly convinced
that all which large had foreseen in the
clarity of his high excitement wud surely
come to pass. I had explained to him,
IA soon as he rekivered sufficient from his
feline At 20 think and to speak. that Brook
side House was the unly odder hotel within
MANY miles. Az il was obvus that Mrs,
Flamingo, and her newly found. mystcrus
y, protector, wud not return 90 Cadiz Inn
il was ekally aperient that they must &c
10 the BrOokSida.
I had also described 10 him tho sito"ashur
~ the old brick church, n f"w rods from
Broossidn House; and We had decided
that he shud watch there until Mark flam'
inpo, ~inviguled by me-. appeared.
ALlcak aud lonely spot To wait for manaN
years tho ancient ediflce had unly bcc'
church in name it's conRregashun scattered
the vice Of it's pastor stilled, its pows anc
lofts given over h rats and bats-and moi
of tho human sort ecdor. ~ sometimes