The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29

Ii was bound Sydney Meeks
Fze found the lawyer his on1ce In an arm
chair which whirled ike a top at the sasn.es'
motion OF It's occupant Around him were sfTewn 80
- - IN that could be bought On the desk
before him stood bottle Of clear yellow VINE n~'t
enpued- .
sydney locked up and smiled as Henry entereo-
-zs am IN a vortex Of crime and risrlie he saao'
- to,la have been out Of my wits II IT had not
h. for that wine There's another glass oyer tnele'
Henry Get and help yourself
Guess I wonr take any now, thank you saio
Henry. Just before supper
.Asaxbe vou are wfse,~ admitted tne lawyer ne
.,orcbsd before Henry In untdy and unmended but
clean Sunday sttire- Sydney Kesks was a" clean as
gentleman should be, but there was never creass
except OF his clothes and he was 10 outtoniess
thar woman feared TO look At him closely. It might
30 to your head" said Sydney. TT went to mine little
but that was unavoidable After one Of those papers
there my head mighty near being vacuum
what DO you read the papers tor7 asked Henry.
Because" said Sydney, II feel IT incumbent upon
ne 70 be well Informed concerning two things. al
though I verify believe 1t TO be true that have
precious little either and they cannot directly cc-
eern me. I want know about the stock market,
although don't own blessed share IN anything ex-
cept an old mine out west on map. and want to
know what evil termenting IN the hearts OF men,
though I pretty sure in spite OF the original sfn
mart OF Il precious little Is fernentnE In mine
About this afternoon came to the conclusion
that we hell sodonl, else the newspaper
men got saved from the general destruction along
with Lot got bottle of this blessed vine and
now sm fully convinced that am on planet which
is the work OF Lord Almighty and only created
for an end redemption and eternal bliss and that
Tia pewspapermen are enough sight better than Lot
ever thought Of being and spending Sunday as
they should peacefully IN the bosous of their own
tsrniies In fac Henry my mental and spirisusl out,
broken box you are carrying II 1t would go on any
rninuter"
Gee whiz." said Meeks 4 thought had finished
the Sunday papers. and here you are with another
Henry gave the crurnpIed box with mass
Of it he even tasted a bit IT'S all beyond me-" he
said finally. 10th admit that sensation has
and I'll see the matter with ii. II there's
thing don't think myself there's Dut II
his which is worth more than the chem
you win not say word" began Henry. but Mseks
interrupted him Don't you know me well enough by
timer" he demanded. and Henry admitted that be
do you suppose this blessed little town
tumult, and the devil TO pay@ said Meeks Tt is
time FOR me TO start some daisy wine too 1
damages and murder trials, and the Lord knows what
I'd rather make my daisy wine Leave this damned
sticky mess with me, and I'll to it What In the
creation any young woman N ner senses wants 20
spend time n making such stun for anyway beats
pose they can't help it, but ve ought to have it in
Meess laughed. ",oh. don't expect any man with 1.
try 10 lift yourself by your bootsraps; got
standing ground outside the situation haven't
Good night Henry. Don't fret yourself this. TIL
ycu know myself"
Henry. passing the Ayres house his way home,
fancied he heard again sob. time It so
stihed be It's mighty queer work
anyway e thought. thought also that though
should have liked he was glad that he and
Sylvia had owned daughter. He fond Of Rose.
but although she normal girl she often gave him
a OF mystery which irritated him. Had Henry
Whitman dreamed OF what really going In the
Ayres house he would have been devoutly thankful
that he had daughter. He had IN reality heard
which he had been Of It from
Lucy's Her mother there The two
had been closeed together since Rose had
Lucy had rushed stairs and pulled off her pretty
gown with a hYstericsI fury. She II at the
neck the hooks would unfasten easily be-
fore her mother. who moved slowly. entered
What you doing. Lucy7" Ayres asked in a
voice which at tender and stern.
Getting out OF this old dress" replied Lucy nerceIy
Stand around here by the light" said her mother