The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02
REPENTANCE OF
n GENTLEMAN GEORGE
} Falls Into q Quaeksand and
Negleets a Chance to Seeurs
$4,000.

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$4,000.
jhas3 90 r
H.. ss... 1.
fJsrge fetched out the bundle Of for.
gned letters and profted thin to me with
igashly smile.
Draw wan. Smithers. said he. "Gooc
lick ginerally dooes como be way Of
kck OF sinse."
EChoking the luddable impulse to retart
hat it was a lack OF dollars that wal
Fling me l drew fort a letter with q forrer
lostsge. addressed to Miss Juliet Throor
81 the CITY. II was signed Noah Hume.
iood,' and read as follows:
M " MADAM: As a change OF plar
konstrains me to sail by the Frantic i write
Igsin. to assure o that I will meet you
bout tho middle of the month at the Omega
Sfouse. -
Since ] havs already furnished suoh evil
kence Of my reliability and good faith
make sure that you will o DO willing
5o pay mo 9io. 900 in advance on my under
Eakine this all important matter.
That iii fated steamer Frantic Is at
The bottom OF the Atlantic unused
Asntleman George Ringgold. dropping
t1to Umsoonshus vuss.
yes; poor Mr.. H~unnesood has lost his
honey good added, trying to jine him
n his downward plunge.
fStl, the money is to be had; We might
u " In his place. ~continnered large.
kith . frown for this ~inoussun Of the
kmuses into q business meeting OF the
btods.
teYis, and to-day IL about as near
he middle As you kin git in q t'irty-
seanner.. ! said.
moe We oudn't be wuss OF be a change
q hot water. Accordingly the mkt
sarning bright seen US aboard the train
or the Omega House be tho booming and
doominG see, our wants timpered by the
sind we'd raised from a shorn lamb.
Miss Throop vas asking about you
9hia very morning." said the ine5able
clark. after large had registered hissilf
~ Noah Hunneweil and me ID Reginald
KrantE. his travelling company.
lAarning that the Teddy was In q rid
3opped pavilyun down On the sand We
ISercseded fnstanter, IL not sooner. to put
&ef fate and our'n to the touch.
TIA the pussonal ilimint that counts
With wimmeu.' reflected large, a-preenin'
Iof his mustschios. III wan is pleased
with the way she has impressed you. you
worry about the way you have
Impressed her. Let the ann be
Smithers. and the business ind Of
'lt win take care Of ITSELF
] This indeed was the p~erscripshun Upon
which Gentleman George founded his
lpractice, and I must say in the past it
had worked we'll. The young oma
now who rose to meet us, q book Of PONIES
in her tiny brown hand. showed no signs
'of being immune by bitter experience:
for she retained saft words and smiles
a. swift and nnimpaired as q new bean
bag at reciss time.
She was a lark little creature. intense
yit fragile. as II her thick black hair and
iner big black eyes were too big 2 tag on
her strengt' to maintain.
al was 80 worret,' she said after the
perliminaries had been signed
md sealed and tucked away. 1lest you
might change your plans at the last mo-
ment and sail by the Frantic. To think
that great ship being lost with all
Il am more thankful now than liver
that I didn't retained large. with q
Prueshun glanct.
Prisintly she grew more serus.
must tell YOU she win on In low
cred tones. that he is here at the Fishing
OF my tirrible dilemma. Oh.
do you think you will be able
sim sure i shall be-" persisted large.
cit might be well for my friend. Krantz.
who is as true as steal'-how true indeed
that wore--to get put up at the club.
..s ~ see. broke tSia in nth the b siri, f eyep1;stgr
will get a card for him. He can readily
meet Mr.. Franklin Web, gain his conf
dence, perhaps even-but. hush. Hero
comes Miss Pryden, my companyun. You
what l wrote Of my doubts
Of her? She certainly is silly about Web,
ana m nasa't not IN ha nsnns You S1 s ySii Mr. m'i Kpsnz
are cas,al ira vellers I met abroad"
Il II was a brisk old Teddy who KEN mino-
log in. her white side curis fairly vibrat-
ing with social j'y.
Quite an acquisishun for our little cir
cie,s she mummured with an approving
s1anct for Jarge's bow youse.
That settled it. Again was large con
in the soundness Of his system.
With a sly wave Of his hand to Miss 1hroop
which plainly meant that he was about
to man the pumps Tor her dear sake. he
med up to Miss Pryden as II she pos
aessed tho matrimonial endow ments Of be-
ing long on cash and short Of breath.
Prisintly we were strolIing back to the
hotel. the two in front almost humping
heads as they nodded assint to soulful
while we followed in silence,
Miss Throop ividintly disturbed, as IL
while her jidgmint said Wis her heart al
riddy was whispering neigh.
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!, ,gk. IL.
It didn't take me long that evening,
Ehin installed az an honored jest at the
Fishing Club. to perceive that the catch
was not limited to fnny dinizens Of
the deep sea. There were a lot OF light
and flush young fellows lolling about, and
long l was not the weakest part
to a stiff game in the smoking room.
! Web was there. easily fust; a pow erful
built man. with a set pasty face and big
mustache, l recognized his type
ana TUX his measure, too, whin he per-
the papes, for they were of that
cheap sort. almost universally discarded
how by the lash aleet, where certain
tracings On the back Indicate
the honor cards.
Howiver. they wint all right at fust for
WehAI believe finger nail scratches wud
With that kindergarten-but prisintly ]
,nrr olonrcila and not h,oy H. L.L ,