The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13

Cartwright who ran a gambling house
in som. Western city some time in the
los and came To b. known locally a-
one Of the square-t men who eyer dealt
cerd~. IL seems he mus. have been a
pretty decent sort OF fellow ou'-Ii" oi
his business. and ~ course That Wa moth.
ing against him an he judgment Of the
man who told the story
IL seems Cartwright came oGt Of hi-
place one morning little before stu.
rise after a prosperous night feeling n
happy a. might he "Nr-C'ed and found
man no' twenty f,ri away from the
door standing with his head bowed down
as ~ ~ deep thoUgbt
II seemed 80 ,urio'is 20 -" any one
N that at'i'rId" ~ that hour thai Cart
wright looked closely ar him and inIme-
diately recognized him "a. local mer-
chant named Hayes. who had been play
ing heavily with uneven luck for con
siderable time. hur WHO'S. losses had FAR
exceeted his winnings. 80 thRt Cart
wright had been considerably enriched
just ~ he saw who II was HAYES drew
a revolver from his pocket aud raised il
toward hts own head. and Cart wright
seeing hiS purpose. -prang forward and
seized IN. wsanon from him.
You'd ou9htsr 90 some placs else ~
YOU want to blow yo,r head OF. he ex-
claimed half humoru,isly and wholly in
earnest. Dom Won know you'll gei me
in trouble II YOU go killing Yourself IN
front Of INV place? I'm make n scandal
thar might ruin nv b'r mess
| care about that Your b'i-ine-s has
wha, il it 20 Won IL I shoot myself
We'll. It's no'hin' particular, said
Cartwright. only I don't wont 10 TO
blamed for IL. You say nv business
Won had ruined me- You cam" here
after my money. didn = you' J wouidn Z
have souealed IL you'd won II Hut I'm
Just blame fool enough not to like it when
see another fool pull gun on himself.
Whv don't yo'I buck mp
IL WINS hard 20 get n man IL desperate
"a Hayes. actually was into an argument.
b,It cartwright persisted iInf IL he got the
merchant to admit thar hc waS nj he end
of his resources and had played that '.igh'
needed for an irninedia'" payment "
he failed 10 meet that h." was hopel"sslv
Lar krupt bur With that amount IN hand
no. could hope to pull through. And th"
gambler act plly advanced him h" money
on he sol" security 81 his note of hand.
When h. WAS asked how h" came 20
do such a remarkable thing be sa'h. /
don't know MI can .ay - that liked
the man and | felt sorry for him. Of
Corirsc ! didn'r ca-" anything about hav-
ing won his non"y sh"U h" was piaving
for mine b'.' I ctiiIir ' stand y. EolrP-
how. TO .cr hirI k,il himself when could
stop n as ga :" as that. And TN" money
vasn'' much 10 me at thai time
IN" imm"1liat. result s"-'med ~ he
nIl that could b.. desirr"' Tn" help
that Hayes got So unsX! "cte'llv proved
- IL. eli that he needed and instead u
going into bankruptcy. a. h" had folly
.'EIpc,a,i 10 a." H. a. ir.nllv pulled him
self tog-t her and got his hlI.ine~s I'm shape
So ~ - h.. apparently on tn" road toward
a substantial sIcr"Ss.
Nor" tnan that. h" repaid Cartw wright
n cnrsid"rabir portion ~ III" aSiy ancr
and th, ixo MON became fri"nsis or
AZ least hey se.-rncd Ia de- 40. and Cart
wright or his part erisr' aimed no doubt
that tho friendship was icnl Only HAYES
for "a long tirre played NJ NOR" i'm Cart
wright n place. nor. aO far a. was known.
ciisi h.. Rambi- anyw here else He seemed
to have profited by his experience and.
settling down to busines- was in a fair
wav % r~habilitate himself
1SeV erthels<s ~ time went on the
sense 81 his obligation must have rank ,-d
in his mind til n became lnsupportabIs
His frisndship for his berefnctor. though
10 laatsd over n wear. gradually coolcd,
aud though he cleared on Tho Ersarar
part ~ his debt by paying instalrnents
on It from time 70 time hero renamed