The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
Little Ldthery
Propes an
Unexpected Hero.

either. | couldn't say anything that was
good, and old Bullion covered the had and
more In a few DAYS tbs. banker had
made tn. Tawdr~y HOUSE ~ hot for him
that b" moved out. bag and t'aggaee:
going. Hou may be- sure, n, his stated
morning hour.
He had rooms an the parallel street &.
! learned m that curiosity which II the
itch Of Idleness. This enabled him prac-
fically To take the same course mornings
and evenings To and from the office which
n" had rented in a ram-hackie building
Just below tho one in which the Bureau
NJ fncumbranC.- was located. followed
hum too one day. finding u fascination
m noting how habit forced him To go the
sarn" race. rate and way despite his
NOR tliiCation and grief. even watched
after h" reached his de~' nation and saw
him TAX. hI- seat AT desk ny the window
- similarly he had sat and write and
keep writing. A. similarly he had written
r"mepnher that wondered whet her there
could b@ any special Significance in the
writing Vt this man. who could do anyt hing
with pen except keep II straight.
\ week OF so after that old Bullion
cam" tn me, pale instead of purple. with
tears instead ~ fire in his tiny eyes.
-Snir.n. my old friend he said
hrokenIy. must tell some one. | must
tell YOU. She IL gone. my girl. Enid
mo- on. knows where That villain has
abducted her. Look M this and this and
thus. don't blame the school people.
would swear that I had written them.
II didn't know that hadn't
lie showed me several letters in a close
and clsre- imitation IT his hand. They
warned tn. school principal that Mrs
Bullion WAS very i'll: that II might he neces-
sarv to send for Enid NJ any time ny day
or night. They directed that the girl
h" gradually prepared in her mind and
for the trip. They made IL inevitable
hat she should unhssitaiingly leave. IA
sh" had. in the closed carriage that came
for her
Then | did speak. telling what | had
heard OF Little Lathers's skill with the
they were empty and deserted. We hur-
riei down 10 his office; IT was now offered
TO lot
A. FIRST | was positive. hur presently
doubted. and presently admitted &" my
self that had been deceived 10y tina;
arch deceiver, circumstance. II was
my friend the chief 81 the Bureau 81 En-
rumhrancss. who now put me ri sht ~ he
had set me wrong
-By the way. Sniffen he called after
ms. one day when We passed on the street .
on. moment, please I hope YOU didn't
say anything about that vague suspicion
II MIN" against jim I.ather-s-
1 diin't say much hesitated.
The devil. might have known IL
Tn" fact - II was all a mistake. I.athers
~aSn't tho man. II. simply accepted
bam" and faa- disgrace. FOR tbs. sake
nf "A friend
Il DIDN'T know he eve had a friend. he
was .u"h solitary chap
He didn't have ON. either. in tho or
din,rv acc-ptInn nf tn. term. Civ" and
take. You for me and I for you. and
all that Rut in his shy. silent way he
dreamed out an eternal friendship for
a swell sort II M good whom ". had
rtrriei on the rolls for years through
~. influence" and another though h. was
running over /" England. a. ~ called IL.
every h,tl. vhil" and wasn't any earthly
use whom ne occasionally ran hack. II
LIth-rs didn'i keep his clever pen straight
IL was because he crooked IL in -trG ght.n-
ing out his friends crooked work.
Otherwise. u was a. straight as he was.
the poor foolish little chap.
But how did you know | gasped.
simply because this Rernsen Lionel
P.rnsan after Iathers was gone couldn't
keep on and couldn't stop. caught him
dead to rights OF course. he put on
front and tried to blame tn" on. who mao
protected hirn. hut after he had lied all
around the compass he finally broke
down and told the truth. Said Ia. would
max. restitution. II | would only let ham
60 and say nothing about ~: that he was
abont tn he married 10 millionaire's
dnucht.K. and oh. Lord. | can't go over
all the rot h" did get un
OF course. you didn't do II
of course. just did. Sn!r-n We
didn I want any scandal al this time
But that WASH = fair Ia Little I.a,h.rs
How CD,l,i he. fair TO on. who wouldn't
IL. fair To HIMSELF Why. IL was Iathsrs
who came forward with MS certified
check for the whole amount on tn. con
ditiou that I " onld keep silent and Rerasan
would keep straight Looked se,.iy too.
a. # h.. u.,.,is-i n himself swear came
n"lr c.ying
-wh"n I'D this hGppan'- asked
About month ago.
is Rrm-.-n good look ing aftrr the !
English style. With a close beard. III loud !
You Y. hit him Of. Snfr.n DO you
know wher. he I-' Id make him tell me
c4lss shall have his old job again.
NO. | don't know where ken-"n il.
I answered sadly a. ! turned away
But | knew where he had been: Yes. !
was sure Of that II was h. and no one
else I had seen a little over a month |
ago in clos. talk with Enid Bullion |
al the side entranc. to the Tawdr.y
Hou-. As | recalled II now. he had ,
looked worried: they both had looked .
worried Perhaps they had planned 10
q h..r II