The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-16

something like ten dollars, 50 you
4 4 can imagine with what apr@tites
we had eaten
Thirty dollars commented Fara-
DAY counting over the money which l
had handed him THAT isn't much Is
it. nov? Not enough to pay railway
fare TO Mississippi"
Hardly
Besides. couldn't leave Zeb up
here-Zeb's my nigger. YOU know ana
the cook and crew Of my sloop- L
couldn't get along without him.
well thirty dollars isn't enough, SIR
and if would take me a solid month 10
cruise down the coast home mat ;
too Iong-Tm not q patient lover. not
much. What would you do IN my
placer"
I'd like you to advise, ne, sir"
I won't though I'd do soIlelL 81
that I'd not advise announcer man 10 ~
he smiled cOnprehensloIt-
Thirty dollars is no better than nOth-
ing TO a man IN my place he sald Sow
IL. III take a chance, Il you can olrect
Il L2novS On. I returned. come along
II Won wish 10 The earlier We 90, the
less crowded viii Il be
As we rose TO leave, Deal Io9ke "a q ~
and nodded to me he seemed 70 DS
about 10 speak. but passed on, glsllg
him no chance. for I heartily dlsilked
the fellow -
known reason, and looked back
Deal, 1 saw. had dropped ms news
paper and STOPPED over 70 Pick y -
He had dropped II on me Slus hocL 80
our table As my glance rested on am.
ne Strengthened up in MS chalr anu
looked after Us rather furtlvely
A moment later we were out OF the
place and in the night. ana the name
or thought Of Deal did not occur 70 ne
for many a day thereafter
Ny first idea had been 70 take ara
dav to a weII-known resort on Thirty
fourth street, ami thither we went o4l'
II you'll remember. the police were max
ing a great shCS against the gam oi i
that summer-thOughs OF course they
accomplished nothing more tnan 70
make the places run less brazeniy tnan
usual-and, seeing a plalnclolheS man
in front OF the Joint 1 concluded We
best try elsewhere
We tried one or two more Of the up
town houses but at neither could We
obtain admittaEce, and 50 nnaily = be
thought me Of a distinctly crooked
game down on DChrySIie SCreeu-a place
that is less known than any other n
town, and 10 which 1t IS harder TO gam
I explained this to Faraday. and that
7 couldn't guara1 tee the squareneSs OF
the house, nor LhaI he could get out
alive II ne wen more than the proprieto-
was willing 70 lose; but he seemed
rather difeTenS--abS0Tbed IN MS own
So We Ioafed about the streets until
lat which hour the house opened up
for the nights business
During that wait, Faraday inquired
nv name, and We grew rather wei &C
Q5Iainted I told him Of my troubles.
and he sympathtzed with me and Teeled
of his
He was queer sort. this Fareday.
Low voiced and soft Of special
though there was uauSHt about him
open faced as a dollar WaIch-and VI
terly Indifferent 10 everything IN his
manner
He shambled along the street regard
less Of the other pedestrians, making
way for no one except the women: and
that, I found, was characteristic OF
his fn the walk OF life.
Il developed that he owned little
vesseI-the Beau Gallant he was pleas
cd 10 call her-in which he was in the
habit Of embarking whenever the spirit
moved him. and sailing OF wheTeSOever
the winds might carry him
Sometimes he would simply sail I'D
ana down the Mississippi sound, but on
occasion he had gone down through the
gulf Of Venezuela and on this last trip
he had come up along the coast. taking
his time about It, 20 New York
His sole companion on these venture
sone voyages had been and was a
negro, the Zeb Of whom he had spoken.
There's nothing Ike the life for
fun" said he, with a wave Of a corn
cob pipe-in the face Of the theater
crowd on Broadway at that "Bevond
marrying and settling down with a
comfortable fortune. there's nothing I
would like better than to live on my
boat
on stormy days you can tie 1Ip
somewhere and loaf. In fine weather
lou can note carefully the way Of the
wind. hoist your mainsail and jib. AMI
sail before it. You'll most always land
up somewhere that's interesting And
besides. You never know where your
next meal s to come from, and that
adds interest, naturally"