The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27

not be FAR on. HE iack Of money pre-
vented that. The force of h.abis pro
v-ut.d 10 sven moro. Had Enid Bullion
willingly run away with him. fei-. I
knew. smiling whimsically In tho mids'
81 my distres-. that he would he hack
To- live and NOV. and hav. his b~,ng m
accustomed scenes so far "a he Could
even before the Honeymoon had wan.d
Would not others feel and know this
the keen wittsd detectives who had been
taught by experience that a man 81 has
sort might change ms appearance. dress
occupation, thoughts even, hut could
not change his confirmed habits And
so looked and watched along the settled
route thai Little Lathers had made from
the Tawdrey House To- the Bureau Of
Encumhrances.
did this dill Gently d.spit. lack 81 the
slightest clue. starting out early IN the
morning as he had started. returning
late in the afternoon rs he had returned,
! did this even IA my dreams. going over
the familiar ground. seeing the strange
and familiar faces, hut never seeing tn"
face of Little Iathers
But INV dreams did more for me than
the hard reflection of my waking hours
had heen able TO do They formed
composite picture made up Of IN" streets
as they had appeared on all these morn
ings and afternoons of fruitl-ss search.
One morning I woke with start. In
my dreams | had followed this route from
beginning 10 end and all along 1t, walking
rapidly. IA Lii,l. Iathers had walked.
sIuar-iy turning and crossing a. he had
turned and crossed, had preceded n city
sweeper bent and bearded with broom
and shovel on his shoulder.
II was late when ! awoke; 81 late
that IA went in TO breakfeast | met old
Bullion coming out. II. gave me surly
shake Of his head. which seemed To say.
I'm show you thing or two hurried
through the meal. hurried downtown on
the car. At length. though IL was soon.
was passing down the side street to
the ramshackle buildings where Little
L,thers had worked in and ont Of Office,
Even from afar | saw the city sweeper
bu~ily bending at his task yet now and
again resting on his broom IA look up az
the windows where Little Iafhers had sa'
and written. BEFORE I reached the corner
knew. knew.
~ also II seemed did an ungainly old
man who came putting and snoring M
from IN" avenue. swinging "A heavy cane
He took the middle 10 the
street IN his hurry tn meet the sweeper,
looking neither tn IN. night nor left IL
was Peter Bullion.
| shouted. for I saw III tim" To- avoid
ih. automobil" that flashed rrCkl"ssly
around the corner But h. did not hear
h.,l ..A h.a.sI Al tIssf rms Zh
ing TO IN. sweeper h" approached
with upliftad can. Tn. car was upon
him. h. would have h-'.'n crushed had NOT
the man he was denounring sprung for
war;. and dashed him a-id" Al IN" sacrifice
nf himself A. I rotter',d up III" ear
had sped out of sight Old Bullion, still
sputtering. was pulling himself together
But the sweeper lay motlonle-- and
bleeding IN the mddl. Of tn" way The
heavy beard had h--n torn from his
Punched, whit" face II ~as L'tI"
Lat hers
TIL. scoundrrl,- roar.'d old Bullion
Hush. h" saved your life. explained
And | must -ay that h" too kn"l' beside
the stricken man
A vs.. were getting into tn" carriage
INTO which Little T.athar~ had been placed
a haTeheadad clerk touched Mr. Bullion
on tn. arm herr is cah"gram Just
arrived. sir h" said thought you
ought 20 hav" u AT once
~ We drove SLOWLY toNarI tTl"hp
lodgings back of the lawdrey Hous..
" hence I now remembered having seen
he -weeT-'r iSsue morning after
morning. tn" old banker read aloud tins
II was dated MIC" II ran
AZ follows Just arrived. so happy
Thanks to your forgiveness and gen
erD-ity Enid Rems''n
What docs II mean h. whispered.
Wait I whispered back. he may be ,
able to tell us
L,ss II tajh.rs DID tell Va. though far from
abb. 10 do more than breathe. When h" .
lay hvid and shadow on tn" bunk in HE
garr,.,, after the surgeons had done all
they could do IN case where nothing
could be done. | read tins cablegram To
him. | taxed him with having delivered
money and a blessing 10 tn. clipping
couple as from Mr. Bullion. on their de-
parturr
ANY man would have don. a. much or
more for his friend for the girl he loved.
he murmur-d
i wish you had married her. b'GOd
| do blubbersd old Bullion
DO YOU" returned LltIl" lath.r-, with
a grateful smile -lon don't know how
that pleases me Perhaps more than n ,
had don- 80. ! was wild about her. OF
ours, sh. was 80 lovely; but am so queer.
So -at in my ways PERHAPS II ~ouldn't
have done except in INV mind
Then he turned sluar"ly IN the bad set |
hi- face To- the wall and died