The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-08
gave the body a parting glance and
came up the steps.

I NNAA'N W NAN ~ i'H'
Poor beggar, wonder who he is,
after all?" he said Anyhow. If
there is any secret to learn the
thing that was he has learned it,
He had the pluck, hadn't; but, after
all, it has given me an idea"
by the time he reached the top
step he was to all outward ap
pearances calm again For a moment
he hesitated and then walked up
New Bridge street.
A policeman passed him and gave
him a suspicious glance. but seeing
well-dresset gentlemanly-,ooking
man. said nothing
Goodnight, constable"
Goodnight, sir. out late"
Yes, rather" He was tempted to
tell the man what he had seen, but
did rot yield to it. 1t was far bet
ter to say nothing, SO they passed
on, he towards Ludgate Circus, the
policeman towards Blackfriars
Bridge
When he reached his solitary room
he sat down and began to think.
What he had done appeare3 to him
in the light of a grim joke, and
he wondered what the result of it
would be There was something in.
/ tensely interesting in the thought Of
what would be said when the body
was found OF the following morning.
/ He was in strange humor and
/ the events of the night had fallen
in with It, Ever since the day on
which he had left Taviton he had
| desired 10 hide himself from those
who had hitherto known him, ami
| the feeling had grown as the days
went by. Why should he who. ac
| cording to the worlds standards.
/ Rad disgraced himself at Taviton.
| appear before the empty-headed Cos.
| siping crew he had known? He hai
played h1S old acquaintances a
trick now. What would they say
when they heard the news?
lie thought of Olive Castlemaine.
What would she say? Had she for
gotten him? he wondered. No. no.
that could not be. The woman who
mad cared CROUCH about him to
promse to be his wife could not for.
get him 50 easily.
On, but this was a joke. Joke
he really enjoyed. Let all those who
knew him be fooled. He laughed at
the thought of it, and there was a
sort of bitter pleasure in his heart
as he went to bed.
The following day the OLD woman
who swept his room and did odd Jobs
Tor him came in the ordinary way
She had not the slightest idea who
he was. If someone told her that he
was Radford Leicester. it would
nave meant nothing to her. She knew
nothing. and cared just as little about
the doirgs of the worli. If she met
him in the street she would not
have recognized him; she was too
blind
Want me any more today" she
asked as she was leaving.
'1No-yes," said Leicester: you
might come about half-past six to.
night | may want you, and will
you bring me an evening newspa-
per-"
"All right. watch? There's so
many of EN-"
"Oh, it does not matter. Brine
half a dozen. You can get them OF
the man who stands at the corner
of the top of Chancery Lane"
"All right she said, taking the
s.Xpence he gave her.
Throughout the rest of the dav he
sat alone, still thinking and brood.
ing. When evening came he looked
lmpatiently at his watch. He was
anxious to see the evening news
papers.
The old woman did not come until
seven O'Clock.
Here are the papers" she said :;
anything you want me to do?"
Yes. go out and get a chop. and
then bring it back and grill IT,"
The woman took the money for
the chop, nodded, and went away
without word. Leicester opened
one of the newspapers eagerly
He had no need to search long for
what he wanted TO find. Almost the
first paragraph which caught his
eye was about himself He laughed
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