The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-01

Fuzzy Entered the Mlllonalre's Gate
and zlezaseed Toward the Softly
Glowing Evidence Of the Mansion.

less and the deficiencies Of the day
might not be supplied by the morrow.
"a cool hundred" said Fuzzy
thoughtfully and mushily.
Boys" said he, you are true
friends. I'll go up and claim the re.
ward. The show business is not what
It used to be-"
Night was falling more surely. The
three tagged at his sides to the foot
of the rise on which stood the Mil.
lionaire's house. There Fuzzy turned
upon them acrimohiously.
"You are pack Of putty-faced
beagle-hounds," he reared. GO away"
They went away--a little way.
In Pigeon McCarthys pocket was
n section of two-inch gas-pipe eight
inches long. In one end of it and in
the middle Of it was a lead plug. One.
half Of it was packed tight with solder
Black Riley carried a slung-shot, being
a conventional thug. "One-ear" Mike
relied upon pair of brass knucks--
on heirloom in the family.
why fetch and carry" said Black
Riley, when some one will do 1t for
70? Let him bring it out to us. Hey
what"
I'VE can chuck him in the river"
said Pigeon" Mccarthy, with o
stone tied to his feet"
"Youse guys make me tired" said
"one-ear" Mike sadly. "Aint prog,
ress ever appealed to none of yea?
Sprinkle a little gasoline on i'm, and
drop i'm on the Drive-well?"
Fuzzy entered the Millionaire's
gate and zigzagged toward the softly
glowing entrance Of the mansion. The
three goblins came up to the gate and
lingerel-one on each side OF 1t, one
beyond the roadway. They fingered
their cold metal ard leather, conf
dent
Fuzzy rang the door.bell. smiling
foolshly and dreamily. An atavistlc
instinct prompted him to reach for the
button of his right glove. But he
wore no gloves; so his left hand drop
ped, embarrassed.
The particular mental whose duty
II was to open doors to silks and laces
SHE'D at first sight Of Fuzzy. But q
second glance took in his passport
his card of admission, his surety Of
welccNe-the lost rag-doll of the
daughter CT the house dangling under
his arm.
Tu2Zy was admitted into a great
hall, dim with the glow from ungeer
lights. The hireling went away ant
returnal with a maid and the Child
The doll was restored to the mourn
ing one. She clasped her lost darling
10 her breast; and then, with the in
ordinate selhshness and candor oi
childhood, stamped her foot anC
Tlincd hatred and fear Of the odioui
being who had rescued her from The
depths Of sorrow and despair. Fuzz!
wrigSled himself into an ingratiator!
attitude and essayed the idiotic smile
and blattering small talk that is sup
posed to charm the budding intellec
of the young. The Child bawled, an,
wns dragged away, hugglng her Bets
close.
There came the Secretary, pale
poised, polished, gliding in pumps
and worshippng pomp and ceremony
He counted out into Fuzzy's hand te
ten'dollar bills; then dropped his ey
upon the door, transferred 1t to James
its custodian, Indicated the obnoxiou
Garner of the reward with the othel
and allowed his pumps to watt hiI
away to secretarial regions.
When the money touched Fuzzy
dingy palm his first instinct was
take to his heels; but secon
thought restrained him from thi
blunder of etiquette 1t was his;
had been given him lt-and, ol
what m elysium it opened to the ga2
Of hi" minds eyel lie had tumbled
the foot of the ladder he was hui
cry, homeless, friendless, ragged, col
drifting; and he held 10 his hand II
key to a paradise Of the n1u--honf