The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-10

the rise on which stood the million
aires house There Fuzzy turned uIlnn
them acrimoniously
lyon arc pnck of putty fuced bea
gle hounds he roared "Go away
They went awny.a little way.
In Pigeon McCarthy's pocket was
n section of one iuch gas pipe eight
inches long. In one end Of 1t and ia
the middle Of II was lead plug. One
half of It was packed tight with solder.
Black Riley carried u slungshot. being
conventional thug One Ear" Mike
relied upon pair OF brass knucklt.s.
an heirloom In the fnmily
why fetch and carry" said BLACK
Riley. when Some one will do 1t for
We? Let him bring II out ID IA. Hey
whatf"
We can etuck him in the river
said Pigeon" Mccarthy "witia stone
tied to his feet =
'Youse guys make me tired" said
"One Ear" Mike Amt progress ever
appealed to none of yez? Sprinkle II
little gasoline on i'm and drop i'm on
the drive weIlf"
Fuzzy entered the miIliouaire's gate
and zigzagpad toward the softly glow
ing entrance Of the mansion. The
three COLLINS came up to the gate and
fingered one on each side of 1t. one
beyond the roadway. They fingered
their cold metal and len ther. confident
Fuzzy rang the doorbell, smiling foot
ishly md dreamily. An atavistic In
stinct prompted him 10 .reach for the
button If his right glove. But he wore
no gloves. SO his left hand dropped
embarrassed
The particular mental whose duty 1t
wns to open doors to silks and laces
SHE'D nj first sight of Fuzzy. But
second glance took in his passport. his
card of admission. his surety Of wei
come. his lost rag doll of the daughter
Of the house dangling under his arm.
Fuzzy was admitted into Il great hall
dim with the glow from unseen lights.
The hireling went AWAY and returned
with maid and the child The doll
was restored TO the mourning one. She
clasped her lost darling to her breast
and then. with the fnordinate selfish
ness and candor of childhood stamped
her foot and whined hatred and fear
Of the odious being who had rescued
her from the depths of sorrow and de
spair Fuzzy wriggled himself into an
ingratiatory attitude and essayed the
idiotic smile and blattering small talk
that Ii supposed to charm the budding
intellect OF the young. The child
bawied and was dragged away, hug
ging her Betsy close.
There came the secretary, pale, pois-
ed. polished. gliding In pumps and
worshiping pomp and ceremony. He
counted out into Fuzzy's hand ten ten
dollar bills. then dropped his eve upon
the door. transferred 1t to James It's
custodian: indicated the obnoxious
Garner OF the reward with the other
and allowed bis pumps to watt him
away to secretarial regions.
james gathered Fuzzy with his own
commanding optic and swept him az
far as the front door.
When the money touched Fuzzy's
dingy palm bis first instinct was to
take to his heels. but second thought
restrained him from that hlunder of
etiquette. 1t was his; 1t had been
given him Tt-and. oh. what an ely.
Stun 1t opened to the gaze of bis
minds eye. lie had tumbled to the
foot of the ladder. he was hungry,
homeless. friendless. ragged, cold, drift
Ing. and be held in his hand the key to
4 paradise of the mud honey that he
crayed. The fairy doll had waved A
wand with her rag stuffed hand. aud
now wherever be might 20 the en-
chanted palaces with shining foot