Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-24

Presently He Heard q Distant Sound
la Splash.
sudden turn in the road brought them
to the edge Of an extensive clearing.
Close to the road there were several
buildings, but not a tree had been
spared to shelter them and they stood
forth starkiy. the completing touch to
a civilization that was still In Its
youth. unkempt, rather savage. and
ruthIessly utiiitarian. A sign an
nouncsd the dingy structure OF logs
nearest the roadside a tavern.
From the door OF the tavern the
figure OF q man emerged. He was
biack-haired and ~buiLnscked. and
there was about him a certain shay
giness which q recent toilet performed
at the horse trough had not served to
mitigate.
"Howdy2" he drawled.
"Howdy?" responded Mr. Yancy.
"Shail you stop hereY" asked Muir
rell. sinking hts voice. Yaney nodded.
"Csn you put us up?" inquired Muir
fSi, tuEutnE III lAG lxF6Ezl-AScRSIs
Il reckon that's what I'm here for"
said Slosson. MurreIl glanced about
the empty yard. Slack" observed
Slosson languidly. YES, sir, Stacks
the only name for It," 1t was under
stood he referred to the state of trade.
He looked from one to the other of
the two men. AS his ayes rested on
MurrelI. that gentleman raised the
first three fingers of his right hand.
The gesture was aver SO little, yet 1t
seemed to have a tonic effect on Mr..
Slosson. What might have developed
suppressed 1t, twisted his bearded
lips as he made an answering move
Ynent. "Eph, come here. you'll" Sios-
son raised his voice. This call
brought a haif-grown black boy from
about a corner OF the tavern, to whom
Murrell reiinquished his horse.
Let's liquor" said the captain over
his shoulder, moving on In the direo-
tion of the bar.
"Ccm- On, Nsvv-!" said yenc- fol
lowing, and they all entered the tay-
ern.
"We1l. here's TO the best OF good
iuck!" said Murrell, as he raised his
glass to his lips.
Same here" responded Yancy.
Murrell pulled out q ron OF bills, n
of which he tossed ON the bar. Then
after O moments hesitation he de-
tached q second bin from the roll and
turned to Hannibal.
Here, youngster--a present for
you." he said good-naturedly. Hanni-
bal, embarrassed by the unexpected
gift, edged to his Uncle Bob's side.
Thank you, sir" said the boy.
Lets have another drink" sug-
gested Murrell.
Presently Hannibal stole out into
the yard. He still held the bill in his
hand, for he did not quite know how
to dispose OF his great wealth. After
debating this matter for a moment he
knotted 1t carefully In hi corner of
his handkerchief.
In the tavern the three men were
drinking-Murrell with the idea that
the more Yancy came under the In
fuence OF Slosson's corn whisky the
easier his speculation would be man
aged. Mr. Yancy on his part believed
that II MurrelI went to bed reason.
ably drunk he would sleep late and
give him the opportunity he coveted,
TO quit the tavern unobserved at
break of day.
When yo' get to feslin' like sleep.
young boss, Mas'r Slosson ms says
show yo' to yo' chamber" Ie was
siosson's boy Eph.
"Yss. you q show me my cham
ber," Hannibal said.
Eph secured q tin candie-stfck with
a h%alf-hurnt candle In it and led the
way into thespassage back of the bar.
They mounted a flight OF stairs and
passed down a narrow hall. This
brought them to the back OF the
building, and EDh pushed open the
door on his right.
This heah's yo' chamber" he
said, and ~r-ecedlng his companion In
to the room. placed the candle on a
chair.
The o was rising and hannibal
went 10 the open window and glanced
out. For a moment ne considered the
night, not unaffected by It's beauty,
then. turning from the window. he
moved his bundle and rifle ~ the
foot OF the bed, where they would be
out Of his way, kicked OF bis trousers,
blew out the candle and lay down.
Yaney had become more and more
convinced as the evening passed that
Murren vas bent on getting him
drunk. and suspicion mounted darkiy
TO big braia.
Have a drink with met" cried Sios-
son. giving way 10 drunken laughter.
THE captains dropped out, and 1
low it's about time 10 these here
festivities 70 come to an end. I'm
thinking some OF going to he'd my
geIf,~ said Yancy. He kept his eyes
liked on MurrelI. He realized that IL
The latter could prevent 1t he vas
not 60 leave the bar. He never shift