Evening journal., 1912-04-03
eno YOU REMEMBER MEgy

IOcnL TOT the lnldnu waterway liNih
Boston TO Beaufort Inlet. does not
look like revengeful man, but he is.
And in getting revenge he has the pa
tience of a Sicilian. the devilish cum
ming of an Apache Indian and the
heartlessness Of a South Sea Islander.
He may wait for months before the sit
uation is ripe for him to carry out
his purpose but when it comes he
avails himself of il and what he does
is not forgotten.
Be it known at the outset that Cap
tain Reybold is bachelor. How a
man with such a fine figure, such
twinkling eyes and such wealth of
whiskers ever succeeded in passing
scatheless through a series of leap
years none of his friends can under
stand. Nor is he a woman hater Far
from it. The only trouble is that the
right woman never has asked him. 1t
also is no secret among his friends
that he is impressionable. Had it not
been for that fact the Wayfarer never
would have had an opportunity to
write this story. It's foundation
rests upon the captains impression
ableness.
Captain Reybold always has spent
much of his spare time in the Of
flee Of ]. Jackson Peirce. That was
particularly true when Peirce, who
now is a Public Utilities Commission
er, was quartered in Seventh street,
near Shipley. The captain talked one
day of pretty women he had met and
/ known but with decent regard for
I .
into the heads of Peirce and his GRO
nies to play joke on him. They OBJ
tanned fine photograph of beautiful
woman whom the captain never had
seen, and got another woman to write
on it this question: do you re.
member me?" 1t was mailed and in
due time reached the captain. When
he looked at II there was something
familiar about it, but for the life of him
he could not recall the woman's name.
That he had received such charming
token of remembrance from such a
woman was something he could not
keep to himself. That day he took il
to Peirce's office and showed it to the
assembled senate The gray headed
conspirators admired it and congratu-
lated him upon its possession. Then
they sat back to watch developments.
Every few minutes the captain would
pull out the picture, look at It with
longing eyes and say:
81 wonder who the devil she is? I'd
give anything to know"
Peirce and his cronies let him Won
der for several days. Then they broke
the news to him. There never was a
madder man on the West Side. Imme-
diately he began to plan TO get even.
He was iwise enough, however. not TO
be too percipitate Beneath Pierces Of
| flee there was a paint store. Through
a register IN the floor of the rear room
the fumes Of oils and varnishes made
their way, even when the register was
closed. The captain waited until he
was alone in that rear Office and open
ed the register wide. Subsequently
the senate assembled. The captain
complained of the oil and varnist
fumes.
"Peirce," he said. III were you L,
be afraid to stay in this room. There's
benzine, oil and everything else in tn,
= basement and with the fumes S,
strong in the air you're likely to hav'
= an explosion here any time"
Nonsense" Peirce replied. and hi
cronies also ridiculed the captains
suggestion.
"Well. if you can stand it, | can,
Reybold replied. and the subject wa
dropped.
That night the cronies met again
The captain was with them. In hi
pocket he had the biggest cannon
cracker he could find in the local mar
ket
MY, the fumes in here are some
thing dreadful" he said. Lets opoi
the doors and get them out. Pm afrai
the lighting of match will set then
, off"
, The cronies laughed. told him T.
keep the door shut and settled down &
, rubber of whist. They were en-
. crossed so in the game that the
b did not notice the captain place tn
= cannon cracker beneath the tabl
around which they were sitting an
touch his Nighted cigar to the tip G
the fuse. He arose, paused a mo
ment shifted the air once more an
I said:
l well. if you men are fools enoug
to remain in such a fume-flled plac
as this, I'm not. I'm going where
at least will have a fighting chance TO
, my life
Disregarding their jibes he went on
, closed the door and crossed the stree
to await developments. He did nc
; have to wait long. Soon there was
rip and a roar in Peirce's office an
the whist players made a wild das
to the sidewalk
What's the matter?" the captai
inquired blandly.
Explosion" one pale-faced error
, replied:
"Well. let's go back and see whs
! damage it has DONE" the captain sut
, gested
They went. When the victims sa
the fragments of the big cann'
: cracker strewn over the floor, th'
looked at each other, and there was
concerted movement toward Reyool
The captain went out once NOR
lt rather hurriedly, it is true, but his
ing as he went: