The evening world., 1912-05-02

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mostly sanaed) was 0vsriouksA NJ
managsr. - Ne heard ne suinsas 1nGos
N osorUs's pocket. NJ nnsd M
shamss not owe his ORIGINAL doubtA eut
releove - ~ Aak q p~erceptioa.
Dvsa yoetunA laughed, UAsuoA
RyaaoSs 81. kssnsst thsn. astsetsa -
vague nets q AystsNa. u ne neat Was
eou9h, ~ petaAess 0rsasy, ~ vsOs.
tables dAvoreeA ne vine AT nanO e
them Nopoafed 70 b 0Wure Of q. II
ASkermaAn eoaoA TALK he could also 81,
"a ~ CHATTER Of fasAs ana hnlves ~
Ne tAsms saAsr thaa IL v1saatea -
- U0oeeoy.
WAAsA. - IA AsatA. tAses - 10 return.
- We % lonely. - "a anA forlorn.
tAae there wss - @nGA bvothsP - lover
n - GVmpathy. How paesnt she had
49, 1uyonS ~ tAose eD~coucefvabls hard.
sAlooi Nv brave anA SteaAy: and new
- 3 0asuDssi ne anO1s Gfass Of wine
80 osU0onA ~ sseeP 6ask - her cheek
Al - Qase3e - ~ ~; ut he was
suo ~ oGhlna this aDoafent Nvelinsss
~ ~ Uenssi AssUsssdsa g The hssp-
q ~ ~ 0sssa AenAa abeu. Cd
NsguHR. H Veujl ws1s On aftsr ne
~ esaA Q osng ca>aa TAsn he would
0aak - abev her ~ answer. Of
wh1oA - ~ Aoe . pae1cis Of doubt.
~ uae1n1U nv 0ooe4 - could not va
her that - loved her; ~ gufxotic ssose
q oAAva1Sy ~ too strong TO permit this
gteA urge - he heart M1Oht upon II.
Ne m1GAA mlslntssprst hls love a. bor'
q pity. and Inst would b ne end VI
sveryt1nG
He was ssnAlsst nov that Ryasas
1891 H. TIT -
thusiasn. whsnsvsr Ryanns spoke 10
her In thsss days; The peculiar horisoa-
tality Of hsr Mps and brows. whenever
Nyanns offered b trinlng courtesy-an
pointed 70 Aistrust. 0sorgs fdt . guilty
gladnsss. After ali. why shouldn't she
distrust RyAnasf
All these ~eositations passed through
his mind. dtsjointsdiy. - the dinner
progrssssd toward IT. end. They bods
Acksrmann soodoy and s~cdspsed. - .
was to leave early tor beirut upon bis
way to Smyrna. Fortune went 70 bed:
Ryanns sousht The billiard o and
knocksu about the balls. while George
asked the manager " he could peuA .
cable frem the hotel. Certainly he
eouA. Il took some time TO compose
the cable to Mortimer. n II required
sons gold besides. Mortimer must
have . fair view Of the caes. Ard
George presented II, requesting reply
70 be sent to Cooks In Naples. where
How much will THIS bsr'
Tue porter got out his tSlsraph
took and studied the rates carefully.
Twelve pounds and SIX, SIR"
The porter greeted each sovereign
with q g~snuhection. the lowest being
the twelfth. George pockstsd the re-
cyipt and went IN search Of Ryanns.
But that gentleman was no longer N
the biiiard-room. Indeed. he had gone
quietly to the other hotel and written a
cable himself. the code of which was
not to be found in doubt. for he folded
and, rsfoided his message half . dozen
times befors his actions became decisive.
He rewrots his cable and PAID for the
ssnAing q Il. Then be poked about the
unfamiliar corridors till he found the
dingy bar. He sat down osfore . peg
OF whisky. which was followed BY
many morU. zach . bit sitter than Its
predecessor. ~ last. whom he had had
enough 70 put Q formal name head
upon the table o. to y HE face
with the mask Of inanity. Ryanns fell
into the ola habit Of talking aloud.
Horace. old top. what's the usef
Wed Just ike to b. good n We could;
shf But they won't let a.. Wed o
rovln8 mao IN . mOu39tofy. We were
honest at the time. but We couldn't
stand the monotony Of watching green
olives turn purple upon he sfivery
boush. Nay. nayP"
He pushed the glass away from him
and studied the alr-bubbsss a. they
formed. rose 10 the surface. and were
disHpated.
NO matter what tNn game has been.
somehow or o'N~ they've dashed us.
and we've les. out"
He smptied the glass ~ ordered
another. He and the bartender were
alone.
After an. pvs 10 hhs money. It's
better to live frusaly upon the Interest
than TO eQuander the capital and 70
bankrupt. And who cares. anyhow"
He drank oncs more. dropped q half
sovereign o h table. and pushed
back his chair. HIS eyes were bloodshot
now. and the brown Of his skin had be-
come Q slaty tint: but no walked steadily
enough into the reading room. where he
wrote "a short letter. II was noe with.
out Q perverted sense Of humor. for q
smile twisted his lips till he had sealed
the letter end addressed the envelope 10
George Psrcival Algernon Jones. Ne
stuffcd II into Q pocket and went out
whistling The Heavy Dragons" from
the opera "Patience."
He was now what he had been two
months ago-ths nan who didn't care.
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