The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-01-04

~A> NJ SiAS A%eNA OdAdl, dliu dSh LUZ
Honest George himself, refraining
from mentioning my name. Dress
yourself in your oldest and shabbiest
clothing; you cannot overdo this
since the neighborhood is question
able and a well-dressed man would
immediately become an object of sus-
plcion. Do not wear the ring; keep it
ABOUT you, out of sight. Should this
fail to reach you in time, try tomor-
row night between eight and ten. You
would serve us both we'll by burning
this Immediately Pray believe me
yours to command in all respects"
There was no signature.
amber frowned and whistled over
this. Undoubtedly from Laber.
touche," he considered. But why
this flavor of intrigue? Does he
know anything more than l do? I
presume he must. It'd be a great
comfort II Hold on. News
OF the Fs.' That spells the Farrels.
now In blazes does he know anything
about the Farrells? told Ouain
nothing. Can it be a trap? Is
1t possible that the chap who took
that photograph recognized p"
The problem held him in perplexity
throughout the evening meal. He
turned 1t over this way and that with
out being able to arrive at any COM
PORTING solution. Impulse in the end
decided him-impulse and a glance at
mis- watch which told him that the
time grew short. "I'll CO." he de.
ciared, mo matter what It's nearly
nine, but the Lal bazar's not far"
In the face of Doggott's unbending
disapproval he left the hotel some 20
minutes later. having levied on Dog
gott's wardrobe for suitable clothing.
once away from the Great Eastern
he quietly insinuated himself into the
tide OF the city's night life that tire
lessly GIBBS and flows north of Dial.
nous1e square-the restless currents
of native lifts that move ceaselessly in
obedience to impulses so meaning less
and strange to the Occidental under.
standing. Before he realized it he had
left civilization behind him and was
breathing the atmosphere. heady and
weird, of the Thousand-and-O One
Nights. The Lal bazar seethed round
him noisily. with roaring not unlike
that OF a surf in the hearing of him
who had so long lived separate from
such scenes.
At corner where there was more
llght he came upon a policeman whose
tun1c, helmet, and truncheon were so
closely patterned after those of the
London Bobby that the simple sight
OF them was calculated to revive con-
fidence in the security of ones person.
He inspected Amber shrewdly while
the latter was asking his way to Hon.
est Georges, and in response jerked
white lOved thumb down the wide
thoroughfare.
You carn't miss it, sir-s'ylors'
boardin 'ouse, all lit up and likely a
row on at the bar. Mind your eye,
guv'nor: It ayn't a plyce you'd ought
to visit on your lone"
Thanks; I've business there. I
reckon to take care Of myself"
Nevertheless 1t was with mind
preycd upon by forebodings that Am.
Der stumbled down the cobbled way,
reeking with filth. toward the estab-
lishment of Honest George.
He stopped in front of a building
whose squat brick facade was let
tered with the reassuring sobriquet of |
Its proprietor. A bench, running the |
width of the structure, was thick with |
VNy,au yli inc lon fnr y1<>
spat and spoke a jargon of the seas,
the chief part of which was bias
phemy. Within, visible through win.
lows never closed, was a crowded bar.
room ablaze with flaring gas Jets, up
with voices thick with drink.
One needed, courage of no common
order to run the gauntlet of that
'owdy room and brave the more Sc
,ret dangers OF the Infamous den.
You've got to have your nerve with
'ou," Amber put 1t. But | suppose
is all In the game. Let's chance it,"
And he entered.
Compared with the atmosphere of
hat public room a blast from he'll
we're sweet and cooling, thought Am,
|
taggered him; and he found himself
asping, perspiration starting from
very pore. Faint with disgust he ell
owed his way through the mob to
he bar, thankful that those about
i'm, absorbed in the engrossing occu-
alton of getting drunk, paid him not
he least heed. Flattening himself
gainst the rail he cast about for the
roprietor. A blowsy, sweating bar
laid caught his eye and without a
ord slapped down upon the sloppy
ounter before him glass four fin. {
ers deep with unspeakable whisky. {
nd he realized that he would have to {
rink it; to refuse would be to at I
act attention, perhaps with unpleas-
mt consequences. It's more than
bargained for" he grumbled ma
ing a pretence of swallowing the ,
ose, and to his huge relief manag. /
lg to spill two-third of it down the r
ont of his coat. What he swallow +
bit like an acid Tears came to his r