The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-01-23
Then We may be In TINA


tsa thought Why hasn't Mrs. Brad
dock written to me: She promised.
The five years have passed We were
70 see each other At the end OF i've"
Well. maybe you will. kid. l guess
AFs. Braddock knows her business.
Has 1t ever occurred to you that there
night be another Romeo lookin' at
Christine!"
For Gods sake. Dick, II you know
q anything like that. tell me-"
Gross my heart. Davy. l don't
Know. and that's straight"
she may have forgotten me. l
wonder II you can understand how 1t
y when you care as much as l do"
oh. I've had 4 case or two myself.
I'D. 1t amt nothin' new, this crimp
you've got" said Dick. Adam had II.
30 did Solomon. only he had 1t In 20
many places he got SO he didn't mind
IT. Kid. every mans a Mormon at
heart. And every woman, no matter
now ugly she is. thinks she's . siren.
IN, don't look 80 surprised got
some OF my views out of the diction-
ary. but most of 'em came from OBJ
servin people as they look to me from
my own level. It's human nature TO
be bad. or want to be bad. We'd all
be little bit bad from time to time
II We wasn't afraid Of being found out.
Course. it comes In different size
doses Some girls think it's terrible
bad Just to wink at q feller. but they
DO 1t because it's bad and not because
tt's sunctimonious. you bet Then there
are other girls who'd cut your throat
with razor while you're asleep.
You bet they wouldn't be doing that II
t was considered good. All men have
got deviltry in 'em, and oil women
mischief The women like the men
for the deviltry. and it's the mischief
In women that plays the devil with
the men"
What amazing philosophy" laugh
ed Dick.
The next morning Dick appeared at
breakfast with his host. He rescued
Zuley AIMS greatly prized silver
watch from the steaminE coffee urn
and picked Jeff's pocketbook from the
mouth OF a lamp chimney. afterward
restoring the thirty-eight cents 1t con-
tanned Strangely enough. he took
coins from the wool on Jen's head,
II ever negros wool undertook to
stand on end 1t was at that moment.
Zuley AIMS eyes were permanently
enlarged
At eight o'clock they we're OF for
Richmond and the New York express.
Long before the train reached the
station in New York David and Dick
parted company. The shrewd but
whimsical scamp presented at consid-
cradle length the problem Of virtue
and vice stalking arm in arm. ~ 1t
were, through the streets Of New
York He pictured with extreme unc-
ton the doleful undoing of virtue and
the practical escape of vice.
David went to one Of the big hotels
patronized by all well to do southern
err OF the day. The next morning saw
him on his way to the home Of Joey
Noakes. far downtown and to the west
Of Washington square. He knew the
house. He had been there before. A
narrow. quaint little place It was.
reminiscent In an exterior sort of way
of the motley gentleman who solemn
ly called 1t his castle.
Joey was expecting David, which
accounts for the genial shout Of vel
come from the top of the stairs.
Come in. my lad" called Joey.
bounding down the steps with all the
residence Of . youth of twenty. my
crimes, I'm 'appy to see you"
You knew I was coming?" asked
David.
Il found = note under the door this
morning. David. left there mysterious
like during the night. 1t was left by
the fairies, daresay. although the
'andwriting was scarcely wot you'd
call dainty" Joey pulled a knowing
wink.
Dick Cronk." announced David.
He came up with me. Braddock is
in the city, Joey"
Sit down by the winder. David.
So Wot . 'andsome chap you've got
to be! Ruby will be proper crazy
about you. I beg pardon. You men
toned Tom Braddock. Well, he was
setting right there where you are not
more than twenty-four hours ago"
You don't mean it,"
The old clown stared in a troubled
sort Of way at the leg Of David's chair.
Then he began to NIL his pipe.
Hes ere for no good purpose. I'm
afraid" said he at last. In = way
I'm kind o. sorry for Brad, David
He'd a been a different sort o man
il it hadn't been for Bob Grand. II
ever q chap 'ad an evil genius Brad
'ad one in that man. I suppose Dick
told you Brad's been up for two or
three years doing time. Not but wot
he deserved 1t. the way he treated
Mary. but it don't seem just right that
Bob Grand should be the one to send
i'm up. Mary 'ad nothing to do with
it, but you can't make Brad believe