The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-27
"Yeu have won the capital prize"

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"Yeu have won the capital prize"
OF face and with shaking hand, ding
a handful Of similar coupons after the
broken cane. Without another word
or a glance behind him the Panama
MAN made of across the plaza, barely
| in time to escape the crowd that surg
ed around the two he had Quilted.
BoInbarded by fusillade of ques-
| lions in dozen tongues, jostled by
clamoring, curious throng, the lucky
owner of 1898 fought his way back
into the lottery building, and as ne
went the news spread like flaming oil.
There it was, plainly displayed,
"SS3S.' There could be no possible
| mistake, and it meant 1900 silver
pesos, a princely fortune indeed for the
collector of No. 2
Promptly at five minutes to o'clock
that afternoon Allan Allan, late of
Jamaica, strobe through the Panama
railroad station and Haunted a first
J class round trip ticket TO Colon before
the eyes of his enemy, the gateman.
He was smoking huge jamaican
cigar, and his pockets bulged with 9th
ers. When he came to board the train
he called loudly for a Rorter to bring
| him the step and once inside selected
a shady seat, with the languid air of a
bored globe trotter.
Only when Kirk appeared upon his
rounds did he forego his naughty COM
placency.c Then his wide lips, which
nature had shared to q perpetual grin,
curled back MS they were intended, his
smile lit. IN the ear, and he burst into
loud laughteF$
| Kirk found that the report of his
| good fortune had spread far and vide;
| he was halted score of times for con-
gratuIations; operators at the various
stations yelled Mt him and waved their
| hands: Runnels wired "Hurrah! at
! Gatun. & certain respect was in these
| greetings; too, for he had suddenly be
/ come a character.
AS vet. however. he, had not fully
| considered what this windfall meant
| TO him. His first thought had been
| that he could now discharge his debts
| 20 back to New York =. ear himself
! before the law Yc. tie more he
thought of it the less e,.r,s. he became
| 20 return. Seven ti:o,.s,. nd five hun
bred dollars in gold to Kirk Anthem
Of Pahalaa. collector. was a substr
| ;ial fortune To Kirk Anthem -
bany. distributor. it wax kim
Suppose he Went homo ara S,99slare'
his account with the police. what
would he do then: Nothing, as usual.
Here. he was p:oving that the An
| Ebony breed was Self supporting at
least. And there was another reason,
the weightiest of al. Long before he
had reached the end Of his run lie real
4 lied that net 100 times the Amount o!
| this capital prize would tempt him to
| leave Panama before he had seen Chi
quita.
Chiquita was beginning TO seem like
a dream. At times during the past
week he had begu2 30 wonder II she
were not really a product OF his own
imagination Ills Fancy had played
/ upon her 50 extrav;,gantly that he
| feared he would not know her If ever
they came face to face.
/ This was most unsatisfactory, and
| he reproached himself bitterly for the
1 involuntary faithlessness that could al
I low her image to grow dim. He was
I almost without hope Of seeing her
again. And then, with the inconse-
| uuence OF dreams and sprites, she ap-
peared to him.
1t was but a glimpse he had aud a
tantalizing flash of recognition from
her eyes. 1t happened in the dusk
during the confusion that accompanied
the arrival OF No. q ut Panama. II
lasted only moment, and he lost
sight Of her again III the crowd.
| But there was no doubt that she had
recognized him, and nothing now could
prevent him from continuing his
search. The trouble was that his pres
ent occupation allowed him no oppor-
tunity. He was tied to the railroad
except at night.
1t was perhaps two weeks later That
a serious shakeup in the office
force, of which no one seemed to know
the cause. There was mad scramble
for advancement all along the line. in
which Kirk took no part. But unex-
pectedly Runnels summoned him to
his Office.
How would you like an inside posi-
tion?n said the master of transporta-
-tion, cycling him keenly.
so soon:g
Il said Ill advance you II you made
good He paused an instant, then said
deliberately. when you get the hang
az things here yon'il have chance to
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