The Huttig news., 1914-01-31

polnts al Which he had mace very great mistakes, save the important one of thinking that a quarter of q million is lot of money in New York.
 I've been nothing but a piker," he reflected. and I've acted like the trade-marked article I ought to get it in the neck and l am going to get it in the neck''
 This unpleasantly reminded him and he caressed the neck wherein he was to get it. Never, in the past. when he had used that slang expression had it really suggested his own neck to him or any other actual neck. Now it made his flesh creep and his blood run cold behind his collar.
 Well. here goes!" he whispered and took out pill, afteraa ards arrang ing the revolver, which was already loaded.
 He held the pill between the fingers 9f tremulous left hand; gripped in his faltering right he held the weapon
 Here goesis he said again-and Rankin rapned upon the door.
 Hastily he hid the dreadfn! ev lences of his dire intention.
 Come ini" he feebly called.
 Rankin brought him a pink envelope upon little silver tray. Rankin was most careful to bring everything upon tray. Broadway steadfastly main tained that if drowning man asked Rankin to bring help he would first go to get a tray to take it to him on.
 The pink envelope was marked with an elaborate monogram, of which the dominant letter was a e.. It was from her whom he had left so short time before. Mrs. Gerard, by means of it, implored him to become a mem bar of theater and supper party for that evening The note almost was affectionate
 The theater and supper parties were 10 both occur in Broadwayt An Broadwav, It would be hard to leave it by the chilly by-path, death. which leads out of the light into the shad- owsi
 It occurred to Broadway Jones that he might decently accept this fnyIta- ton. even if the crowd which she would have would probably be not quite to his liking. An, there were 1 crowds upon the thoroughfare he loved which were so fully to his lik- ing.
 And then another plan flashed into his mind. Why not give farewell supper? No one but himself would know it was a farewell supper-all the rest would think it just the best af- fair of many fine affairs which Broad way Jones had given. The restaurant which gave it would be paid undoubt- ediv ont of the residue of his estate, and if there wasn't any residue the restaurant could well afford to lose. IL had many thousands of his money.
 He would make this dinner-no; it would he better to make it a supper the finest little supper which had yet electrified Broadway. It should sparkle, it should fizz, it should re- sound with joyful chords and merry laughter; in short that supper should achieve the limit and surpass it. Then would he he more content to go.
 He locked the poison and the fire arm carefully in a desk drawer. He called Rankin, and, to that staid sers- ants great delight, made out the list of invitations to the widest supper he had ever planned; he telephoned te his good friend, the restaurateur. Re turning to the study he took the poi. son and the pistol from the drawer and put them in another. The second drawer had two locks, while the first drawer had but one. He refused again to think about them until after he had gi, en the extraordinary supper.