The evening world., 1914-05-01

'OOooOOooooooooo oooooooo&
Then his tauntins voice arose. IL
exhausted the voca bulary OF a carr.
driving dialect. stu no answer: %
souhd-only that OF his own hoasee
breathing. Yet stay!-he did catch
barely perceptible swishins, aS->f
body dragging itself along the soor.
The fellow spoke now In faint voice
"a plea Of mercy7 The saddier vould
Show him that-oh. yes. N
Those tones again guided the other.
out this time the dog Of a Chrtstian
seemed like water flowing thrown
the hand. 1t was impossible to sSI3S
MIN Nor could Sadi's blade aasA
ma him. But he. stepping swSe>av
aside had evidently located the ~
dier. for the latter felt a rush q III.
Then suddenly music became di6oGSA.
II was as II the house haA fnin..
down. or the world had been -
sAunder. And In that general cal.
clyam subsequent proossdinsp iuNhA
estsd Sadi no more. ~,
A man appeared at the door eRsn>
saddler's shop . few moments ~
and after pssrins In sithsv AavopS
stepped out closing the loss bshoe0
him. Stanton walked unoartsAc1v
though quickly. being anxious =
leave the nsishborhood bshinA M
40 soon a. poaslblA Before h -
gone Tar. howevsr. he felt obliesnM
STOP At dark angle Of the strscG =
bind up a. well ~ he could vai1ph
scarf matched from the shen q -
and nasty cash on his shoujdse. =
Even a. he did 20 hs became g.
OF . certain fAintness stealing e.
him. Yet behind this fsslinr -
other one Of sxhiiaration pred>m1,
mated.
He had this proof that hs -
Desn to Meooa-that tiny vo,uS
which was a. valuable to him s~a
WONDERFUL diamond. He was q -.
drsd-thousand-dollar vagabond -.
. vsritabis king Of bsgsars M
thought buoysd his footstsps; b sur.
sot weakness. or fought II down. He
seemed like one walking In q Wild
dream. But Il vas not an buSleas.
ant ons-on the contrary. He found
himself actually enjoying this astsr.
midnight promenade. In Q strange
KIND OF way. He didn't know
whether he had killed sadi or -.
he didn't much care.
He had struck him with the DO 81
bras. the saddler's perfume Jug. or
heating apparatus. He had su01k,
Sadi with biz own "nreside." ratAar
an ironioA procedure. but a nece.rSrv
one. The eaddler's skull was tS{f6r
though and hs might survive to 49,
himself nuisance. perhaps, som,
DAY. to soms other Christian. Thas
lay with Providence stT
An irresponsible feeling Of momsn.
tary triumph on stanton's part -
came abruptly shadowsd. Another
thought or question. disconcertins.
oefnins. had occurred to him. WIN
service would that book or '0tffk
souvenir b to him whom he couNax,t
get out Of the cityf He paused Ana
leaned against the wall Of q ho63S:
he realized he felt more siddy, q, ~
hsht-headsd. What mockery Of ~
II hs yielded to growing weakness
now. with that key to success, unAse
propitiou' circumstances. right In his
hand.
succsssir he repeated lonsinsiy.
tho while he grippsd the tiny objoee
tighter. Then his mind seemed 10
drift somewhat from pertinent can.
sideration; his brain seemed capsAl,
OF queer little lapses. He chuckia
sardonioally. incongruously. Son
thing ticklsd his funny.hoas.
To think that this little thing ,~rs1A
fist had been buried 10 long in q -
wall In the holy cityl And yet Il ~
said Enslishmen had no sense Of -.
NOR, An autobtoGra ply Of his iieM
souvenir would be good enough -
Punch.
terf
An English prayer-book. h.
church. in the sacred masonry: ~
most at tho foot OF the tomb Of n.
Prophet himself Stanton would ~
nkeo TO meet the son Of the tight ",
Tic Isle who had thought out tHst
1okelet; all by himself. Had Il bc2h
Hun'aniy Dick Burton. he Of the '.nns
apr'dsedT' Fitzgerald had told Nm
when they two had arranged detsiis
IN old Manhattan town. Stanton tr,ed
to think-but caught himself up viiS
a Jerk.
ai
Tho idea OF cudselins his brain. ar
It with inconseuuentiai
m'nutiae at such q moment. M
thoughts now focused steadily on
that element in the situation revealed
by the coming Of sadi. Prior TO thu
second brief but spirited intervieW
with tho saddlsr. Stanton had caIp,f.
lated that. alone. he might tarry In
the city. In the event he was unable
10 leave. without too great danger.
relying upon tho garments Of m
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