The Ordway new era., 1914-12-04
The Trey
OIlearts
b kolEg AnSEPH VANCE
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NaniibIrd.
Ths period e restraint in durancs
vile suffered ~ one Thomas Barcus
In conseQueueA ~ conduct riotous, un-
seemly, and - general prejudiced to
the public ps16e Of the New Bedford
waterfront ~ hAlf-past four in the
morning. proye4 in the upshot far
more brief ~ had been fondly
hoped, not only "a his Just Judge. but,
sinsularly enough. by the misdemean.
ant himself.
Taking svsr$ ting gravely into con.
sidsration, iaS)bAins q person any
thing but pIefessessing. the Judge
reckoned that T. default of fine Of
one hundred A1Ars. = ten-day layup
for repairs an tspentsnce was not too
much to mstSsapt to the prisoner at
the bar.
He was ssaksqpsd at 10 .. m. and II
was little shee4 ~ 10 .. m. when his
post -prandiat nagbse was disturbed by
the rattle of.s ~ In the lock Of the
door to his ssit x
Sitting M NJ Barcus rubbed his
eyes and comte1Ehis hair with his IN
gers.
what did 4 IN your" hs observed
resisnediy. N begins again already
/, )"
Conducted swieA every evidence Of
disesteem % - part Of his jailers to
the ONCE ~ - warden. he was &C
quaintsd vifS ~ fact that his fins
had been pai3sh0 10 one less than the
Judge hins416 shsn present In portly
and solicdesN4 psSson.
III only ~ - told mo you were
. friend .of ~. Digby's." the fudge
hastened 70 ~ - soon ~ the two
were eascoeetd = the privacy u the
judicial ltuAopsiae, Il would have
known bstts hnV4 TO guide myself In
this unfosoo1aa aKair.
"And iftSlaws Be sood enough TO
iadies.s - 7 may serve yoa
-Disby didHN ss2sr any suggsstions
in his wire, sathsei"
"Ons monent: ! have II here"
Naturally I'd Hike bath and .
change Of Clothes" Barcus pursued
while the judicial bresst-pocket was
being explored; and I could do with
transportation to New York by the
FIRST train out of this God.forsaken
hole. and"
This il what Mr.. Disby says" the
Judge interrupted, laboriously de-
cipherins the message BY the light Of
. match: please see to immediate
release Of one Thomas Barcus, prob
ably in jail in your Jurisdiction for riot
ing on waterfront this morning. Pay
his nne and instruct him to report to
me in New York At earliest feasible
hour. Give him all the money he
wants and look to me for remunera-
ton"
'Eh :" Barcus interrupted, sitting up
smartly: what's that last again7"
Patiently the Judge repeated the
sentence from the message.
Thanks. Please don't read farther.
You might come to something that
would spoil 1t. It's almost too beauti-
full as 1t stands" Barcus observed.
Law owes me five thousand or SO
liquidated damages-but I'll be rea-
sonable. Frisk this burg for fifth Of
that sum before train time-and I
promise to ask nothing more!"
His private comment was: I've sus-
pected that this was fairy-tale all
along. Now / know It Isl"
And this phase of incredulity per
sisted in coloring the complexion of
his mind until the moment. some
hours later. when the train connecting
at Providence with the Midnight Ex-
press for New York pulled out of New
Bedford bearing transformed Barcus
almost impenetrably disguised in Q
bath. a shave and a haircut, an outfit
o1 clothing originally tailored for a gen.
tleman Of discriminating taste. but no
whit less disguised in the sense of af-
nuence that goes with the possession
of one thousand dollars in cash.
Not until a sound nights sleep had
topped OF the beginning of his rest in
Jail did Barcus come down to earth.
He demonstrated his return to com.
mon sense by making . round break
fast in Grand Central station before
looking up the residence of Digby In
the telephone directory.
The information he gathered from
the voice that answered the name Of
Mr.. Digby over the telephone shook
only momentarily Barcus' innate con-
viction that intimate acquaintance
with battle. murder and sudden death
was the inevitable reward of associa-
ton with this friend Of his heart.
ALAN being married to Rose Trins
in Jervey City at this very minute!"
~ brsathed skepticaliy - he emerged
rom the booth memorizing tho ad-
dress Of the alleged ofnciating clergy
man II don't believe It: its too sud-