Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-06

.no revolver was SO hard and bust.
ness-like, the pill bottle was so slip
perry, 30 cold and heartless! What an
end was this for Broadway Jones!
Again seated in the little study. he
solemnly reviewed his life He saw no
points. at which he had made very
great mistakes, save the important one
OF thinking that quarter of a million
is a lot of money in New York.
I've been nothing but a piker," he
reflected, "and I've acted like the
trade-marked article. l ought to get
1t in the nsck and 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
1T really suggested bis own neck to
him or any other actual neck. Now
1t made his flesh creep and his blood
run cold behind his collar.
We'll, here goos!" he whispered,
and took out a pill, afterwards arrang-
ing the revolver, which was already
loaded.
He held the pill between the fingers
of tremulous left hand; gripped in
his faltering right he held the weapon.
Here goes" he said again-and
Rankin raped upon the door.
Hastily he hid the dreadful evi-
dences of his dire intention.
Come in" he feebly called.
Rankin brought him pink envelope
upon a little silver tray. Rankin was
most careful to bring everything upon
a tray. Broadway steadfastly main
tanned that IL a drowning man asked
Rankin to bring help he would first
go to get tray to take 1t to him on.
The pink envelope was marked with
an elaborate monogram, OF which the
dominant letter was a &C." 1t was
from her whom he had left SO short g
time before. Mrss Gerard, by means
of it, implored him to become men,
Der of theater and supper party for
that evening. The note almost was
affectionate.
The theater and supper parties were
to both occur in Broadway! Ah,
Broadway! 1t would be hard to leave
it by the chilly by-path, death, which
leads out of the light into the shad-
ows!
1t occurred to Broadway Jones that
he might decently accept this invita-
ton, even If the crowd which she
would have would probably be not
quite to his liking. Ah, there were
crowds upon the thoroughfare he
loved which we're 30 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 farewell supper-all the
rest would think 1t just the best af
fair of many fine affairs which Broad
way Jones had given. The restaurant
which gave it would be paid undoubt
edly out Of the residue of his estate
and If there wasn't any residue the
restaurant could we'll afford to lose. II
had many thousands of his money.
He would make this dinner-no; II
would be better to make it supper
the finest little supper which had YET
electrified Broadway. 1t 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 1t. Their
would he be more content to go.
He locked the poison and the fire
arm carefully in a desk drawer. He
called Rankin, and, to that staid serv
ants great delight, made out the list
Of invitations to the widest supper
he had ever planned; he telephoned tC
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 frs
drawer had but one. He refused agaiI
to think about them until after he hat
given the extraordinary supper.