Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-11
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uIJel' seized him ma has IONS The an
Client but vivac;uus dame was very
aTah'e-most agreeable indeed She
was not notherly: she VAS Girtatious.
Auj she accompanied her coquery b.
a surewd exposition OF the magnitude
OF her unquestionahly enormous
wealth Il staggered him.
II he had not AT the moment had a
simple little Josie Richards letter in
his pocket he might have been swcp.
under. \ thousand times he had d.
covered the necessity Of assuring him
elf. as he travelled ~ and down
Broadway, that he did not care for
Josie Richards She vas not the sor'
OF girl who captIya'ed one who knew
life as he knew il, she was dear. bur
She was simple. Unsophisticated and
what hc most admired was wide SO
phisticarion. nc thought as little O..
her as he could. but now she popped
into his mind aud made him edge away
from the aged wealthy widow
When he went back 20 the fat h
found awaiting him new shcafs Of
bills. none pressing him mere state
ments. The rumor had not started
that he was not good pay. BroaI"aH
still delighted in him. still erdcavCred
10 induce him to accept it's credit This
gave him new distress; he knew hin
seif-hc kne" he would go out tina
night and run more debts
Suddenly he knew what 10 do. T.
came to him without an effort OF the
brain. It was a tragic inspiration.
Without a word to Rankin. stealthily
and secretly. he went forth into the
afternoon in his smart runabout, still
driven by the taXi-cabman. who now
regarded him with something akin to-
worship. and sought a gunshop and a
CHEMISTS
In the former he made purchase OF a
large. grim. bued-steel automatic pis
tol of the largest caliber they had I'm
stock. and secured one box Of cal,
RIDGES. II seemed a waste of monev
which by rights was definitely the
property OF creditors. to buy so man,
cartridges, for he should need but one
However, he feared that TO ask for one
would pin attention to him and frus
trate what he had in mind so he put
the heavy box into his pocket II
made it sag outrageously. which very
much annoyed him. No man on
Broadway was more careful of his
clothes. But what after all die q
sagged pocket matter now
At the chemists he secured an ounce
Of bichloride of mercury. which had
been fashionable of late among smart
suicides. He had no difficulty in or
tanning il, This eased him and fur
her satisfaction grew out OF the fact
that though it held potentialities as
deadly as the automatic gun and cart
ridges could hold it made a little pack
age, not heavy in the least. and so
did not sag the other pocket. where he
placed it very carefully.
AS he whirled uptown in the run
about he frequently felt of the deadly
things.
He liked the feel of neither Of them
The revolver was so hard and bust.
ness-like. the pill bottle was so slip
perry, so cold and heartless, What an
end was this for Broadway Jones,
Again seated in the little study. he
solemnly reviewed his life He saw nc
points at which he had made very
great mistakes, save the important one
of thinking that a quarter OF 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. | ought to get
it in the neck and | am going to get It
in the neck"
This unpleasantly reminded him and
he caressed the neck wherein be was
to get it. Never, in the past, whe,
he had used that slang expression hal
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
We'll, here goes," be whispered.
and took out 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 goesE he said again-and
Rankin raped upon the door.
Hastily he hid the dreadful evi.
iences Of his dire intention.
Come in" he feeb1y called.