The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-08-01

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have lost the ticket or shall die and
kill myself"'> = '<.5:~t :a'".
= Here it is!'' In bis hand Anthony
waved a. slip of paper. out Of which
leaped four big, red numbers" ss3s:::
."Diablo",: came from; behind him.
aud he, turned to behold .1Alfarez. :lirad
Of face and with shaking hand. fling
handful Of similar coupons after the
broken cane. Without another word
or glance behind him the Panama:
MAN made of across the plaza. barely
in time to escape the crowd that surg
ed around the two he had quilted.
Bombarded. By, a: fusillade Of Ques-
lions in a dozen tongues, .jostled by a
-clamoring. curious throng. the lucky
owner of 1888 fought his, way back
into the lottery building, and as he
went the news spread like flaming oil.
There it was, plainly displayed,
1888" There could be no possible
mistake, and it meant 1900: silver
pesos. princely fortune indeed for the
collector of No. q: j., ..:...,
Promptly at i've minutes to ! O'Clock
that afternoon Allan Allan. late Of
Jamaica, strobe through the Panama
railroad station apd Haunted frst
class round trip ticket to Colon before
the eyes OF his enemy. the gateman.
He was smokiug::a huge Jamaican
cigar, and his pockets bulged with 9th
ers. When he, came to board the train
he called loudly for porter to bring
him the step and once inside selected
shady seat with the languid air Of
bored globe trotter. )" ::
. Only when Kirk appeared upon his
rounds did be forego his naughty com.
plaeency. Then. bis wide lips. which
nature had shaped to a perpetual grin,
curled back as they we're intended, his
smile ht.up the car, and he burst into
loud laughter, 80
Kirk found that the report of. bis
good fortune had spread far and wide;
: he was halted a score Of times for con
CALCULATIONS; operators at the various
sta tons yelled at him and waved their
hands: Runnels wired 'Hnrrah!'' at
Gatun. A certain respect was in these
greetings. too, for he had suddenly be-
come a character. :. ;.. :. ~-~..-
As yet. however. he had not fully
considered what this windfall meant
to- him. His first thought had been
that he could now discharge his debts,
go back to New York and clear himself
before the law. Yet the more he
thought Of it the less eager he BECAME.
to return. Seven thousand five hun
dred dollars in gold to Kirk Anthony
OF Panama. collector. was substan-
tial fortune. To Kirk Anthony Of Al
bany. distributor. 1t was nothing
Suppose he went home and squared
his account with the police. what
would he do then? Nothing, as usual.
Here, he was proving that the An
thony breed was self supporting. at
least. And there was another reason,
the weightiest Of ALL Long before he
had reached the end of Ills run he real
lied that not 100 times the amount of
this capital prize would tempt him to
leave Panama before he had seen Chi
duita. >>~a sf":> ( :, -
Chiquita was beginning to seem like
q dream. At times during the past
week he had begun to wonder If she
were not really product of his own
imagination. His fancy had played
upon her so extravagantly. that he
feared he would not know her If ever
they came face to face.
This was most unsatisfactory. and
he. reproached himself bitterly; for the
' involuntary faithlessness that could al
: low her image to grow dim. He was
!. almost without hope of seeing, her
sgain. And then. with the incense
=quence of dreams and sprites, she ap-
peared to him >,. "%
p 1t was but glimpse he had and a
tantalizing fash OF recognition from
her eyes 1t happened In the dusk
during the confusion that acconipanie
the arrival of No. { at. Panama, 1t
lasted; only 4 moment, and he lost
: 1ght OF, her again in the crowd. s1g4.,s
- But there. was no doubt that she had
recognized him. and nothing now could
prevent him from continuing his
search. The trouble was that his pres
ent occupation allowed bin no oppor-
9 tunity.: lie was, tied to the railroad
except at night. B. 49, s4.: Il 3.s2a& :11
1t was perhaps two weeks later that
"a serious shakeup occurred in the Office
force. Of which no one seemed to know
the cause. There WAS. a mad scramble
for advancement all along the line. in
which Kirk. took no part. But unex-
pectedty -Runnels summoned him to
his Office. FL .ssss 81 s ;,.H 81.
How would you like an inside posi-
I tion?'' said the master. Of transporta-
ton. cycling him keenly. Il &; I,
$50 soon?" s.:..a /. &; s ~.
y said I'd advance you II you made
good. - He paused an instant, then said
deliberately wv hen you get the hang