The evening world., 1915-02-23

k1v4l u0o0AT0S - DOA0D " lily
lsslAs or Oaistng . fortune. n was
Q game rsauisans . certain amount of
judgmsnt ana We DArtAsipsAsa n b.
soms aftssa msa as time. the others
crow11ng shs yaaysrs and srinnias.
for thsrs waA . osrsaAa amount Of
hwmor 70 me game.
A slnsis card was dsAlt arsuna face
downward. The player nsxt Ne DEAL
o. was allowed - sbssrvs hi card. n
- thought Il too iow-ths zoe repre-
ssatsd ons-hs passsd n sn TO his
ssishber N sxohaAss fes his card
which the nsi0hbor had not sssn-
ana the card was passsd saons or
kept, according to the judgment Of
the holder. Tho final discarded card
reached the dealer. who either kept
It or drew q now one from the PACK:
according to his humor. The vait,o of
the cards then revealed. the low card
lost ene Of his four "livea." repressnt-
ed BY chips; q man tosing all four
forfeited hls stako. The game finally
narrowed down to two men, ana the
one Who retained his life" LONGEST
rathsrsd In the stAkss OF the entire
company OF players.
rhla, with continual drinking ana
smoking and intermittent bursts OF
what they considered melody. oonctl.
tuted their pleasures. Cnitty' toe Nv
tie cockney, however. was In the pos.
srssion OF a very sweet tenor veices
and occasionally sang = supposed eo-
BE- pathetic ballad about some homc In
the country and q -haired mother
or aomc oid-time sweetheart courtsd
among the hay-ricks. He shametuIly
misused his voice. but his rendition
Was vociferouAly applauded ana nis
choice of selections approved. Hn
last song OF the evening-or moIr.n
I-presonted . curious Dsycholog1caA
0o Vas about some girl who haA
thrown over bar low1y swsstheart roe
= doa0tftd existence In furs. 0ameu0e
Ana yictoriaa, and the repeukAnco a
| IN girl at the sight ct her exseWeet-
| Soart married to anether 90 IN
moral thopght At the eaek o. n
| sonE was healthy enough. thougs ~
] ooN1 urttsr had clothed u IN 80
verse and sichly sentiment. nut ,. u
hard-lso1sing rufhans AeSw ~ ~
n tear trickle down EveAnIs faeA
SEVERN cAhsrs put thar hsads 0-
tween their hands. was sudoenly
thovshtfni. aucA stun had ssemsS
CHEAP TO me before: but now WHy
tie opeotacie Of ITS appeal eew
raj reaeon f0r the continued Suse'
Froch hwaIGs, whom he had rscovered,
went 10 the far end Of the 'scoac eoe
sat silent. drinking heavily. 'ss
in their game OF "shuns n,.sE snS -, .
S"et Of "Oh, Promiss Ne"-think ol
iti-with little entity bearing tns
bass. Ny Arst impression OF tne
crowd had no additions. There were
none ef any particular individual
qualities, other than the ones l nave
already msntioned: L0nguehaye. Fem,
broke Jones. Evsl!ng. Warsawssi.
Frochwaige and entity. The oenets
were distinguished ~ tive unnelnn3 @
iask al intelligence. Ard. 20 far ~ !
co,aid make out, ths only parsons In
the room not OF tbs underworld were
Pembroke Joasa Lsagushaye' ana
several t,mas N the hears that en-
suod 1 would havu aske6 1or informa-
tion e 70 the plAee aod tAe rS9eons
for the presence Of the oom0any. But
reflected that to DO this meast -.
turn OF confidence from me. ana nso
flectcd early that tho young Ensiish-
man, Jeass, was 70 bear M company
as bunigmate and would no dooot
have come explAnation from him ]
did not 70 greatly diallks giving Jones
the account; felt sure he would M
derslaud, and priva<ely thanked the
lady for having assigned me TO a
room with him.
Finally the hours wore themselves
out ana . rap on the door outaes
caused Q cessation OF acttVty.
'Shut up." yawned Longuehays.
well, good day. you fellows." He
turned to mo ~ he paSscd toward tne
door. I've . cot In my room that isn't
working" he said. ~ you havsu't
been assigned"
"i've been assigned to Jones'.
room" / said:. But I'm much Obliged
Don't mention IT," hs ssid lighAay.
.,o., Good S,t day.-'has' good night with "
He opened the door and passed out.
followed Jones few minutes later.
and we stumbled through the dark
cellar TO the floor above and from
thence 70 our room.
Every window In ths heuss wa
barred and suffered ana only few
CLEANS Of light squeezed through the
uOOhb anu CI8uuie8. JOue0 01O1co tuo
door and locked II, then discarded his
clothes and got into pajamas. point
ing to . similar suit for my use which
lay on my bed. RID Of my clothes
and under the coveriet-for II was q
cold morning In December accept
ed his proffersd cigarette
cut ahead, old man." he smiled
gently. ~ ] turnsd an sxpectant face
70 him.
well" said. Il susss you know
that Tn completely mystinsd. I was
brought here by the HiyStsrioOs lady
in the motors
II supposs you kiiisd somebody r.
he said eoolly.
turned . startled face on him.
7 should be surprised II you
hadn't" ha continued. his attitude
placid. because you would be the
first here who hadn't. At one timo {
fancied myself ie-ely Cain upon a
mountain OF IL: but for the past
few weeks hAve associated with %
many homicides that I'm beginning
TO wonder II there II anybody In the
world who hasn't ut some time or
other killed his man. In fact, this
seems TO bs . sort Of Nurdsrsrs'
Club: and its qualification Tor msm-
bership the taking of one human
life. Not that some OF the members
have lacked ambition TO the extent Of