The Lamar register., 1915-02-10
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WHEN ONE GOES WRONG

EetoF- 4sa FlLK Dis 4sHs 70 asaTL on
hIs annual too week Tsczr.oL Ian
goa s--1=t tEenry-sz= thglszlt dol
.zrz ln bills INTO the Inside pocket Oh:
bis coat Three tho4ssld dollars more
rers already stoEet zsaE q another
pocket and zs he Intended 20 take
both rolls uith aim. be vas pretty
sslI equipped for such a short period
o; rest
Il must not b. Inferred however.
that be- uas a sp-Idthrlft or a mil
liOuafrs He was very far from being
either. Fruz4iity va his most dis
tinguishiuE Characteristic. 4 modest
glass o. beer. cigar now and then.
an occasional shot At The raees-even
sgsh small vices never entered into
his sphere Of life
For ten years he had lived in an
unpre'eutleus boarding house across
the bridge. For ten years he had gone
70 bed AZ ten O'Clock sharp with ma
chlnelike regularity. with the excep
lion Of Saturday nights. when inyari-
ably he allowed himself the luxury Of
taking his landlads's pretty daughter
10 the theater That. 30 far as any.
BODY knew h-d been his only indul
Rencs
Yet h~ felt that FOR the vacation he
vas about to take he needed every
penny OF the large amount with which
he had provided h'~ oil He needed
all this money TO I've on during his
vacation IN his usual thrifty fashion in
a town where llvin~ vas considerably
cheaper than IN New York. and where
the opportunities for a spendthrift
would have been exceedingly meager.
The fact Of the matter was that
Lanyon had made up his mind to pro
long this particular vacation indef
initely He had kept this resolution
a strict secret
Not even his landlady had received
so much a. hint Of IT, What was
stranger still he had breathed not 3
word OF It to Dvyer his employer. and
he did not intend to.
The fact would have to dawn upon
Dwyer gradually and the longer the
truth took to penetrate to the old gen.
t,eman's understanding. the more
would Lanyon be pleased For the
roll he had stuffed into his inside
pocket was Dryers money
The smaller amount represented his
own savings Of ten years OF hard and
faithful work It might have been a
good deal more n he had not sent
tidy sum each month to his old moth
er. who lived alone in a sleepy little
village on the Maine coast
After slowing the money away. he
arranged the things in his desk very
neatly. brushed It OF with a little
broom that he kept for the purpose,
and gently closed the roll-top. He
took last look at It as he went out
NJ the door
On the way downtown he stopped
at a Wholesale house in lower Broad
way where his friend Berrian was
employed, TO say good-by.
You look run down" observed Ber-
rian. old Dryers been working you
too hard But never mind. Maine
will TX YOU up. all right"
TITS not going to be Maine this
time, Freddie" returned Lanyon with
serious air. IT'S going to be Tru'
ihlo."
What, Trulillol Where the deuce
rs Truiillo9"
Nice little town in Honduras. Sea
air, beautiful tropical scenery-an
ideal place for vacation II the fever
| don't get you"
Berrian merely stared. his mouth
! hanging open in establishment. Look
Ing cautiously around to make sure
that nobody was within ear-shot. Ian.
yon continued.
Fred you're the only real friend
| I've got in the world. You're the only
man in this city I've told about my
having been in prison. l can trust
| you.
Now. perhaps you'll understand
when I tell you that. in the noble
words Of its constitution. the repub.
lie of Honduras is a sacred asylum
to every person leeing to its terri.
! tory"
Berrian drew back with a gasp.
You mean-you mean-you've gone
wrong again." he demanded
"Inat that" admitted Lanyon grave