The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-29

We met here. | believe. IFS no
sin. Open the bundle. joe"
Hut the gallantry ~ her friends
would not allow Of this, and the
man IN faded black. mounting the
! breach first. produced his plumber.
| II was not extensive. A Foal or
two, a pencil-care. n pair OF sleeve
/ buttons. and n brooch OF no great
value, we're all They were Hey.
orally examined and appraised by
Old Joe. who chalked the sums he
was disposed 10 give for each. upon
tho wall, and added them up into
n total when he found there was
nothing more 10 come.
That's your account" said Joe.
and | wouldn't give another six.
pence. n was to be boiled for not
doing II. Who's nert1"
Mrs. Dilbcr was next Sheets
and towels. little wearing ap.
parel. two old.fashioncd silver tea.
spoons. a pair OF sugar tongs. and
a few boots. Her account was
stated on the wall In the same
manner
And now undo my hurdle. Joe. %
naldthe first woman.
Joe went down on his lseeE for
the greater convenience OF opening
It. and having unfastoncd a great
many knots. dragged out large
and heavy roll OF some dark stuff
What do you call this" said Joe
/ Bed curtains"
"AhT" returned the woman.
laughing and leaning forward on
her crossed arms. "Bed-curtains
You don't moan to say you took
EN- down. rings and all, with him
lying there7" said Joe.
Yes. I do" replied tho woman.
why mott"
You were born 20 make your
fortune" said Joe. "and you'll GER
tainly do n.
Il certainly shAn't hold my hand.
when I can gct anything in Il by
reaching il out. for the sake OF
such a man as he was. | promise
you. joe. returned the woman
coolly. Don't drop that oil upon
the blankets. nov"
Ills blankctsT" asked Joe.
whose else do you think" re
piled the woman. He isn't likely
10 tGle cold without EN-. dare
say"
scrooEc listened 20 this dialogue
IN horror.
"Ha. ha," laughed the same
woman, when Old Joe. producing a
flannel bag With money IN q. told
ont their several gains on the
ground This ~ the end OF Il. you
zee iie frightened every one
away from him when he was alive.
to profit no when he VAS dead
Ia. hs. ha'"
Spirit" said Scrcoge. shudder.
inE from head TO foot = see. I
zee. The case OF this unhappy
man might be my own. My life
xcnds that way now. Mcrcitul
~aven. what is this"
lie recollcd In terror. for the scene
had changed. and nov he almost
touched a bed. a bare. uncuriained
bed, on which. beneath ragged
sheet. there lay something Gov
cred up, which. tho II was dumb.
announced Itself In awful language.
/ 4 pale light. rising in tho outer
air. fell straight upon the bed,
and on ~. plunderod and bcroft.
Unmatched. unwcpi, uncarcd for
was the body OF this man.
III there l. any person In tho
Inn
this mans death" said Scrooge,
quite agonIzed. show that person
TO me. Spirit. heseech you"
Tho Phantom spread its dark
robe before him for a moment. like
wlng. and Withdrawing II, re-
yealed a room By daylight. where
A mother and her children were.
She was expecting someone, and
with anxious caEerness. for she
walked up and down the room
started at every sound. looked on,
from the window. glanced at the
clock.
At length the lonE-eXpectcd knock
was heard She hurried 10 the
door. and met her husband. = man
whose face was careworn and de
pressed. tho he was young There
was remarkable expression in II
nov. a kind OF serious delight OF
which he felt ashamed. and which
he struggled TO repress.
He sat down to the dinner that
had been boarding FOR him by the
fife. and when she asked him faint
Is what news he appeared EN-
barrassed how 20 answer.
is Il good7" she said, "or bad?'
Bad" he answered
We are quite rulned?"
no. There Is hope yet. Caro-
line"
III he relcnts." she said. amazed
there T., Nothing ~ past hope
II such a miracle has happened.
'Ha Is past roienting.' said hcl
husband. He IS dead
She was mild and patient crea
ture., II her 4ace spoke truth. hui
she was thankful in her soul &c
c css' ID hands. H. prayed forgive
ness the next moment. and was
sorry. hut the first was the emotion
Of her heart.
What the half-drunken woman
whom | told YOU Of last night sait
20 me. when Iltried TO see him ant
obtain weeks delay. and what
thought vas mere excuse 20 avoit
me. turns out TO have been quit,
true. lie was not only very III, In
diving, then"
ITO whom VIII our debt be trans
ferred?'
Il don't know But before tina
time We shall be ready with tn
money; and even tho We we're not
Il would be bad fortune. indeed
to find so merclless a creditor Il
Is successor. We may sleep &c
night with light hearts, Caroline!
EAFtap fhAV WOULD