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To Carson Chalmers. In his apart
mcnt near tho square. Phillips
brought tho evening mail BESIDES
tho routine correspondence there
were two items bearing The same
foreign postmark.
one Of the incoming parcels con
tanned photograph Of n woman
The other contained an interminnble
letter. over which Chalmers hung
aoADrbcd. for long time. Tho let
ter was from another woman. and
II contained poinoned harba. swcstly
dipped In honey, and feathered with
innuendocs. concerning the photo
graphcd woman.
Chalmers tore this letter into .
thousand bits and began TO wear out
his expensive rug BY stridsng back
and forth upon H. Thus an animal
from the jungle acts when II ia
Gagged. and tho a Gagged man acts
when no IL housed In jungle OF
doubt
by and BY tho rcrucns mood was
overcome. Tho rus was not an en-.
chanted ons- For is feet no could
travel along u. 1000 miles vas be
yond it's power 10 aid
Phillips appeared. He never enter
ed: he invariably appeared. like .
wrilogied geniel
WIN you dine here sir. or out--
he asked.
Here said Chalmers. and In
half an hour lie listened xiumiy to
tho January blasts making an
Asoilan trombone OF tho empty
street
walt. he said 20 the disappearing
genie. As I came home aeroa. the
end OF the square I Jaw many men
standing there In rows. There was
ono mounted upon something. talk.
ing. Why do those men stand In
rows. and whY are they there
They are homeless mrn. STR said
Phillips. The man standing on tho
box tries 10 get lodging for them for
the night. People come around 20
listen and give him money. Then
he sends as many an the money will
pay for 10 some lodging house. That
IL why they stand In rows. they get
sen, 10 bed In order a. they come
by the tine dinner IL served.
aid ChAsmers. have one Of those
men hare He viii dine with me"
-w-w-which--.- began Phillips.
sfAmmrring for the FIRST time during
his servica
Choose one At rAndcm.. said chat
meys You might 500 that he II rea,
sonabiy sober--and . certain amount
Of cleanliness wiii not 30 held AGAINST
him. That IL afi.-
II was an unusual thing for car~on
Chalmers To play the Caiiph. But on
that night he felt tho iuefficacy Of
conventional antidoscs to melan.
ehoiy. Something wnnfon and
exrcglnus. sornrshing high favored
and Arabian. he must have To tighten
his mood.
on tho half hour Phillips Rad I'm.
ishcd his duties ~ slave Of the
lamp. Tho walters from the res,su.
rant below had whisksd aicfs the
dsiectabls dinner. The dining table.
laid for two, eiowed cheerify In the
glow Of the pink shaded candles.
And now Phillips. M though he
ushcr~d eardlnai--or held In charge
q burgiar--waffed In the shiverfnx
guest who had bc-n haied from the
limo OF mendioant dodgers.
II IL a common thing TO cail such
men wrecks: n the comparison be
used her. II II tho specific ono Of a
6erelict come 10 grief thru fire.
Even yet some Pickering combustion
Illuminated the drifting hulk. Ills
face and hands had been reccntiy
washed--a rite insisted upon by
Phillips AZ a memorial TO the
slaughtered conventions. In the
candle light he stood. a flaw in the
decorous fittings OF tho apartment
His face was a sickiy white, covered
almost 10 the eyes with ntubbie
the sbade ~ red Irish settlers coat
Philips comb had failed TO control
the pais brown hair. long matted
and conformcd 20 the contour Of a
constantly worn hat His eyes wcro
full Of hopeless. tricky defiance
like that seen In ours that Ia
corncrcd by his tormentors. His
shabby coat wns buttoned high. but
a quarter inch OF redecmlng collar
showed above H. His manner was
sinRuiariy free from embarrassment
when Chalmers rose from his chair
across the round dining table.
IF you will oblirc me" aaId the
host. II viii be glad to have your
company at dinner.-