The Harrison times., 1920-03-20

fUUh Ia- WHICH i.NI- TOD N..N N".NINa
For two days and NIGHTS hr had
uu. SHOWN sleep and Boo tu. past i've
hour, Dee haH uwwoI three times u~
many mIIns. uuE 90 constitution of
>rry. could have stnu. Un under this.
but Tlzhu-u laI our AS o., turned
the corner nuI swung down thr street
with vigorous strides De- seemed Tar
from exhaustion
The moment rhr woman SAW him
uu the love and pity mI tenderness
of her emotional nature wuleI up
in her bosom. and with % little low
cry OF "A.y n.g"-m.r, maternal
thm am.rUu--,.. ram tn m.a N.m
He tooE hDr Uu.s.r.gneI hands, and
holding them wide apart smiled ar the
anxiety i'm her nca
"Am ] an Hmae l was delayed a
little ut the start"
"AuI you walked oU thr way" she
exclaimed pIyIu-.y
"No. ] ram part Of the way-the
first part" lie thought Of his empty
pockets. 81 couldn't very well ride, Do
he ended dryIy.
"Tm sorry. ! should have given
you"
His smile vanished "No, you
shouldn't" hn interrupted.
you must be ready to drop. Your
breakfast has been waiting for an
hour. for I expected You earlier and
! know you're starving"
In her basement room - which,
though choap'y furnished was spot
lessly cloan-sho babe him sit down
while she warmed over his breakfast
on the coal-oiI stove. When h' had
finished the meal TO the last drop and
crumb he SAT back n his sra.gbl-back
chair and felt through his coat pock-
cts. His quest finished he stared
ruefully at the moist Iwsp of tobacco
in his PALM She spran- up ran 20 a
cupboard, and in % second was back
with a package of smoking tobacco
and a book of cigarette papers.
81 thought of it last night" she said
simply. q knew you would want to
smoke"
He rolled and lighted a cigarette,
took heavy inhalation and sent the
smoke swrling ceilingward Then,
lowering his head he looked steadily
from beneath his thick. ietblack brows
at the stawy-eyed woman sitting op-
posite him. He felt no love for her.
but a gratitude too deep for words
ugged at his heart He began to be
uncomfortable.
She walked to the sink with the
stack Of dishes. deposited them and
returned to where ho WAS standing.
Il told the laudady" she fal-
tered without looking at him, "lhat L
that you were my hru,hor.'
"No great harm in That. hope Be
sides there is a sort of family resem-
blauce. And I certainly have q most
commendabIe brotherly love for you
She became silent Her dark
skinned hands relaxed :; her shoulders
dropped. After a few dumb moments
she turned away and opened a door
leading into a dark hall. "Would You
like to go to your room now| Her
voice sounded spiritloss. "Pll show
you the way"
He followed her down the subter-
ranean passage to a narrow stairway
at the rear, up which they climbed
four flights His room was at the rear
Of the top floor. There was but one
window which gave upon an alley and
commanded fine view Of a brick wall.
He raised it and leaning out found
the cornice Of the house was less than
six feet above the sill.
81 may need that some time he
remarked, turning back to Esther.
"Tll get the lay Of the roof tonight"
She had apparently forgotten her
depression, for she was all tenderness
now and, apologtzing for the baroness
of his abode, she left the room.
After locking the door Ftzhugh
stripped to the skin, hung his damp
garments out Of the window in the
hope that a chance ray Of sunshine
might discover them and Curled up on
the bed, which was never intended
for man of his stature. In less than
three minutes he was sIumbering
SoundIy
1t was dusk when he awoke, Feel
ing greatly refreshed, he put on his
Clothes which were almost dry and
walked downstairs, where he was
greeted by Esther,
at must be pretty late" he re-
marked
"Its nearly nine"
"Ninel Why, have had ten hours
sleep"
"But you hadn't slept for two
nights"
ITS larger dose than I'VE taken
in years | almost never sleep more
than five hours out Of the twenty-four
feel as though I'm wasting time IL |
do. | know that's an astonishing state
ment for a tramp to make, but there's
SO much in life, even for tramp