Evening star., 1923-11-07
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who says he. is looking for a person who can
act the gentleman.
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" HE tall man apparently was
quite undisturbed. ,'.
And the third reason Is that
i I have been looking for just
such a-there really isn't any other
word-gentleman. providing he was
possessed Of another and very essen
tial characteristic. You possess that
characteristic in most marked de-
gree. Your actions tonight are un-
mistakable evidence that you have
nerve"
TT strikes me that you've got a
little of 1T yourself" observed the
young man evenly.
The quill toothpick under the adrott
guidance of his tongue Travelled from
the left to the right hand side OF
the others mouth.
1T is equally as essential to me-"
he said dryly. You appear to fili the
bill; but there is always the possibil-
fly Of a fly in the ointment: complica-
tions-er-unpleasant complications,
perhaps, you know. that might have
arisen since you left San Francisco,
and that .might-er-complic mat
ters."
The young man relapsed into a re-
hands clasped under his head again,
and in his turn, appeared. to be alb
sorbed in the beauty Of the night. !,
"Moon- -madness" he murmured
pityingly.
"a myth" said the tall man
promptly. Would you mind sketch
ing in roughly the details Of your
interesting career since you LETT the
haunts of the aristocracy?"
II don't see any reason why l
should" The young man yawned.
DO you see any reason why you
shouldn't" inquired the other COM
posedly.
None" said the young man. "ex-
Gcept that the steamship sails at day
break. and should never forgive my
self IL you were left behind"
Nor forgive yourself. perhaps. II
you failed to sail on her as a first
class passenger" said the tall man
quietly.
WHAT" calculated the young man
sharply.
The other shrugged his shoulders.
1T depends on the. story" he said.
II don't understand" The young
man frowned. There's a chance for
me to get aboard the mall boat?'
TT depends on the story" said the
other again.
Moon mad" murmured the young
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silence. But it's cheap at the price.
Tor it's not much of'a story. Begin
ming where you left off in my biog-
raphy. I ducReG when the crash came
in San Francisco, and having arrived
in hell. as you so deltcately put 1t, I
started QUITO explore.
"Mr. Dante had it 'rfght-there's no
use stopping in the suburbs. I lived
q while in his last circle. It's too bad
ne never knew the Frisco waterfront:
Arad III {ypa rira Tor
I'm not sure. though. but Honolulu's
got a little on Frisco, at that, Luck
was out. I was fiat on my back when
l got a chance to work my way out
TO Honolulu One place was as good
as another by then"
The young man lit aicigarette, a and
stared at the glowing tip reminiscent
'Tou said something about gam
say % stseush @ sfs rs "a q ss soa a,sa fsVer
makes W 'yeur s iffe kind Kind bf 'deiirious. I I
ggssty9A Kss nats ,,g geMt IT, II eh0nte; guess
the mali boa. - saaas. At aaybpsass,% ~
tall man. piekiss M as his teeth with with. the the
au1.1 The sSoshpssa, Soanas smah Il zhSok his head.
place. he, said. ',"on, the ways out I
picked up. a few sodA dollars from my
fellow members of the crew, and"
Tick" 1t was the. quill: to oothpick.
"whatevsr sdss Else sfsS I've done, he stated
in a Significant monotone, i've never
play ed crooked. 1T was on. the 1eveIF
'0f, ,@cpurse,."'sr agreed the tall man
u. sat with the only stakes 4
had,' said the young. man, still mo-
notonously. 80 bit s+of' tobacco. "a
rather good, knife, that I've got yet.
and bet tfatasome one took a. fairly
to as belnggworth half a. dollar" :: = .
Certainly. OF courset" teiterated
the taH man In hast ts..; ;:,;at .s,s...s
The Quill toothpfck was Silent.
"A pal Of mine. one OF the stokers,
said he knew of a good place to play
in Honolulu where there was square
deal,t continued the young man; 80,
night or so after we reached there,
we got shore leave and started, Off.
Perhaps you know that part Of Homo
lulu. / don't. I didn't see much of
1t I know there's some queer dumps.
and queer doings, and the scum OF
every nationality under. the sun to
run up against. And know 1t was
into. It was faro. The box was run
by an old Chinaman, who looked as
though he were trying to tmpersonate
one of his ancestors. he was SO old.
My mate and 1 formed the English
speaking community. There were a
Jap or two and a couple Of pleasant
looking cutthroats who cursed in
Spanish and a Chink lying on bunk
rolling his pill. Oh. yes, the place
stunk! Every once in a while the
forsaken piece of refuse drifted in
BY midnight we had a full house of
pretty bad stuff.
st ended In a row, OF course. Some
fool Of a. tout came in chaperoning a
party Of three men, who were out to
I found out later, from one, of the
ships in port. 1 don't know what
started the rumpus; some private
feud, 1 guess. The first thing 1 knew
one of the Spaniards had a knife out
and had jumped for the tout 1t was
tout go. down, and he didn't look
good, and the place suddenly struck
me as a mighty unhealthy place to be
found In on that account. =
THE stoker and I started to fight
our way through the jam to the door.
There was a row internal. / guess
you could have heard 1t a mile away.
Anyway, before we could break from
the clinches, as it were, the police
we're fighting their way in Just as
II didn't like the sight Of that tout
lying on the floor, or the thought OF
what might happen in the police
of the crowd to adorn the dock. And
things weren't going very well. The
police were streaming in through the
doorway. And then. caught sight. OF
something 1 hadn't seen before. be-
cause It had previously been hidden
by a big Chinese-screen--oneo Of those
iron-shuttered windows they seem sc
fond of down there Things weren't