The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-04

weeks rent iof hin room one doll
lar=hr ta compelled a. pawn an
Ivory miniature ~ hiu mother. ~
the pas unh0p be iH pusElsd az the
slight ~ q proupuTuua-lnpkluE. fur
rollarrd man diskrfiuE with tho
broker
After leaving the shop, Ainsisy
hurrieu Co q little restaurant o. set
food lie IN stopped tn tie entrance
BY the fursrollarrf individual ls
taken 60 che mans home. and De- re-
NiNcd with hot SOUP A. he cata.
Alnslry trlrs "a take stock " hiH
host aud his HurrpundipEa
now GO on WITH TlIE STORY
The man unqusstionahly was not a
gentleman. Ills clothing was too
garish. his ltwslfy too blatant ilis
speech. too. was coarse and floycn,
ana he used phrases that btiokcned
an unfamiilaFl,y with polite speech.
Ills apartment, moreover, was fur
nlshed badly, The pictures on tho
walls clash violently with the fur.
nlshlnEr / would have 81 him down
immediately as parvenu. possibly
one % tho recent species Or prof.
teert. but fbf a furtivrness % man
nsr. Moreover, I had first seen him
lu "a pawnshop.
Why had he followed me- What
was hrg Well ! could walt Tor the
answer. Anh 90. forcing myself 20 BE-
slow. 10 chew each mnrftl carefully.
l waited for him 60 direct the con.
ysruation. for said practically
nothing. lie delivered a monologus
based for the most part on places hn
had visited. events. mostly Of sport
ing nature. which he had witnessed,
began 20 think that he was proha-
by a gambler. perhaps a follower Of
tho racc-track.
Then. having decided that had
eaten al that e was well for me TO
take al this time. ! followed HIS *.
ample and walked with him into the
next room.
smoke no asked.
Perhaps l had suffered almost az
much thru the abstinence from
tobacco as thru the lack Of food. Ger
minly his question aroused menu
Dries % sufferings that had seemed
unbearahlc. with tho first dlzzy lng
inhalation of the ciEarot he game me.
FELT my own man once more. ! had
been the sport of circumstance. BIZ
OF notsam on the city'r tide. sudden
y ioit master Of ms own JsSilqys
Drink Cocktail ruEhballi Cham
pagnoT be asked
I shook my head Mover touch
A." said. "And I thought 10 these
days no ouc but miniouhifes had such
variety,
who aid / ain.t a milllonairs2'
be demanded.
Il beE your pardon, 4" sald !. mar.
yelling al the queer vanity o. him,
"itn all right. hr naid. Il sup.
pose. having ueon mo taking 70
Weinberg sou thought was busted. "
Il didn't think anything abou, Il. "
/ ropllsd.
lie laughed In a peculiarly harsh.
ioylcsa tone. Il guess you we're be
You'd thinking about anything ]
took look at you, and says 70
myself. This hahy's about due for
tho morKue'"
folt myself color II do look
pretty badly" admitted. And on
top Of what weinberg had been tell
ing you about me. Il wan easy 10
gucag that wasn't a millionaire.
His eyes. hard blue. narrowed.
You sc things don't your Tumbled
right off TO Weinberg wIsing me up
about you. chit Well. l knew right
of that you wcro no boob. though,
you were the lad ! needed: now !
know g. Like little dough7"
I laughed. odd. how a few ounces
Of food change tho whole world.
what do you thinkT" coun,ercd.
"td say tina, YOU were ready 10 do
anything TO make n stake he said,
Almost anything I amended.
"FussyT" he asked.
I'm a gentleman. told him. The
words sounded Erandiloquent. alb
aurd.
Yes. suspected as much" said
my host. Starvation hurts a gentle,
mans inHidcs Just like Il does an
ordinary roughneck's. don't IT. Are
Won urutid7"