The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-07

IT WAS time Tor me 90 80 90 wofk.
i Seated az my table. iBrt removed
FROM the thronEa uu the Sidewalk.
EprinE my yrrmoutb. / arrived Tr
luriautiy az this conclusion. h0i that
poverty pressed me- ON the contrary,
from che proceeds ~ n certain b.t 81
lsErrdemain there remained 90 noe.
after paying my passage across me
Atlantic. my expenses iu Paris thfat
last three months. and restoring my
wardrobe 90 ita present satisfactory
condition. some tio.ooo, Certainly
benefited b. tho exchange. could
hope 60 live dresntiy Tor another H1
months 40 lraft-
Not ~ long aEo. would haya been
oyerioyed az assurance q financial
security for tiK week.. or even rls
days Indeed sufflciont food IN my
stomach % keep hunger away Cor tiE
hours waa a rare condition with me.
Hut our ideas change with our chang
ing prosperity Let thgo who think
that the mind governs material
things ponder this obvious rfyerbo.
] am. ! think. enc who makes up
his mind quickly. and acts imme
diatsly Certainly when ! had Dc.
rided that / would rather live "a thief
than rtau.e an honest man. I had
acted Instantly. Let mo Eay. IA pa.
unthsals. tina, had not yet arrived
NJ regret for that decision. acted.
10 this perhaps isaa important mat
ter, ~ suddenly aa ! had acted on
that evening when I had Kissed an
airy farewell % tho traditions ~ all
the AinslryH. ~ whom I. John. was
the fr-t 10 turn % crime.
raised my finger. and an attsn-
tive garcon ioaped 90 my table. paid
iim for my apertif. rose. and with
3no stride waa mingled with the
crowd that ElrEcd from tho Place
Dc ropcra Up Tho boulevard dss Ca.
pucincz II wns an observation of the
Individuals who made W tho crowd
that had brought me 90 decision.
For Il was tprinEtime and the
world had come 20 Paris. From my
place ~ the table had seen fortunes
B Ia furs and jewels pass BY. Tho prof.
toeru Of AL the world were heres and
their wives and daughters and mis-.
tFcasoa Haunted the success % their
males before tho others o. their kind
Awnrthy Argcntlniana grown rich
Ia beef and hides. shiny Span.
iards who had traded while Europe
hlsd. munitlonamakers from Eng
lard and America rode and
walked thu streets u Paris. FrOsa.
vulgar and overfed. ~. after "a ter
I rinc storm. strange Caresses arise
from the depths and float extensively
upon tho surface % tho sea. 90 now
upon tho surface u society dFiftcd
weird carbon.
Tho sight OF them. obeso and opu.
lent. made mo realize that q, was
time for me 20 oct about the nnuisi.
ton OF some Of their more merchant
abio goods. No, that intended "a
prey directly upon these nouysau1
richest but where the carrion lies.
tho yui,ure flies. II was toward the
yui,uFc. his talonH gripping choice
morHcla. that would bend my cner.
giles. would lei the yulturo 90 all
tho unnleaAani work, and would
reap his profit.
For do not think that I had spent
these months In Paris In mere stupid
qualification Of appctitcs that had
been baked 40 long by poverty. II
Il true that had INDUCED In sundry
luEurlru and pleasures. that hat
lived once more M n gentleman
should 1.-Two. embarrassed by Bolling
Economies: but | had devoted myself
s,udiously TO thought OF tho future
That that future must 10 outslds
tho law had determined. Ny flrsl
venture into crime had yielded INC 8
profit 20 great for such slight offort
and risk, that never for a moment
conHdered anything but continuing
upon tho career that tho needs OF cx,
lstoneo had made me choose. For un
ders,and that these are not tho poni
tent confessions Of n paltry pick
pocket. they arc tho narratives OF M
artist.
In tho apartment which hnt
rented. on the Rue Dauuou. I has
deliberately studied my problem.
had acquired all the literature denl
Ing with criminals could find. Ans
oamo to the Inevitable conclusion
that tho so.called super-crlmlnal IN,
never existed. For always tho hlstor