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Vol. XXVI.
NAZARETH, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3,1917
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Our gtore  closes   like all other Nasareth   Stores,   every lednesday at 12 noon during July and Auguot, Mora CHomaa TntmOmy aoA fAamta^ ^vOtma m « O'tiotHi. fimmil   IIII Ilini ¦¦¦¦¦¦ mi m w h ¦ k ¦ i ¦ h h » h mtjie^fcit;
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A preat ruddy Septeiubor moon w.us cleurlng thu tops of the trees in the ea.'^t. A sllverj' blue baze dimmed tlio outline of tlio river.
Smead. He h.id really Be'en the man. Ima^atlon never played sueh tricks; fancy conld iioror have created that bulk, tho cauf, and tho bad limp.
He had sefn him, and in tuni Smead had seen liiiii and taken to cover. Dev¬ iltry of some order was nfool. It Iianp; al)ont Rme.id a.s mla.snia liangs about swamps.
Reprisal? Were they after bfra? He luufclied. If It enrao to a physlral oon te.st they wonld hnve their hand.^ full. STead was noi- a man to ipnore, ho\v- r t r; strong, darlii;i, resourceful, teem- 1 ( with the facile cnniiluR of tho ac- c •npli.-lied blackleg.
Fllil lusterer, gambler, smuggler, bookmaker at the race tracks, owner of a strirt' of. prnmbling hou.^es that reached from New York to Snn Fran Cisco. What had he not tnrneil his predatory hand tfj?
Well, he had cut Smeiid's claws In one dire<tlon; his smuggling; days were ovor. Thl" confiscation, the heavy fine and the sus|iende<l sentenco would keep
him to ottier affairs for some years to eom&
Lucky thought, that, to take u jaunt iuto Kingston, Thcy might have sur- prlHcd him. Now he waa on guard. And immediately he forgot all about BmeaU.
Lova He paused and looked ut the inioon. And ten days ago shi> hadn't i sxlstcd to his knowledge.
Ten wonderful days.- He weut on, llghtlj' humming tho aria from "Ma:'- i tha." A glorious night; oiwJ mists lay npon tho moadow.s, and tlie black sh:ul- Owe were tbe kiue; tlie lojis of tho comflolds were like silver plnmea; a rabbit scuiTled acroK.s the ^^)ad; un owl hooted to its mate, und there wrre Btrauge rustliugp and fluttorhisi.H hi the i leavea about.
Presently he saw tho lights of the , farm t^vlnkliug in and out of tho grove 'Of pines that stood liko scntiuebi U- i tore the house.
Ills  kcon,  roving eye  discovered  a
i white patch against tho mfcity drab of
i the old dock, nnd his heart bothertid
I bim;   tliere   wns  a   tiilckness   in   his
throat, and the backbone of his courage
¦was nowhere.
Yet, with the lightness and sureness of the hunter that he was, he crossed tbe rubble and shale between hlm aud the dock almost noiselessly.
"Good graclotis!" she exclaimed.
But that was the woman of It, for she bad seen him approaching—not tliat sbe had been watching—sume flve min- tltes back. The eagerness of the stride had made her tremble u Uttle, she knew not exnctly why.
•TTou came along ns noiselessly as a cat Excuse me for not rising." She made room for him ou tho steamer rug, and shortly four heels heat a. light tat¬ too agaUist the lilies of tho dock.
"What a night; I.sn't It splendldr
Bho turned her face toward him.
It was as beautiful as moonlight, and ber eyes wero as deep and mysterious as the voids beyond. It wus mighty bard work for him to resist taking her In his nrms then and there. Perhaps It would huvo been batter If be had.
"I have a confeaBkn to make^" be began at once.
The smaller pair of heels becamo silent lustantlj-. "Pm not going to sail on'&er false colors any longer. Up here tbey think I'm a mllllouoira, and I've never takcm the tronble to disabuse tbclr mhids. Lord knows, I'm not My grandfatlior wns, but he waa a duck and drake chap. Yoa know what 1 mean."
The little heels begnn the tattoo again rellevedly.
"lie made a dozen fortunes nnd spent tbem. And my owu ixwar dad lulled himself trying to s;ivo something out of the wreck for mo. Work boa beon my portion."
"Work, is good for all of us."
"But yon don't know what kind of work I do. It's a sneak's buslm^s. Pm a special, aginit of the secret serv Ice, and my duty Is to leani when and where Jewels are pureha.sed, to keep track of thom. and to 8(« that they au not smuggled In free of duty, and \yheii- ever the.se pnrcjiuses are conlincntoil I am given my moiety. I halo It all. lt'.< not a gentleman's bu.slii«is. Hnt my grandfather's blood in me craves for comforts, the good thiugs of life. Tf 1 did t!io work because 1 believe<l It to be right, my duty, I shouldn't mind. I came up here to forget It all—to re habilitate my pride, but I saw a man today who brought It all back a thon •nndfold keener."
"In Kingston?"
Iler voice was only curltjos.
"Yes. The man wasn't my friend. I didu't tell you fhe truth. He's i\ blackleg, and If ever a man deserviHl hanging thl- man Michael Smead dt>cs:. A professional gambler, a smuggler and other dot -stable things. You see. two weeU.i ago I tripped Uim up, spoil- ad his game, and I've an Idea that he's ap here with the thongbt of reprisal."
CHAPTER   IX. Smead at Work.
CRANFOUP took an envelop*; from Ills pocket. "If anything should h.'ippcn to me—that Is, If I shouldn't tnm up some morning—wire to the ad dross on this envelopo. Nothing nior^' will Ik- necessary. It's my man's ad¬ dress, and he's tho chap who'll pull ni • out of any trouI)Ie. Thanks. I'm not a co\%Tird. But theso men will move In the darlc Tliey never come out In tlic light"
Their hands touched as she took the slip of paper.   Hers were ley cold.
lie waited patl(mtly for her to speak. By and by he looked at her closely. Sh" v,as watching the flashlight of the light out at Pidgin.
"You don't tlilnk any the less of mo for getting this off my eonsclenoe."
"Why should I?"
Ah, how her hoart ached, ached! Yet sho spoko smoothly. "Some one capa¬ ble must do tills work, aud nobody works for nothing these days, not even for patriotism. You are a good deal of a hoy. Perhaps you ought not to have told me. The fact that you do not like the work gives me to Infer that you atlll retain somo of your ideals, and I consider tliat remarkable In a man who is thlit.y-five."
To patter along like (hat, she thought, without a break In her voice!
"Drat rnde BUly!" he laughed. "Thirty five makes me feel like au old m»n. But I don't know; I never feel more than twenty up in this countrj-."
"Is thero really danger?"
"I don't know. But never miihl that Don't go to Pidgin tomorrov.-,'' he urged Impulsively. "Don't go out thei'c any more. It Is honestly and truly dangerous. This is tho time of year for the sudden nortli gales. They po;' out of no\There almost before yon can tuni head on to them. Ynu can always ride a son'Avcsier dowa the rh'iT, no matter how hard it blows, but no mo torboiit afloat cau weather th(> e.'r>- ngery of theso northers -white capped. short, choppy, Bmashing and running n milo a minute 1 know; I was cingh; lu 0IU3 once. I think T told you ab<inl It-
I'.uiy wouia nave caiiea Queen Victoria MLss fJuelpb. He believed all women unniarvled unless they IntrodU'.'Od their husbands.
Cranford kiiocko<I his pipe on his !ieel aud opened his mail, found somo forgotten club dues, ."ui Invitation to a weiliilng, another to a house party In the Adlrondacks, and an affectionati^ letter from liis grandmother (mnther's side), thanking him for the birthday ch»ck, and a laindlo of ncwspiipcr dtp pings from the- watchful Warren.
Odd  lilts of news  here.    The Prln cess Xentn  had gone Into bankruptcy
cannot
marry   ,3ny   man, ford."
tn Paris, and tho famous emerald neck¬ lace had  beeu found to be spuriou.-i. Sho had tried to selT It to steady he* tottering fortunes. Quiie a yarn about It   The spurious
Fagln opened his newspajter and searched for tho news of the sporting world, but once ho found it the usual Intelligence blocked and columned be¬ fore his eyes failed utterly to hold his interest
Ills thoughts persisted In roving to the boy at hLs side. Who wns heV When; dill he come from? Wasn't a day over thirty.   Lncky too.
Fagiu had known tho boy but thrt^o eventful years. Tho Princess Xenifi: The paper siink sl(»wly upon Fagin's kntfj'S. and his gaze roveil to tho i1\er. sparliling in tJie distance. It was none of his business, but novortlicless curl osity was very strong within lilm.
At tho villa on the way botweon Pnrls und Versailles ho had soon the tantalizing will o' the wisp on her knees before this boy. Ilo had heard ber passionate sobs. He had seen the cigarette smoke curl from tlie Ixiy's smlllntr Ilps, seen th'..' .sbni:; of the gi'acefnl KhouIdcrs--she who had flout¬ ed dtikti'.i and princes and r.ijahs nnd weine 1 her spider wob for tho ruin of many an honest man!
lie knew-bo, J-'aglii. Half a million in enierald.s had slipped through tho boy's fingers. Ho remembered tho flush days of last winter. Vie had .seen those emeralds flow over the green ta¬ bles. . A beautiful golden rain of loui.« had gone ui) the spout Instead of down!
At identically the same t; ilinary nnd the e.tceptlonal r.jgu ¦ ;u'- rlved at Watertown there stenped down from another train a slender woman dressed In black and heavily veiled. Guideil by one of the station porters, she proceeded directly to the nearby hotel and was assigned to a room.
The two men asked to be directod ti the licst garage. There, after some dickering, they renter', a comfohablo ear. They expected to use the car for a week at least The terms were ?10 the day and $."W deposited against a.'''- tridents to the car.
"You are total stinngers to rae. sir," ¦aid th«! proprietor of tho garage, "i inust protect myself."
"That's ro.l.s'jnablc! euoiigh,'" a;,Tee;l tho cxceiit'onal rogue.
lie counted  out  flvo $1C<' bills  and
Postal Lawa rmtptAra that aufcsci'IyUuM ba puid 9iaa>ffaj. A Um p<!;3cU mark tm thia ti'cla st«sii3a ytmr aabc Hcripttijm la daa, aaf we wtU tbask 7011 far a   proniift   romlttaarwt.
UC'  aire .1 weed.
i atones had beeu at her banker's for tald them on the denk. "Now, suppos- I nearlv two yextrs; they had been roal I ^i' y^" ^'^^ '^^ '' <^l"-'<^'^ '^^'^ "^^ ' and precious enough onco upon a Ume. | '^'-'^-^ ^c^''^' '^^'^¦" ^-e'll P'> over to i Bhe li.id evidently known nothing ^f^ur bui.k and leave It with the cash- i about tho substitution. | te'*-   '^^'^'^n the car l.s.returned 1 U go
to-th^ bank and get my ni"noy, "im 's easyV' rei)lled thj iiroprietor. I'agiii'.s eA;prpsstou was one of puzzle-
After ail.  she was an  Q'trcsts,  con- siunmate.
"I am not afraid.   1 can tako care <¦'. myself.    1 lovo the daiigor-the gam 1 of chance.   Dklii't I tell you that I wa.i ' bom at Bca?"
"You miglit bo the bravest woman ' Uvlng, but that would not be of use ti \ you If you wero caught out there." i
•^'ery woll. after this week, then, I I promise not to go out to Pldgyi. ' Will tlmt do?" I
"I 8irpp<iso It will have to do. Aii, ' Diana 1" j
"No, Mr. Cranfoi-d." |
She stoo<l up quii'kly, nnd of neces- j slty be ro.sc also.    "Just g')ixl friends,
I know. Tho moonsliine, the beaut.^ , the best of stock. You cun t^Il tb.tt at a of tho night It gets Into one's hoad. I Slanoo. She isjooriicd witliout bc-Lti^ ik- Jnst   frieuds,   always.     Anotlier   Sei
Banlcnipt! In other words, tit fortat^ I She hud fallen in love with some scouu>' drel who had adroitly fleeced her.
Crnnford laid aside the elipplcgs, nn¬ swered his lottj?rs and wrote tho fol" lowing to me:
liy  vocaljuUiry  iBn't up  to It,  my bo
ment.
Tho affair was accomplished lu f hort order, and the two set out for tlie river.
"Ixrany, what new kind of flimflam
I can oaly nay that she la 'tjst sr-londid, | to this going to 1x3?" Artemiij r^lnoaraated.    A:id her narJc; i.i       "Fftgin, you can't even think tionest- piana -W-ynre.    'A'm  jtJU  do me R E'tal j ,,.   f,^^ ^„„',    -p|jj^ i^^ „^ straiglit a.s th.. lavor?   Will you liunt up nil tho Wynnc.i    '   j     ,'„   ,. i c„,    ,i.
and send mo a Uttle biography of - each ? ro^d. That «-as real raone.v-.Smead s. Don't bother ab.TUt the mkl'lle class. Not I mapped out most Oi' thi- last night that  I'm  snobbi.sh,   but  she  comes  trum'^ Ko piking this trip.    T\"Tien wo gel out
into tho country I'ln g'ling U> shew ytm I dantlc;  ti-o.veled.    Wli.i-t do you  think of i 1°'-'^^<''" ""•*>'•'¦'''''•
-    ,    ,, . , . a  gtrl  who  quotes  from   "Pippa  Passes"
tember I shall come up, mayhap, and ¦ ^ne moment and then skips back to old weHl flsh aud hunt again. I'leaso Ixl Maleslierl^e^? Kjiow« her Horace, too. Just a boy,  don't spoil  It.    What d<i
you know about mc? Notliing. And I am not In tho niot^d to make confi¬ dences.    Please, Ju.st gi>od friends."
"I should He if I told you I di<l not love you,"
"I am sorry.    If you cannot accep: my friendship upon the basis I offer 1: there mustn't l>e any more shore din¬ ners." "No hope?" "None."
"It is simply Impossible not to nsk why."
"1   cannot   marry   any   man.   Mr. Crnnford, If that will comfort you." . With dread foreboding he said, "Y'ou are alreadj- married?" Sbe did not answer. "I cannot lot yoa go ont of my llf« Mke this!"
"I don't want to go out of It. Frienda I am very nnhappy, ver>' lonely.    PrlondM."
"FriendH, if you will havo It so. But it's a Jolt This Is a funny ol<l worKL Ten da\-H ago I didn't know you existed; now I'm asking you to marry me, and you l«long to somo one else."
"But you nre going to bo brave alwut it You're going to be tbo out of door frieud, auvi some day you'i-e goinffxto be glad that 1 couldn't many yoa"
He wrung her hand and hoJd It as tie helped her up to the road.
She stood In tho shad.'W of a piiui and watched hlm tfo alen.,' the road. his head bent the spr'.ns gone from his step. Watched him witii uuwav- •ring drj- ej-es till ho va;ush'ed from view nround the turn tu the road
Heavy foototl, sho triuod the path te the liouse, euteroil sUojitly. and went np to her room.
Sho did uot Ught tbo candle, but sat down by the window and stared again at tho winking lights far down the west and breathed hard, and muttered lowly, and shut her hund.s.
Pidgin Island. Day by day, hoping;, waifiug. watching. Thai he should hnve made such a confessieu to her. like n boy who had done soiuefhlug h<' was ashamed of and was sorry for It. Reprh-alV No. Tluy .ihould not harm ono hair of his lioad.
It was a long, long way tiact to the hotel thnt night
Never  thi'  road   sceincd  so  wear)' Onco, going before hlm over tJio white. dusty road, a dt>€p pttrpi,' shadow sal) ui.   A cloud.    An hour (i.to thora had boen notliiJig In tbe he.ivcns bnt the | brllUant ntoon and tho fad>.^l stara.       | Where i\as ihla mau Wynne?   Wliy \ wasn't ho up bore wltli Iwr where he , bolonged?   ilonoy probably; n busiueat; | tran.-:nctloij  on  the man's  part; some- | thing  to  hang  clothes and >e'.veH ou when he went to the opera or gave u dinner.
. Wynne! He would find nil about him If It Wire possible.
Uncle BUly called her Mlaa Wynne, but  th.it  Klenlflcd nothing,  for Uncle
and can tell you how many lomon woo^l tables Benoc.a liad In his g-arJens. Tou know I've always been tv.aitlng to find a wtjra.an wbo know bow to fish. And. d.'ish tt, she's inarrii'<l:   Isn't tlir.t r'Ugb luck?
I ItKjked up the Wynnes, but couklu't flnd any hUMbaud for her. But It will be seen that I didn't look carefully enough.
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A dozen big frcdgliters hugged tho broiikwater, and tlio early boat from Kingston hail to mine by way of tbe foot of I^mg Island, and eveu thou shi' had ber work cut out for her.
Only two piujsengera came dowu her planli. "^Tiat's your plan?" "We'll go strnight to Watertown and rent an autouiobiie. Into the train with you!" said I>onald t' hia crook frieud Fagbi, whom he had sought tJ aid hlm against Cranford.
"Aii right I'ouny! .Vreu't we du© for some lishing as a side Issue?"
"I'll seo to that Fag-In. The Idea Is tx) como hi fix)ui Watertown. Notxxly bas notleed us. VYo'U engage a guide aud play no bluff. Coming from Watertown we'll ke<'p an oye o[>i!U for a deserted farmhou.so. It won't bo hard to tind. We'll ri-nt it tomorrow und tike out BupplloH. Thi'U when evorythhig. Is ready our friend from tbe secret serv¬ ice will do the disapiH-aring act Noth¬ ing r'Ugti, thougli. mind j-ou; Just a temporary bih ] uest ration." "I nnderstaud."
The   man   aUled   Fagln   tickled   the ends of  Ids  wiry flugors against  bis bristly black mibsticbe.   'T suppose I'll have bl act as his guardi;Lu angel." "That's the tlcJiet" "ni play tho Uncle Tom gamo—black face.    I'd  hato to cut  tlitv  ucistacbe again,   ni bo able to shine my Uxits wiih it oue of these flue dnys.   Aud Pidgin Island"?" "I'll look out for that" "The oid man made a I'lnillsli movo coming up." "Ile'll koop to bis room. " Fagin  let an  adniirhig glance stray ovor file stiMiig. bamlsome yeiing face'. Here was a lad,'    Tho real bcss, tho chap  who  had  the  Imagination,  eveu tf ymead  took all  tho credit.    Nevor hummed and hawed, but -;tniek out on flrst  tliought.s   nud  genondly   hit   the bnliscye.
Queer   old   cock,    thougli.      Moody when evorything was running amooth- I ly, and whistling gay when his bnck j was to the wail.
I    T^onn.y, the Princess Xer.lii ha.s gone I broke."
I • "She has?   Weil, wh.it of It?" •^ay I aak you a question?" "Not If It  has anything to do with \ h*r.    Fagin. put this In your pipe—my j private aff.urs are ray owu.    I  know exactly what's on your mind, but It's i none of your liuslne.ss.   Read your pa- j per.   Here cnuos the conductor for the ' tlekets.     Don't   botlier  nie  again   for | awhile     I've got a lot of thinking to ' flo.    1 want to map out evoi-ythlug." "Jlutu ft is."
Nothing llko liclng j thorfiugh." :    Half an hour later li<- tun.ed tfio cir I Into a dosert«'<l-iane luid stoppf.HL i    From out of his suit c.;i.s»' be l""'.: two now lic<.'aise  numbers.  st.;:tj.' of  Poiin- sylvanin.   Th.'so he substituttHl fer tho 01108  in   use,   and  out  bito  the   miiln high wa.v thi-j' si ied.
"You're a \vondor," a(lmltto<l Fagln, grinning. "I'.ut what a ch.auce te do somo fancy Imshioss in buzz \yagens! my. my, or hold uji a bank nies.sengerl" "Our business Is tii give tliis fellew Cranford a vacation. Ue'U Ix' whii- awake and wondering. Smoke nji and let mo seo what speotl I can got out of this Junk.-
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CHAPTER   X. When Greek Meets Gr-eek.
UKN  I  was  a   Unl—lirst pw- s 'II,  singular,   ixTpeudii ular a.i-ain—I enteftiiuod several e.\a.i,'.gerato«l   ideas,   pard.ai- ablo dlstortieus of an over nimble Lm- agluation, sn;ii>iiod ut various times— now hi the woed.shod, now hi tho gar¬ ret and again from my gi^graphy—bj tho romaiiee.; published by Mr. Bo.;idlo j of fearsome niomory.
Anion-- the~e boyish faliucios wns on almost Inerudlcablo imi>ressloii tliat u man to U' e. villain must look tbo [uirt —bootlbig eyebrows, boekotl noose, a blue bla. k musuuhe with datgei points and a rdUny plug bat atoi) it ali, or a bkMKly tmndanna if he hapjityiod to be a pirate.
He was i-nvarlably going about tbe accomplishment of his iK'ftirlous I'lots with mueli 'M-ha-big" and "o-Uo-uiKr'
For a long timo I "shadowed" tli<> al¬ derman hi OUT ward, hoping to catcli him hi a e.ninterfeitors' den or red- haiKlod hi an aliductioii.
Upon a eortaln day 1 ^^-as confronted with tho appalling iiifornuition tliat ho i was   the   lutvkost   church   deatvn   In town.   It WlU; a rough blow, totally nn expected. I was s't;iggenHL
Thero was a khik hi the social fabric Bomewhero. Close uiwn the heels of this disillusion cnmo tin- tlrunderLn,^ Itvelation which b<:>wled me over com¬ pletely. Tho kindly old man with the gray side whiskers who gave mo iH.'n- nles and patted rae on the lnuk had iando n fortuw selling simrlous mining stock to orphans and widows and shop clerks.
It took nie some (ime to n^ndjust ray omtlpok uii.'ii Itl'e. Bui tlie linal cra.-^b which embittered my soul and mado a mlj<anlhro[ie of mv. till I bad puppy loVe was tho shatUritig of tho idol u> whom I had given my hoy's hero wor¬ ship. Hani-'UIC,   y.uiig dr,   poor,
1 courted.  I'lmioiw fe; .illty, ho
[ had i.iiuiie<l a woi;'. :• mon^jy.
j and had giveu uothint   :.. -.¦eiurn; de- I Died her children, mocked her with hi.s affairs, and wn.s ev('u known to strike ber.
Servants' clialter turienl tills Wkiso. It wa-in't a iieuutlfnl Uiiug for u buy to lenrn. 1 lost faith lu humanity, mul I h.iven't regained roiieh even to this
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My father tlld uot liuil 11 necessary to mor.illw over my fiuestlouablo re- ganl for tho tiles of .Mr. Ii<-'adle.
I myself took th<'m out to the rear of th(' house and mado a bonfire of tliom.
Shortly aftor I stumbled upou mne D'Artagn.TJi and milady and his emi- ncnci'; David Cupperfleid and Mr. Hoop; tbe fiU.se .Stuart and Beatrice; Vautrin and the disiin,guish(!<J provin¬ cial, Valjean and Javert
I was jLif^'on at that time, and I gloaned frfim that wonderful treasure houB«»—my father's library—that heroes and heroines of all shapes and color were principlwl meu and women—just that—living and dying in honor, ronah- ly or meekly, that all others were tme villains.
So, (hen, I come to Smr
Put out Into tho '¦'-.- of five, he had gro-.. strong, hardy, unpihii.ip:' e.
To liegln with, he had never principles,   and   never   acfjuin d   ¦ uj, Later, In his manhood, be wrote down ono law for himself:   "Don't get found out"
Early In his cart^er he had fallen h) with lioxers and prize flghters, ami he soon became known as a great littie "tryout" mnn. He followed this game for SP. eral years, never smoked, nevor drank, read a good deal, studied and practlcod all Ijnown games of chance und corrtH-'ird his speaking English, learning in some odd way that the wel! spoken man '.vent farthest
.Vt twentv. blond as u viking, of beautiful Ijody, affable, winning, ha made his lirst smokeroom trip. The Intellecfual veneer hoodwinked all the women aboard and nearly all the men.
It wns a iirofitable trip, as smoke rooms g'l. lie became the most ei'pert ship gambler in the business be<aii.se he worke<l aloue, which seems rather an Impossible feat to the layman. He took infinite delight lu playing the gull lo his kind and plncking thera.
He was twenty-four when he put vf his Si-st gtuii'jllng ostibltehmept
It nuide money from tho start    And
witb   rare   I'ore.d^.'^.t   he   never   vlsltod
• the piacv at night .1 iruig tlie play.;^ He
would generally diMp iiito the cashier':!
offlee iiiarly in the aftoru(.ion, balanca
I iho accoroits and leave.
I     Thus ho was nnlaiowil to ad i«ave lil»
I employo'.is and the police,  who black-
I mailed  him  regularly  ouce a  montb.
His   .Ulantic   fxii.w   now   lier-anie   few
nnd tux liwtwecn.
Ho began to smoke aud drink cir- cumsjioctiy, for none knew better thaa he wiiat a.go<5d busiw.-is asset a clean, healthy skin was. He liccnnio a mem- ber of two or tlTroo fairly decent cluhe. Ho wa-s getting on. The street ureh- In .and tiio "tryout"' man were for gotten. Ho nuirried.
She was the daughter of a rich maa whoae forboarK had been rich wheu New Y'ork was known by anothef nami;. Tho father strenn<;usly object¬ ed t» tix- match. With rhe lillud .Jb- stluacy of Iier .sex sIm; ran nway with Smead and was prumptly dlslnherttoi Perhaps tho iioir woman knew two or three months of happiness.
Smeikl had marriLil her with an eye to tho future millions, and npon see¬ ing thom take wings tho veneer crack¬ ed. Ilo eulargevl his gambling enter¬ prises, took up ship giimbling a^aln, drifted into tho fast sot of the city, let bis long sm.ithered desires run riot. All tho evil ia him developed with the sinister rapidity of nightshade.
His irons .and Area boc.;iiitt.' muitlfari ous. ill' ti-i.ll his batkl at smuggling, not for thi.' iie..uutaxy gahi> so much an for tho sr«jrtiiig chaua> It ollorod. Hn bijcamo as tiosoly watched as auy m;iu in thL' world, but timo after time he alipin.ll th.".';;.:h tho cnstuiiLs.
Oftou ho U..S uot smuggUng at all. Just pure d.\iltrj- to koop tho Icspec tors antl the soiret .service on the jump. Thoy lit'llovod Ib.' atOftl alono, never 6Usji.)ectlQg Lhat ta.' was th«.' brain aad heart of a c ilussai orguniration.
Tth^ i»)r, I'oiiilah womau wbo mar rled him did '>f a hrokiai heart for women die of tJiat as suruly as thoy broiitijo.
Here J'OU huwt; him, a pict,urosii'je villain uiider his thatch of gray, of a typo cnninKv. enough in cities.
I'etti' ras. ;y. On Uh' nice tra.iSa and hi Iiis gaueiling estabUshment.'j ^: ¦ waa called syu.'U'o. a siiortlng term i';r any oat' not found out Oli, he -a iu-- generous luid fnti ImtKkKl—outsid*; •¦;¦ lUa buiuu,
Aud tiiC-e jwu have the gist of vl lalny. It is at his llriwldo that a man Id provoil W.> who inot^'hbn .^ntslde ut the clubs, i.l t!if hotol lolibios, we veto him n flr»t iTite chap. bi>.t before we give our ¦•oiilldenc" lot us Ri'o tho wif»> who wattH arkl watcJu^s at home. • «¦*••«
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"Ckibig alcng 2noty," said tbe doctor. ""Xon are n:ittimli.\- rtibiLst"
"How l..ng iHjfore I'll be able U.. throw thi.-. . ane oot of the window?'
Torhafw two wooks. If y. u in.' wire fu!. No wl.ii^liy. I dont t! i f.>t.u.' . will hurt .'. (.in.   Oood mori.
No whisky.
Bmoad griunod.at the lighted end j' his ciK«r. They little knvv.' him. H" dnmk hi- iinso he liked l;. oot tieraiv^ it had anj hold on 1dm.
Clve him credit for thnt much; iir oould .stop it; !»'• bad doD<.» ao .Ticu;, i time. !'"or two weeks, .aon, uothhiK Stronger than irtCne tbt-M {nuu h.n Upe.    (Ie ^Xiwk'd   loirM info iJu? brii
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