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Show HtieeiHNsiMMfiHmnMnicBieenn -...'.-....-.-.r.-,-...-.-.-.-.-."" i BETRAYED BY HIS PHILANTHROPY. I 'Z hv-M-u.C'..C..n-'',VlaUSBtklSStSlfeSttiSkSBltffe BY MILLER BUTLEB. "Thee, sir." snld tho barber, viewing his we-k npprovlnglj-, ns Urynnt got out of th chnlr, "jour own grandmother would 't know jou " "It'i so much cooler without my whiskers, whis-kers, I thought I wouldn't wear them this tiring" Ho in Id his quarter, submitted to tho d.arks tnttoo with tho whlskbroom, and hurrld Into thn street. "Hi Is tiultn right'" laughed he, "my own irandmother wouldn't know mo now, mucllesa will Miss Forsjthe, who hasn't secitmo this many a day Now for my train and 1 will soon bo In Itexford I'll find out before I return homo whether thlddory of her engagement is true or not, and shell be nono the wiser for It. clthr. Htlgh-ho'" ho sighed, "lovo sends us ci ninny a fool trip, doesn't It? Hero I hro traveled a good forty miles nnd sloped off In this nasty, stupid little tow n to tsgulse mjself, nnd am now going twety mllia further to sec whom? Old u girl a girl that I thought hud for-gettn for-gettn me, and whom, not a month ngo, I haclioped lo forget In return. Heigh-ho, Pm Urynnt, helgh-ho'" I ambled leisurely to the Btutlon nnd Innlred the llino or the trilll for Ilex-for Ilex-for He hnd hut a slort hslf-hour 10 ws llo amused himself winching thn ede.es in the mlllrnce that rnn between the hanks nf thn new, green grnss, nnd In sklplng flat stones across the silvery suiuce of Ihe pond behind the darn Homo bos were fishing, nnd catching, too. und he-eully becnnie so nlisorbed lu watching thm honk the Hushing suckers that his Inn came thundering along tho track bo. fov ho ilreutned tho hnlf-hour wus up vhen he got oboard he looked around nrong tho passengers to espj uny ono he indlt know lie recoanUed Severn! who ki-w him by sight and by name that l, wen ho wore his whiskers und looked lib lilnuelf-hiil they only glsncel nt hln casuntly now. us If they might havo II dim recollection eif having seen his ceintenonce nt some former time, llut nuo of them uddressetl him, nnd ho set-tld set-tld down Inln hlit sent, certuln that he wis safe In his disguise, All out for Itexrord'" called the con-actor, con-actor, ns the trnln sloweel down Two or threo got off, and iirjont fol-1 fol-1 wed, llo was not meiimtnted In tho town, Hid he nsked the wny to a eiulet hotel, vhero he registered us "II Paul. Horn-rerfleld Horn-rerfleld " It was 3 o'clock In tho nflcrnoon nnd a lvely day He engnged tho commtinlcntlvn clerk In f miscellaneous conversation, and nscer-ilned, nscer-ilned, without direct lii'iulrv. tho gen-'ral gen-'ral locution nf Gen. l'orsjthos place -one of the llnesl 111 nil llexford I'rcsentl) he sauntered forth. Ho hnd nlv an indefinite notion of how he wns otng to come hv the much desired Infor-nntlon Infor-nntlon respecting Miss Palmy und her ngngement. "And then whnt" ho cnught himself ttieryltig "And then." he nnsweled him. iclf. "I will wnnt to have a 'nlk wllh tho iniing lnd) Well but thit isn't whit I lime heie for I dldn t disguise my whls. kers for that, surely I guess. Mr. llrv-ant," llrv-ant," hn llnnllv concluded, talking aloud lo himself. "ou havo tome hern not without some hope of renewing that su I-' I-' doiilj.broken-nir betrothal with this snino Mlsn rnrsjthe ' Tho ronfie-dnn seemed to stagger him for a tnoineni, nnd ho stopped short in nla wnlk. Then he went on ngnln under tho Kilinulur of his thought und did not pause unill ho wns nut of tho town limits nnd In the midst of iKaiiilful green lit Ids It seemed to him Hint nil ho wnuled In do wus to get Into llm neighborhood of Miss Prirsvlhes home und mnbe bo would obtain a gllmpie of her by sonio good fortune He thought hit would 111 comnllsli this much, ut bus! 11 ml Hn 11 go haik to hli. hull I und think It all over I 'I.llerull). I'll just see how thn I Hid lies I can sl.ij In Itexford a we, I,. I believe, and sin will not .Ir. 11111 I .mi utivwhein I neir tho town 1 vvotildii t hnve her know for the world thit I urn running after tier-she trtillcd 1110 ton tdi.ilililli "' He walked ulong ninth until the road began to lie so dusty ho iiincludeil It would be nicer to Into In llin rillroiid tlnrk The lino wound In nnd out of tho hills between high bluffs and 111 ross trestlcd creeks, Willi palrhes of forest hem und there, making it iiliogether nulla a pleHsnnl route. When ho hnd inedllnllvcly counted thn cross-ties for 11 quarter of a mllo an ' hid gnlten far nway from pidcstrlans. ho leaked ll sllldenly nnd wis utarlled to see, some illstnnco ahead of him, the form of 11 mail fall across llin truck The man threw up his hands and struggled as If lu a lit llrjnnt hnslened up to htm nnd found a veiling man, much. Ids Junior, lying fine upwind, his oca closed, unci breathing sti rtoroiislj while blond was flowing from 11 slight cut on tho side of hit head, where It hid struck thu hard lion llrv ant penelvrd that he vvns powerfully built was hundsome, und wus well dressed lie cuiight hold of him and raised his lie.ul up The jiuing inun endcuvored In opt 11 Ids cjia nnd slieltk, but hn fell tank umln, us it Ills strength bud failed hi in ' This Is a dangerous place for you " said llrvunt. "A train coming lnlilid the ciuvo In Hie hill yonder would glvo jou no warning und would mangle jou hor-ilblv hor-ilblv " Ile tried to lift tho body, but It wns nl-niist nl-niist a dead weight, nnd he w IS obliged to dmg the man from the trnck by inula force. Tlltn the voting fellow opened Ids eyes and brpsn to mumble In a fashion thut told 011IJ too plainly what the matter w is llo wns ctriink stuptdlj, beaslly iltunk. "I halo these brutes!" exclaimed Urynnt In disgilNt "and Hiey deserve to be killed mill, ho Is somebody's brother one of iny blethers, 1 suppose! and I can't an him run down nnd crushed nut llki 11 dog Here, get up1 and he tllggisl nt him until he lied pull.. I him down Hi" stitp slope. He ruiueel hlin Into a silting posture nrd eupporlrd his luck iigultut a vvorni fenco. Then tho voting fellow commenced to enter ainaiidllii protest and wanted lo bo "Look here ' cried Urynnt, shnrrly, "jou'ie a fool' vnu'd hnve been mnehed in a Jelly If I hadn't happened nlong1 Now jou stny where I've put vou unill jou nro sober enough In walk home, ita j en henr?" "IV I 'cur? Ye-s, courso 'tar'" ho returned re-turned thbklj "WMI, hi nl then!" And with that llry-ant llry-ant got onto the timk iriiln uud re sumeit hli Interrupt, d wuli. over the ties Ho looked baelc after ho had gono a few strpi The vouna; nun was still sit ting upright ngnlnst tho fence. Anot hundred jnrds nnd then Hrjnnt crot a trestle, some 00 feet In length, bene which a sleepy ijoklng stream flo' auletly awny Into a great meadow al. Just ns ho crossed this he looked gH once more He saw the joung lnfb59JM. stagger to bis feet and start lumblKMi onto the rnlls He vvntched him trjltSH maintain nn equilibrium, rolling In yM nut of Ihe track at every third step VM ho tumbled M "lit 'II ccrlnlnly be killed'" l Tho ilrunknrd wns nn his feet nHfl however, und came pitching lownrdWH trestle. M At thnt Instant the screnm nf a locJB tho whistle broke tho sllcnco of theJB lej B "lie's adend man!" was lirjnnt's J, illation ns he stood rnrnlyieil for a M-ler M-ler of n second liy the next qiM llrjnnt bad leaped buck Into the of the truck and waa flying towalB. (resile II was but n moment Tho thunfr the trnlli cmld be heard on Hie rnll? Intoxlenled youth had ono unrcrtnhl U on tho ties while with the other hA trjlng lo stench himself f The roar nf ihe oncoming train r louder nnd louder A second and rt th screech trom tho whistle pierced the 4 Onto tho irestlo Urynnt leaped yelll to Hie in in at tho other end It watt use Ills voice was drowned by the thu der behind him. I.lko a ilnsh he tune for a second In his mnd race. Ho saw I engine not Mm feet nwny Another leap nnd he had seized his mi with tho grlli of a maniac And the n 1 sights und nil bounds fuded sudden "'. When next Hryant took aoto of ib thing it wns of a law sweet voice that 1 trnctcd his nllenllnn lie slowly npni ldsejes Thrv fi II upon a celling of llj' blue paper dotted wllh golden stars,.! penile, bnlmy air passed across his fie Vhero wns he? Ile seemed very, vn wenk nnd wearj. nnd felt himself Upsl. into iincotiscloiiMiess llo aroused html' wltli un ertcrt und listened Homo ot was rending us It In Ihe next room, 1 was a womiin s vobe "It wus 0110 nf tho narrowest escape Ihat could happen to anyone, uud U h is been prohtiblj taught a lesson th. will last for Ihe rest or Ills days. It Is bo hoped, loo, that he will not forget th other lesson of heroin readiness of a ft low -being to risk llfo for a strnnget sake Who tho bravo joung stranger hns not jet developed, though ho ret tered 111 the Intel as ,11 Paul The-were The-were letters found In his cont Ihat I' to thit belief tint that was an assuro llrjnnt moved uneasily In his heel Is turned Jila head In tho direction of 1 voli e He saw through nn open dot tun the render wns hlddi n by tho vvsll Tho low, sweet voice went on 'Ons' thet-e letters without nn envelope, u short love missive signed I nnnv. -on the buck of II someone, probably 1 recipient of It hud written In pencil, '! Imply tell her that elm shall have own vviu 111 all women do Thnt 1 settle the mutter forever between 1 Hut It Is all lur fault, and If my llfelj failure I will some day return and U her who wrecked It ' "Who 'PonnV Is can. of course, only! surmised la sijb ho never saw! gentlemnn 111 Ills life befnre It Is pro able he nil l,lvo nn entirely satlsfacn; account of himself when he recovers co Bcloiisness. which Dr 1mgfellow siyi expects nt any moment llo Is gem the. Iieut of attention at Judge Oaltr.tr on tho hill, where ho wns tnken Tho reader censed There was a rtti nf a newsi'iiper and. n moment later klndlj-faced lady of thlrtj-llvo or so m sofily into Iho mom Iirjants n resled upon her hho gnvo a little. u of suiprls' and then rnmo.gently to I nnd passed her soothing hand over r. forehead lire nnt spoke "Wliern nm P" , . ... .,, ' Among friends " relumed the 1M "Are you fullng better?" . V.OB. thank jou Ibis Is Judgo 0M tin r s Is li nop" , ,,, mM Wh. jei- Mow did you know?' Kff ankul In astonishment D "I heard nu rinding M "Ah. then j. 111 know nil nut j'ou rnulli not talk 1 he doctor said that jou wefll "juS p-s1, Tiler soft hand back and f.J nciosn Ids brow several times, nnd tstn nnwe nnd got him n drink of water. Atter Hint she gave him some mcdtf nnd bo fill Into deep nnd sound sluniKK It whs nfter sunrise tho next mornuM when he iiwnkened i,vH "He'll be silling up before m'W ma'niu" ho lieunl a voice sny. m might lell Mr llijnnt thnt I lelegrnptj1 Ills rollis, and thev will be here bsfjjl ululit flood morning, and don t nn'T the medicine He II hi nwuko la I won't, doctor. And now I guess I'll may go In, I'nnnv " ...i.n'B llien there w.iv 11 scene thnt certaisTH would bin o 11 lu lined tho good doctor m ho remained In witness It At Hie sl)J of Miss 1'orsv Hie -tor It wns 110110 KJI than sin llrjnnt sat bolt upright. voung ladj. on her part gave 1 screuui. mil Hie nevt moment was oniJJJ knees ut hli. Iiidslele ,i-Jm Noble noble fellow'" she exclaim"! "And nfler the waj I treuted JOU lW How eun I ivei thank you? And how J vim ever forglvo mef You not onlj s;1 lis life, but havo nude a new mam him afhl I had failed lonipiele!, would n.v.r havo gotten over It haa j been killed (lli how enn I ever in" jou' ' .... "It wis he. then, faltered iiryiuii.' head In ginning to whirl whom 1 s -the inun who had como between l Oh, tho bitter Ir ah of Inte'" And h batk upon his pillow ns If she had fl' him it blow ... , "The mull who came between us ' cried, springing to her ( et nnd MnJ over lilm Who' I don't undersian "Wh Isn't hn Hie mini everjtioiiy 1 J nil wero so clevoled to?" hn usked great etfoit , "Devoted? I nhonld sny I wnsl I C hlni morn intention thnn his own " did' Nono of his coui-lna were half "' voted ns I I Cousin' lie jumped up In his bed ,.,, "Vh cerlnlnlv' Joe Leo Is noil1 else I ltd jou think It wun tht old, old story told over" again, nnd tinder her wonderful nuoi ho glow itrong wllh amazing rap'" Ho bad not b.en orloiisly injured.' onlv stunii'd by tho 103s of Ihe e caliber glv.n Nith hlni and l.ee . "And whin nm I In bo paid Iho J" nges, l'uinj ho 11 iked ono morn when In wns rehearsing the ndven for Iho htiiulrnUh time. , "Vou shrill oolllo wllh him this w drelured Ixe who hud come over e day lo se, him, and who was now lis 1 from liquor us his fnlr cousin lierse''; Name the very hour, Paul " reiier' Piuinj "arid I will be ready " ... 'Then let Is bo tomonow mornini II o'clock'" , , . . And at 11 o'clock It hsppened. |