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Show JOHN CMAI .IAS, IF r MAOu, ttun ii nn tnt i,n ,T, y,),!,!, Ilia rl Maa Il.hu.,1 n n.einlt.. It was a lata boat crossing M Trla ferty, and there wero only threo or foni liaKners In tho men's cabin. Ono ol them was a thin linn with a Ions linen diKternndn talluhlto hut. Although thero were many tncant suits, this in senirer. After n deilberalo lnvotloli ol lira Inlirler, went to tin fir corner tl tho cabin and sal down In n sent next tc n fit man with n bhr rnllae. "John Chapman, of llamftpnl" tt tlilineil the spar man, "Hoiynro yot tonlithir Tim fat min itared a moraciit At Ilia speaker and then kaI.1i "I am nut Jilin ChApfn'iii.of r.iuiapo, but 1 am milte uoll toniihl." "NotJohuCliapniaii.of Kamapor aaM tho thin mm, appirently much snr-rrlaeil. snr-rrlaeil. "Whytaroonsuroy "Will, 1 ttoeoa I mixht lo know who I amr'tulalmeil tho fat man. 1 Certainty, sir, cerbilnlyi to Imi surer-rspllc.1 surer-rspllc.1 Iho thin man. "lint, tnereyl how lould I be ao inruli mistaken? Why. If 1 Iia.1 jron i.n Willi what I htul on my mind I would Into I n iiicrllfteil In jondintaiitrel I was so suro)ou weia John Chaptilall. of ItAtttapo.' "Mlitnlrea Ilka that Iren,ililtly lnp Iruauld tlio fat iiimiu " Yts. 1 know," auld tho thin man. "II la not 11m inlatnko 1 deplore so much. Tho thought of IIm mortification I wonld baro adftennl If I hal Kno nil nnd done what I bad on my mind, and tlien foun I tliat )ou wero not John Chajtnan, cl lUitiapo, la wliat nonoys me. Mercyl" Tho fat mail buwtil. "Yea, tiidee. !,' cimtlnile.1 the thill man "I don't know what made lr.0 pause on this ricMalun, for I nlwa uo riKht n to John and without ceremony aav, Iii m n dnlhir Ull tumorruw.' Now, if I hud done tint tonight, and, uflu yuu b 1 1 loaned me tlio dollar. 1 had di. colored Hut you w-ro not John Chnte man, of llamaiio, just aeo liow diadly my luorllfluitliiu would luio Un. llirryl It mikeeinocold to think of III" The fat man aaeared him, with n smile, Ihattliero wonld lime been no occasion whateitr forinortllloHtlonoiitliAtBcore. "'lltanka! tlumkar' eaclalineil the thin tnan. " Vi are try ldn-1. lint 1 don t know aa I ought to aort-pt It oren until tomorrow. If j on wero only John Chap-tnau, Chap-tnau, of llamapo, tuiwl You are escinl. iuitlyllko him in looke onl lnannerr The fat man tajweil, bat the amlle was missing 'i'lie host WAa now neariug her slim "If, as yon atiy, my fearaof Mng loor titled beyond utui.nra if 1 had gone al you aa .John CLipniAn, of Itaniapo, are grontidleaa," said iho thin liiAUlilAndly, "I will JAit the thought ualda Alel accept thu linn but only till toiuorrowl Only till toiuorrowl The fat man gr ibbl l,ia i illae an 1 hurrlml on deck, looking bock once or twice to aeelf the thin mnii was In ir-suit. ir-suit. He vaan't. lie ant still nnd wn'ihed tlio fat mm as ho dlsajieiired airuaa the iranirpLuik. Tlien be arose mid iiiopwil Ida forehead with a rod halt Iktrchlef. "It's singular, nowalaja, how tight the money market Is." aa!d lie. New Yolk Sun. |