| Show The Story StOr of ofa Countryman s a s. s DAN Triumphs Triumph in a Big City G GUNN By LeRoy I ARMSTRONG J 1 CHUTER X XVI Continued l I I Well 1 no no- no protested Dan Gunn energetically AL t least not till tl I 1 get gel out ou of here herl I am nm looking hooking for zt l t man when I J find him I may want to todo todo todo do something to him hint Your songs ons weakened me awhile ago I am afraid out raU our of prayers mime me would woul take take all al the ginger Prayer cannot connot but help hel- hel helan an any work worl have hand brother yo you mn may hn on Insisted the man on the time rostrum Just JUH as a soon as I get out go on with wih I it Pete lete and amid he lie he stooped to the tl car of oC his abject companion and amid whispered whispered whis whis- whis the namo name of the time hotel hotel You come there when It is nil all 0 over o And you Amid Ant ou you stick Uck to these people Thc They will wi do you good AntI And the man from roam the time country countr wa was gone Ole As he lie pa passed el uptown he confessed to himself that the time incident of or the time robbery hind had come none too soon Th There Thiemo re was a chord In the lie mans man's makeup make make- up Ui which responded to the emotional In religion And Anti he knew nn any softening soften soften- Pig ing IlS o of his attitude not nol on only to th this man nina manh h he wa ivan aM seeking but to th time the hard men men who were seeking him apparently on every ewY corner COlner would be destructive destruct o of all all his imis chances Evening had fallen He stopped In at nt a brilliantly lighted billiard hall ball haJ Half a dozen tables were oc A Aline Aline Alne line lne o of men In chairs were beached high anti and ant dry about the shore of the time room looking on Want to O play playa a game of or billiards asked a 0 wel well wel h-d h smooth smooth- smooth faced faced young oung man approaching the new now comer Well Ve I never ne er saw w this timis three ball throe game ame In tim m my life said raid Dann Damin Glnn Hut But If I you OU have a a good goot hard player player- I T will wi try tn him blunt one game for Cor the time treats treat For the what For the cigars How ma many ny cigars 7 One for or every fellow In the me place The young youn man maim smiled knowingly stepped back to a little partitioned partition partition- ed off oI at nt one end of or the room anti and delivered de de- Ic- Ic livered lIvened some meR message ge to one of or the themen themen themen men lounging within A pale studious man came out omit Just jUl Justa a 1 trifle stooped just n a trifle nervous In appearance Dont play that man whispered a stroller through the room Shake infer Jafer the time champion of or the city the map man 1 want to tackle said Id Dan Gunn Cunn selecting a n cue He Hefel felt fel the thc need of some stimulating ex ox ex- ex rh The rime rough meeting house In Van Huron Buren street had vastly astr un unbilled unset unset- et- et tied ted him How points do many you play asked the pale pa studious man chalking chaikin his cue CUE while the time smooth-faced smooth youth cleared a table anti and put It I In readiness Just as os many as ns you 1 like r- r replied Dan Daim Gunn a little doggedly Well 01 well we'll wel pin play along said ld time champion till ti you get et enough nn and ii ner the time er man maim almond ahead th then n will wi be hE winner win win- in And n 11 tho ho other oilier will ishi H treat tho the crow crowd 1 Yes anti and the time other will wi treat the time v cro crowd S S S I They 1 banked i k eJ trot champion got ot first I S Slie He lie mat made a 0 listless tr try for or a round- round the table play hula and missed Then he stepped back and amid chalked his cue cuo again Everyone rone F in the time hall hail hal was watchIng watching watch watch- ing the time beginning of this very cry amu amusing game The rie balls bails hals lay lar In a bunch hunch on and Dan Gunn taking good care cale not hot to fall fail ai scored a ball bali Then he laid down n elo his cue Ive had enough he said Youve what gasped the champion cham cham- pion Pvc Ive I e hind had hal enough Time The man that's ahead when I get enough enough Is winner and the other stands treat Such a shriek of laughter such a crash of r applause as aN greeted the statement state state- ment had hat never le er been heen heard hearl In Inthe Inthe Inthe the room not room not not even en e when th the champion v won on his laU laurels ls But he knew a good thing when he saw it I It and amid after th the first shock of ot surprise advanced and ant shook hands I with wih time the countryman It I needed nearly two boxes of cigars to settle Iette the score core coreIl Ill Il just put mine mImic In my pocket till ti after aCter dinner if IC you dont don't mind said ald 01 Dan Damm Gunn And he walk walked l out entirely en en- tim tim-el restored to his hits former undisturbed undisturbed self seU I I XVI Halt Half Halfway way war back to hi his hotel he saw sais' sw Just ahead of him and ant walking In the time same me direction a n woman with a broad Ca Gainsborough i r 0 ugh hat p plentifully Ic a ti U I iy gar garnished ga garnished gar gar- r with plumes Her appearance seemed familiar and ani h he lie maneuvered maneu ered face Cace until he hu could coull get gel ge a better belter beter look at her It I was the girl who had haul been heen struck truck In the time face fac by br Ralph Ha Granger a few nights beor- beor before Ill Il follow olow her said ll Dan Damm Gunn A And nc h he fell el to a n sate safe distance behind She Sime walked rapidly 1111 it to a car cal She Sue rode no more than half a dozen blocks When hen she h climbed on out 01 at the time back steps Dan Daim Gunn CUnn climbed oli on at the time op opI opposite op- op I o le end o of the car He lie II watched watchet her and aCer after after- the time car had imad hat started leaving her in tn front o of time the hotel hotel- he hind hall Inspected In the afternoon he hl swung down anti and yaw saw her go o in imi ut at the ladles entrance of th time the place H He lie watched her come com out arid anti then walked heidi bold boldly I up imp to the time clerk a n simple old gentleman who seemed to t have lived In iii the ct city so o that thal h he lie knew little or nothing about abol H ItIs itIs it Is Is t there he a Mrs 1 Hall stopping ng here asked u r. r 0 Mrs Irs Unit Hall Hal comes here hele for 01 her mall mal replied time the the old man She Sh was wa here luro not miot two minutes ago agov And h he hue looked about us If I expecting her to he waiting for fU just such an Inquiry S Well Vei Its tt's no imo matter matel I will wi write raid fuhl Dan Dnn Gunn Cumin anti and h hwn he he- wn walked Ed out A car cor cr wt was passing uptown He lie climbed on omi without stopping It It 1 and at I the he Imminent risk of damage lama e to limb Th Time The woman he lie was seeking was on the tIme car just ahead lie He was sl satisfied ltd now mien that thal Granger antI and Mrs Mis 1 Hall Hal were neme two names for one pen person and on-and and andone one as ns norl nearly n a C true name a athe as aslie the lie other He lie le was sure sute Ue if iC he lie could trace this young youn woman In time the tw Gainsborough batto hat bat hatto hatto to lieu her lot lodgings he would be In iii a position position tl tion n to la ha lay his hands on Ralph Granger Gran Cramm- ger whenever el he ime hI Wanted him There was a jam of cars at a street crosIng crossing and the time car cam Dan Iam Gunn was wason wason on Ott came close to the time one omme lust just I of olL IL lie He stepped down aln that other can cami and ont had hod the time satisfaction of seln seeing seeing- the time person he folo followed ec If I he ime had been hen doubtful tho thu bullet bulet hole hol in the tIme rim minim o of the Gainsborough hint hat would hu hue e convinced him She got gol down at Madison street and anti took look another car cal for the tIme ives west Pt looked encouraging With Uh a n passing glance at the time corner COIner where Mr Mrs 11 West Vest S S r p I 3 d 1 J i r tf- tf i I L l L v lI cI 1 frightened horse on the tho sidewalk he hp followed keeping well wel out ut J of sight J Far awn awo away on the time lt left sel side she left ef the time car cor and amid went to nn S hou house c From the opposite side of the tho street Dan Dart Gutin GUhn P. P suit saw w h her hem U try to turn turp th j- j knob of the nt H dour door She Sime could not Then she he took a tl key e from her pocket an and let herself In That Thal settles et Cs U. U I. I She lives there A Al Mill fill O mimi from the time theia ia way she stood IJ by hIm him tho the light he lie shot at lien her particularly from the he- heway way va he struck her imet I should Judge I lIme hey ore are living hiving ether to together I This hIN was the countryman's sion Pete rete was OS at nt th time the hotel when Dan Cumin GUll mm returned there half an hour holI aft aU erward What are you going to try tt to do tie asked the time man who had Just whipped him ilm and then helped him Im Im going to be be square If I. I I starve was vas the time waiters waiter's Inn firm reJo rejoinder Dan got gol a room for fOl that night 1 antI ind met him him In the morning You need some seine clothes Pete ho me 1 11 S Same Sante to you s said the waler waiter arid and them together to to- Well Vel lets let's go ant get S SIt gether ether It was almost noon noomi when hen tho ho two came I from flom their re respective rooms In Inthe Inthe the time hotel and anti met in the office They hey heyhal whole shooting match had hal seen en the Dan said Barber clothier haberdasher haberdash er everyone er-everyone er e everyone who could add to a n mans man's personal appearance appearance had been ben drafted draft draft- In hl hits his ed ell into the time service And Ani never naver never life had Pete Pele enjoyed l so o I keen een a n re respect respect re re- for himself cl Dan Gunn Interested Interest Interest- ed eti el the clerk and the tIme waiter waller waler got ot a L place In the room dining at Puce Mice As for Cor Dan him himself f he 1 had hind to keep own away from rein the th mirrors or he lie would have ho been leen lost host completely He lIe did not look took l like e a countryman putting on aIrs alra airs Petes Pete's Judgment and amid knowledge knowledge of city ways had hind saved eel M him hint that lint And Anti with less les than 00 outlay the time two IWO were made new I Late Ite atc In the time afternoon ho walked out ol-it outto outto to the tIme West IVest Side theatre theotre where he lie lint had hada a o lamplight glimpse of Ralph Granger and went In It I was one of the time continuous COI con comi shows 1 of or te cheaper kind and anti he be had hal an nn Idea that thal the MrsHall Mrshall Mrs Irs Hall of his correspondence the time weman woman wo wo- man In the perforated Gainsborough h hat liat ml might hl be br In the place either as asan asan asan an actress of spectator I Furthermore the tIme photographer himself himsel himself him him- self sel must be le somewhere and ant It I was more niome than probable h he would e spend some seine of oC his time about the these Inexpensive S move sive IVE If not very verv vcr fascinating places places Nc Neither o of them was wao there however Dan Damm Gunn sat l well wel to one side Ite nut and 11 rather back of the middle of the house hous I He lie le could see ee everyone rone In tIme the 11 place ani and in spite SIlte Ile of the efforts on omi the time stage stag f h he iii spent pent far more tm time looking at tho the people than maim at the performers performer Back Bac of the regular seats seals were veme grouped some small smal tables with wih loose characters characters-a bout about chairs and nt and loose them Beer Br was served here anti and all men and amid women we were drinking At on on ant table tahle l t a good looking girl and amid two men were at her Imer side Sim Sil f seemed particularly happy Dan db- db served that she he laughed a great deal lr g Everything th lug on m hit 11 stage sInge everything n tha that lieu her two companions said everything every every- very thing timing that happened In the large anti and mixed audience was subject to mirth to her lien S h He le watched closely but could not see that thai she shut drank though she must h have he e there more than an hour As he watched her he lie became becam convinced convinced con con- vinced she had hal appeared before befort him once but but where and anti when The Time Impression he had had anti and It grew gew upon him hIm was was thai of a woman bending bend ing imig over o er him with wih a Inu laugh h and amid a surprised sur sur- twinkle o of the eyes eeS Every elY E time she laughed he lie t that lint odd Impression Im Im- irn- irn rr o of her hel having bent above him some seine time lame and he lie puzzled vainly Ion for forthe the clew which should solve the rid rfd ti die dle I e. e All AI of a sudden the words lies good came caine to him from hint from some va vague ue chamber of or the time brain And In nn ami in instant In in- stant it i was clear cler S She Sime was wa the time favorite olle Ca of the stubby leader eader of the Market street gang gang tw the woman who had hat put his mis own open uen knife in hl hi hit handI hand ham I should have hava hn e remembered her lien In lii InI I spIte of the time hat lint Anti and n coal cloak ho said s-ald sall with wih sIC self accusing an and looked ngn n toward the time beer table able The two men were there but hut time the woman was gone Dan Gunn started stalled up anti and went over overto o er to lo them Time They were careless city city- cl- cl 1001 looking men and anti were wel leaning back lack with wih bottles half hal emptied ob the people on omi the time stage Could you OU tell tel me where that young woman went a asked l ed the time newcomer He lie thud did not look hook like a countryman and ano he noticed that the they treated his hie clothes with wih the time respect which he had formerly been compelled to tn wc rl with lh some exercise for em himself She went out said t sa on OIW j of the themen men after aCel looking hl his questioner S o er over r I You mean man went away front from tho the theatre 4 C CI I guess so 0 She he went out there pointing to the main exit J Do you know where she sue lives J es j Both men laughed lightly They o cared nothing for fOl the woman who had i been sitting with wih th them them-a m n a moment be before be- be fore ore in such uch evident e enjoyment of Y b life S S She lives wherever er she site can I Iguess J gue guess said It One om of of o tl thi th men drink drink- 1 1 Ing the time last lost of his beer eer Have 1 Ing someI something some some- ln I thing ii I f No 0 thank you Ol And Amid the time man from Mauston auston had bolted hd past the tIme swinging doors oo and hind had reached time the street A lIttle girl not more than S years old old was shivering about time the entrance with a box of gum in one omme red red- cold hand The other hand wms drawn up In hum a sleeve of the thin dress dress small S protection against winter winds Buy some gum mister please se Implored time the little one How much have you got gol he asked al at time same samo time glancing along the street for a of that departing woman Ten packages packages' said tIme the child mutt appealing eyes up to He lie gave lien her a dollar 6 ti Put For Gods God's sake baby bab- he ime said go go home Puce i he lie al along toward Mail Mail- Hoe e i or r U it mo to hint him corr cor- cor taimi nh that go r i to that the ht he sought would busler Ho lie hid had n a strange almost n a i I pulse of lIe mull the of would lie by her At ln imi lo to time the same lie e turned east east- and rapidly lie lu- saw san before he Ime Sf Imad gone a bl block th lie hint hat |
