Show TH filE LIGHT LT THA T FAL FAilED lIr ir RUDYARD RD lIlLINi O. O Anther Anthor of People Pe I Th Fhe Phantom JUck T. Tale Talea a arom from rom the Soldier Sol ller r. r Thre Ct Etc I 1 hope I haven't done dono anything I wrong sir but you know I hop that as tar far aa at a 0 man roan can I trios to d d. d do UH Ut I proper thing thin by all the gentlemen In j i chambers chambers and and moro more particular thoe sc whoso whose lot is hard such hard such as you for in in- I stance t Mr r. r Heidar You likes soft rot bloater dont don't you ou Soft roo bloat rs K h scarcer than hard roe but what I U j 1 t is Never mind a little extra l ao so long an as you give o satisfaction t t- ti tl tt 01 tenants Mr tr Beeton withdrew arid and left Dick Pick to himself had boon been long away thera was no more rioting In it th chambers and Dick had settled don down n to bit ne now life lite which he Wa was wen weak I. I enough to consider nothing bettor better than death S It is hard to live Ilvo alone alono in is th tho dirk dark confusing tho the day and night dropping to sleep through sheer weariness at midday and risIng restless In the tho chit J of or tho the dawn own At first Dick on ii ti's hll s awakenings would grope along the corridors of ot tho the chambers till Ull he heard Eoma ono snore more Then Ihen ho he would know that the day had not yet et como and r return turn wearily to his bedroom Lat Later r ho bo learned not to stir sUr till there wn wasa was a 0 noise and movement in the tho house and I Mr rr Beeton advised him to pet get et up On Cn I dressed and dressed and dressing now that Tor For Denbow was awa away was a lengthy length bu business busi husi- J- J ness b boot c UHe collars tics ties and anti th the e Ilk hl hid themselves in far tar conn 5 is ol of or the tho I Ihl room and Bench meant head beating against chairs and trunks on on f I dressed thore there was nothing et hate et to I do to sit still and brood till the tho II three daily dally meals came Centuries a- a ap p p- p breakfast from tram lunch and lun n from dinner and though a man prayed d for tor hundreds of ot years that hIt his mind might be bo taken from him God would I never nevol hear Rather Uter tho the mind MU wo quickened and tho the revolving th ground each euch other as I I stones grind when there thero Is no corn be he- he tween and yet tho the brain would not I wear out and give him rest relit It Continued continued con con- to think at len length th with Ima Imag imag- ery cry and all manner of at reminiscence It recalled Maislo Maisie and aud past success reckless travels by land and sea th the glory of ot doing work and feeling that it was good and suggested all might havo have happened had the tho eyes only been faithful to their dut duty When thinking ceased through sheer weariness wean wean- ness thero there poured into Dick Dicks Dick's soul tide on title tide of or overwhelming s f fear fear dread dread of ot starvation always ter lest the unseen coiling colling crush down upon him fear tear of ot fire in tho the chambers an and u a louo death In red flamo flame and agonies of ot fiercer horror that had noth ing tug to do o with any fear tear of or death Then Dick bowed his Ills head and clutching the arms of ot his chair bought with his sweating self till un tho tinkle of or plates told him hini that something to cat eat was be being betnA be- be ing sot set before him Mr lr Beeton would bring tho meal moal when he had time to and Dick learned to hang upon his speech wh which leb dealt with badly fitted gas plugs pipes out of ot repair little tricks for tor driving picture nails Into walls and the tho sins of oC the woman char or tho the housemaids 6 In tho the lack of ot better things tho the small gossip of a servants servant's hall ball becomes immensely interesting and the tho screwing of a washer on a 0 tap an event to be talked lanced over for tor days Once or twice tt a week too Mr Beeton Beet Beet- on would take Dick out with him when ho went marketing in the morning to ha haggle glo with tradesmen over oer flail fish lamp wicks mustard tapioca and so forth while Dick rested his weight first on ono one foot root and then thon on the other and played aimlessly with tho tins and string ball on tho the counter Then the they would perhaps meet ono of or Mr Beeton's Deeton's Beet Beet- ons on's B friends and Dick standing aside a 0 little would hold h his his s peace till Mr 11 r as willing Billing to go on again I Tho life did not increase his self self- respect Ho abandoned shaving ing as a n. dangerous exercise and being shaved Ilia vod in a barbers barber's shop meant exposure of or I his Infirmity Ho He could not seo that his clothes were nere properly brushed and since ho he had land never taken any care caro of ot his personal appearance ho became every known Imo variety arlot of ot A blind blindman blindman man cannot cat eat with cleanliness till he ho had hod boen been some somo months used to tho darkness If It ho demand attendance and grow n. angry at the want of ot it It ho he I must assert himself and stand upright I Then Thon the meanest menial can n soe soo that I he is blind an and therefore of no flO con- con sequence A wise man will keep his I o oj eyes oes os es on tho floor and sit still For I amusement ho be may pick coal lump b by lump out of oC tho the scuttle with the tongs tonS's and pile it In a little heap in the tho fener tonder ton fen der er keeping count of ot the tho lumps which must all be bo put back again ono one by ono and vor very ory carefully lie He ma may sot set himself himself him him- self sums If It ho he cares caros to work them out he may talk to himself or to tho eat cat if It she chooses to visit isit him and It if f h his Is trade has hns been bean that of ot an artist ho may sketch In the tle air all with his forefinger fore foro- finger but that Is too much ranch drawIng drawing draw- draw Ing ng a pig with the eyes shut Ho may mur murgo go to his book bool shelves and count his books ranging them In order of ot their sizes or to his war wardrobe robe and count Ills his shirts la laying thorn them In piles of ot two or three on the bed bcd as they suffer from frayed cuffs or lost buttons Even this entertainment wearies after alter a time and all tho the times aro are vcr very vory or long Dick was allowed to sort Jort a tool chest where Mr Ir Beeton kept hammers taps and nuts lengths of gas Sas pipes oil oU bottles bottles bot bot- tics and string If It I dont don't havo have everything vcr just whore where I know where to look for tor It wh why then I cant can't find any anything thinS thinS' when I want want It Youve You've no Idea sir tho amount of ot little things s that these chambers uses up said Mr II Becton Beeton Fumbling at nt the tho handle of ot tho door as ashe ashe ashe he went out outS Its hard on you sir I do o think Its It's hard on you Aint you going to do anything sir Ill pay my rent and messing Isn Isn't t that enough hl I wasn't doubting for tor a moment that you OU couldn't pay your our wa way sir but often otton said to my wife It Its s archon ardon ard arch ardon on un fin because It Isn't as al If It he was an old man mILo nor yet ct a a. middle aged on ono but quite a young gentleman That That's a whore It Jt comos comes so O ard i iI I I 1 suppose so said sail Dick absently This particular nerve norve through h long battering bat bat- bring had hail ceased to feel much feel much I I was oH th thinking Inking continued Mr Beeton Beeton Beet Beet- on still making as It if to go bO that you might In lie o to hear hoar In my bo boy Alf Alt read you tho the papers sometimes of or an evening Ho lIo do read beautiful seeing hes he's only nine I should be bee very e grateful said Dick Only let mo tao make Tt It worth his while hUo Wo Wa wasn't t thinking of or that sir butof butor but butof of or course courso Its It's in your own ands but only to ear car Alt AU sing A Boys Boy's Best Friend I lit is MH is Mother Ahl AhlI AhlI I will hear him sing too Let Lot him como come In this thin evening with tho the news news- papers S Alf It was not a 3 nice child being puffed up Ut with many school board certificates for tor good conduct and and ancl inordinately proud of or his singing Mr dr tr Beeton Deeton re remained ro- ro beaming while tho the child walled wailed his way WILY through h a song lIong of ot some eight line eight verses s in the tile usual whine of ot tho the young Cockney and after compliments compliments compliments ments left loft him to road read Dick tho the foreign foreign for tor- eign telegrams Ten minutes tos hater lator Alt Air returned to his 1118 parents rather palo ande and scared e E E said e couldn't stand it no DO more moreho more he ho explained lie Ho never nevor said you ou read badly lf 4 Mrs r e I spoke ole Xo No o B i 12 said I I read beautiful M Said feld feldo o 13 never neer card eard any ono one read like that but e 0 said e a couldn't tho the stuff in tho tic papers In the tho he's hes lost some somo money stocks Wore Were ore you OU r him about 8 stocks Air No o it It was WAR va all about ou out t thoro thorn tho the soldiers in is gono gonG gone a. a great long piece with all tho the lines close to together antI and very hard word worda In tn it itE It E E give o me art arC a crown e I read so o well wall And AntI o o 0 says s 's the n next t time I theres there's anything c e wants road read u 11 send for rm inc good hearing but 1 l lk k o think for tor all the half crown put crown put It Into the kicking donkey money box Alt Alf and let Jet mo me t JiO oe you OU do tIo it It It-ho ho might have kilN you longer lonKer Why he lie couldn't havo have be begun begun beun be- be gun un to understand how beautiful you ou read lies Hoa beat left to gentlemen gentlemen always are arc when nhon bon they're downhearted said Air Mr Beeton |