Show THE TE LIGHT ii THAT FAL FALHy liT Hy Author o OTTO O I People ople Fe Phantom IAla Tales Talc from the HUH Three E Etc Sc I hope Ive I've done nothing to dissatisfy dissatisfy dis dia- satisfy any ny of ot tho tenants least o of al all you OU sir 1111 Never No mind that Get mo me tho the mono mone money r tomorrow and se see seo that all alJ my ray clotho lotho aro are packed In the tho little brown bullock trunk Im I'm going But the tho quarters quarter's notice Ill pay forfeit Look after tho the packIng pack pack- In log Ing and ana leave m mo mi alone Mr Ir discussed ell this now do do- do with his wife who decided 1 that BO Bossio was at ot the bottom of or It all nil Her husband took a moro more charitable I view Its very vory sudden but sudden but then ho he was wali 3 always sudden In his Wa ways Listen t to J him now I There Thore was a sound of ot chanting from tron 1 Docks Dock's room Well oU never come back any more moro boysell boys won Well never neVOl como back an any moro more Well We'll go to tho the deuce on any excuse And never como come back nn any moro mor 1 Oh say were we're afloat or ashore boys Oh say afloat or ashore l But Dut well we'll hover no como come back any more bp s Well We'll never nover como back any ony morel Mr Beeton Mr I Where When S tho the deuce Is la my pistol Quick hes he's going t to shoot himself t gone gono ono mad said Mrs i Mr Ir Beeton addressed Dick soothing ly but It was sortie time before the tho latter lat Int ter threshing up and arid down his bedroom bod bed room could realize tho Intention of ot the tho tim a promises to find everything tomorrow sir Oh you c nosed copper old fool fool yoi you Li Impotent Academician I he ho shouted a at t last Do you ou suppose I want to shoot hoo t my myself Take Tako tho the pistol in your sm sill silly I shaking hand then If It you touch It ii It will go ort off because Its It's loaded It Itt Its S among my ray campaign kit somewhere somewhere- In tho the parcel at the bottom of ot th the tho 0 trunk Long ago ogo Dick had care carefully tully possessed possessed possessed pos pos- himself of ot a pound forty weigh I field equipment constructed by th the tho 0 knowledge e of ot his own experience I It I Iwas was this put away treasure that h ho hJ was trying to find and Mr Mi Ir Beeton whipped tho the revolver out o oits of ot Its place on the top of ot tho tim package e and Dick drove his hand hantl among amonS' th the e khaki coat and breeches tho the blue blu 0 cloth IC leg bands and tho heavy flannel flanne shirts doubled over or a pair of ot swanlike swan swan- like spurs Under these and the water water wa wa- ter bottlo bottle lay Iny a sketch book and a pigskin case caso of stationary we dont don't want you can hay have 0 them thorn Mr Ir Everything else Ii Ill I'll 1 keep Pack em om on tho the top right han hand d side of ot my trunk When hen youve you've done don e that como come Into tho the studio with your you wife I 1 want you both V Walt Wait lt a 0 minute get mo rae a 0 pen and a sheet of ot notepaper note note- paper It Is s 9 not an easy thing to white whit 0 when you ou cannot c see and Dick ha had particular reasons for tor wishing that hi hIs hla S work ork should bo be clear olear So ho begat began following his right hand hond with his lila left T The Tho a badness of ot this writing Is bo- bo p. p causo I am om blind and cannot see in my y p pen n. n E cu Even a lawyer er cant can C mistake that It must bo signed I suppose sup p pose peso but It needs need's be bo witnessed No Now V Van an inch lower lower why why did I novel learn lear n nto to use a typo typo- writer typo This This is th the tho 0 last will and testament of or me Richard I am nm In sound bodily and ond an d mental montal health and arid there thoro Is no previous 8 will to revoke That's re That's all an right Damn the pen Whereabouts on tho the paper was I I 1 I leave 0 er e everything that I posses pos- pos ses In the world orld Including four tour thousand thousand thou thou- sand pounds and two thousand seven hundred and twenty eight pounds held beld for tor mo mo Oh I cant can't got get this straight Ho He tore tom off ott half halt the tho sheet an and began bogan again agala with the tho caution about tho the handwriting hand haud- writing Then Than I 1 leave all aU tho the money I posses In iii the world to to hero hero followed fol tol- fol- fol lowed Maisie's name and the names of ot tho the two banks that n held Jil his money It mayn't bo be quite regular but hut noone no ono one has hos a a. shadow o of a a. right to dispute It and Ive I've given ghon Maisie's I address Come Como In Mr r. r Becton Beeton This I if ii my signature Big sig nature youve you've seen soen It often ofton enough to kno know it it I want you ou and your our wile t to witness It Thanks Tomorrow you must take tako mo me to the tho landlord and Ill I'll pay forfeit for tor leaving without notice and Ill I'll lodge this paper with him In Incase incase case caso anything happens when Im I'm away Now were we're going to light lIht up the tho studio stove Stay with me mo and ond give Sl me my papers papera as I want era em No one knows until he lie baa hao tried how fine line a a. blaze blazo a years year's e rs accumulation of bills letters and dockets can cnn make mako o. o stuffed Into tho time stove every cry document In the studio studio saving saving only three unopened letters destro destroyed e sketch books noto note books new and half hat finished canvases alike aUke What a n. lot of ot rubbish a Il tenant gets get about him If ho lie stays long Ions enough In one place to bo be sure said eald Mr Beeton at last Jut Ho ITo does doc docIs Is there theren anything n moro more left Dick felt around the tho walls Noth a thing tiling and tho the stO nigh red hot Excellent and youve you've lost about a thousand pounds' pounds worth of ot sketches Ho ho quito a thousand pounds' pounds worth If It 1 I can remember what I used to be Yes sir politely Mr r. r was wag quito sure that Dick DIlk had gono mad otherwise ho would have havo never par parted led ledwith with his excellent furniture for tor a song Tho The canvas things took up storage room and were much bettor better out of tho way Thero remained only to leave leavo the lit little lit lit- tle tie will vIll in safe safo hands that could not be bo accomplished till tomorrow Dick groped about tho tim floor noor picking up tho the last pieces of ot paper assured himself again anti and again that there thero remained no written word or 01 sign of ot the past lifo life in hi drawer or desk and sat down before the tho sto o till tho fire died out and tho the contracting icon creaked In the tho silence of tho the night IT n XV With Ith a heart of ot furious fancies Whereof I am commander With a 0 burning spear and a horse of ot ofa a air ir I T To tho the wilderness s I wander With a n. knight of oC ghosts hosts and ond shadows I summoned am to tourney tourney- Ten leagues beyond the wide worlds world's C end ad It Is no tourney journey Tom Tom a a. a Bedlam's Song BonK Good by Bess Dess I promised you ou tifty Heres Here's a 8 hundred all hundred all that I got formy for tor formy tormy my furniture from Beeton Deeton That win will keep you O 1 in iii pretty prett frocks for tor somo some time Youre You're been a good hood little girl all things considered but youve you've given ghen me and Torpenhow a fair amount of or tro trouble Ic Give Gho Mr Ir Torpenhow my lovo 10 If It you ou see him wont won't you ou Of course I will d dear ar Now take tako me nie up the plank gang-plank and Into the time cabin Once aboard tho the lugger luer and ond the maid Is and Is-and and I 1 am tree free I mean menn holl look after you ou on tho the ship The head steward If Jt there's theres any use In mone money The doctor when hen we wo como come to Port Sail Paid If I I know anything of ot J P. and O. O doctors After Atter that the Lord will provide aa as Ho lie used to do 10 Bess Desa found Dick in hs h's cabin In tho the wild turmoil o of a n. ship full tull of ot leavo- leavo takers and amid weeping relatives es Thon Then he lie kissed her and laii 1071 laid himself down In his bunk until tho the should hould bo ho ba clear olear Ho Ito who had taken taleen BO so long to move about his own darkened rooms well understood the geography o of a ship and tho the necessity of ot seeing to his hisOn own O comforts wan no as wine Ine to him liim Hotaro lie Bo- taro fore the screw had began n to thrash 1 the ships along tho the Dock lie he had been bean Introduced to th the h steward head ad- ad toward had i royally tipped lipped him secured d a n. good place at table tahle opened out his hlLl hi baggage age and settled himself down with joy 0 In I the cabin It was as scarcely necessary to feel teel his WR way as he moved about for tor he know knew everything so well Th Then n God was very vory kind a a. deep sleep Bleep of ot weariness cam carn upon him Just as ns ho would have hare thought of or Maisie and he slept till un tho the steamer had cleared th the mouth o of the Thames rhames and was lifting to the pulse of the Channel The rattle of ot the engines tho the reek of ot oil and paint and a very ory familiar sound In the tho next neTt cabin roused him to hl his now new Inheritance Oh Its It's good to be ha alive all a again aln Ho to yawned stretched himself vigorously and went on de lc to be bo told that the they were almost almont abreast of ot tho the lights of ot Brighton This Is no moro more open than thun Trafalgar ar Square Is hi a a. common corn com mon inon tho the tree freo l levels levois hc begin gln at com I but tho less Dick could feel tho the healing o of tho sea at ot work upon him already A boisterous little cross- cross swell swung the time steamer disrespect fully by tho the noso and ono breaking break breal ing far aft ort spattered the k k and tho pilo 1110 o of new dock lock chairs 1 lie It- It hoard ld tho the foam tall fall with tho Iho duel il f broken broleen glass was ivits stung In th the tho face faco aco by bj a It cupful and amid sniffing luxuriously f felt lt lila Ills way to tho the smoking room roon b by tho the wheel There I Is strong breeze hrecz found him blow hi his cap off ocr and left him bareheaded In the l doorway and I the tho smoking room coma steward understanding understand understand- ing that bo lie was a n. voyager of or expel lence tones said that t tho the weather would be stiff in the chops off tho the Channel and moro than a 0 halt half a gab galo alo In tho the nil Buy Bay These things 9 toll foil as tile they thoy foretold and Dick enjoyed himself to the utmost It Is allowable and oven o necessary a at sea to lay firma firm hold upon tablet tables stanchions and ropes In moving train from place to place On land lani tho time man who feels with his hands han is 18 i patently blind blin At sea semi even oen a a. blind man who Is not sea sick nick can enD Jest with tho doctor O T tho tIme weakness s of hla his fellows k DU-k t Ul tho the doctor many tales tales and and th tho these o lI aro are coin of ot more Inore than silver If It property properly handled smoked handled smoked with him till unholy hours of ot tho night and so won his short lived regard that ho hI d Dick a 0 tow fow hours of his timo when they I came came- cameto to Port Purt Said And tho the sea roared or was still a athe as the tho winds blow blew and nud tho the engines sang i their song day and ond night and nna the sun I grew stronger day by day tIny and Tom Torn tho the Lascar barber shaved Dick of or a morning under tho time opened hatch grat tIng t- t ing where the cool winds blow and tho the awnings were spread and tho the passengers pits pas made mado merry and at lust last they came como to Port Said Take lake me said Dick to the doctor I to Madame Bloats lt If you know where that li is Whew hewl said the Iho doctor I do Theres There's not much to between I em om but I suppose uro aware that that's ono one of ot the worst woul houses in tho time place They'll rob you ou to begin with rind and knife you later hater Not ot the they Take Tako me roe there thero and I can look after aUer myself So he was brou brought ht to I and nd filled his nostrils with tho the well well- remembered smell of or tho the East that I runs without a Il change from tho Canal head to lIon Hong Kong and aDd his mouth with the tho villainous Lingua l Franca ranca of the tho Levant The Tho heat smote him hint bo- bo two en the shoulder er blades with tho the I of ot an old friend his Isis feet Ceet slipped on tho the sand and his coat sleeve was I warm as oS new baked bread wh when n ho Iro lifted it to his hie nose I I Madame smiled with the smile arallo I that knows no astonishment when I t Dick entered tho the drinking shop which was wag one ono source of ot her gains But Dut for tor n II little accident of ot complete darkness s ho lie could hardly realize that bo be had over oven quitted the ol old lifo that hummed In lii his car ears cars Somebody opened a bottlo bottle of peculiarly strong Schiedam Tho smell Dick of ot Monsieur who by tho the way had spoken of 0 art and awl do degradation was dead Madame said as much when tho the doctor octor departed depart ed scandalized so far tar a n. ships ship's doctor can bo be at tho the warmth of Dicks Dick's re re- re Dick was delighted at it it They remember mo me hero after a year car Thoy They havo mo me across tho the witter water water wa wit- ter b by this time Madame I want a along along along long walk alk with you jou when youre you're at lib lib- lib lib- erty It Is good to be back again In tho the evening she sot set an Iron- Iron topped cafe cab table out on the sands and ond Dick and she sat at by It It while time tho house behind them filled tilled with riot s merriment oaths and threats The Tho stars camo came out and tho the 11 lights of tho the shipping In tho the harbor twinkled bv by the tho head bead o of the Canal Yes Tho war is i good for tor tra trade e my friend but what dost thou do here Wo We have havo not forgotten thee I HI Iwas was over there thero in England and ana I wont blind Continued lorro Iol Morning |