The Survivor
enu towards him and studied it with interest. Setting it down he
ind O. K.?" he i
being unable to answer a q
id, doubtfully. "I'm afrai
and to some acquaintance
the modest sum of eighteenpence, which is the cheapest way to feed, if it's decent
old the waiter to bring me the ordinary lu
it. Henri. Come
the waiter, who treate
rned again
to eat alone. It is a whim of mine. If I eat alone I read, and if
the newcomer
aid. "I have nothing to
ky m
king that every one here seems to be in the same state. Some one once told me
is eyeglass and looked de
e West-Enders who carry the burdens of wealth and the obligation of position, who have earned for
with the air of a connoisseu
laughe
what about me? I pawned my watch because
hed and stuck his
watch for a year, and I've only ninepence in my pocket. They give
looked at his neat clothes and the f
means of making mo
a measure it is true-but such a small measure. A cold-blooded and unappreciative editor apprises my services at the miserabl
, then?" Douglas
work, as you would bones to a dog. It is not dignified, but one must eat and drink-not to mention smoking. Permit
th flushed cheeks. The I
the staff of the
ther
ou. My own impression is, that without me the Ibex would not exist
I sent a story to the Ibex, and it was accepted.
ttle eyes twi
as the
.' Douglas Jess
as's glass with Chianti f
I remember your story, for I put the blue chalk on it myself and took it up to Drexley.
out upon life with terrified eyes, tempted even to self-destruction, suddenly in touch once more with the things that were dear to him, realising for the first time some of the dreams whi
e?" his new friend aske
n for
answered, smiling, "for I hav
iced that the postmark of your parcel was Feldwick in the Hills, somewhere
o his cheeks, faded slowly away. The pleasant hum of voices, the keen joy of living, which, a moment before,
to do during the last few
bout the mu
es
sed his cigarette case across t
"did you know the man
shook
ived some distance away, and t
rest me. This one did. Why? I don't know. I hate to have reasons for everyth
s, who sat with white face and averted eyes, struggling hard for compo
ing that the police were a little hasty i
ials," Douglas said, looking up, "besides the card. He was known
We will talk of something else, or rather I must talk of nothing else, for my tim
time to catch hi
"Come along with me, and I will show y
hateful fears-that fainting sense of terror! Douglas Guest was dea
st drink with me once. W
, lifting his glass,
bad chap, although
gs-but he drank to a different toast