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But
on
this
morning
no
beggar
would
have
more
thankfully
received
a
charitable
coin
,
for
the
demon
thirst
had
him
by
the
throat
--
the
drunkard
's
matutinal
thirst
that
requires
to
be
slaked
at
each
morning
station
on
the
road
to
Tophet
.
Blythe
walked
slowly
up
the
street
,
keeping
a
watchful
eye
for
any
miracle
that
might
drop
manna
upon
him
in
his
wilderness
.
As
he
passed
the
popular
eating
house
of
Madama
Vasquez
,
Madama
's
boarders
were
just
sitting
down
to
freshly-baked
bread
,
aguacates
,
pines
and
delicious
coffee
that
sent
forth
odorous
guarantee
of
its
quality
upon
the
breeze
.
Madama
was
serving
;
she
turned
her
shy
,
stolid
,
melancholy
gaze
for
a
moment
out
the
window
;
she
saw
Blythe
,
and
her
expression
turned
more
shy
and
embarrassed
.
"
Beelzebub
"
owed
her
twenty
pesos
.
He
bowed
as
he
had
once
bowed
to
less
embarrassed
dames
to
whom
he
owed
nothing
,
and
passed
on
.
Merchants
and
their
clerks
were
throwing
open
the
solid
wooden
doors
of
their
shops
.
Polite
but
cool
were
the
glances
they
cast
upon
Blythe
as
he
lounged
tentatively
by
with
the
remains
of
his
old
jaunty
air
;
for
they
were
his
creditors
almost
without
exception
.
At
the
little
fountain
in
the
plaza
he
made
an
apology
for
a
toilet
with
his
wetted
handkerchief
.
Across
the
open
square
filed
the
dolorous
line
of
friends
of
the
prisoners
in
the
calaboza
,
bearing
the
morning
meal
of
the
immured
.
The
food
in
their
hands
aroused
small
longing
in
Blythe
.
It
was
drink
that
his
soul
craved
,
or
money
to
buy
it
.
In
the
streets
he
met
many
with
whom
he
had
been
friends
and
equals
,
and
whose
patience
and
liberality
he
had
gradually
exhausted
.
Willard
Geddie
and
Paula
cantered
past
him
with
the
coolest
of
nods
,
returning
from
their
daily
horseback
ride
along
the
old
Indian
road
.
Keogh
passed
him
at
another
corner
,
whistling
cheerfully
and
bearing
a
prize
of
newly-laid
eggs
for
the
breakfast
of
himself
and
Clancy
.
The
jovial
scout
of
Fortune
was
one
of
Blythe
's
victims
who
had
plunged
his
hand
oftenest
into
his
pocket
to
aid
him
.
But
now
it
seemed
that
Keogh
,
too
,
had
fortified
himself
against
further
invasions
.
His
curt
greeting
and
the
ominous
light
in
his
full
,
grey
eye
quickened
the
steps
of
"
Beelzebub
,
"
whom
desperation
had
almost
incited
to
attempt
an
additional
"
loan
.
"
Three
drinking
shops
the
forlorn
one
next
visited
in
succession
.
In
all
of
these
his
money
,
his
credit
and
his
welcome
had
long
since
been
spent
;
but
Blythe
felt
that
he
would
have
fawned
in
the
dust
at
the
feet
of
an
enemy
that
morning
for
one
draught
of
aguardiente
.
In
two
of
the
pulperias
his
courageous
petition
for
drink
was
met
with
a
refusal
so
polite
that
it
stung
worse
than
abuse
.
The
third
establishment
had
acquired
something
of
American
methods
;
and
here
he
was
seized
bodily
and
cast
out
upon
his
hands
and
knees
.
This
physical
indignity
caused
a
singular
change
in
the
man
.
As
he
picked
himself
up
and
walked
away
,
an
expression
of
absolute
relief
came
upon
his
features
.
The
specious
and
conciliatory
smile
that
had
been
graven
there
was
succeeded
by
a
look
of
calm
and
sinister
resolve
.
"
Beelzebub
"
had
been
floundering
in
the
sea
of
improbity
,
holding
by
a
slender
life-line
to
the
respectable
world
that
had
cast
him
overboard
.
He
must
have
felt
that
with
this
ultimate
shock
the
line
had
snapped
,
and
have
experienced
the
welcome
ease
of
the
drowning
swimmer
who
has
ceased
to
struggle
.
Blythe
walked
to
the
next
corner
and
stood
there
while
he
brushed
the
sand
from
his
garments
and
repolished
his
glasses
.
