Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-14
BYLAW NO. z.

have only two compnlons-- the one
a good-natured-looking, middle-aged
gentleman with mild, benevolent ex-
preston, strangely at variance with the
nervous restlessness Of his eyes: the 9th
er grim, taciturn man, who has been
absorbed in his paper ever since the train
Left Edinburg en- route for the South.
They had got in together, and were evil
IDENTIFY travelling companions. Rather a
queerly assorted couple; for from their
dress and general appearance there could
be no doubt but that their stations in life
were widely apart. What could they be?
Master and servant? Evidently not; for
the humber Of the two seemed to have
control of all their travelling arrange
ments. A detective and his prisoner? [
thik not; for the one looks too much at
ease to have troubled conscience; and
the other, though evidently in cammand,
treats this companion with more defer
ence than IS comparable with the con-
scious power of captor.
My speculations on this point filled up
a gap in the journey. We are past Dun
bar by this time, and are fast approach
ing Berwick. 1 have been vainly trying
to catch the restless eyes Of my apparent
ly more companionable companion. He
is now closing them, and evidently set
tleing down for quiet nap My more
taciturn friend has never taken his atten-
tion off his paper; he must either be a
very slow reader, or having exhausted
the news, he must have fallen on the adj
vertisments. | offer him my paper. He
takes it with bow, giving me his own
in exchange-the Banffshire Gazette. No
news to be got out of that after having
exhausted the Scotsman.
My friend opposite is fairly off to
sleep. Quite clear that he has nothing
on his conscience The other is as deep
in the Scotsman as he was erewhile in his
own paper. | can't stand this any long
er. Talk | must. The Banffshire Gas-
cite is published in the country town
bearing the same name: so see my way
to an opening.
you come from Banf, I presume?
You must have been travelling all night2
No wonder our friend here is worn out"
1--WE have come from Bantf,n replied
my friend, with no trace of the churl in
his voice OF manner that his appearance
would lead meto expect. "We have come
from Banf; but we have not travelled all
night. Our governor makes it point
never to over-fatigue any of his patients.
It's part o: his system; SO we broke our
journey at Edinburgh"
His patients! would as soon have sus-
pected my opposite neighbor OF being a
criminal as an invalid.
Indeed" I say. 'sMight I INQUIRE
what is his complaints"
My taciturn friend touches his head in
mysterious way, and am Just in time
to stop a low whistle indicative of sur
prise, and to turn it into another Gin
deed"
"What particular form does his-ahem
complaint take?"
| am beginning to hope he is not vio-
lent.
Generosity"
"Generosity?"
eyes, sir. You see he gets all sorts of
schemes into his head for the relief of
suffering OF all kinds; and his friends.
fearing he might make ducks and brakes
of his money, have put him under the
care of Our governor"
!" Do you consider his a hopeless
case?"
s I fear so, sir. He's one of the quiet
sort, you see. More violent cases are
easier to deal with. Our governor turn
ed out rare wild one quite cured the
other day"
:; What is his treatments'
Letting him have his own way. It's
part OF our governors system; but it was
rather risky in this case"
I feel interested, and intimate as
much.