, 1888-12-27

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some scnogts's e.es hot h'meE Or-but
what IS IL Can haIp yoG: And he drew
Guc out of The sunshine L.lp the shade OF the
covered way which rus round the Zoeo
dover, the g-eat square "a Toledo.
''SOI-e ore Lis IE,.-.-.'..ei ruE letters /
stau.mcrci a Sg....aGL ,,il'I for therH
this morning presented u4c Of my visiting
ards, AMI said was ri the Fonda IL L.@'-
where l did stay one night All that | can
get ut OF the postmaster a. that ne cave uY
the letters and tis.t all was GoEc IN order.
CoufOund lis stOlIdlty, One OF them con
taiES~i 4IlJI'
He wl!istIcd. .sThca there Is TO time to be
lost, AIR. Lyntoa," hc cried. Let Us 60 first
to the Fonda. 1t Is possILi. that some busy
body, knowing you did not get your letters
yesterday, has fetched them for You On the
chance of getting Il p,scta for his pains
gladly asscltcd, and we went together to
the hotel But no or, there would confess to
knowing anything of my letter. No one had
gone for them. As We LETT the yard noticed
that my companion looked kcenly at the
waiter, who was moi too civil DO You sus-
pect HING l asked, wh-n we were outside.
Il hardly know Client answered slowly.
Possibly You misIaid a card the night you
slept there, 50 that he Is one of the people 10
be suspected. But come, VIC VIII 80 now TO
the postoftice viii help you as far ps | can
And indeed Ee did. His knowledge of the
language was perfect, and it WAS wonderful
to hear him scolding- questioning and COM
planning, without end Of the wrongs his
influential friend, whose passport he was
waving under their oiiicial noses, had suf-
fe9ed. But when presently everything had
been tried, and for the time tried fruitIcSsly,
hat
blaukly at one another.
Il say, Mr. Lynton," he began, fifty
pounds is c large sum to lose"
Il wish 1t were less" / replied, with an at
tempt at sprightlino2s.
alt does not cripple you altOgetheri'
Il can afford it, if that is what you meal
But-but it Is little iEconvcuicnt at pres
ent," l answered.
1T puts you in 4 difficulty for few daySr
Precisely. l cannot receive another re-
mittancc for five days at least. In the mean
tine l have siz-ye5, seven Pesetas and 5
'ralf."
lymph! Call it six shiIIings and three
pence" he replied, laughing. The cathedral
vergers will soon ease you Of ii, even were il
mere. But look here! wo arc next door
uciglborS, and you must let me help you. In
4 strange country always keep 4 few pounds
by me; they are at your service"
As he spoke ke drew from an inner pocket
[. shabby letter case and took out 900 pesta
!.cte-the only note, / saw, that tho case con.
tanned.
u am afraid said, Loubttully, that l
do not know me"
81 saall not need the money" he replied,
quickly, ''and as to Iay knowing you, think
do-not you, personally, but your kind"
''That is well saidrn l exclaimed with
heartiness, ''and accept yorr offer on ore
conditioa-that if you want the money beforc
Sunday you win tell me So"
''Why, if / do" he replied, laughing merri
ly, ''yUu viii have spent half of it.n
$50 SHALL said, laughing myself, ''but
have a watch, and Toledo, no doubt, has n
-let me call it a Mont de Piete.n
s.lieTsaEselltsi 80 be cried zay;ly, aud With
81 i 1t tiiiIis sifi.eSf rap
idly away, leaving inc 20 nay thoughts.
watched him as hc threaded his way across
the square 5etween laden asses and graceful
girls with pitchers, and comparing his slight
upright form with the soInbcr Spaniarlls wEo
strut ed up and down, keeping, c, en- on this
sunny day, corner of TIE capa over the
mouth, felt proud of Tay countryman.
Il do not think l said pcni.cntly II Jock
Il have not mentioned Jock before, GlthougL
he was ut that tiEle my constant companion
a collie dog with the long Sco@ch head arc
the tenderest eyes,, y do net think that
all be So quick to Judge the next man we
'oet-and do not understand. All, these
asty Judgments, jock" and / shook my
..ead, and Jock his tail
In due course q second remittance came to
hand, and repaid my friend. By that SRs
some Of the wonder / had felt at his soltf.ry
life in Toledo-Toledo the somber - had
passed away. He was not altogether solitary,
putting myself out of the question. More
than once, in the archway or on the veranda,
met priest coming from his roo.n-a
small, dark, thin faced man with vivid eyes,
n Spaniard, of course who lifted his low
beaver TO me and bowed politely
Once, too, had q glimpse of a petticoat
out. Moreover, Client seemed to
be doing better trade than / had Judged
probable from the specimen of his work
which l had seen. Not that hs told me this
himself He was reserved on the subject
neither offering to show me his pictures nor
my proposal that we should do
some work together But our letters some
times lay on Il slab inside the outer door, and
could not avoid seeing that he received SOW
eral-dealers' letters, l was sure-from art
Dresden and Munich, for in
stance Once there was u letter bearing the
Postmark of st. Petersburg. This seemed
strange in a man of his cGliber; in man who
was not known to mo And, perhaps, be-
sides puzzling me, it little ncttled mo also.
My name was not altogether unknown.
Client himself had said pretty things about
his acquaintance with it. Yet l had no CON-
tlnental patrons, no market outside Great
Britain
If had fallen in with him at Madrid or
Seville should have known what to think:
should have set him down as one of thoss
copyists who live by all great galleries.
And something upon which lit one day in
his room persuaded me for q time that this
Was the case, few as were the works in
Toledo that could pay for the labor of copy
ing. 1t was picture, and the only one I
saw at any time in his possession, save the
Somber landscape of which have spoken.
had run short of chrome yellow, and
bearing him go to his room followed to
- I.saIu let me have some. 4
suppose L cannot get any chronic yellow in
Toledo" began before I was well in the
room, ''nor anywhere nearer than Madrid!-
He was knesling on the floor, but sprana
up so quickly at the sound of my voice that
hastened TO apologize for entering with,
out knocking. He did not seem, at once.
20 understand me. He had been porting
over something placed on the ground where
It would catch the best light, and his first
aim appeared 10 be to move so as to hide
has from me. What is ity' he cried harshIv
What do you wants" Even by that light
could see that his face vas pale
MY dear fellow l said, not trying to
hide my surprise, Il am sorry that entered
without ceremony, and l have told You so.
came in for nothing in tha world but to
isk you if any chrome yellow can be got
learer than Madrid. / was so full of NV
wants that, seeing the door was Unattached, 1
lid not knock at it"
Was it unlatehed'n he asked, CHANGING at
ne askance
I shrugged my shoulders. "Lool, for your
'elf, )" l said curtly.
He stepped forward and saw what had
already noticed-that the bolt was shot, but
cot into the socket. Something like n stifled
;urse escaped him. He turned, muttering
that could only get the material needed
IN Madrid
That is unfortunate But what have You
got here:a asked, advancing a step into the