San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-12

We could only put MN 10 Deu at once
now."
20, bring him into the house Myn
is Lily-Miss Landon, you know-and Pm
sure papa will not be angry when it is
matter Of life and death"
"Deed thin, but he'd be nagyur II he
was anything else" said Bridget.
Chuckling at the success of his expert
ment, PolluX-who was a young athlete
ran his friend at the double into the cot
tage, while the two women followed at
their best pace behind in much perturba-
ton.
''Ye must put him into the masters own
bed" quoth Bridget, who was the only
servant left this Sunday in the house, land
give him plenty of rum and brandy. That's
what cures the sogers, as Sergt. Heavystirn
many and many's the time"
Take him up to papa's room. Up the
stairs to the right. Can do anything, sir'
o, please tell me!''
HE should have hot stockings full of
salt to his legs and feet, said Pollux grave
ly.
Would Bridget's do!" she inquired
eagerly. "She wears blue wooleners, very
warm and thick"
81 think" said Pollux, shaking his head,
that Isle thread, size skies, would suit
his complaint better"
She flushed, for she saw he was regard
ing her boots. After this, though anxious
to be of every assistance, she did not seem
to be very much afraid Of fatal consequences
from the accident.
In the midst of the TODD, while Bridget
was cooking rum-and-water and lemons,
and frequently tasting the mixture, in the
kitchen, and while Castor was carefully
tucked into Mr. .Landon's bed by his friend,
who had enrobed himself In Mr.. Landon's
dressing gown and neither garments, the
aforesaid procession returned from church.
Lily flew down the stairs like a bird, but
not quicker than the indignant poodle.
80, papa, dear! Only think! They were
all but drowned, when we saved them; that
is, and cook. O., wasn't it a mercy!
The two officers! They are in your bed"
She burst into tears, as girls do under
sudden excitement.
1.-TWO officers, and in my bedr' exclaim-
ed her father wrathfully. What does this
meanP Are You mads''
Indeed and indeed then she's not" OBJ
served Bridget to the astonished group
and where should the poor crayture be,
Castor, as fine Il man as ever stepped, that
lived beyant the bog. if not in the best bed,
And his friend that's aS good as wet
nurse wild him, and an Irish gentleman,
too, as he told me himself, when he took
the sup of brandy from me own hands.
Mrs. BRIDGE says he, did yez ever hear
of Sir Giles PolluX, of Castle POllux?' seq
he, and 'Begorra, sir SEE /, that did
many and many a time;' and that's me
own father SCI he, and"
"Will no one stop that internal woman's
tongue?" exclaimed Mr.. Landon. You
have been most imprudcnt, Lilly. Has not
the army cost us enough already, without
putting two officers into my very bed?"
"Only one, papa" she said, humbIy, and
looking down.
"Pish! Well, they shall get out of the
house faster than they came in he cried,
and bounded up the stairs
But even Mr. I.andon was silenced by
what he saw in his bedroom. The blinds
were all drawn. and the room darkened.
A young man with carly head lay in his
bed. His eyes were shut, and his face
pallid. The latter was due, it must be con-
tessed, to an application Of violet powder
from the toilet table. There were great
black marks under his cyes--frnm a lump
Of coal in the grate-and Mr.. Linfon be
gan to think that matters We're really worse
Than he thought. Moreover he had caught
Bridget's reference to the nobility, and Mr..
Gandon, like many self-made men, dearly
loved a Lord.
"Well, SIR" he said to Pollux; Here you
are againI"
Necessity knows no law" retOrted Pol
lux sententiously. "A glance at my poor
dear friend there will show that there was
no alternative but to bring him here"
"a son of Lord Castor's?" questioned Mr..
Landon, after pause, during which he
eyed the bed attentively.
Second son. Poor fellow, he is still I'M
conscious
You are both in the army" said Mr..
Landon, sourly-'a detestable profession,
most abominabe!'
THAT" said Pollux, the rogue, sis pre-
cisely my own sentiment"
The elder man looked more kindly al
him.
"Have you never thought Of a better ca
reer; the church now"
have always considered the church
to be eminently my VOCATION" replied Pol
lux unblushingly.
"And he?" pointing to Castor.
"Well, he inclines to the sea-" returned
Pollux, with just twinkle in his little
black eyes.
HE had better have DOCTOR" observed
Mr.. Landon, nodding at the bed.
Not on any account He would never
forgive me for making so much of his case.
He will be all right presently. 1t is not
the first time he has been drowned-or the
last"
81 trust not" said the other, walking out
of the room.
He was met in the passage by Miss Wizard
and Lily.
81 should like to see the youth" said the
first.
80 should l." said Lily.
"You may" to Miss Wizard. "As for
you, to your room at once, miss, and don't
leave it till these young men have gone
from the house"
Miss Wizard stole into the room on tip
tens, to her mouth.
SIS he dying?" she whispered $50 young
and so fair!''
You may kiss him for his mother"
whispered PolluX in return. But see!
He opens his eyes at last. He is coming
to-" He adjusted the brandy flask to the
lips of his friend. Its flicker" he add
ed; perhaps the last one before dissolu-
ton"
How dreadful Does he say anything'
He seems to want to speak!' She bent her
head, and the moribund whispered some
thing in her ear.
IF you are sure he is dying" she said to
Pollux, there can be no harm in his re-