The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-04-14
CHAPTER TX.
BuSINESS AND PLEASURE.


YOU home I've just been there to make
friendly cali on you, but got tired waiting and
was coming away when l heard the rum
pus. Blest if it don't seem as if Providence
was setting me to keep a sort of q watch
over you, so hang fast to your guardian
angel, my boy-you're doing pretty we'll
and now, here we are!"
The notice had not responded to the call
for them, and there was nothing TOR Norris
to do but to accept the aid protfered him.
His landlady opened the door. and started
back at seeing his white face. She cast
quick, suspicious glance at his companion,
and uttered u scream as Norris reeled and
sank into one OF the hall chairs, his head
falling back.
ssStop that and bring me some water"
ordered Ingot, sharply. He fulnbled for hls
own pocket-haslz and put it to the young
mans lips. By the time Mrs. Bates got
back with the water Norris was showing
signs Of returning consciousness; III Il mo-
ment more he sat up.
cts the loss OF blood, SUPPOSE he said,
family.
s.Bleeding? Why, so you are. This coat
sleeve is soaked Scissors TO the land
lady. SCOT any one to send for a doctor3
Oh. YOU can telephone. Well, that's better.
I'll manage to stop the bleeding a little I'LL
he gets here"
He applied a ligature above the wound,
drew it tight, aid afterward helped the
young MAN UP TO his room
II wouldn't advise you to move more
than is necessary" said ne, "out YOU MAY
as well get there one time as another. 1
wonder the rascals wasted t]lat cut o.:
your arm; s'pose you were able to nelp
yourself little, thougES''
eyes, it was aimed at my heart. They
meant to finish me-"
>sPshaw, now. What for, do you supposed
Robberyp'
II do not know. / have not had time to
think 1t was certainly lot wurti their
while if that Sg;,s their Objects
''Well, don't taIls:" cautioned ilgot, hut
Norris was bent upon ascertaining all tbs
facts His l,oc!zet-book was gone; his
watch, an inexpensive, silver one, was safe
in his pocket; his nec1tie was torn and the
pin missing.
:sWere going regularly through you when
J. frightened them off,; observed Ingot, lit
this summing up. :;Herc is Jour doctor,
Til Just wait for what he says, and then
take myself off,
He was as good as his word, after render
ing some assistance to the physician in
dressing the wound. Afterward, Norris
was given 81 composing draught and left in
the charge of Mrs. Bates, but some wor1y-
ing thought had come to keep sleep from
his eyes.
s'Did that gentleman wait long, Mrs.
Bates!''
eyes, sir Two hours, quite That Sally
showed him up, and J. never lznowed it till
he was going out / just run up then to SEQ
as al your things WAS safe, not knowing
what he mi yll1 be- and it give me such turn
TO see him come i'll afte,Ward with you that
way
''tIc was here in my room?'
eyes, sir, which! L told Sally she neTer
ouglater do but he asked to come right up,
and some girls is that dumb. They're the
worrit of ones life, Mr.. Bergman, tAat's
sure''
What had Hiram ingot been doing il, his
room for two hours, Norris wondered. as he
lay with his eyes closed. lie could not get
ever the impression chat there v:ras some
thing sinister hidden beneath this would-l,s
friondliness Of tho bools-zr;epe1 lie yvas
glad lie had been carrying that fugitive
scrap OF paper i'll his p0cket-,ook, which had
been stolen from him, He WAS willing to
bear bis own loss which was not great,
rather than it should fall in the hands Of
one whom he felt 10 be IL secret enemy Of
the Chiltlcrs.
He was restless and fevcrsh the next
day, and though he rose auc drassed with
the assistance Of the cllore-boy, lie was glad
enough to take 10 Il lounge; where he put in
two or three days OF such misery ~ n1eu
experience when kept indoors, without
being SD desperately i'll as to take their
thoughts from outdoor things
Uncle Amos calilc, determined to carry
him hon.c to the cottage, and was Only &c
tered by the Doctors declaration thai he
was better off without a change.
as Norris persisted that he was in nc
need Of nursing beyond the care be got
frcm Mrs. Bates, the elder Bergman came
and went daily until his nephew began to
mend. There had been something on Uncle
Amos lninl meanwhile, but now he cot it
of.
Didn't L say you would get on the right
track: Have you any more confidence now
i'll the future have marked out for YOU,
Norris! / don't despair Of seeing you as
bigh rs Pinkerton yet. This attack shows
that you have made progress, ut any rate"
in what way, Uncle Almost"
SPY making the r;ascals so afraid Of Won
that they're willing to run the risk Of an
attempt to put YOU out of the way. OF
'|)o1oI ~ was Cll| lDiLiGIS WIZ
made the assault on you. They know YOU'RE
Oh their track; they have made up their
minds that you're Il dangerous enemy, SO
took that means Of getting rid Of you. but
they're not apt to try it over again, for they
know that this will put you on your guard.
You're not as keen as think you if you
don't follow this business up and make it
step toward rlnraveling that mystcry''
His uncle's view Of the case did not seem
wholly improbable to Norris after he had
turned it over i'll his mind. Though his part
in experimenting Abraham Stone had come
about through accident, it might seem to
the gang to have been the result of sue
cessful espionage. This would be probable
if there was collision between them and
Ingot. Norris was inclined to think that
the latter had played part when he came
upon the scene with the policeman that
night; he had gone the length of imagining
that Ingot might have been Stones com.
panion, on the lookout for sspapers," while
the coarser ruffian covered his movements
by stripping the house Of it's valuables.
Against this was the fact that there was
certainly no collision between the men
who had attempted his lii and the book