The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-25

ternal injuries are. Won't get over II, !
fancy. Friend OF yours?
"Oh, no. Immediately behind me when
he was knocked down. J. should like TO
Then we shook hands. and / put in a
tar1y appearance at my hosts dinner
table. But the flavor Of the feast was
gone for me. And Nellie poutingly voted
Next day / q called at the hospital. The
house surgeon came to me. ..Giad you
have come" he exclaimed; ''the poor
chap In Elizabeth ward has been asking
asking for me ?" l echoed in surprise.
~ have never spoken to the man in my
swell, he calls for you repeatedly. He
isn't delirious, mind; his head il as clear
as mine. His leg has been amputated,
and he knows the danger he Ia In. But he
cannot rest till he has seen you."
"Shall I GOT"
"Perhaps Il would he better IL you do"
replied the doctor, refiectively. mot see
ing the person he wants is worse than the
excitement of an interview. But what
ever he has to say, be calm and try to
keen him 20, or / will not answer for the
result" Then he ushered me into the
ward. / went along between the double
row of white beds till ] came to one which
xak 0TaWn u IIttlt aItEt tTOil tiit Etrts III
II lay the man ! had come to see.
A look of relief fitted across his face.
~ am glad O have come" he said
feebly. "They tell me I am dying, but l
could not die till ! had spoken to you.
Send them away" he whispered, with a
feeble wave Of the hand toward the
nurses. mo ear but yours must listcn.'
passive rs ever, but his hands plucked
~nervously nj the counterpane and the
veins in his forehead were swollen. He
began to speak, looking not at me, hut an
illuminated text on the wall.
"Do you remember the Liffey case ?n
"Ycs,"I answered, with surprise, 'but
at was through you," he went on, with
c~uriously monotonous tones, though his
hand twitched perpetually, ''that Charles
Liffey was hanged. You practically killed
him. Your ~eloquence sent him to the
gallows."
"Surely,"I began, I'm a one Of remon-
STRANGE.
He stopped me impatiently. When he
spoke again his voice was weaker, his
face had grown white. The excitement
which the doctor had dreaded was doing
incalculable harm, all the more, perhaps,
because he so violently suppressed II.
rose from my seat.
II will come tomorrow" i said, gently.
"You may he stronger them"
''You shall stay" he cried theoretically,
by q supreme effort raising himself in the
bed and turning his eyes on me for the
first time. "Do you know who / am? i
am Charles Liffey's brother. Now you
know why l have patiently logged you
for nearly three months watching for an
opportunity of serving you as you served
him. And IL that hanson bad not knocked
me down that knife would have been in
your heart. You would be lying cold and
stark today as they tell me l shall be be-
He fell back OH his pillow, fainting, as l
thought. But the nurse hurried forward,
lifted his head and held a restorative to
his lips -he never moved. She laid him
gently down and whispered TO me: "You
had better go; / think it is all over"
The house surgeon came up. II feared
so,' he said, glancing at the man in the
bed. "DyinR, poor f~ellow-with such bad
internal injuries il would nave been little
short of a miracle had he pulled
through"
Then I went away. The affair had
shocked me greatly. The dying mans
strange delusion that ! had been the in
strument OF his guilty brothers just pun
had watched three months for revenge,
my narrow escape from an assassin's
knifc-all were horrifying. thought
grimly that IL the relatives of all murder
ers were subject to such decisions, q pros
ecuting attorneys life would 10 be worth
AT hours purchase.
Once in my chambers, however, all
thoughts Of the Liffeys were driven away
by an important brief which awaited me.
! will not quote the case; Il IL some years
old now, though at the time II was a cause
celebre. But my services were retained
for the defense. / saw here an opportun-
ity for raising myself above the easy level
- - ...~.~-s, ~ q. . N 49, sp
my profession. i dreamt not of worldly
ease alone, but of fame for the
future. Need l add that l strained
every nerve TO make that dream
a reality. BY Jove, how hard ! worked.
For weeks l stuck at II, never leaving my
chambers till late at night, and then only
for a quiet stroll with my pipe through
the courts Of the temple. I had my re.
ward. My client came OF with flying
colors and / had made a name. Tina,
was n side Of the picture--the bright
one.
The other was that my health wa shat
tered and my nerves in a frightful condi'
whom l consulted, sis what you want
what you must have" I pleaded m,
work, the impossibility Of leaving Il, etc
The great man was obdurate. "Thres
months complete rest" he insisted, lou
Of London, out Of England better still; OF
i Will MOI answer LOT tnc result OH NJ
overwrouRht brain like yours" Then he
bowed me out.
III.
| decided to go to Sicily. An old frient
Of mine had settled there. I might as wei
utilize my enfo reed holiday by a visit e
him.
BY starting at once | should catch th,
weekly BOAT for Marseilles. A few hour
sufilced for preparation. BY dusk ! hat
turned my back on dreary chambers ant
legal papers, OH sloppy, fogRy London IN
November, and was en- route Tor blu