San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-19

81 want you to do a job for me-"
Suppose say don't want to do it?"
"Then I'll try to find a better man."
"Umph? where'll you look for him?"
"In the first shop where there's one
that knows enough to give good words
to stranger"
swell, say what your job is"
"You're ready to do it them"
''rm not ready to waste any more time
in talk"
"Nor l. want some working models
of a new patent Cutoff"
~ won't undertake any tomfoolery."
eff you can make tomfoolery out of
this, you're a cleverer man than am"
"That may not be much to say. I've
had so many shams brought to me in
the way of Cutoffs that shall not spend
time on yours unless it looks right at
first glance"
you'll see with half an eye that this
means something"
"Show me your drawings; that will
settle it."
produced the working drawings.
Padiham studied them few moments.
I volunteered no explanation.
Presently he looked up, and fixed me
with his square eyebrows, while he ex-
amined me from head to foot again.
"Did you invent this?" said he.
emo"
"Umph! Thought not. Too tall. Who
did,"
"Mr. Short"
"Don't mister the man that thought
out this. His whole name want, with
out handles. He don't need them"
''George Short"
"George my name too. sup
pose he is Yankee. know every man
in England likely to have contrived this;
but none of thcm have quite head
enough. Now tell me precisely what
you want made, for can't spend time
with YOU"
81 want six sets of these models at
once"
"I'll order the castings this evening.
have materials here for the fine parts.
Can you handle tools?-I mean useful
tools; files and saws and wrenches-not
pens and sandboxes." N
''I'n fair workman with your TOOLS"
"You can help me then. Come over
tomorrow morning at seven. No; you're
an idler, and I'll give You till eight. If
you're not here by that time you'll find
me busy for the day."
So saying, Padiham turned off to his
work.
L. 70 hot al
and so to Biddulph's. The dinner at the
baronet's shall not figure in these pages.
1t was my FIRST appearance as hero. i
and my horse were historic characters in
this new circle. was lionized by Lady
Biddulph, a stately parsonage, inheritress
of family rustle-a rustic as old as the
Plantagenets, and grander now by the
accumulations of ages. A lovely young
lady with dark hair, who blushed when
/ took my cue and praised Biddulph, she
also honized me. A thoroughbred Ameri-
can finds English life charming, especial
ly if he is agreeably ionne; a scrubby
American considers England region of
cold shoulder, too effete to appreciate
impertinence.
SodNO LII bhCl ldSIo
of the history of the Clitheroes.
sour dear Ellen!" she concluded. eff
she had known how much loved her she
would have disregarded her natural scru-
ples"-and she glanced at her son-"and
let me befriend and protect her. 1t goes
to my heart to see Mr.. Brent so worn and
sad. He, too, has become very dear to
us all. have adopted him as my son as
long as he pleases, and try to give him
mothers sympathy"
Brent walked back with me to Smor-
ley's.
"How different we arer he said as we
parted. 81 am all impulse; you are all
steadiness"
Suffering might throw me off my ball
ance. Remember that have had trial
and experience, but no torture"
"Torture-that is the word, and it has
unnamed me like a wearing disease.
Your coming makes man of me again"
"Give me day or two for Short
Cutoff and the mechanical Nineteenth
century, and we will take our knight
errantry upon us again. We are dis
mounted cavaliers now, to be sure-no
Pumps or Fulano to help us-but we
shall find. l will not doubt, some other
trusty aid against the demon forces"
Brent babe me good night with a re-
vival of his old self. We were to meet
again tomorrow. ....
sat down to gladden. Short with the
story of my success today, and wrote hard
and fast IN catch tOInorrow's steamer
The dwarf, l knew, would be a man
after Shorts own heart-these men of
iron and steel are full of magnetism for