St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-03-30
selected Story,
GREGORY.

ITl''Iu lie was a tall, broad-set eng
= pipe Ms e some 35 summers, with
Sb MAYED e' face and big, bushy
OIo" He wore the velschoen, or
bearu' of addressed leather, partlcu-
larry b ap~ and leggings, which
roy ol 1 1,,rnn,istakable signs of hav-
shower 80 seryice-and hard service,
IN ''s ncascd his stalwart legs; a
t9 Q, ',rcJ wooden shirt, decorated with
cn'ch ~. catches :" of red flannel, adorn,
cl ~, yrabnst figure, while a battered
4 ca I n'I hat, of the cowboy" pattern,
S'o Iu'oI.ted his outward attire. 1t
CON- ',I ~ have been difficult to identity
Z g w.. picturesque figure with the e
Z . ..,srt Young guardsman who 10
, s'ors before had been wont to
4 'a ,ntcr down Plccadilly, and hand
',u . Of tea about in Kenslngton
0Ta Ia.t nv cursed luck p he repeat
LIowino great cloud OF smoke {;
n' 1'o dron of rain yet-nor any
,, ~, of any-and the stock dy-
Z ag of by scores -. ,,4
...tcbed in seemingly reverend
Nv, wv Main Of red sand, scantily
lux m;th tiny karoo bushes,
y a.5icb in these regions take the place
y c' Grass. To the left the ground
~ ,r, 9 more broken A low range OF
S "i shut out any distant view,
".;,c nearer to the farmstead, and
w" ". beyond the sheep kraals, were
N. three dams or reSerVolrs-all
n ~, emnty-their beds baking and
oracsing beneath the fierce rays
which the blazing sun threw down
from cloudless, steely blue-gray
lcoating of dust covered every
,bioo Indoors and out; in the
kroSls and out on the veldt it was
he same-dust-dust everywhere
The man in the doorway glanced
ouyouslv round at the Afternoon
SKI for the tiftieth time; then turned
with a sigh into the house, anC
flung himself down into stout
brentwood rocking chair.
It's no use, Gregory he said tt
second individual who lay on hi
back on a rough couch, ingeniousl,
contrived out of an old packing case
Its no mortal USE If this drough
goes on another week, it's all II. p
We shan't have a sheep or goa
left, as sure as my names Tom Sell
cotes'
The man addressed as Gregor.
was a singularly handsome speci
men of the genus homo, some tw'
or three years younger than his com
oauion, with clear.cut, classica
III eatures, set off by pair of dark
Aashing eyes, and black curling hait
# Newas man OF few words; seldom
81 listed; and was possessed of an iro
will He and SeleoteS were-an
had been ior the past - months
partners and joint proprietors of tn
arm. The natures of the two me
were completely opposite, one pc,
SeSslng what the other lacked, an
thus they doyetaied into one anotI
er, forming union OF friendshi
stronger even than the bond {
brotherhood.
Fov few minutes Gregory re
NAMED looking up at the ceiling
then he replied in a coolly indifferen
HI tone:
Can't be helped, Tom
cant be helped That's all 70
| say Ineyer saw such cool beg
gar as you, Gregory, in all my lif,
u0n suppose you've a penny i
loc world beside what your interes
ID tleiarm is worth. You're pra,
B 0'aIIy on the verge of ruin, and We
al you have to say is a calm can
Dc n'pyd' While |, who have an il
4, pendent income, go raving abou
nc 'unatic HI be shot if | ca
understand youl'
Then don't try" put in Gregor,
WIN Sight smile. 1T isn't wort
@u'e I'm only a poor devil VIII
'"' o'en ouiteted about from pilla
10 post with more hard knocks tina
na pence and | suppose lon
IOuS." ~ ''>'N ''N 90
don't believe it," Sellcotes wer
on lmpusyely. It's not Gallon,
nVSsNlfs Stoicism. You're too goo
'e0oW to be callous. You'v
rao'eq mat to me time after tim
% 9',ye n tumbled up against YOU a
u G Gape Town year ago, You've b
"".Tu Ike trump to me, for YOU,
"bue me take IA new interest in lif
" "uyn | thought the face of natur
"o oII never smile again for me.
numph a fit of the blues! You
'' "V1 come nc, out all right without me.
Tba NO. I'll be hanged if | shoulc
mns + another thing. Although 70
fro ps. nave known that,I was sufferin
~-rit 4 some lt terrible trouble, you new,
to mr I'm, lnen since-tried to pry il
tbinly past lite; and well, don
prv " int you can accuse me of trying t
Dan you !, wouldn't get much for yo,
CarsI S !, you did, replied Gregor
>e'tleSsly. "Mv his+or, =