The Irish standard., 1894-05-12

to him? q r=*s
Eyes, sir, he's in one of my rooms
and S about over it. I'm to let him
have one more drink after awhile. I'll
find out before you leave if it will suit
10 talk with him tonight. I'm glaG
you came. / got him scared at the
idea of keeping drunk and being fneG
by the Judges who would put him in
jail till he sobered up 1t will helI
nightly to know that you are in town
and might do good if he knows you are
here
/. After entering the room, Torrance
began to talk in his usual deep bass
tone on Indifferent subjects. After a
few minutes, Carruthers. who was on q
bed in room adjoining. called tc
Rachels.
''Ten him. said Torrance, "I'd like
him to take drink with me-
''Who the devil is that talking in
your room?" Carruthers asked. Blamed
if it didn't sound i'll my very sleep like
Sebe Torrance's big voice."
That's just who it is. He's come
over to be ready for the Anderson case.
When he found out you were here, he
asked me to tell you that he'd like YOU
to take drink with him and Squire
Dabney in my room. You're to have
one more, you know"
'My Lord! didn't know the man
knew me so we'll. Yousee. Gus Rachels,
that I'm more of a gentleman than
some folks take me for Why, certain
ly. of course. I'm glad I never took
my last drink you limited me to
sooner. Hand me them c'o-',r won t
you, Silly brought me this evening.
How do look? Is my face at all
swelled? And my eyes, do they look
tolerable clear?"
"Oh, you're all right enough, now.
The thing is to keep so.''
Re assisted him in dressing, che
while caution1ng him how to ccnuuct
himself il the presence OF the distin-
guished visitor, ending thus: II hope
you'll show Mr.. Torrance shat you
don't belong to Vile Amerson.''
Gus Rachels,' said the invalid, while
being assisted in tying his cravat,
you're the only man in this blessed
world I'd let talk to me that way. You
know You are. You see a man like
Sebe Torrance has asked me to take a
drink with him.
His moistened eyes and the pathos
in his words touched Rachels, who
with instant compassion said:
"O}.. you know didn' t mean to hurt
your feelings. boy. I'm not a-denying
that you want to do right. That'll do.
You look real spry, Come along"
His handsome face and slight figure,
which had learned to accommodate It..
self to his linping movement, showed
to full advantage iii his tasteful dress
ing. He met the party with grace, as
if he were accustomed to such invita-
tons, and strovc: not quite, out near
rassment.
''Ah!" cried Torrance "The son Of
my dear old friend Lewis Carruthers,
the best of court-clerks, and as clever
q man as ever lived in Milledgeville or
any other town. How are You? A
man of my age, as a general thing,
oughtn't to invite the young to drink,
a
case, if you and Dabney will join me"
For long afterwards Dabney used to
tell of that meeting at the big In
dian," Of the instant and continued
charm put by the great lawyer upon
the harmless weakling, of the ease
with which, while entirely respectful
Of his feelings he drew, one after an
other, everything that was of any
value from his recollections of his re-
lations with the Amersons. Rachels
sat and wondered now, in less than an
hours irregular and apparently I'M
concerned chatting. he strung along
together items individually seeming
insignificant, but gradually making
chain incomparably stronger than he
had imagined to be possible. At the
last, as at the first, they clinked the
glasses, and after an engagement to
meet at the court an hour before its
opening, the lawyers took their leave,
and shortly afterwards Rachels carried
Carruthers home.
:'We could have gotten more out OF
him, If we had needed to- said Tor
rance. Hes not bad. Dependence
and other things have made him shack
ling. I am gratif1ed to see that he
doesn't understand Anderson. There'n
be no difficulty in getting the truth
out of him on the stand, however re-
luctant he may be to hurt one who he
thinks has Def riended him. I thought
best, however, to say nothing to him OF
what we discovered to-day. It'll be
well for Rachels to know it, and /
asked him to come to my room to-mor-
row You're sure of his discretion,
you say? Yes; we'll, I'll tell him, and
he must keep it to himself till Monday.
wanted to impress the boy with the
great seriousness of the case. You
saw how he WINGED once or twice at
what said ! intended to make his
hair rise little, then let it lie down
again. He'll feel like it's going to lift
him off his feet, Monday. 1t was we'll
70 see him, mainly for the purpose of
leciding how we should handle him on
he stand. There's going to be no
;rouble. declare it touched me to see
ears in his eyes when spoke Of what
Iort of man his father was. and what |