The Irish standard., 1894-09-01

| %'H& 8&$ty<i1ts:: its:'i ~
BE RAPIDLY RAN HIS HAND OVER THE
PRosTRATE LAD.
! and was pleased to hear groan escape
| his lips. He walked through the open
gap and along the road towards the
house, bearing the unconscious form OF
his pupil. Margaret silently kept close
to his side, her fingers every now and
then unconsciously caressing the damp
curly locks of her brother.
| eve shall have to have doctor?"
| Her assertion was half an inquiry.
Certainly"
| "We must not disturb anyone in the
house. 1t is better that should tell
| you what to do now, so that we need
not talk when we reach there"
| "We cannot help disturbing some
one"
s'I do not think it will be necessary.
! If you will stay with Arthur will go
for the doctor, and no one need know. F"
81 will go for the doctor"
"You do not know the way. 1t is
five or six miles. I will ride Gypsy,
and will soon be back"
'But there are providers and strag-
glers all along the roads. 1t is not safe
for You to go alone"
SIT is perfectly safe. No horse that
the stragglers have stolen can over
take Gypsy. Now, don't say anything
more. It is best that should go. I
will run on ahead and enter the house
quietly. will take the lamp to the
room at the side, where the window
opens to the floor. Carry him around
there. will be waiting for you at the
gate, and will show you the way"
With that the girl was off, and Rem
mark carried his burden alone. She
was waiting for him at the gate, and
silently led the way around the house
to where the door window opened upon
the bit of lawn under an apple tree.
The light streamed out upon the grass.
He placed the boy gently upon the
| dainty bed. 1t needed no second
glance to tell Remark whose room he
was in. It was decorated with those
pretty little knick-knacks that are
dear to the heart of girl in snug
gerry which she can call her own.
'It is not likely that you will be
disturbed here" she whispered, until
1 come back will tap at the window
when I come with the doctor"
"Don't you think it would be better
| and safer for me to go? I don't like
the thought of you going alone"
mo, no. Please do just what I tell
you to-. You do not know the way. |
shall be very much quicker. If Arthur
should--should-w he will know
you, and will not be alarmed, as he
might be if you were stranger"
Margaret was gone before he could
say anything more, and Remark sat
! down, devoutly hoping that no one
| would rap at the door of the room
while he was there.
CHAPTER XII.
Margaret spoke caressingly to her
horse when she opened the stable door
and Gypsy replied with that affection
ate low cultural whinny which the
Scotch graphically term ''nickering :"
She patted the little animal, and if
Gypsy was surprised at being saddled
and bridled at that hour of the night,
no protest was made, the horse merely
rubbing it's nose lovingly up and down
Margaret's sleeve as she buckled the
: different straps. There was evidently
good understanding between those
two.
'No, Gyp,'' she whispered, 81 have
nothing for you to-night-nothing but
hard work and quick work. Now, you
mustn't make a noise till we get past
the, house.
On her wrist she slipped the loop of
riding whip which she always carried
but never used. Gyp had never felt the
indignity of the lash. The little horse
was always willing to do what was re-
quired merely for word.
Margaret opened the big gate before
she saddled her horse, and there was
therefore no delay in getting out upon
the main road, although the passing OF
the house was an anxious moment.
She feared that If her father heard the
steps or the neighing Of the horse he
might come out to investigate. Half
way between her own home and Bart
let's house she sprang lightly into the
saddle.
"Now then, Gyp."
The horse required no second word.
Away they sped down the road towards
the east, the mild June air coming sweet
and cool and fresh from the distant
lake, laden with the odors Of the woods
and the fields The stiffness was in
tense, broken only by the plaintive cry
Of the whippo Americas one
phrhsed nightingale, or the still more
weird and eerie note of tho distant loon.
The houses along the road seemed
deserted; no lights were shown any
where. The widest rumors were
shroad concerning the slaughter of the
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