The Irish standard., 1894-05-12
! TIE IRISH STANDARD: SATURDAY., MAY l2ZPzzz

Il ~ 80. $50
,o,ks over that thing again. and,
!: doing as Ishaye done, say if you see
anything strange
j After doing as he bid, Dabney an
swered no.
"There!' he said. almost angrily,
| putting his finger on particular spot,
don't you see that word in pencil?''
Nov l do said Dabneys
''Oh. the sun! the glorious, true
beaming sun! We've got him. as sure
as God is in Heaven! Now. my lad, you
step down town and get Rainer to come
with you. Your legs are more active
than mine The old man Flint trades
with him frequently, doesn't hep"
almost entirely
"Thatll do. Run, my son. and bring
him here. Tell him that both of us
think it is important
! The conference of the three was
brief. The merchant smiled after a
brief scrutiny of Mr.. Flint's attesta-
ton. and promised to accede to the re-
quest to keep silent what he had dis
covered. Yet later in the afternoon he
said to a customer:
! ''Seaborn Torrance I see. is in Mil
ledgeville. Between you and me,
believe he's the biggest man in the
whole state of Georgia You're going
to see some fur fly before he leaves this
town"
"What do you mean?" the others
asked.
Never mind; do you come to the
courthouse Monday 1norring?''
When the lawyers had returned to
the tavern, Torrance said:
''Da bney, do you know, sir, that ever
since you told me fully of the ad,nis-
sions made by Carrnthers I've been
hoping that the case was as we've
found it to be? And did ever villain
more fully betray his own self? AS you
know, I'm not a church member, but
I'm not more sure Of my own exist
ence than that this world is governed
by an Intelligence which is as just and
merciful as it is wise which. in cases
good man, uncovers rascality for the
purpose of beginning its punishment
here, right here. knowing that it won't
do to put it off. Yet in all my prac-
tice have never known rascality "a
be so foolishly exposed by its own per-.
petrator. But Tn tired after my long
ride on an uphill and down-hill, rocky
and shamelessly-worl1ed road. l must
have nap. and tonight must have
talk with Rachels. Saturday night. /
know, will suit him less than any
other; but, with his interest in the
case. you can manage conference. I
don't care if it can't be had before ten
or eleven o'clock, as, tomorrow being
Sunday, can sleep us long as please.
See him. and tell him that wouldn't
object to a toddy, either here or in one
of his back rooms. Perhaps we'd as
well go to the old fellows den. Step
over and see, Dabney, that's a good
boy"
Dabney went. and said that Racllels
could not we'll leave his store, but that
he would be glad to receive both of
them in his own room at ten o'clock or
a little after.
"All right, my son. said Torrance.
'Come about half-past nine, or sooner
iminary talk. must compliment you
on the way you've worked up this case,
Dabney. That you didn't see what
saw this evening is because of the .un-
suspecting innocence natural to you.
I'd have been happier man if I'd had
the same. This faculty of unearthing
meanness is an evil one. Do you know,
sir, that sometimes I compare myself
with bloodhound and feel the ig-
nominy of the smile? I've tried my
very best to have confidence in man
kind, but can't; never had it when q
boy. This thing of knowing people is
the meanest knowledge man can
have. Go on, now, and let me take my
nap"
In less than five minutes his coat and
boots were off and he was snoring.
Dabney paid visit to his client in
order to make report Of progress,
which thus far seemed reasonably sat-