The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-09-05

Carabi
He went unto tho chase,
or cartridges the chase.
Carabi,
Titi Carabi,
Toto Carabo,
You're going to break your neck,
My lovely Guilleri.
He was about to begin another verse
when Henri stopped him, saying:
bian.''
WHAT'S up, Henri?" was the reply.
You're drinking hard, and you don't
keep good company"
Fabian laughed. Cant get the com
pany want; must have what can got
Henri, my DEAR
Don't drink" Henri laid his FREQ
hand on Fabian's knee.
Must. Born in me. Loved it like
cream from rock-a- bye"
Henri sighed. That's tho drink, Fa-
bian, no said patiently. "Giye up the
company"
You'd give up tho company"
"Blcst If l wouldn't, Henri You're tho
best company in tho world"
Give mo your hand"
Ihey shook hands. Fabian drew out a
flask and began to uncorll it.
~ DO better company for you than
that girl, Fabian.
Girl! What the devil do you mcanp''
Shc, Nell Barraway, was tho company
l meant, Fable"
Nell Barraway-you meant her? BoshI
I'm going to marry her, Henri
You must not, FABLE said Henri ca
gcrly, clutching Fabian's sleeve.
must, and there's an end of it. She's
the handsomcst, clovcrest girl over saw:
she's splendid. Mover lonely a minuto
with her.
Beauty and clcvcrncss amt every
thing, Fabc.'
Isn't it though? Isn't it? You lust
try it,
They amt without goodness" Honri's
voice weakened
That's rot. OF course it is, Henri, NV
dcar. If you love u woman, If she gets
hold of you, gets into your blood, loves
you, SO that tho touch of her fingers sets
your pulses flying, you don't care u ia
whether She is good or not''
You mean whether she was good or
not?'
No, don't. 1 mean is good or not.
For If she loves you she'll travel straight
1or your sake. Pshaw! You don't know
anything about it,
know all about it."
Know all about it! You're in lowe
your
'tYcs"
Fabian sat open mouthcd for n minute
"Go-dam!' he said. 1t was his one Eng
lish oath
"Is sho god companyg" he asked after
n minute
"Shc's the samo as you kccp-tho very
samc.'
"You mean Ncll-Ncll?" asked Fabian.
in dry, choking voice
Yes, Nell. From the first time L SAW
hcr. But I'd cut my hand off first"
"a think of you; of our people that
nave been hero for 200 years; of tho rooms
In the old house where mother used to be-
Look here, Fabo, you said you'd give I'D
her company for mine. Do it,"
i didn't know you meant her, Henri.
Holy heaven, and you've got her in your
blood toon'
Yes, but I'd never marry her. Fabc,
Mt Montreal 1 found out all about her
She was rs bad''-
That's nothing to me, Hcnri," said
Fabian, "but something else is Here
you are now. I'll stick to my bargain"
ms lace showed pale in the moonlight
III you'll drink with me- do MS I do rc
where L go, play the devil when I play II
ana never squcal, never hang back. I'll
| give her up. But I've got to have You.
got to have You all the time, everywhere
hunting drinking or letting alone. You'll
sec me out, Tor you re stronger, had less of
1t. I'm for the little low bye-ycarly. Stop
the horscS.''
Henri stopped Them and they got ont.
Ihey wcrc just opposite the limekiln, and
they had to go few hundred yards before
they came to the bridge to cross tho river
TO their home. The light of the fire shone
In their faces rs Fabian handed the flask to
Henri and said: Lets drink to it, Henri.
HOu half IF hnt
deadly palo.
Henri drank to tho finger mark set, and
then Fabian lifted the flask to his lips.
"Goodby, Nell" he said 'Hcrc's to
the good times we've had!' He cmpticd
tho flask and threw it over tho bank into
tho burning lime, and tho old limo burn
or, being half asleep, did not see or hear.
The next day they went on long hunt
Ing expedition, and tho next month Nell
Barrawny left for Montreal, pale and hol-
low eyed
Henri kept to his compact, drink for
drink, sport for sport. One year the crops
were SOLD before they were reapcd; horse
and cattle went little by little; then came
mortgage, and still Henri never waycrcd.
never weakened, in spite of tho cure and
all others. The brothers were always to-
gother, and never from first to last did
Honri lose his temper or openly lament
that ruin was coming surely on them.
What money Fabian wanted no got The
cures admonition awaited nothing, for Fa-
bian would go his gait. The end came on
the very spot where the compact had been
made, for, passing tho limekiln one dark
night as heand Henri rode home together,
his horse SHE'D, the bank of the river gave
way, and with startled "Henri!" Fabian
and his horse were gone into the river be-
low