Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-02-21
q yellow Qster.
BY IoTE,

done better than any other men pos
sibly could have done, their sentiment
~. devotion 10 Strange put starch into
their rather limp souls, and Their un'
complaining heroesm under the most
shocking sufferings was almost pfthe-
tic. and then by some special proyi'
dence, they had both escaped the sec
ond fever that nearly put an end 10
Strange.
"Waht's that, do you see, ~ the
scld there? My eyes are beastly dim
VET said Strange, peering out at
some object a few fields Off.
81 dou't know, II looks like a hump"
.Driver, just turn into that lane and
take the south road.-lts a siio! By
love! Old Hopkins is coming on, and
look. all that waste moor under Gull
tdvation! always said 1t would grow
potatoes Seemingly the place IS not
neglected. Hopkins was always good
fellow, hut ! had no idea until now
he wasn't also an ass. ! dreamed ire
ouently OF that ensilage scheme, some
,,ne else has matched out my dream Tor
me. Oh Lord, here's this shiyertng on
me again! Where's the drlught =
''In your breast-pocket."
"Tell him 10 wadt, can't get in
like this, .'there's decency to be OBJ
servedw
The driver waited, revolving In his
mind suggestions MS TO his remarkable
fare, and wondering why lin the de-
Wis name" the trap shook as IL II
had the palsy.
After quite half an hour 1t stopped
and he had orders to go ON, winnie
Strlnge mopped the cold sweat from
his face with trembling hand
"TIhis degrades fellowf he NUT
tered. AS rule he pulled himself
well together after these attacks, but
this time he got no reaction.
When they reached the door he was
almost unconscious.
"T0ke me quietly to my den" he
.nuttered. "don't let the servants both
err me-" Then he tainted dead of.
CHAPTER XLIv
A he lay I'm the deglth-llke sleep OF
exhaustion That followed his swoon,
the change In Strange was terribly
evident He had shr1ink to half his
former size. his clothes hung I'm bags
ON his limp thin limbs. his eyes were
sunk into deep hollows. his skin was
yellow and puckeref, and hts lips were
drawn back fran h'S teeth In way
that told OF fever and thirst.
When Rry,ion, with the help Of a
panic stricken servant, had got him 10
the sofa, knowing his horror of fuss.
ne told them to send mt once for the
doctor. and then dismissed them with
the ntmnNst speed as now he stood
at the window revolving many things.
and wondering. II Strange grew worse
what would happen, would he send for
his wife. and would She come?
MY Cod ! wish did rot know
quite 50 much Of him" no muttered.
II wish he Eld not IN his rawlings.
turned himself inside out In that
CHASTITY wav. No man should know
so much ef another follow as I do
OF him. \ IL Ike caves dropping"
Strange muaned, ard Brytfon erept
over and covered his feet with awk-
ward tenderness. then he moysl softly
through The rooms, looking nj the skins
and Oriental stmffs the oolors Of which
slid into him, and comforted his soul
10 some slight extent
He was vaguely lingering a piece Of
draperv, when he struck his foot
against the leg ~ chair: nc looked
round brealhleSsly 10 see II he had
disturbed Strange.
No-llc still slept and Rrydnn con.
tinned his p,irnselcss .nspeciion, ard.
drawn by some strange colored tex
t'ire he went toward III. and came face
70 face with his own brdcepicture.
He staggered back two or three
stels In n spasm of terror He had
learned q deal too much ~ mat picture
In Strange rawlings hut the over
mastering love for ones own creation
Inherent n Cod and man forced
him hack TO II, and as he booked. all
The past died ont, right back to that
day when he was sitting III Warning
cluf'h' painting. and wiplng great
Swnat drops from his Nace IN thc
ecsacy ~ knowing that he had d.,ne
great work, and one that would i've
forever
4 sudden lndcfnahle sound from the
terrace hronght linn q himself
II was a queer primitive sound. he
relt somehow TINT Strange should not
hear N and went 70 me window "
find ou what n was.
Presently 4 began again, and cndea
m a chuek3, then hc caught sight of
dnttcr Of pNitlcoatS around Tho cor.
ner. AND Nnlld distinguish murmnr
~ words Thou distinct squeak
startled him ami suddenly toddlnc
5"afnre anpearel on lhe terrace. and
making 4 grab az u fower fell sprawl
Ing on ITS face, and ln fraction 81
time as bounced up0u bv tIpe owner