The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-03-14

FRIEND" thought Vaughan.
And he was right, but Jim was not
exactly drunk.
"What are you doing here my
man2" he asked, when Glendinning
came up to him. 81 thought London
was about your place, now"
"well, sir, you see Il fellow yearns
sometimes for the old haunts and the
weather's a bit heavy SO I fell
asleep"
eff any of the keepers or people
see you sleeping about in these
grounds 1 guess they will wake you
up sooner than you expect"
"I wasn't dom no harm. I amt
a tramp. / was goin' up to the house
to have a word or two with Sir
Clement"
ooh, indeed! What have you got
to say to him I wonder?
Jim winked.
"Does he know anything" won
dered Pierce Vaughan, "since he
seems 30 reticent.n
The mans next sentence, how
ever, put the suspicion out of his
mind.
"You see l must have summat to
do. l can't be idle so either this
'ere swell or Sir Miles Berkeley will.
have to find me something ifthsy
have a mind that l should keep
quiet"
"Nonsense, nonsense, Glendin-
ming, don't go up to the house now.
You've had as much liquor as you
can carry, you'll be sorry for it
afterwards. Better lie down again
and sleep it off, but you chose
rather a dangerous bed, if you had
slipped into the lake. l would not
give much for your chance of life,
for it is much deeper than you
would imagine"
az amt goin' to lie down and
sleep no MORE" said the man dog
gedly. "There's goin' to be a storm,
the thunder is beginning now, don't
you hear it. 1 shall go and see my
gal. She'll have to give me a shake
down for the night whether she
likes it or no. T'aint natural she
should not take me in is it now, Mr..
Vaughan"
"No, Glendinning, I should say
she certainly ought to take you in
since you are her father"
Probably Pierce Vaughan would
not have agreed with him quite so
readily had he not known that
Lisbeth was absent from the cottage,
and to let him go there and ascertain
that fact for himself would get rid
of him and Pierce Vaughan thought
that it might be awkward to have this
half tipsy man about listening, if Sir
Clement, as he might any moment
put in an appearance.
Glendinning was, however, not 30
easily to be shunted. He was in an
argumentative mood, and it did not
altogether please him that Pierce
Vaughan should agree with him, so
he took up the other side If the
question.
"Not but what she's right, sir. 1t
amt fttin' that Lisbeth should be
be trobled with a Teller like me, what
has been a disgrace to his family all
his life."
"My good man, you must reform
and make her proud of you. There
is nothing a woman likes so much as
a converted character"
"Me converted! Lord how dull it
'ud be. If 1 try and keep a bit out
wardly on the square that's as much
as folk can expect. If you want any
little odd jobs done at any time, Mr..
Vaughan, you come to me, Pm your
man."
And once more jim G~lendinning
winked as though he had thoroughly
taken the measure of his acquaint-
ance. Pierce Vaughan got very hot
and red; this mar was going to be a
nuisance. In his sober moods he
might prove useful but in his cups he
would be intolerable. At any price
he must get rid of him now.
"Don't talk a parcel of rubbish to
me-" he said angrily, "but be of,
either to the cottage or back to the
town, whichever you prefer. Brown
and the woodmen are at work close
by. / shall call to them and have
you turned off the estate if you don't
go at once"
Jim Glendinning looked amazed.
swell you are a oner," he said
"Place not your trust in princes
anyhow there amt much trust to be
placed in you. You were different
that day in the City Road"
every likely, and if you 20 quietly
now IH come and see you some day
in the City Road and we will talk
about various things; If you don't &c
I'll shout to Brown"
Jim Glendinping especially wished
. to avoid any meeting with Brown OIL
3 in fact with any Of the people about
Coleshill, he would never have come
in such close proximity with them, IL
. he had been quite sober.