The Irish standard., 1896-07-11

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52. Give thousand dollars. = III A
looked at him in wonder. Was ia
playing practical joke 81 some sort2:
But he met my gaze, and repeated his
words: Five thousand dollars.
After all, to q man IN his position the
fisherman's services certainly had been
valuable. I filed up the form, and tors
1T from its stub. Lamar took the slip
Of paper and thrust It into his pocket
you comprehend the reason in these
matters,'' said he. ''It is necessary to
arrange with an eye to the worst:
fear sudden failure, a collapse. It
such should be my end, I wish to have.
my affairs in order. For johnson pros
vision is now made. To Martha, who
has been faithful servant, would
give, let US say, $500. count upon you
to arrange the matter"
II will do sc" said /. y
! ."And as for yourself
'sYou have paid me well, . broke In.
But he continued: e
# AS for you, I desire this: when my
death comes, you will regard as your
own the money deposited in the bank in
your name. There will be no rival
claimant. From my memory Of tho
account you submitted recently, am
convinced that you will find d consider
able sum remaining after the two pay
ments you know Of have been made. I
may tell you that the fund has been Of
late replenished. :s
"But why should you make me such
a bequest?" / began. IT thank you.
but
ut is no case for thanks" said he.
Gam I not free to do as pleases me with
my own? Moreover, ! have yet another
request s@.. ~. . 4
He poured little brandy into glass
and gulped it down. Then, picking up
the letter, he said: r's1'is 80
.'This I desire you to place in the post
at the railway town at once. Then send
telegraphic message. Please write
the words; Search ended, but without
result. Documents burned The adj
dress the same as that of the letter."
"What signature to the dispatch 2"
None is required: Go at once, and
return as soon as possible"
81 shall start immediately" said I,
rising. ''Take my advice and get some
rest, if you can. need not tell you
how you need it. BY the way, double
the dose of that medicine brought you
last night I shall return within three
hours, and in that time it ought to have
some effect"
He bowed gravely, and I left him
seated at his desk, q mere wreck of the
man he had been even q few hours be.
fore. In that strong morning light
deaths seal appeared to be upon him.
= Cautioning johnson not to leave the
house, hurried across the plain to Mrs.
Weston's, harnessed the bay more hasti-
~ than he ever had been harnessed be-
fore, and started him off briskly along
the BASKERVILLE road. drove fast that
morning, as fast as even the swift road
ster cared to go. The telegraph oper,
ator was just coming on duty when T
refined up beside the platform of the
railway station, and to him lost no
time in committing the message. Its
address, which copied from that Of
the letter, was the banking house in
New York with which Lamar had COM
municated previously. Five minutes
later 1 had posted the letter, and was
beginning my journey homeward..s
Sam Carpenter gave me q friendly
greeting as I passed his stable, but
there was no time for gossip, and the
bay sped by at gait which no doubt
satisfied min that there was urgent
need of my services in Rodneytown.
Nor did I draw rein until the farm
houses were close at hand and saw
Dorothy at Mrs. Clark's door.
"Where in the world have you beer? ?"
she asked, running across the yard to
the road, and gazing up, at me anxious-
". .''Alrs. Weston says that you were
away all night. And your horse looks
as if you had been trying to drive him
to death"
"You shall hear all about it, Dorothy"
I answered, "but can't tell you now.