The Irish standard., 1896-06-27
& Don't try. II you are satisfedswith
tho boat, Il shall be more thantsTepaid
Tor any trouble n getting it,
XVI.

available in light winds and on smooth
water. Heawould bring 1t that after
noon to the head Of, one Of the inlatA.
you're on shore most Of the time,
aren't you 2" asked, when this arrange
!. ment had been made. -. ..s .s9ss
!. "Ay, ay, sir" he answered. fs.
+ s.Tired ofssalt water 2"
"No, sir; but bed, that don't pitch
and roll is comfortable enough for me,
when I've chance to lie in it,.
what are you doing these days?'
"I'm none too idle" he answered,
with quick glance at me. =.
! ''Find him sociable7" nodded to-
ward the house.
He seemed to be about to speak, but
after look about him he changed his
Intention, and without q word turned
again to the task which my coming had
interrupted. Smiling at his caution,
climbed the slope to the door, and en-
Z tered. Lamar, who was reading, laid
down his book-it was his well-worn
Ciceyo's I.etters-and babe me good
gracious in mood than usual. +.
well" said !, ''that fellow jones'
curiosity is not likely to cause you any
annoyance for some time to come. We
amputated his right leg last night"
II supposed It would be necessary
he answered, composedly.
"What? Supposed it would be nec-
essary?' What did you know OF it?9
II judged his hurt most serious"
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II saw it, I.
"You sow him run over?" !.
eyes" II
"You knew that he was lying there
helpless for hours?" 81
''It is true" j.
sand you did not attempt to relieve
him, to go to his assignment
'"The inference is correct"
His tone was as unconcerned as ever,
his speech as deliberate as if he were
discussing the most trivial of matters.
In spite Of my acquaintance with him, :
I was thunderstruck by this fresh evil
dence Of his callousness. He enjoyed
my surprise, I think. as singer may
enjoy the applause of 9 long hostile
critic. 1t was a tribute of the sort he
understood and appreciated. AS coolly
as if he had been giving directions for
a days errand-going in Trent, he told
the story Of the accident. Jones. he
said, on his way home from the beach
tried q short cut which ran near the
knoll. Leaving his team in the little
hollow where Dorothy Gray afterward
found him, he cautiously approached
the hummock and climbed to it's sum-
NIT. Turning corner of the house, he
came face to face with Lamar. What .
talk passed between the two never
learned, but the intruder departed in
such haste that his foot slipped on the
slope, and be fell. From the way he
limped on arising, Lamar believed that
his ankle was sprained, but he COM
trived at last to reach his horses. He
had picked up the lines, and was pre-
pairing to climb to the wagon-seat,
when his injured ankle gave way, and
he fell AT the same moment the
horses started. The fore wheel of the
loaded vehicle passed over his leg, and
before he could get it out of the way
If, indeed, power to move it remained
the hind wheel had completed the work
the other had begun. Lamar from an
upper window of the house watched
fwhat was happening, and, SO far; as
could determine from his account of it
epent most of his time until the girl
appeared glooting over the sight of the
helpless man stretched out on the
ground at the bottom of the depression.
When Dorothy hurried to his house for:
assistance, he sat within, listening. pn-
moved to her knocks upon his door and
her cries for help. Moreover, he pre-
vented old Martha from responding to
the summons, when sounds of it pene-
trated even her dulled hearing. These
I wings he related as calmly as if they
had occurred at the other end OF the
earth, as shamelessly as If there weTe
no sense of pity in him. What my
opinion of his conduct might be appar-
emily concerned him not In the, least.
He sat there telling the tale of his heart
lessness, with the cold, dispassionate
directness of O. man who is. his own
Judge, and who holds himself blameless
snd beyond the need Of apology.
"EIe will survive, you say p he asked,
in the same level tone Of indi ference no
had maintained throughout
1--WE hope Thar he will" answered,
striving to keep all trace Of feeling out
of my voice. VI
1.-THE odds ?'' 4. f ,s,sg: L
''Last night they were against him;
to-day they are in his favor.' '7
"Ahi He rallies ~ s5s $! 5
Gle has the best of constitutions. In
that lies his hhpe. may az well tell
you that in his i1lcoherent talk last
night I made out the word .rnis.aken.''
It was repeated several times. Did il
have any bearing on his visit hereY Il
Lamar's face bore the grim smile
which, rare as it Was. was the Unit OF g
his demopstrat iops of emotion, q. AZ
III had q bearing, BE sale, The
man regarded me as q suspect Ha
thought me D Grim inal Of this CO. intr
il hiding When we met. he psreeixsesd
his n,istak That il Al ssisIs
And you ne that shs sslssy
cause YOU trotible :''g
.sons.s q Ana
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