The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-05-03
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RUDYARD KIPLING.



/ lay In readiness in the mall and in wlas
seemed devilish mockery Of our ways,
with lighted head lamp. The red
whiskered man went to the point at
once in manner that showed he had
been thinking over it ali dinner time.
81 say, Pansay, what the deuce was
the matter with you this evening on
the Elysium road?'' The suddenness of
the question wrenched an answer from
me before l was aware.
'sThat" said I, pointing to it.
"That may be either D. T. or eyes
for aught I know Now you don't liq-
uor. I saw as much at dinner. So it
can't be D. T. There's nothing what
ever where you're pointing, though
you re sweating and trembling with
/ fright like scared pony Therefore
conclude that it's eyes. And l ought to
understand all about them. Come along
home with me- I'm On the Blessington
lower road. .
To my intense delight the rickshaw
instead Of waiting for US, kept about
| 20 yards ahead-and this, too whether
we walked, trot.el or cantered. In the
course of that long night ride l had
told my companion almost as much as !
/ have told you here
s.Well. you've spoiled one Of the best
tales I've ever laid tongue to, . said he,
s.but I'll forgive you for the sake of
! what you've gone through. Now, come
home and do what tell you, and when
! I've cured you, young man, let this be
lesson to you to steer clear Of women
and indigestible food till the day Of
your death :
The ricEshaw kept steady in front,
and my red whiskered friend seemed to
derive great pleasure from my account
! of its exact whereabouts
.sEyes. Pansay-an eyes, brain and
stomach And the greatest Of these
three is stomach. You We too much con-
ceited brain, too little stomach and
thoroughly unhealthy eyes Get your
stomach straight and the rest follows
And all that's French for a liver pill
I'll take sole medical charge of you
from this hour, for you re too interest
| ing phenomenon to be passed over
By this time we were deep in the
shadow of the BiessingJon lower road,
and the rickshaw came to dead stop
under pine clad, overhanging shale
cliff. Instinctively halted, too. giving
my reason. Heatherlegh raped out an
oath.
'sNow. if you think I'm going to
spend a cold night on the hillside for
the sake of a stomach-cum- -brain-cum-
eye illusion Lord. ha' mercyl What's
that?'
There was muf1ed report, blind
ing smother Of dust just in front OF Us,
a crack, the noise OF rent boughs, and
about ten yards Of the clifside-pines,
undergrowth and all-slid down into
the road below. completely blocking it
up The uprooted trees swayed and tot
| tered for moment like drunken giants
| in the gloom and then fell prone among
their fellows with thunderous crash.
Our two horses stood motionless and
sweating with fear. AS soon as the rat
tie of falling earth and stone had sub
sided my companion muttered: MAN,
If we'd gone forward we should have
been ten feet deep in our graves by
now. There are more things in heaven
and earth. $50 Come home, Pansay.
and thank God. I want a peg badly.
We retraovv CIT way ov5i ta7 cns.4~A
ridge, and I arrived at DR.. Heather
legh's house shortly after midnight.
| His attempts toward my cure com
menced almost Immediately. and for
week never left his sight Many
time in the course Of that weel, did l
bless the good fortune which had thrown
me in contact with Sinla's best and
k;ndest doctor Day by day my spirits
grew lighter and 1nore equable. Day by
DAY. too. became more and more IN
! clined to fall in with HeatherieSh $
spectral III .ion theory, duplicating
ewes. brain and stomach l wrote to
Kitty. telling her that slight sprain
caused by a fall from my horse kept me
indoors for a few days. and that |
should be recovered before she had time
to regret my absence.
Heathe-legh' 8 treatment was simple
to a degree It consisted of liver pills.
cold water baths and strong exercise.
taken in the dusk or at early dawn. for.
as he sagely observed. "a man with a
sprainea ankle doesn't walk a dozen
miles day, and your young woman
might be wondering if she saw you.
At the end Of the week, after much
examination of pupil and pulse and
strict injunctions as to diet and peaes
trianism. Heatherlegh dismissed ine as
brusquely as he had taken charge OF
me. Here is his parting benediction
MAN. | certify to your mental cure
and shat as much as to say I've cured
most of your bodily ailments Now, get
your traps out Of this as soon as you
can and be Off to make love to Miss
Kitty. >
l was endeavoring to express my
thanks for his Kindness He cut me