Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-05-22


friend. You know Wish yeu we'll,
lad, and that I'd do ell for you that
broken old chap can do; but there's no
sense, tina knows, and no policy In
sticking here wi nought 70 do--nct
even courting. You love lass, and, Of
course, naturally, hang about her; but.
deuce take Il, lad, what do you expect
10 get by hanging about the place whom
she's miles and miles awayf IL Il that
the ground whereon her gentle feet
have trod--eh7 Come now, lad, let's
talk the thing out; we can't ha' the
folk about here that used 10 think 10
much Of You getting 70 look at you ~
sort o harmless IUney."
There IL at least one person In the
village" said /, somewhat nettlcd,
THAT does not believe me harmless,
whether he thinks me lunatic or
moi" +"
"WeIl," said he, "you munna be
offended At my saying that,
mo, certainly. fnld I. "ff there
Ia ono man who could never offend me,
Il Is you, Mr.. Birley. But, when /
think OF II, | am not surprised that
people should begin 70 look upon me as
q maniac, since nobody but myself
knows altogether what | keep staying
hero for
"Ah, we'll, Of COURSE said he, look
ing mystitied, "but talking on ct
venture, according to his wont. "you
know your own affairs best--but you
think nobody else knows this alto
gether. Well, | daesay--"
~ darcsay," said I, interrupting
him, ~ am monomaniac.v The Inn
pulse siexed me 70 take him into my
confidence; ] felt Il would relieve and
cheer me 10 talk 10 him about the mat
ters that occupied my thought so much
he must know them sooner or later,
and, by knowing them at that juncturc
he might give me useful hint. PER-
haps," said |, ''you will think me mad
II ! tell you what really keeps me here.
II IL not, as you imaigne, that am in
love with your ward, or with the
ground she has walked on; don't deny
that am In that condition-but II is
not that keeps me here. wish 10 tell
you what II Is, but YOU must promise
me to keep 1t locked up In yourself"
"Nay, lad, II it's some very private
affair OF your own, do not tell me.''
aBut, /" said I, ''it is'no private affair
OF my own; indeed, II concerns you at
least quite as much rs me: and shiak,
perhaps, you might help me little on
H."
then related my story, point by
point, not even omitting mention Of
Louise's repeated dream, or Of my own
recent adventure in the chemical
works. The effect my story had on
him caused me great anxiety. Being,
by nature, more of talker than list
encr, he could not refrain, at fFst, from
breaking In NOW and then with ITO
be- sure, !" Just 90, Or an "Ah, ycs
--.thnFa you ares but "A the point a
the story took hold Of him, his talking
instinct took vent In occasional grunts,
while he became paleF and paler, and
more and moro moved. He did not for
. moment doubt that my suspicious
pointed TO the truth; he adopted them
At once, and was enraged that he had
not formed them for himself before.
Stupid old IDIOT he exclaimed,
that I was, not to ha' guessed afore
that Manuel would stick at nothing to
get Paul eaten completely upl And
Paul was hot temper, and, IL he had
words wi Manuel, there would be tn
devil to settlel And, OF course, Paul
was likely TO come home unexpected,
to catch Manuel on tn hop, 80 to say,
wi that confounded patent again
Lord, Lord II had only thought Of
all that year ago, IL might ha' bean
easier 10 clean It up Well, now, what
can we do--eh? what can We DOR
| answered that had been striving
for weeks to discover what next to do
but | had not yet discovered it. was
anxious, too, new, said, about Louise.
"0h," eaid he, 81 expect she's all
right with my sister, in tn Isle of
Man.
II think" said I, ''it's rash ever to
expect that anything is altogether right
that Steinhardt is concerned in
"True for you, lad, = said he.
"Besides,"I continued, ''she prom
ised TO write to me, and she has not
written; week or moro ago, when I
found out the Douglas address, wrote
and asked her to send me only line TO
allay my anxiety--but | have had
none"
lie looked very grave.