Connecticut western news., 1903-06-25

and Dick had retired ill black fury to handle and rehandle three unopened letters from Maisie.
 The Nilghai, fat, burly and aggres- sive, was in Torpenhow's rooms. Be hind him sat tie Keneu, the Great War Eagle. and between them lay d large lnap embellished with black and white headed pins.
 Il was wrong about the Balkans" said the Nilghai. But I'm not wrong about this business. The whole of our work in the southern Sudan must be done over again. The public doesn't care, of course. but the government does, and they are making their ar engagements quietly. You know that as well as 1 do.'
 II remember how the people cursed us when our troops withdrew from Omdurman. It was bound to crop up sooner or later. But I can't go," said open door. It was q hot night. Can you blame mel"
 The Keneu purred above his pipe like large and very happy cat.
 Don't blame you in the least. It's uncommonly good of you, and all the rest of it, but every man, even you Torp, must consider his work. know it sounds brutal. but Dicks out of the race-down. expended, finished, done for. He has little money of his own He won't stare. and you can't pull out of your sliGe for his sake. Think of your own reputation"
 sy fl,o, mine and yours put together"
 That was because Le signed his name to everything he did. It's all ended now. You must hold yourself in readiness to move out. You can con- mand your own prices, and you do better work than any three of us.''
 Don't tell me how tempting it is. I'll stay here to look after Dick for awhile. He's as cheerful as q bear with sore head, but think he likes to have me about him.
 The Nilghai said something uncompli- mentary on soft headed fools who throw away their careers for other fools. Torpenhow flushed angrily. The constant strain of attendance on Dick had worn his nerves thin.
 There remains n third fate,'' said the Keneu thoughtfully. Consider this and be not larger fools than is neccs- sary. Dick is, or rather was, an able bodied man Of moderate attractions and certain amount of audacity''
 "Oho," said the Nilghai, who remem- bered an affair at Cairo. Il begin 10 see. Torp, I'm sorry
 Torpenhow nodded forgiveness. You were more sorry when he cut you out. though. Go on. Keneu.''
 I've often thought when I've seen men die out in the desert that if the news could be sent through the world and the means of transport were quick enough there would be one woman at least at each mans bedside"
 There would be some mighty quaint revelations. Let us be grateful things are as they are" said the Nilghai
 Let us rather reyerently consider whether Torp's three cornered minis trations are exactly what Dick needs just now. What do you think yourself, TorpY' .>.
 T know they aren't. But what can doY'
 "Lay the matter before the board. We are all Dicks friends here. You've been most in his life"
 But I picked 1t up when he was off his head" <
 ''The greater chance of it's being true. I thought we should arrive. Who is she?.
 Then Torpenhow told tale in plain words as special correspondent who knows how to make verbal precis should tell it. The men listened with out interruption.
 .'Is it possible that man can come back across the years to his calf love?'' said the keneu. "Is it possible?''
 T give the facts. He says nothing about it now, but he sits fumbIing three letters from her when he thinks am not looking. What am I to dof'
 s'Speak to him. said the Nilghai.
 s'Oh, yes. Write to her-I don't know heR full Fame, remember-and ask her to accept him out of pity. I believe you once told Dick you were sorry for him, Nilghai. You remember what happened, eh2 Go into the bedroom and suggest full confession and an ap- peal to this Maisie girl, whoever she is. honestly believe he'd try to kill you, and the blindness has made him rather muscular"
 "Torpenhows course is perfectly clear" said the Keneu "He will go to Nftry-sur- Marne, which is on the Be- zieres-Landes railway-single track from Tourgas. The Prussians shelled 1t out in TO because there was a pon- lar on the top of hill l,SoO yards from the church spire. Thers squad ron of cavalry quartered there, or ought to be. Where this studio Torp spoke about may be I cannot tellJ That is Torp's business. I have given him his route. He will dispassionately explain the situation to the girl, and she will come back to Dick, the more especially 1 because, to use Dicks words. there is nothing but her obstinacy to keen them apart"
 And they have APO year between lem. Dick never lost his head for fig ures even i'll his delirium. You haven't the shadow of an excuse for not go- ing" said the Nilghai.
 Torpenhow looked very uncomforta- ble. But It's absurd and impossible. can't drag her back by the hair"
 Our business-the business for which we draw our money-is to do absurd and impossible things, general iy with no reason whatever except to amuse the public. Here we have a reason. The rest doesn't matter. I shall share these rooms with the Nil ghat until Torpenhow returns. There will be batch of unbridled specials coming to town in little while. and