The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-19

he rushed upon his friend and seized
him with both hands.
Mad, by heaven! Mad!"
Let go of me, Toni"
"Lunatic! Lunatic!"
Don't stop me one Instant"
Meredith tried to force him toward
the bed. For mercy's sake, get back
to bed. You're delirious, boy!"
"Delirious nothing. I'm a we'll man."
go to bed-go to bed"
Harkless set him out of the way with
one arm. Bed be hanged" he cried.
I'm going to Plattville!"
Meredith wrung his hands. 1.-THE doc
tor
Doctor be damned"
"Will you tell me what has happen
ed, John?''
His companion slung a light over
coat, unfolded, on the overlooking,
misshapen bundles of clothes that lay
in the bag; then he jumped on the lid
with both feet and kicked the hasp
into the lock; a very elegantly launder-
ed cuff and white sleeve dangling out
II haven't one second to talk, Tom: I
, have seventeen minutes to catch the
express, and it's a mile and a half to
the station; the train leaves here at
$50, 1 get to Plattville at. 10:47. Tele-
phone for cab for me. please, or tell
me the number; l don't want to stop
to hunt it up
Meredith looked him in the eyes. In
the pupils of Harkless fared fierce
light. His cheeks were reddened with
an angry, healthy glow, and his teeth
were clenched till the line of his jaw
stood out like that of an embattled ath-
lete in sculpture; his brow was dark;
his chest was thrown out, and he took
deep, quick breaths; his shoulders
were squared, and in spite of his thin
ness they looked massey. Lethargy, or
malaria, or both, whatever were his
ailments, they were gone. He was six
feet of hot wrath and cold resolution.
Tom said: "You are going?"
YES" he answered, 81 am going"
'"Then 1 will go with you"
"Thany you, Tom," said the other,
quietly.
Meredith ran into his own ROOM
pressed an electric button, sprang out
of his pyjamas like Aphrodite from
the white sea foam, and began to dive
into his clothes with a painting rapid
ty astonishingly foreign to his desire.
Jim appeared in the doorway.
1.-THE cart, JIM" shouted his master
1--WE want it like lightning. Tell the
cook to give Mr.. Harkless his break
fast in a hurry. Set a cup of coffee on
the table by the front door for me. Run
like the duce! We've got to catch a
nat VIII DC QulCh6l lllpll ee1iy
cab" he explained to Harkless. "We'n
break the ordinance against fast driv-
ing, getting down there"
Ten minutes later the cart swept
away from the house at gait which
panied the respectable neighborhood.
The big horse plunged through the air,
his ears laid at toward his TALL the
cart careened sickeningly; the face of
| the servant clutching at the rail in the
red with a1lOr thew
pirouetted around curves on one wheel
to him it seemed they skirted the
| corners and Death simultaneously
the speed of their going made a strong
wind in their faces.
HAIRLESS leaned forward.
Can you make it a little faster,
| Tom?" he said.
They dashed up to the station amid
| the cries of people flying to the walls
! for safety; the two gentlemen leapad
| from the cart, bore down upon the tick
ct office, stormed at the agent, and
ran mddly at the gates, fourishing
their passports. The official on duty
| eyed them YEARLY, and barred the
| way.
Been gone two minutes" he re-
marked, with a peaceable yawn.
Harkless stamped his foot on the &C.
ment flags; then he stood stock still,
| gazing at the empty tracks; but Mere
dith turned to him, smiling:
Wont it keep?i' he asked.
Eyes, it will keep" John answered.
Part of it may have to keep till cleo
| ton day, but some of it 1 will settle
| before night And that" he cried, be-
tween his teeth, land that is the part
of it in regard to young Mr.. Fisbee!"
"Oh, it's about H. Fisbee, is it?"
Yes, it's H. Fisbee."
"Well, we might as we'll go up and