The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

position came upon Montgomery, and h
turned us white us Ills Antagonist. Z
Sunday, the immaculate Or. Oldacrc witt
! his plots connection. n savage Draw
! with h patient; he would irretrlevabl;
j,lose his situation II the facts came out
: lit was not much Of situation put u
could not get another without refer
! ence. and Oldacpe might refuse him one
| without money for his classes. and with
out stuntion-what was to become o
! him !? It was absolute ruin. 81
But perhaps he could escape exposure
| after all. He seized his lnscnslble nd
| vcrsary, dragged hin out into the centre
OF the room. ooscned his collar, ant
squeezed the surgery sponge over hls
face. He sat up at last With gasp ane
a scowl. fag IN,
"Domn three. thou's spoilt my necktie,
said he. hopping up the water from nj
"l'm sorry 1 hit you SO hard" said
Montgomery. npologeticnlly.
Thou lit me hard I could stan slicl'
fy-flappn' all day. Twas this here
press that cracked my pate FOR me, hna !
thou art looiy man to be able 70 hoast
rs thou hast outed me. And no" ia De ~.
obliged to thee II thou wilt give me
w;fe's medicine"
Montgomery gladly lnndo 1t up and
handed 1t to the miner. !.
you are weak still.' said he. won't
you stay awhile and rest2"
",r' wife wants her medicine" sud the
man, and l,,rchcd out ut the door
Tho assistant looking after him.. saw
him rolling with an uncertain step down n
the street. until friend met him. ana
they walked on rn-in -arm. The man
seemed in his rough Northern fashion to
bear no grudge. and so Montgomery
fears left him There was no reason wliv
the doctor should know anything about
It. He wiped the blood from tho tloor.
put the surgery in order, and Went on
with his INTERRUPTED task. hoping that no
had come scnthless out OF a very danger
BUS business. I'll
Yet MI day he was aware OF sense
Of vague uneasiness. which sharpenhd IN
to dismay when. late in the afternoon, ne
was Informed that three gentlemen mac
called and were waiting for him IN ~
surgery. A coroner's inquest n ,descent
~ detectives an invasion Of angry rela-
tivcs-all sorts Of possibilities rose TO
scare him. With tense nerves and rlglo
face he went to meet his visitors.
They we're Il very singular trio Each
was known to him by sight; but what on
earth the three could be doing together.
and above ALL what they could cNpect
from him. was a most inexpl'cable PROD
lem.
The first was sorley Wilson, the son
of the owner Of the Nonpareil Goa iPit'
Ie was il young blood Of twenty, heir =
fortune a keen sportsman ana ooWn
for the Easter vacation from Mngdalene
College He sat now upon the edge OF
the surgery table, looking In tho,lghtlu'
silence at Montgomery. and twisting the
e,,ds of his small black waXed NOUS
tnche.
The second was Purvis, the publican,
owner OF the chief beershop, and wen
known as the local bool1maker, Flo was
n coarse, clean shnven man, whose merry
face made a singular contrast with MS
,vorv-whlte bald head He had shrewd,
light blue eyes with foxy lashes, ana ne
also leaned forward In silence from MS
chair. fot red hand upon either Knee'
and started critically at the young assls-
| tant. A..
So did the third visitor, Fawcett, the
horse breaker, who leaned back, his lone
| thin legs, with their boX-cloth riding
CATERS. thrust out in front OF HIM tap
ming his protrudlng teeth with his rid
whip, with anxious thought In every
line Of his rugged, bony face. Publican;
! exquisite, and horse breaker were an
| three equally silent equally earnest and
! equally critical Montgomery. seated IN
the llluSl VI LIChi AoSiNSN =
"Tell, gentlemen?" he observed. but
no answer came.
The position was embarrassing.
"No" said the horse breaker, at last.
NO It's off. It's nowt.
STAND oop lad let's see thee standln'.'
II was Publican who spoke. =.
Montgomery obeyed. lie would learn
nil about It, no doubt. If he were patient.
FIe stood up and turned slowly round, ms
II in front Of his tailor
'It's OFF, cried the horse breaker.
why. mon. the Master would break him
over his knee"
ooh, that bchanged for yarn!" said
the Young Cantab. you can drop out II
you like, Fawcett but III see this thine
through. If I havc to do 1t alone. don't
hedge penny. l like the cut OF him a
great deal better than liked Ted Bar
ton.
"I.ook at Barton's shoulders. Mr.. VIII
son."
"Lumpiness isn't always strength. Give
me nerve and fro and breed That's
, what wins"
Gay, sir, you have 1t thecr--you have
1t theer!'. snid the fat. red faced publ
can, in a thick. suety voice. "lt's the
same wi poops. Get 'em clean bred an
! Nne, and they'll yark tho thick 'uns-
| yark 'em out O. their skin"
Ties ton good pund on the light side.'
growled the horse breaker.
"lIe's a welter-weight anyhow"
"a hundred anu thirty
! "a hundred and fifty, II he's an ounce.
"IVell. the master doesn't scale much
more than that"
"a hundred and seventy five"
THAT was when he was hog-fat and
living hlgh.' Work the grease out Of him
and lay there's no great difference be.
tween thom Have you been weighed
lately. MI, Montgomery"
IT was In the first direct question which