, 1905-11-02

have :; balance at { ! tell
YOU. my dear thIt At tbs nloncnt
I'm as hard up as rot ever were. l
have nothing but my wits TO live On
absolutely nothing else. 1t was as
necessary for me to win some money
this evening as 1t VAS for you. We're
In the same boar Bunny. We'd better
pull together"
Together" l jumped at it. 'lil
do anything in this world for you. Itaf-
tles,'' l said. IF you really mean that
you won't give me away. Think OF
anything you like, and I'll do it. |
was 4 desperate man when l came
here. and I'm just as desperate now.
l don't mind what l do If only l can
get out of this without Il scandal"
Again l see him leaning back il
one of the luxurious chairs with which
his room was furnished. | see his in
dolcnt. athletic figure: his pale. sharp.
clean shaver features; his curly black
hair; his strong. u~nscrupulous mouth.
And again I feel the clear beam Of his
wonderful eye. cold and luminous as Il
star, shining into my brain. sitting the
very secrets c: my heart.
"ohu'i y ga III 'h"'' III
said II, iehseh' io" 10 III our pres
ehl iiioou' ou. VINO can o"cN MS i'ioo"
chap takes that tone. Now l think OF
1t. too. you were Il plucky little devil
at school. You once did me rather a
good turn. | rccollect. Remember 1t.
Bunny? Well. wait Il bit. and perhaps
I'll be able to do 0 n better m
Give me time to think"
He got III, lit IL fresh cigarette AMI
fell to pacing the room once more, but
with Il slower. and more thoughtful
step and for u much longer period than
before. Twice he stopped ut my chair
as though on the point of speaking. but
each time he checked himself and re-
sumed his stride In silence. Once he
threw up the window, which he had
shut some time since, and stood for
some moments leaning out into the fog
which filed the Albany courtyard.
Meanwhile Il clock OH the chimney
piece struck l., and one again for the
half hour. without n word between lis.
Yet | not only kept my chair with
~patiencc. brt ! acuri"cl ~
| o,,s euua,Imity in thai bnlf hour. In.
scnsibly | had shifted INV burden to
til. broad shoulders of this splendid
friend. and my thoughts wondered
.,.
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noet instc,d or ,n ,tb,,to nr ,h, a.,
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n,ctura. 7 had mr.,Ir ,1,sto, +, hi.
S+udv ,t scI,ool md tbo,. e,. M th;,,.
Inr of v.t ,rotho,. or his ,ror, .h,os
and M tho litt,o Incjlont +, ,rn,ch II,
had Inst referred
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ona H,sei' III.
80 ~" uepeh"H on LIZ.
tho n,n.,tn 80 au,,.o, =. ..io y
49,, -. - 80
" ".''i Il IL "eh'ci 'h"I
in \. J. Rafllcs' time our tone was
good or that such influence rs he trou-
blcd TO exert was on the side of the
angels. Yet 1T was whispered In the
school that lie was in the habit Of pa
railing the town Mt night in lDul checks