The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-13

N a~. ~ t3t44AtAft* Granger ty- mo. ~
came III into my room one morning
and plunged into business jan aa H4.
staut.
You are the same percy Trev.l
yam who has had ~o distinguished 4
career and won % great prize lately
he said.
II bowed"
Answer mo frankly. he c5n1n-
ned. for YOU viii Gn1 IT to ypur inter
est TO do SO. You have all the clcg.r-
ness which makes a successful man.
Have you the tact2"
~ could not hello smiling at ta.
ab~ruptncss of chc question
Il trust that | have my share. 1
Amy bad habits? Not drawn To-
wards drink. en-
Really. sir / cried.
quite right That's all right,
BUT / ~9s bound to ask With all
these qualities. why are YOU not III
practice
Il shrugged my shoulders.
Come. comet said no. in his bust
ling way, It's the old story. More in
your brains than in your pocket. ell
What would YOU say if were to
start O in Brook street,
Il started ut him i'm astonishmcut.
oh. its for my sake. not for ours
ne cried. I'll be perfectly frank WIKI
you, and If it suits you it Will suit
me very We'll. | have a few thousands
TO invest. dye see, and / hin I'll
sink them i'm you
But Why / gasped.
'NcIl, it's just like any other spec
u%latiOn. IN safer than most
'NEha am / to 10. then
I'm tell you. III take the house.
furnish it, pay the maids, and run the
whole place. All you have to do is
just to wear out your chair in the con-
g,rj+f,- ynan, I'll la4 ,-l,, 49, ~,laIr
et-money and everything. Then you
hand over to me three-quarterS Of
what you earn. and you keep the other
quarter for yourself
This was the strange proposal, MI.
Holmes, with which the mar Blessing
ton approached me. | won't weary
you with the recount Of how We bar
gained and negotiated. 1t ended in
my moving into the house next Lady
day, and starting in practice on very
much the same conditions as he had
suggested. He came himself to live
with me in the character Of a resident
patient. His heart was weak, it APP
pears, and he needed constant medical
supervision. He turned the two best
rooms Of the first floor into a sitting
room and bedroom for himself. He
was a man of singular habits. shun-
ning company and Very seldom going
out. His life was irregular. but in one
respect he was regularity Itself. Every
evening. at the same hour, he walked
into h cOnsulting-reom, examined the
books, nut down five and three-pence
for every guinea that ] had earned.
and carried the rest off to the strong
box iii his room.
Il may say with confidence that he
never had occasion to regret his spec
ulation. From the first it was a sue
cess. \ few good cases and the repu-
tatlDn which I had won in tho hnC,if9I
brought me rapidly to the front, and
during the last few years | have made
him a rich man.
so much, Mr.. Holmes. for my past
history and my relations with Mr..
BlessinGton. It only remains for nae
now to tell YOU what has occurred to
bring ne here tonight.
"Somc weeks age Mr.. Blessinglon
came down to me in. as it seemed 10
me-. d state Of considerable agitation.
He spoke Of some burglary which. he
sad. had been committed in the West
END, and he appeared, remember. t.
be quite unnecessarily excited about
1t, declaring that a day should not
pass before we should add stronger
bolts to our windows and doors. Fer
a week he continued to be in Il pecu-
liar state Of restlessness, peering con
~tInually out Of the windows. n ceas-
TO AXE the. short walk which had
usually been the prelude to his dinner.
IRON his manner it struck me that
he was in mortaI dread Of something
or somebody, but when l questioned
him upon the point he became SO
offensive that | was compelled to dr0n +
the subject. Gradually as time passed.
his fears appeared to die away. and ne
had renewed his former habits. when
Il fresh event reduced him to the pit
state Of DrostratioD in which lie
now lies.
what happened was this. Two days
| received the letter which now
read to you. Neither address nor late
is attached to it.
a Russian nobleman who is nov
resident in England it runs. would
be glad 70 avail himself cf the 2ro-
assistance of DIR. Percy Ire
Telyan. He has been for some years
a victim to cataleptic attacks. on
which, as is well known. DR.. Trevel-
is an authority. He To
call at about a quarter past six TO-
morrow evening. if Or, Trevelyan viiI
make 1t conVeI lent to be at home
This letter interested me deeply.
because the chief difficulty i'll the
study of catalerSy is the raraneS Of
-he disease. You may believe. then,
| was in my consulting room
when. at the appointed hour. the age
showed h patient.
He was an elderly man. tn; de-
nure and cOmmonplace-by no heans
he conception one forms of u Russian
2Obleman. I was much more stuck
~ the appearance of his companion.
This was a tall dark. fierce face. and
he limbs n the chest Of a Hercules.
he had his hand under the others .
-rm as they entered. and helped him
Q a chair with a tenderness which
ne would hardly have expected from
lis appearance.
You viii eXcus my coming in doc
or said he 10 me. speaking English
With a slight lisp. This is my father.
nd his health is q matter of the most
overwhelming importance to me
/ was touched by this filiai anxiety.
GU would, perhaps. care to remain
.urinG he consultations said /. {
Not for the world he cried, With
gesture Of horror. 1t is more pain I
to ne than | can express. If /
ere to see my father in one Of these \
readful seizures | am convinced that /