The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-04
AN OLD FLAME.
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letters. then the doctor again and
p,hn and finally my dismissal in the
,roJibIe words which have necessi-
nod these explanations.
-" echoed. Go where"
.Its that ass Theobald," said Raffles.
nc insists" o,
~On nv going altogether"
i1nd Won mean to let him have his
say:"
= and disgust, though neither was as
n mite 50 great as my surprise.
f,rrseen almost every conceivable
nsoouppce of the mad act which
%ougbt all this trouble to pass, but Il
piuntory division between Raffies and
Il had certainly never entered my cal
<,lations. nor could think that it had
.r,,ed 70 him before our egregious
znctor's last visit, this very morning.
IT. fles had looked irritated as he broke
h. news to me from his pillow, and
INV there was some sympathy in the
law he sat uD in bed, as though he felt
Ia thing himself.
~ am Obliged to give in to the fell
NV" said he. Hes saving me from
In friend, and I'm bound to humor
I'm But | can tell YOU that we've
hecn arguing about you for the last
salf hour. Bunny. 1t was no use. The
Moi has had his knife in you from the
lrst, and he wouldn't see me through
n any other conditions"
80 he is going to see you through,
i he:"
at tots up to that" said Raf1les,
hokng mt me rather hard. at all
kents lie has come to my rescue for
Ia time being, and it's for me to man
5 be the rest. You don't know what it
|bs been Bunny, these last few weeks,
hi gallantry forbids that l should tell
: Cu even now, but would you rather
) lone against your will or have your
aputinued existence made known to
be world in general and the police in
6artcuAr? That is practically the
|roblem which have had to solve, and
be temporary solution was to fall i'll.
Is matter of fact l am i'll, and now
That do you think? l owe it to you to
Bill you, Bunny. though it goes against
be grain. She would take me to the
lear, warm underworld, where the sun
fally Shines ana she would nurse
b. back to life and Lover The ar
istc temperament is a fearSome thing.
Bunny. in Il woman with the devils
|wn will"
Raliles tore up the letter from which
L had read these piquant extracts and
BY back on the pillows with the tired
|ir of the veritable invalid which he
eemcd able to assume at will but for
|nce he did look as though bed was the
Jest place for him, and l used the fact
5 an argument for my own retention
defiance Of DR., Theobald. The town
Eas full Of typhoid | said, and GER
hinly that autumnal scourge was in
be air, Did he want me to leave him
t the very moment when he might be
ickeuing for serious illness?
"lou know ! don't, my good fellow"
bid Rallies YEARLY, but Theobald
foes, and I can't afford to go against
lim now. Not that really care what
IappcnS to me now that that woman
fnowS I'm in the land of the living.
'hell let it out, to Il dead certainty.
lnd at the best there'll be Il hue and
ry which is the very thing l have es-
aped all these years. Now, what l
Vant you to do is to go and take some
luiet place somewhere and then let me
NOV, so that l may have port in the
torn when it breaks"
Now you're talking!" l cried, recov-
ring my spirits. Il thought you meant
Q 60 and drop fellow altogether
Exactly the sort of thing you would
Mnk. rejoined Rallies, with a con-
empt that was welcome enough after
ly late alarm. mo, my dear rabbit,
Vhat you've got to do is to make a
eW burroW for us both. Try down the
names in some quiet nook that a lit
rafy man would naturally select. I've
iten thought that more use might be
made of a boat, while the family are
u ulliher, than there ever has been
Ell II Rallies is to come to life, old
nap he shall go a-Ra1lling for all he's
'ofth. There's something to be done
'lth a bicycle too. Try Ham common
u hoehampton, or some sleepy hollow
rlle OFF the line, and say you're expect
w your brother from the colonies"
INTO This arrangement l entered with
ut inc slightest hesitation, for we had
uhdS enough to carry it out on a COM
orlaOle scale, and Rallies placed a suf-
leient snare at my disposal for the
lonce, Moreover, | for one was only
20 sIad TO seek fresh fields and pas
ureS new, phrase which l determined
: interpret literally in my choice of
ieSh surroundings. l was tired of our
immersed life in the poky little fiat,
specially now that we had money
aough Tor better things. myself had
u "te mad dark dealings with the re-
eNers' with the result that poor Lord
1rheSt Belville's successes were now
uueed ours. Subsequent complications
iad been the more CALLING on that ac-
Vuit While the wanton way in which
ley mad been created was the most if
i'aung reflection of all. But it had
.ought its own punishment upon Raj
leS' and | fancied the lesson would
''o'e salutary when we again settled
lOwn