The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-10

All" whispered O'Hara to stafford.
| who still examined the wound with a
| knowing manner, its craZed entoireIv
he is, the poor. dear fellow
/ Not crazed,' said Stafford, rising
"or, if so, only through jealousy. Jas
per, let US have some wine for Mr..
! O'Hara, and one of your women with
water and bandages. A little sticking
| plaster will set this business to rights.
Thank God that 1 have not seen muir
| der tonightr'
| Zone moment, Stafford said Jasper.
lone moment, sir. Let us clear this
matter. Am / not right, Mr.. O'Hara,
| in believing you to have written let
ter to my wife,
rs it me-" cried O'Hara in the most
! guiIeless establishment.
| He thinks you are her lover" whis-
| pered Stafford in his ear. Cooks, I
can laugh again now. He knows she
| has got a red haired lover and says
| he will kill every red haired man in
| Bath
'Sure, have never laid eyes on
Lady Standish," said O'Hara to Sir
Jasper, eff that is all you want. Sure,
| I'd have been proud to be her lover if
| I'd only had tie honor Of her acquaint-
ance.''
"Mr O'Hara,'' said Sir Jasper, will
| you shake hands with me?"
"With all the pleasure in loife'' cried
the genial Irishman. Faith, it's great
| friends we will be, but perhaps We had
better not introduce me to yer lady, for
| I'm not to be trusted where the dear
creatures are concerned, and so it's
best to tell you at the outset
The opponents now shook hands
with some feeling on either side. The
wound was attended to, and several
bottles of wine were thereafter crack
ed in great good fellowship.
"There is nothing like Canary" VOW
ed OHara, "for the power of healing"
1t was past midnight when, on the
arm of Mr.. Stafford Denis O'Hara set
out to return to his own lodgings.
The streets were empty and the night
dark, and they had many grave con-
situations at the street corners as to
which way to pursue. If they reeled
little as they went, if they marched
round Kings circus, and round again
more than once, and showed disposi-
ton to traverse Gay street from side
to side oftener than was really re-
quired by their itinerary, it was not as
O'Hara said, because of the Canary,
but all in the way of "divarsion.''
"Sir Jasper's jolly good fellow"
said Lord Kilcroney's heir as he
propped himself against his own door
post and waggled the knocker with
tipsy gravity. "And so are you," said
he to Stafford Il like We both" Here
he suddenly showed a disposition to
fall upon Stafford's neck, but as sud
denly arrested himself, stiffened his
swaying limbs and struck his forehead
with sudden flash of sobriety. "Thun-
der and 'ouns," said he, "if 1 did not
clean forget about Spoicerv'
He was with difficulty restrained by
Stafford, who, having a stronger head.
was somewhat the soberer, with the
help of the servants who now appeared,
from setting forth to repair his negli-
gence. BY a tactful mixture of per-
suasion and force the wounded gentle
man was at length conducted to bed,
sleepily murmuring:
w Oh 10 at dll-L1OSI TeulISS-dl-
fair of honor-never put off," until
sleep overlook him, which was before
his head touched the pillow.
Meanwhile Sir Jasper sat, with gut
tering' candles all around him, in the
recesses of an armchair, his legs eX-
tended straight, his bandaged wrist
stuffed into his bosom, his head sunk
upon his chest, his spurious flash of
gayety now all lost in a depth of
chaotic gloom. Dawn found him thus.
AT its first cold rays he rose sobered,
and could not have said whether the
night had passed in waking anguish
or in hideous nightmare. He looked
round on the cherries scene, the
blood stained linen, the empty wine
glasses with their sickening reek, the
smoking candles, the disordered room.
Then he shuddered and sought the
haven of his dressing room and the re-
lief of an hours sleep with a wet towel
tied round his throbbing head.