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CHAPTER v.-(continued,

going to ask you to help me as you've
never helped me before. I'm afraid
old fellow, I've often been a nuisance
to you, and often rather rubbed In the
fact that you owe me money and that
you've had to do things for me. For
give me row, If you will. I'm going tc
call upon you for active friendship
oh" Charliewood answered, 1--WE
wont talk about friendship between
YOU and me. I've done what had to
do, and there's enough
Sir William still held him by the
shoulder. You don't really feel that,
gCharliewood?'' he said, in quiet
voice; and as he did so the magnetism
OF his personality began to flow and
food upon the weaker man and infiu.
5ence him to kindness. Z
Well, WELL he replied, what is 1t
now? | suppose we've been running
round vicious circle and we've come
to the last lar? Z" @ Is
That's just about it." Sir William
answered. Just let me say that this
Is the last service | shall ever ask
from you. I'll give you back all the
+. Q. Us and things, and I'll give you
Eenoug,s money to put yourself abso-
lusely right with the world. then we'll
say good by"
Charliewood started. "That's awful
ly good Of you" he said. II don't think
that want. to say good By. But still,
what Is .it?"
4Rathbone, Sir William answered,
pronouncing the name with marked
difficulty.
It's all over, them charltewood
answered.
Yes"
eI thought it would be. have told
you all that has been going on, and /
knew it would be.
She has written to me this morn.
;4ng. 8 Goulaesbrough said. "A kind let
ter, but a letter finishing it ALL
Then the weaker, smaller man be-
came as SO often happens in life, the
tempter, the instrument which moves
the lever of a mans career toward the
dark and sinister s-le of the dial.
CharlieWood was touched and moved
by the uneS ccted Kindness in his pat
ron's voice,
Don't say It's finished" he said;
nothing Is finished for a man like you,
with man like me to help him! OF
course it's not finished. You have not
always been all you might to me, Sir
vxyil1js ~, l,,.+ Tyl11, al,, VIZ, nav, y,ll az,
anything you want me to do. Buck up,
old boy! You Will pass the post first
by a couple Ct lengths yet
.sal How Il, a. ~ 81
well, what were you going to ask
me to do?'
They looked each other in the face
with glowing eyes, and a pale counte-
nance and a horrible excitement shone
out upon them both. I
At that moment the door opened
very quietly and an extraord inary per-
son came into the room.
He was short, fat, youthful-lo oking
man, with a large, pink, and quite hair
less face. The face WIS extremely In
telligent noticeably so, but 1t was
streaked and furrowed with dissipa.
ton. 1t told the story, not of the man
who enjoyed the sensuous things Of
life in company and as part of a merry
progress toward the grave, but it be-
strayed the secret sot, the cunning
'sepsualist private and at home.
This man was Mr.. Guest, Sir Will
Jams faithful assistant in science, a
man who had no initiative power, who
could never invent a project or dis
cover a scientific fact, but a man Who.
when once put upon the lines he ought
to go, could follow them as the most
Intelligent sleuth-h hound In the seten,
tiffc world. s.sE Il IS
Wilson Guest was perhaps the great
est living physicist In Europe. He was
,of inestimahle VI Tue to- his chief, and
he was content to remain between
the high red brick walls OF the old
house iii sntt., provided with
allihe needed for his own arnusen1ents,
and instigated to further triumphs
under tneFaegis OF his master,
szss Well what IS II ?! RE said this fat,
youth and rather looking
person 8ssSs
eve come ia grips 81 the great
fact, Guest. !" Sir William answered,
still with NJ hand upon Charliewood,s
shoulder.
The pink creature laughed hollow
ard merciIesss laugh. ss5
knew It. would come to this, he
said. since YOU have added another
interest TO your scientific interests.
(ouiiasbrough. Why have you called
me In To j consult tion p
Gou.d esbrough' n whole face chang
"a IT became malignant the face Of.
II devil ii
81 Ill going to win 4 he said. i've
had q knock-down bio but I'm going;
5to get up and win still! Mr.. Rathbone
must aiaapp chat can be easily;
arranged with the resources 81 our,
command
a Guest gaveAa horr tble chuckle.
Is And when we've got him Z. he said.
q Ie must s1isapp pear tor alvay's.'
Gohldesbronx answered.
eluits easy Guest replied. ssouite
sissy William. But not until we've
4 Lone With I'm, shall he .: D