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peared. then took an uptown car


with an Englishman and knocked him
down II Was not my AFFAIR, but liked
the ease and definiteness with which
Larry put his foe out of commission. l
learned later that it was a way he had.
Ny friend, the American consul gen
eral at Constantinoplo, was not with.
out sense OF humor. and easily On
listed him in Larry's behalf. The Eng
hshman thirsteG for vengeance and in
Voked all the powers. He insisted
with reason, that Larry was a British
subject and that the American consul
( mad no right to give him asylum.-a
4 point that was understand. thor
oughly weli-grounded In law and fact.
+ Larry maintained. on the other hand.
/ mat he was not English but Irish and
! tnaI as his country maintained no
representative in Turkey, It was his
/ privilege to End refuge wherever It
I was offered. Larry was always the
most plausible Of human beings. and
between us,-he. the American consul
and I've made an impression. and
( got him or.
did not realize until later that the
real Joke lay IN the fact that larry
was English-born, and that his devo-
/ ton 70 ireland was purely sentimental
aud quiSotic, lis family had. to be
sure. como ont Of Ireland s6Yna ttnoa
in the dim past, and settled IN Ems.
land; but when Larry reached years Of
F knowledge. IL not OF discretion, he cut
Oxford and insisted on taking his do
gree at Dublin. He even beIieved-or
: thought he belioved,-in banshAes. He
allied himself during his university
days With the most radical and trrrb,l-
lent advocates OF a separate national
! existence for Ireland. and occasionally
spent month IN tRil for riotinc. But
Larry's instincts were scholarly: he
made a brilliant record at the univer-
sity; then, at %. he came forth to look
I at the world, and liked ~ exceeding
f we'll. His father was a busy man and
he had other sons. so he granted Larry
an allowance and told him to keen
away from home until he got ready to
4 be respectable. So. from CONSTANT
nople, after a tour Of Europe. We to
gether crossed the Mediterranean In
/ search OF the feshpots OF Iost king.
! dom5, spending three years IN the pur-
suit. We parted az Cairo on excellent
terms. He returned 70 England and
later 90 his beloved Ireland. for he
{ had blithely sung the widest Gaelic
/ songs in the darkest days OF our ad-
! ventures and never lost his love for
/ The Sod. as he apostrophized-and
/ capitalized-his adopted country.
Larry had the habit OF immaculate
ness. He emerged from his East Side
/ lodging house that night clothed prop
I erly' and wearing tho ge1tIemanly air
| OF peace and reserve that is so wholly
| Incompatible with his disposition 20
! breed discord and INDULGE In riot.
! When wa sat down for q lelsurely din
/ ner at Sherry's wo were not. I modest
[ y maintain, = forbidding pair. We
II may drag myself into the matter
are both a tribe under tho AVERAGE
/ height, sinevy. nervous. and. just then.
J trained Ono. Our lean. clean-shavon
faces were wcll-browned-mine wear
I Ing fresh coat from my days on the
steamers deck.
Larry had never been In America be-
fore, and the scene had for both 81 as
tho charm OF a gay and novel spec
!
! talking 20 Larry OF people and races.
that the Americans are the hand.
soonest and best put-up people IN the
world, and ! believe he was persuaded
OF IL that night as wo gazod with eyes
long unaccustomed 70 splendor upon
the great company assembled "a the
restaurant. The lights. the music. the
variety and richness or the costumes
Of the women. the many Enthusiastically
foreign faces that gave a cosmopolE
tan accent 70 the whole. wrought a
welcome spell upon senses Injured to
hardship In oarth's waste and dreary
places.
NOW tell me the story" I said
-Have you done MURDER Is the OF
Tense treasonahle?"
1T was a tenants row IN Galway
and smashed a constable. I smashed
him pretty hard, dare say, from the
row they kicked up IN the newspapers
I lay low for a couple OF weeks, caught
boat az Queenstown, and here I am
waiting for chance to get back &c
The Sod without going in irons"
You were certainly born % bC
hanged. Larry. You'd better stay II
America There's more room here
than anywhere else, and It's not easy
20 kidnap a man In America and carry
him on"
Possibly not; and yet the situation
isn't wholly tranquil" he said. trans
liking a bit OF pompano with HIS fork
Kindly note the fiorid gentleman a
your right-at the table with four
he's next the lady IN pink. Il may In
terest you TO know that he's the Brit
fish consul"
Interesting, but not important. You
don't for a moment suppose"
That he's looking for me? Not a
all. But he undoubtedly has my name
on his tablets. Tho detective that
here following me around is prett,
dull He lost me this morning Will,
was talking to you IN the bank
Later on had the pleasure OF trailing
him for an hour or so until he finall,
brought up at the British consul's OF
fee. Thanks; no more OF the fish. lie
US Danish care ! wasn't born to b.
hanged; and as ! am a political OF
fender, l doubt whether I can be de