The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-06-06
cHAPreR xxIv.-lcon.inued.l

Inc captain 9 nrst was W
shout for help. his next. to carry the
girl to some place where he could pro
cure something which would revive
her. CHANGING about him eagerly, he
caught sight OF the lighted windows or
The Three Watermen; and, without a
moments delay. half carried and half
supported her through the door and
into the little private bar.
Only one person happened to be In
that bar at the time-a little man,
seated in a corner, half asleep. with a
glass OF spirits beside him. The cap
tain, entering hurriedly with his bur.
den, looked round and cried out: Give
me some brandy-quick! an tell me
were | can find a doctor"
At the mention Of the last word the
little man In the corner staggered to
his feet, swayed uneasily for a mo-
ment, and then came towards the cap
tain, with what dignity he could mus
ter on such short notice. But his eyes
no sooner fell upon the captain, and
then upon the girl, than he uttered a
sort OF cry, spun completely round like
an unsteady top, and made for the
door. But the captain had recognized
him, too; and caught him just as he
was slipping out.
Ere, old ard, messmate-'old
ard" exclaimed the captain, who had
deposited his burden on a bench and
was able to give. for the moment, his
undivided attention to his captive.
you're a man as ! wants to see, in
art a shake. 50 soon as I've attended
to this ere young lady. An perhaps,
as there don't seem to be nobody else
'andy-p'r'aps you can tell me were
I'll find a DOCTOR"
The little man-no other than DR..
Cripps-was cowed by the superior
size and strength of the captain, and
c%apitulated. IL am a doctor" he
said, giving himself a sort OF shake,
probably with the object OF pulling
himself together-and bending over
Madge, who had begun to open her
eyes and look about her. "Ah-uoth-
tag more than a temporary faintness,
as l imagined"
He turned round suddenly aud went
to the bar, and hammered on IL with
his fists. and shouted out in a voice
sufficient to be heard to the otker end
OF the house: "Ht-hi-why the dick.
ems don't you look after business, all
OF you? Here's brandy wanted-and
all sorts OF t~hings--and yet any a
might die, and be buried forty times
over, before you'd turn a hair. Hi
hi-where are vou ALL"
A surly-looking man came slowly
out OF an inner room and advanced to
needn't shout the 'ouse down. DR..
Cripps," he said, STOPPING TO get what
was wanted. and glancing carelessly
at the girl as he did so.
But 1t happened that the brandy was
mo- required, for the mention OF the
name OF Cripps was sufficient to rouse
Madge as nothing else could have
done. She sprang up at once and
caught the little man by the shoulders
and looked into his eyes. Grips, for
his part, began to shake and TO trem-
BILE very much: for he remembered the
fifty pounds she had paid him, and
wondered whether or not she wanted
II back.
Are you DR.. Cripps?" she asked.
staring at him intently. Yes, see
you are. What providence has sem
you to me at this time?
Madam" said the doctor, feebly, IT
It would be any use for me to deny
my own Identity | would most willing
ly do SO. have been hunted and
badgered to an extent beyond all De
lief: | have been dragged about in the
dead Of night, sworn at, carried miles
on hay-wagons. without a chance OF OBJ
tanning natural and necessary refresh
ment; and all because my name hap
pens to he Grips But give In.
madam; l am vanquished; do what
you will with me-but let me finish my
liquor"
He walked across to where his glass
stood and drained II, and then looked
expressively at the captain. But notn-
in came OF that, and at last, begin
ming dimly TO see, in the coming OF
these two people-each connected. In
such a different fashion, with his recoi-
lections OF Dandy Chater-something
which he had to face, whispered the
landlord over the bar for a moment,
and then turned again TO them.
sIf o want me. IL you have any
thing private TO say" he said, you had
better come upstairs: there is a room
there OF which I can claim the 5
And In which you an me met some
little time back" said the captain.
nudging him.
Cripps led the way upstairs and ush-
ered them into the same room In
which the meeting had been held not
"a long before. Carefully shutting the
xoor. he motioned to them to be seat
"a. and stood looking at them curious
y and waiting for them to speak
"A day or two since began Madse.
speaking with much eagerness q
hooking straight at the doctor. 4 paid
vou : large sum for certain informa-
tton concerning Mr.. Dandy Chatter.
sUlloi" broke Ia the captain star
- from ono 70 the other. 7 ask yer
49, 0""T - $500. - dAn IAN