The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-04-24

You certainly are the only blot on
the Handicapped"
Quite so. And II would only 20
hence the pretty little idyl that is be.
ing enacted in the delightful garden,
under the eye of friendly chaperon,
would go forward without Interrupt.
ton"
He spoke soberly, and had oh.
served that when he dropped his char
a note of melancholy crept into his
talk. He folded his arms and went
on: She's a wonderful girl, Donovan.
There's no other girl like her in all
the wide world. tell you it's hard
for girl like that to be in her posi-
tion-the whole family broken up. and
that contemplate father of hers hang
ing about with his schemes of plumber.
It's pitiful. Donovan; it's pitiful!'
TITS cherries mess. 1t all came
after the bank failure. suppose"
practically, though the brothers
never got on. You see my governor
was bit by their bank failure: and
Miss Pat resented the fact that he
backed off when stung. But the Gill
lespies take their medicine; father
never squealed, which makes me sore
that your Aunt Pat gives me the icy
eye"
"Their affairs are certainly mixed,
l replied. non-committally.
'They are indeed: and I have studied
the whole business until my near
mind is mussed up. like scrambled
eggs. Your own pretty idyl of the
nunnery garden adds the note pi-
quante. Cross my palm with gold and
I'll tell you of strange things that lie
in the future. have an idea. Dono-
van: singular though 1t seem. I've
notion in my head"
Keep IT," retorted, Ito prevent
cranial vacuum
"Crushed! Absolutely crushed" he
replied. gloomily. "Kick me. I'm only
the host
We were silent while the few sounds
/ Of the village street droned in. He
rose and paced the floor to shake off
his mood, and when he sat down he
seemed in better spirits.
"Holbrook will undoubtedly return"
said.
Yes; there's no manner Of doubt
; about that"
"And then there will be more trou
ble."
"Of course"
But I suppose there's no guessing
when he will come back"
"He will come hack as soon as he's
spent his money"
felt delicacy about referring to
that transaction on the pier. 1t was
wretched business, and 7 now
lost on Gillespie.
"How does Henry come to have that
italian scoundrel with him." l asked
after pause.
Hes the skipper Of the Stiletto,"
Gillespie replied, readily.
Hes a long way from tidewater,"
remarked. "a BLACKBOARD of just his
sort. once sailed me around the Italian
peninsula in felucca, and saved me
from drowning on the way. His hero
ism was not. however wholly disinter-
ested. When we got back to Naples
| he robbed me of my watch and money
belt and ! profited by the transaction,
having intended to give him double
I, their value. But there are plenty Of
farm boys around the lake who could
T, handle the Stiletto. Henry didn't need
i, a dago expert"
! The mention OF the italian clearly
troubled Gillespie. After moment he
said:
"He may be holding on to Henry In
stead of Henry's holding on to him. Do
you see?"
mo; don't"
We'll, have an idea that the dago
knows something that's valuable. Last
summer Henry went cruising in the
Sound with pretty rotten crowd.
poker being the chief diversion. A
man died on the boat before they got
back to New York. The report was
that he fell down a. hatchway when he
was drunk, but there were some ugly
stories in the papers about it. That
italian sailor was one of the crew.
/! Where is he now"
"Over at Battle Orchard He knows
his man and knows he'll be back. I'm
waiting for Henry, too. Helen gave
him $4,000 The way the market is
running he's likely to go broke any
day. He plays stocks like a. crazy
; man, and after he's busted he'll be
back on our hands"
/ TITS hard on Miss Pat"
(! and it's harder on Helen. She's In
terror all the time for fear her father
will go up against the law and bring
further disgrace on the family. There's
her Uncle Arthur, wanderer on the
face Of the earth for his sins. That
was bad enough without the rest Of It"
THAT WAS greed. too. wasn't IT."
mo, Just general cussedness. He
blew in the Holbrook bank and
skipped"
f, "You told me that Henry Holbrook
found his way here ahead Of you. How
do you account for that"
! He looked at me quickly, and rose,
, again pacing the narrow room