The Irish standard., 1910-08-13
castically. But get them out so Miss
Brown and l can descend"

castically. But get them out so Miss
Brown and | can descend"
Craighcad's manner OF disposing of
the crowd commanded Mr.. Waddy's
sincere respect. He went about with
marvellous rapidity. sending away those
whose nonutility was unquestionable
and making engagements with others
at ''our Wall street Office" the name
Of which made everybody more re-
spectful.
The dinner to which Mr.. Craighead
took Mr. De Land. Miss Brown and
MIR. Waddy was the first of series
which reduced Mr.. Waddy to torpor.
The old gentleman. in his long frock
coat which buttoned to Il surtout, his
frowzy face and his evident attach
ment to Mr.. Craighead. was remember
ed in certain ultra bohemian circles
for his surreptitious sinking into the
dimmest corners Of cafes and roof gar
dens. He had a dark secret. Mr.. Craig
head said. which. he did not explain,
originated In Mr.. Waddy's agreement
with the lady in goggles that the whole
situation was improper. He felt obliged
20 keep with Craighead because Of
suspicion thar the aeronef was
Pigment of two Slattery institute i'm
aginations. and he did not purpose to
let any guilty man escape. So he
provfdently engaged detective to
shadow both himself and Mr.. Craig
head. the unremitting presence Of
whom in very plain clothes made Mr..
/ Waddy feel and look guilty and fugi-
tive.
| His second reason for becoming Mr..
/ Craighead's double was his sense of
duty of preventing that pupil of Dr.
! Witherspoon from breaking the VOW
Of abstinence. So he drank most of
the intoxicants served TO Craighead,
somewhat to the injury Of his health,
but much to the betterment of his rep
utntion as roisterer Altogether it
was relief to ger Craighcad back
; home. where be installed him as a
ledger and boarder. charging him we'll
; for his accommodation and lending
/ him the money on his note to pay for
! it. On arrival he went to bed and
! turned Craighead over to Mrs. Gray
; bill. with strict injunctions to tee-
phone the sherilf's office if be was I'M
| accounted for for more than an hour
/ 1t was situation with some unique
aspects. MIR. Craighead began Willing
away time with work on the Nor
phology of the Crawfish" and dips into
De Quincey's Spanish Num-" Look
ing from the library window. he saw
Mrs. GraEbill enter summer house.
leaving a red hat on the railing out
side.
The "N1orphology" grew unintercst-
ing. Craighead stepped from tile Win
dow. went into the summer house and
started ut finding Mrs. Graybill there.
| her hair tousled about her head. her
little nose elevated in that comical re-
semblance to her fathers. Mr.. Wad-
dy informs me that the late Mr.. Gray
bill was minister Of the gospel" he
ventured
YES" she replied. "he was"
"And that he has been called" Craig
head went on. Ito a better life year
or more?"
! Fourteen months" answered Mrs.
! Graybill.
II have been reading" said Craig
head. "a work on the 'Morphology OF
| the Crawfish.' 1t holds me enthralled.
/ The person who fails to CLEAN wisdom
from the crawtish has never tested his
intelligence with bare toe or studied
his morphology.''
| Mrs. Grnybill looked at Craighead
sternly.
Don't pose" said she. Don't think
that want beautiful lesson in every
thing. if have been minister's wife.
Tell me of Mr.. De Land and-and Sa-
die Brown and the chop suey and-and
that life. Tell me. Mr.. Craighead!"
The point here is that there was no
! danger of Craighead's running off
while she listened with such breath
less interest to his adventures. He eX-
! planned his natural transition from the
study Of artistic anatomy to surgery
and then through medical jurispru-
dence to law. and over all gloomed the
i shadow of his wonderful. his poetic
his epic designations. Mrs. Graybi!l
was shocked but she asked for all the
horrible tale that he might so relieve
it that nothing would ever, ever induce
him to drink again.
| "Only one thing would ever do that"
said he. "or maybe two. The pangs Of
despised love-
(Which you have never expert
enced" she asked.
Never" said he. las I am now
likely to!'
And the other shock that might
overturn your self control?"
THE failure Of Carson" replied
Craighead. THAT would put me down
and out-down and OUT"
The relations of Craighead to Mr.
Waddy became more and more strain
ed. for the former could no longer ex-
plain satisfactorily the failure Of Car
son to appear with his airship. Final
~ rs last resort Mr.. Waddy resolved
to take Craighead and Mrs. Graybill
and go to the south to settle the whole