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dull spot upon the olean-scrubbed
boards; and the canary In the window
paused In burst OF singing az en-
| tered.
"Sheila," I said, 81 am very much
afraid you won't like my news"
| We'll, sir, what's happened himr
she asked briefly.
You're right, = answered. It's
your husband, but It's nothing TO be
alarmed about. nothing at all danger
Gus. You must"
For the love av God. don't thry to
break things TO me, sir. Speak right
out. He's not hurt, We say; well, he's
pinched then. suppose"
| No, It's not the police. He's been
shanghaied. II you know what that
means"
"Crimped? It's thrue for ye, I know;
tits twice before he's been. but who
done II never could tell. Av thought
amy av my folk that's afraid av his
silly tongue wud do that dhirty
thrick-" she stopped short, her strong
face working.
| was rather angry myself. We'll,
Sheila, don't believe they had any
thing to do with IL before; but II was
Doctor Reid who had II done today. ]
was there, but Il was over before un-
derstood what was going on"
Reid? l shud ha' known twas
Reid, the shamblin' scum he IL. an
small good them that loved him best
ever had nv him! Now, the devil
hould his dhirty little pinch av a soul!
ever had av him! For why shud he
harm my mann
i That's what want to know" !
said. Hes afraid OF what Antonio
says about him, and you know"
AS far as his story ever goes it'il
harm no man" she burst out, they
know well he's all bark an no bite, II
they weren't all crazy-afraid together,
an truer man any day than than
that blagyard body-snatchin' pill-rolier.
4 His own guilty heart 1t Is, whispertn
over his shoulder, an me poor lamb
that he married an murdered, and
the child av his own body on the one
day! An the poor mother they're
calm crazy, with the soul av the
daughter she cudn't let free standin'
between her an the sunshine. Crazy
she'll never be until they make her
SO. with their doctors an questions
an a truer man any day than
GRIMM before her face, with the
blood not dhry on him," She paused
for breath, walking up and down the
room and twisting her hands
"Sit down, Sheila," / said, you
know this Is absurd. I'm trying TO get
4 a little truth about people We both
care for: and IL you say things like
that, how can you expect me to believe
anythingT But my knees were trem-
bling as | spoke.
"Murthered II was all the same" she
said sullenly, dropping back into a
chair nevertheless. When a docthor
with all the learnin' that goes beyond
the knowledge av woman lets bis
i wife die an an innocent mite av
newborn baby go down to the grave
with her, tits black murther IL Is. no
less How could she rest quiet after
that, an half her life calm TO her,
an the mother that wouldn't let her
go, an had the power to see? IT'S no
docthor she wants, but priest, an
no medicine b1t q handful av holy
wather. like my own sisters cousin
Nora that used TO sit an talk with
her lad that was dead evenin's by the
byre wall, an Father Tracey came be-
hind an sprinkled the two av thin,
the one he could see an the one he
could not see."
who was 1t that died?" asked
sharply. WAS IL Miriam? Did Reid
lie TO me when he said SO, or did Caruc-
CT lie when he said that Reid was mar
ried to Lady?"
She grew suddenly quiet and eau
tious, as IL she had said too much al
ready. and must weigh her words.
REID told We the truth for once"
she muttered. Twas Antonio lied"
Then Miriam was his wife. and
Lady"
YES she answered, 1T was
Miriam" but she did not meet his
eyes. Then she went on hastily, be-
fore l could speak again.
Eye see. sir, twas like this: When
Miriam died, her mothers heart nearly
went with her, an so because the poor
dear loved her more than enough, she
did not go quite away. It's SO some
whites, when the livin' holds too close
by the dead She used to talk TO her,
an when the william that let her die
got doctors an looked like judgment,
an said my poor soul was wrong In
her head, an ought to be taken away,
an they moved her out there In the
country where they had no friends,
an kept her hidden as II there was q
shame upon her, sure the lovin' soul Of
the dead girl followed her mother.
/ They said she was crazy when she
made them move her daughters room,
an keep Il up in the new house as II
had been in the old. an would sit an
talk to her there. Sure, twas no sign
at all, an black lie In Reds black
heart to set the husband an the daugh-
! ter agin her. Some folks are that
way, that can see the fairy folk an
the COLLINS. an speak with the wan
dherin' dead. A good priest Mrs.
| Tabor should have when the power
tires her, an not lynn schemin' brute
ay q docthor that wants to put her
away. Twas not much at first anyhow
But he turned their heads with his talk
av asylums an horrors to lead them
away from her own wickedness."
els that the secret. Them" | asked.
els the trouble no more than their fear
that Mrs. Tabor is insane?'
-"SeeFet7- What seeret2- There's no
secret they have at all, only wicked
lie." She was growing careful again.
"'Tis all that docthor that's never
happy but doin' harm. She's no more
crazy than meself an no one thinks
nor fears II, not even him. They only
saw SO. because She stopped her
self again.
"SheiIa," I said, tell me just one
thing. How much truth Is there In