The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-07-04

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| "A negro?" demanded O'Rourke, ia.
cling about What do We meant Did
he come aboard?"
Sure and he did that, yer honor,
and caught us be no moore thin the
skin av his lathe and"
O'Rourke bent over the man and
Selling him by the shoulders swung
him around so that their eyes met.
What the divvle!" demanded the ad-
venturer, did We mean by telling me
nobody boarded us, then? What"
Sure, yer honor. . Aw, yer
honor! Ills mesilf meant no
harm at all, at ALL" protested Danny.
Didn't say thot divvle a sowl came
aboord? Sure, thin, is naygur a hui
man."
With an exasperated gesture
O'Rourke released the boy. "'Tis too
much for me We are" he said help
1essly. "Now and again l believe ye
have the makings of man in We, and
then We 60 off and play the fool! If
didn't believe We pure simpleton
With not an ounce of mischief in your
body, I'd take that out of your worth
less hide. Get on with ye! Tell me
about this 'naygur.' What sort of a
black man is he?"
Sure, sor," whimpered Danny, "'tis
mesilf that w'u'd die rather thin have
ye talk to me thot way, yer honor.
Upon me sowl, niver thought ye'd
worry about poor divvle av nay
gur come aboard wild nothin' but a
say-chist and the clothes he walks in,
begin for chanst 10 work. his
passage to Bombay, sor''
did they let him sign ~: thesy"
inquired O'Rourke.
"Divvle bit, rayspicts to VS. a1ore
cheerfully Danny struggled with che
studs in O'Rourke's shirt "The pnr-
ser was all for kicking him back tnto
his boat, sor, whin he offered tt, pay
passage in the steerage. So hay let
him stay, sor."
Seemed to have money-cE3''
Jaw, no. yer honor. Twas barely
able he was to scrape ut all together"
"Lascar?"
Il behave so, yer honor TIE hard
for me to say. Wan av thin naygufb
as much like another as two pays,
sor; it's all tarred wild the same Crush
they be-"
"Ah WE'LL" he resumed more iEncific-
ally, "belike he's what he seema, Dan.
ny, and has no concern with us A. all.
Whether or no, care killed the tat.
Dye mind, Danny" he swung
off on one of his enthusiastically
acute tangents, "the little woman with
the red hair? Though tits meself
should beg the lady's pardon Cor men
tioning the color of her hair in the
same room with that outrageous head
light of yours, Danny. Dye
mind her, mean?"
THE wan We observed at Poort
Said, sor? The wan ye told me to
discover the name av?"
"'Tis a brave detective ye would
make, Danny. Ye have me meaning
entirely!'
Jaw, yiss." Danny's lips frightened
as he laced O'Rourkes patent.leather
shoes. He cast up at his masters
face an oblique glance of disapproval.
Il mind the wan ye mane," he adj
mitted.
He rose, and as he did so, O'Rourke
gently but firmly twisted him around
by the ear and as deliberately and
thoughtfully kicked him.
H., t.
We, Danny?" he inquired in panied re-
monstrance. 1T is mad We are. or
have We no judgment at all, We scut,
that We speak to me in that toner"
Solicitously Danny rubbed the
chastened portion of his person. grum.
bling but unrepentant.
O'Rourke grinned tolerantly, retain.
ing his hold upon the servitors ear
Her name?"
low, yer honor, leggo! :.
Missus Prynne, SORT"
The wanderer gave the ear another
tweak, by way OF enforcing the les
son. "Prynne. is It? And how did
you learn that, Danny?"
"'Twas her maid told me, sor. Leg
go, yer honor, Place"
And how did her maid come to
tell ye, We great ugly, long legged
omadhaun?"
'Sure-~ow!-'twas only a bit av a
kiss | was by way av givn' her,
sOr-"
"Thatll do. Danny" O'Rourke chuc-
Killed..
The peal of the trumpet announcing
dinner interrupted his contemplated
lecture on the ethics of investigation
and the perils of Irritation as between
maid and man servant.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Same Thing.