The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-30


IA negro?" demanded O'Rourke, ia.
cling about. What do We mean? Did
be 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! . IT'S mesilf meant no
harm at all, at ALL" protested Danny.
Didn't l say thot divvle a sowl came
aboord? Sure, thin, is a naygur a hui
man,"
With an exasperated gesture
O'Rourke released the boy. ""Tis too
much for me ye are" he said help.
lessly. Nov and again 1 believe We
have the makings of a man in We, and
then ye go off and play the fool! If
| didn't believe We a pure simpleton
with not an of mischief in your
body, I'd take that out of your worth
less hide. Get on with We! 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, l niver thought ye'd
worry about a poor divvle av a nay
CUR, come aboard wild nothin' but q
say-chist and the clothes he walks In.
begin for q ehanst to work. bis
passage to Bombay, sor."
Did they let him sign on, then?'
inquired O'Rourke.
"Diyyle a bit, ~rayspicts to ye." More
cheerfully Danny struggled with the
studs in O'Rourke's shirt. "The pur'
ser was all for kicking him back into
his boat, sor, whin he offered to pay
passage in the steerage. So they let
him stay, sor."
Seemed to have money-eh?"
Jaw, no, yer honor. Twas barely
able he was to scrape ut all together
"Lascar?"
II behave SO, yer honor. IT'S hard
for me to say. Wan av thin naygur's
as much like another as two pays
sor; it's all tarred wild the same brush
they be-"
"Ah WELL" he resumed more pacific
ally, "belike he's what he seems, Dan
n.y., and has no concern with us at all
Whether or no., are killed the cat.
/. Dye mind, Danny" he swung
off on one of his enthusiastically
acute tangents, the little woman with
the red hair? Though it's meself
should beg the lady's pardon for men.
tioning the color Of her hair In the
same room with that outrageous head.
light of yours, Danny. Dye
mind her, l mean?"
The wan We observed at Poort
Said, sor? The wan We told me to
discover the name av?"
"'Tis a brave detective We would
make, Danny. Ye have me meaning
e%ntirely!"
Jaw, yiss." Danny's lips frightened
as he laced O'Rourke's patent-leather
shoes. He cast up at his masters
face an oblique glance of disapproval
Il mind the wan We mane," he ad.
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. &.
What the divvle is the matter with
We, Danny?" he inquired in panied re-
monstrance. 1T is mad We are, OF
have We no judgment at all, ye scut
that we speak to me in that tone?"
Solicitously Danny rubbed the
chastened portion of his person, grum.
bling but un%repentant.
O'Rourke grinned t~olerantly, retain.
ing his hold upon the servitor's ear,
Her name?"
low, yer honor, leggo!
Missus Prynne. SORT"
The wanderer gave the a another
tweak, by way of enforcing the les.
son. "Prynne, is 1t? 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 We, ye great ugly, longlegged
o~madhaun?"
"Sure-ow!-'twas only a bit av q
kiss l was by way av givin' her
| sor-"
"That'n 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 filtration as between
maid and man servant.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Same Thing.