The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-06-27


"a negrog" demanded O'Rourke, fa-
cing about What do yo mean7 Did
he come aboard2'
Sure and be did that, yer honor,
and caught us be no moore thin the
skin av his lathe and
ORourke bent over the man and
selling him by the shoulders swung
him around &c that their eyer met
What the divvlel" demanded the ad-
venturer, did ye mean by telling me
nobody boarded us, them? what
Sure. yer honor. Aw, yer
honorl 'Tis mesilf meant no
harm at all, at alil" protested Danny.
Didn't | say thot divvle a sowl came
aboord? Sure, thin, is a naygur a hui
man?9
With an e%xasperated gesture
O'Rourke released the boy. 'Tis too
much for me We are he said help
leasly. Now and again I believe ye
have the makings Of a mar IN ye, and
then We go of and play the fooll Il
| didn't believe We a pure simIletnn
with not an ounce Of mischief In your
body, I'd take that out Of your worth
less hide. Get on with We! Tell m0
about this naygur. What sort Of q
black man Is he?"
Sure, sor." whimpered Danny, 'tig
mesif that w'u'd die rather thin have.
We talk to me thot way, yer honols
Upon me sowl, niver thought ye'd
worry about a poor divvle av a nay
CUR. come aboard wild nothin' but a
say-chist and the clothes he walks in,
begin for a chanst to work. bis
passage to Bombay. sor."
Did they let him sign on, thenf"
inquired O'Rourke.
"Divvle 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-eh2"
Jaw, no, yer honor. Twas barely
able he was to scrape ut all together. =
"Lascar?"
Il behave SO. yer honor. 'Tis hard
for me to say. Wan av thin naygur's
as much like another as two pays,
sor; tbs all tarred wild the same brush
they be-"
"Ah we'll, he resumed more pacific
ally, belize he's what he seems, Dan
ny, and has no concern with us at all.
Whether or no, care killed the cat. =.
Dye mind, Danny" he swung
Off on one Of his Enthusiastically
acute tangents, "the little woman with
the red hair2 Though tbs meself
should beg the lady's pardon for mem
tioning the color Of her hair in the
same 20 with that outrageous head
light Of yours. Danny. Dye
mind her. I mean?"
THE wan We observed at PooTG
Said. sor? The al We 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'Rourke's pa~tentleather
shoes. He cast up at his masters
face an oblique glance Of %disapproval
Il mind the wan We name" he ad-
mitted,
He rose, and as he did so. O'Rourke
gently but firmly twisted him Ground
by the ear and as deliberately and
thoughtfully kicked him.
What the diYvle is the matter with
ye, 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 Ia that toner
Solicitously Danny rubbed the
chastened portion Of his person. grum-
bling but unrepentant.
ORourke grinned t%olerantly, retain
Ing his hold upon the servitor's ear.
Her name?"
low, yer honor, leggol
Missus Prynne, sori"
The wanderer gave the ear another
tweak, by a Of enforcing the les
son "Prynne IS tn And how did
you learn that. Danny2'
Twas her maid told me. sor. Leg
so. yer honor, Place"
And how did her maid come to
tell ye, - great ugly, longlegged
omadhaun2'
"sure-owl-'twas only a bit az a
kiss / was by way av givin' her,
sor-'
'Thatlt do. Danny. oRourke chuc.
kled.
The peal Of the trumpet announcing
dinner Interrupted bis contemplated
lecture on the ethics Of Investigation
and the perila Of Irritation as between
maid and man servant.
cNO BE CONTINUMD)