The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-01-15
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oentleman is James Hambleton Of
Lynn--so he told me- He risked his
NE to save mine, after we had aban-
Goned the ship"
III don't doubt IT," said Doctor
Tbayer gruffly. Some blind dash in.
% the future Is the privilege Of youth.
That's why It's all recklessness and
| foolishness."
Agatha looked at him keenly, struck
| BY some subtle irony in his voice. Il
think 1t Is what you yourself would
have done, SIR" she said.
The doctor thrust out his chin In
his disconcerting way, and gave not
| the least smile; but his small blue
eyes twinkled.
my business is to see Just where
Pm going and to know exactly what
I'm doing" was the dry answer. He
turned a watchful look toward James,
lying still there between them; then
he knelt down, putting an ear over
the patients heart.
All right" he assured her as he
CAME up. But we never know how
thJse organs are going to act" Sat
isfying himself further in regard to
James, he waited some time before
he addressed Agatha again. Then he
said, very deliberately: THE ocean is
a savage enemy My brother Hercu-
les used to quote that old Greek phil
osopher who said, Praise the sea. but
keep on land And sometimes think
he was right"
Agathas tired mind had been try
ing to form some plan for their fu-
ture movements. She was uneasily
aware that she would soon have to
decide to do something; and, Of
,Cburse, she ought to get back to New
York as soon as possible. But she
could not leave James Hambleton,
her friend and rescuer, nor did she
wish to. She was pondering the ques-
ton as the doctor spoke; then sud
denly, at his words, curtain of men,
DRY snapped up. my brother Her.
cules" and "Charlesport!"
She leaned forward, looking earnest
ly into the Doctors face. "Oh, tell
me-" she cried impulsively, ais 1t pos
sible that you knew Hercules Thay-
er? That he was your brother? And
are we in the neighborhood Of Ilion?"
/. ."Yes-yes-yes," assented the doc
tor, nodding to each of her questions
in turn; "and thought it was you,
Agatha Shaw's girl, from the first.
But you should have come down by
land!" he dictated grimly.
"Oh, 1 didn't intend to come down
at ALL" cried Agatha; "either by land
or water! At least not yeti"
Doctor Thayer's jaw shot out and
his eyes shone, but not with humor
this time. He looked distinctly irri-
Nd "But my. dear Miss Agatha
Edmond. where did you intend to
go?"
Agatha couldn't, by any force of
will, keep her voice from stammering.
as she answered: 81 wasn't g-going
anywhere. was kidnapped"
Doctor Thayer looked sternly at
her, then reached toward his medicine
chest. "My dear young woman"
(Why is 1t that when a person is par
ticularly out of temper, he is con-
strained to say My Dear So and SOP
my dear young woman said Doctor
Thayer, that's all right, but you must
take few drops of this solution. And
let me feel your pulse"
Indeed. doctor, it is all so, just as
I say" interrupted Agatha. "I'm not
faverish or out OF my head, not the
least bit I can't tell you the whole
story now; I'm too tired"
Eyes, that's so. my dear child"
said the doctor. but in such an evil
dent tone of yielding to delirious
person, that he nearly threw her into
fever with anger. But on the whole,
Agatha was too tired to mind He
took her hand, felt of her pulse, and
slowly shook his head; but what he
had to say, IL he had anything, was
necessarily postponed. The launch
was putting into the harbor of
Charlesport.
Even on the dull day of their ar.
rival, Charlesport was a pleasant look
III place. stretching up a steep hill
beyond the ribbon of street that Dor
dered it's harbor Fish-houses and
small docks stood out here and there.
and one larger dock marked the far
thest point of land. A great derrick
stood by one wharf. with piles of
granite block near by.
Little Simon was calling directions
back to Hand at the engine as they
shugged past fishing smacks and moor
ing poles. past lobster-pot buoys and
little bug-lighthouse, threading their
way into the harbor and up to the
dock. Agatha appealed to the doctor
with great earnestness.
F'Surely. Doctor Thayer, 1t Is
Providence that we came In lust here.
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