The evening world., 1915-02-02
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Out with H." '
Il SO 'sr come ere this sftsrneoo,
whilst was wssshin' the 'osss N go
MY 0awd, shoddy! Let me s,t IN.
I can't breathe lyin' down"
"shs I'd some flowers wiv 'sr," said
Shoddy. pursuing his rsminisoenceA
Lccks a. though she's got . friend
"i'm the TREND" said Mr.. Croushse
Grimly. Take and run yer iighs svVr
that washstAnd; the guv'nor brought
'em up isself wiv theae ere smoke&"
Roses, In the month o. March!"
muuuured shoddy. AZ . bowl of beau-
tee filled the Disk Of light: "'ot'ouse
flowers for little Aine! Why, the siri's
fair struck on you, cnliyi" -.
teeth that chattsred with emotion. II
very near 'anGed for the little b1tcr.
and don't YOU forget itl"
"Not me-" said shoddy, steering for
the he'd with his headlights Of white
hot nlament and red hot cigar. That's
.vot brought m" ore through thick and
80 she's the great unknown!" saAa
Croucher more than snoe, but n0t
twice In the Same tone. 10 u was
until shoddy insistsd ON q hearing.
Don't keep teiiin' yerr' SAID
Shoddy. That's wot brlngs me, at
the gaudicst risks you ever see~-oniy
to ear you gas! Can't you listen for
n changer There's big thing on u
you've nerve enough for the joh."
II was simple thing. however, like
most big things; the protector had II
at his finger -endsi and In q very few
v~sla
iug q complets. crude and Yet emi-
nsntly practical proposition.
There's money In IT," he was forced
to admit, III there amt the big money
you hattsr yerself. Hut believe she
think. 2 sivin' me start !" ilf''
''This'd be q start an Q finish.
Aifei Besides, itd be your revenge;
don't you forget wot you've been
'AreSsS ass . %rEss s.s a: csSn:S., Ssn:s ..,r,,
"But-don'cher sect ] been through
% much that I was lookin' forward
to dosstn' down 'ere a bit. ain't ths
man I was. It's wot nesd. Where's
the hurry7 The gal wont run away"
That's Just wot she viii, .Alae;
eoin' abroad any dsy-an' might get
married any day. Then you mieht
old we've got. an might lose any oid
The other hold appealed win
peculiar power to the character and
temperament OF Alfred Croucher, and
not less strongly to certain oa6Actty
which added moro to his eQuipmeat.
But he had never been quite % COM
Portable IN his Mfs; comfort had never
substance Of preeent luxury (with .
, fresA start In the near hiturs) was
not lightly 70 be exchanged for .
. gold-min with Q gold mines 9amb.
Nng chances, including the proverblD
optimism Of prospsotovs. ="
The discu cussion ended In Q ceu-
, promise and the withdrawal Of 6hedly
. by the catlike ways and means OF Aie
arrival But hs did not depart with
dow ana = forest q csi@nsy. I'm Uy tat.
, to . lighted but uneuYtaineA square
on q lower level. And thithsr, ot
certain appointed hours, the patient
might havs been caught pseplas, Or
even In the act os vsads and fuvtiys
, signals. for several days 10 come. )
Out Of the d6ctor's little typo-
, written list Of books the patient In
.hs hor e, Ts, Ss:aHS Ha,a Sy sS'asins
II held him--with . tortured SreW
that sometimes giistened. Whsn ne
hook was finished, he was advise1
that TT In Never Too Late TO Mend"
was . better thing OF the same kind:
I'm spite Of its uame," ADDED Dollar.
In studied disparagemeut
Crouehsr took the hint. and was
soon breathing ~ hard ~ he had
done before he knew that eAe4Ay
over Hawes In his solitude. asd lelt
wonderinG what Tom RebipeeA's
creator would have made Of Alfred
Crouchsr. Something 0f that sDeeu.
lation found its way Into worAA Win
the return OF the heok, and WAs ~
cause Of lcngthier visitations from
the Doctor. NwhoSe eye began 20
brighten when It fall on Croucherl g
that OF man put On his msttie amer
al.
And then one morning he esAe u
with . blue magaSine s14 . peV-
long poem. which might have hurt
but might have helped: only lt hal 70
chance OF doing cithar. hecaues the
top back room was eApty Of Alfree
Croucher. Who walked ont ct the
house In the loudsst OF his hralA-nsv
clothes.
Tho Rome Express had LETT HAsas
sprinkInS with the green askss e .
through . mellow evening into .
night Of velvet clasped with oliver
moon. Tho famous train vas not un-
comfortably crowded; II II not every
body who will pay two pounds. st0At
shillings. seven pence for Q berth IN
! a sleeper which In Switzerland, cap,
: would cost some twenty francs, Most
OF those who had committed the eI-
I travagance seemed by way Of gsttins
, their moneys worth: even the laAy
! travelling alone In the forsmo0t
wagon-lit, though she refrainsd from
;. dining In the restaurant car. would
/. have struck an acquaintance a. In
better spirits than for some months
past, And SO she was. But abe wAA
: still far from being the Lady vsra
Moyle Of last years foSs.
She was going to her mother. who
{ had been seriously III since Christmas,
but was now completing her recovery
4 In Rome. And>yet her illness had
! meant less to LaaN Armagh than "a
Q the wayward child who had been told
. (by the rest of the family to consider
}, herself It's cause; II might indeed
have been direct dispensation to tie
. Lady Vera's hands and tongue; and
!. In the train de luxe. perhaps for the
, first time, she herself recognised the
: merclful wisdom OF Providenco In the