The Irish standard., 1915-08-07

InaC SOE she returned. Mora. go
pack your trunk"
Nora, who had been badly frightened
by her sisters sudden advent, went out
without word. The order admitted of
NO retort.
Patsy seated herself on the edge of
chair and, motioning Crawford to an
other. said icily:
won't you sit dowp?"
CHAPTER v.
THE heavy rain of the night be-
fore and the clustering squalls
Of the early morning had been
= succeeded by brisk, bright In
dian summer weather. In the stable
yard the Duke was unsaddling Lady
Belle, having brought that famous
mare in from her afternoon exercise.
Soon he was interrupted by the ar
rival Of Crawford and Mallory and
command from the latter to leave Lady
Belle and hitch up the buggy. NAL
lory wanted to drive his partner to the
station himself, but Crawford would
not hear Of 1t. There was no occasion
for him to go to so much trouble. he
said. Mallory did not need much per-
suasion to induce him to remain at
home. He had little time enough to
spend with Patsy. He was very crate
full to Crawford, whose thoughtfulness
had raised him still higher in his esti-
nation, SO when the Duke brought the
buggy around he ordered the boy to
50 along with 1t. The two partners
shook hands with great heartiness, and
Mallory watched the departing New
Yorker until turn In the road masked
him from sight.
He was more than pleased with the
partner he had had the good fortune
to interest in the stable. To be sure.
the advantage to himself from the finan-
cial point Of view was not great. For
the time being he would, as he had
told his f1ancee, get little more than his
keep as result Of the arrangement,
but without the funds that had thus
come to him at time of dire need he
would not have been able to continue
the business at all. Now he hoped In
the more or less near future to be able
to make enough to give up the train.
Ing stable and try his luck with a
stock farm, which 1t seemed to him Of.
fered better chance of success
Crawford himself was we'll pleased
with his own part Of the bargain.
which was good deal more advan-
tageous to him than 1t was to Mallory
He was by no means millionaire, but
he was well OF, and 1t had been his
great desire to ape the weather. men
of his set by obtaining proprietary
interest In racing stable. 1t was an
unexpected bit Of luck that had enabled
him to realize his ambition. and he
was all the more gratifled In that he
had at the same time done good
stroke Of business, for he was no fool
and the commercial instinct was SUI
ficiently developed within him to lead
him to order most of his affairs with
an eye to the main chance.
"Are you the Shrimp" he demanded
of the Duke, who was driving. rs they
emerged on to the highway.
mo. sir. begin yer parding. sir: me
naime's Perkins, William Perkins. bul
there's some as cawls me the Duke.
replied that parsonage.
"Oh, you're the Duke" was Craw.
ford's comment. and thereafter he re-
manned silent. wrapped in thought
throughout the Journey. Uppermost in
his mind was, his interview with Patsy
He did not like her. and with good ren
son. With her keen intuition and fl,
miliarity with individuals Of his stani,
she had read him through Instant.
and sized him up as bounder. Hcl
conversation with him had been brief
and to the point.
"See here" she had said CURLY. point
ing her finger at him. my little sis
ter's not for you to monkey with
She's too good an don't know enough
for the likes O. you. Understand? You
keep your mitts of. or you'll find your
self up against me!'
with a facetious. bantering remark
but she had forestalled his reply and
intimated that there was nothing more
to be said by rising and leaving the
room. He wondered whether she
would tell Mallory about 1t. He did
not care whether she did or not. II the
subject ever came up again. he would
dismiss it as absurd. as n Joke and
further as a matter not to be reverted
to.
Arrived Mt the station, he threw q
fye dollar bill to the Duke and dismiss
ed him.
The sudden possession Of all this
wealth set him to thinking what he
could do with 1t, and instantly his
mind was made up. He would settle
Morals bet This generous impulse was
a very natural one with the Duke
Nora was the object Of his timid adora
ton, and If she turned up her pretty
nose at it-for 1t has been truly said
that love and a cough never can be bid
this did not prevent him from wor
Shipping with all the sweet, foolish ar
dor of his years everything that breath
ed of her and recalled her.
The Duke knew. or. at least felt Ger.
tain, that the Shrimp would carry out
his threat and demand his money OF
Morals parents. and he dreaded for her
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