The Yale expositor., 1920-10-14
By A. CONAN DOYLE

was there.
go away, Jack, go away" she cried.
"You are going to scold me. l won't
be scolded! I won't open the window!
Go awayw
But continued to tap. 81 must have
word with you," I cried.
what is it, then?" she asked, rails
ing the sash about three inches. "The
moment you begin to scold l shall
close it,"
"Are you really married, Edie?"
"Yes, am married"
"Who married your"
"Father Brennan, at the Roman
Catholic chapel at Berwick"
"And you Presbyterian
"He wished 1t to be in a Catholic
church."
when was it?"
ION Wednesday week"
I remembered, then, that on that
day she had driven over to Berwick,
while De Lapp had been away on a
long walk, as he said, among the
hills.
what about Jim?" asked.
"Oh Jim will forgive me-"
"You will break his heart and ruin
his life"
mo, no; he will forgive me-"
"He will murder De Lapp. on,
Edie how could you bring such dis
grace and misery upon us?"
"Ah, now you are scoldingw she
cried, and down came the window.
! waited some little time and tap
ped, for ] had much still to ask her;
but she would return no answer, and
I thought that could hear her sob
bling. At last / gave it up, and was
about to go into the house, for II was
nearly dark now, when I heard the
click of the garden gate. It was De
Lapp himself.
But as he came up the path he seem
ed to be either mad or drunk. He
danced as he walked, cracked his
fingers in the air, and his eyes biazed
like the will-o'-the-wisps. "Voltigeurs"
he observation-disclosures de la garde!"
Just as he had done when he was
off his head, and then suddenly "En
avant! en- avant" and up he came,
waving his walking-cane over his head.
He stopped short when he saw me
looking at him, and dare say he felt
bit ashamed of himself.
"Halloo, Jack!" he cried, 81 didn't
thought anybody was there. I am in
what you call the high spirits tonight"
$50 IL seems" said I, In my blunt
fashion. "You may not feel so merry
when my friend, Jim Horscroft, comes
back tomorrow"
eta, Ia, ia" cried De Lapp 81 see
that you know Of our marriage. Edie
has told you. Jim may do what he
likes"
you have given us a nice return
for having taken you in"
my good fellow" said he, 81 have,
as you say, given you q very nice re-
turn. l have taken Edie from a life
which is unworthy of her, and / have
connected you by marriage with a
noble family. However, l have some
letters which I must write tonight,
and the rest we can talk over tOmor-
row when your friend Jim is here to
help u.s." He stepped toward the
door.
"And this was whom you were
awaiting at the peel-tower" / cried,
seeing light suddenly.
"Why, Jack, you are becoming quite
sharp" said he, In q hooking tone,
and an instant laIer l heard the door
Of his room close and the key turn
in the lock. / thought that I should
see him no more that night but few
miutes later he came into the kitchen
where I was sitting with the old folk.
Madame" said he, bowling down
with his hand to his heart in his own
queer fashion. 81 have met with much
kindness in your hands, and It shall
always be in my heart. You will ac-
cept this small souvenir, and you, al
so, sir, you will take this little gift
which I have the honor to make to
YOU" He put two paper packets
down upon the table at their elbows,
my mother, he walked from the room.
His present was a brooch with
green stone set In the middle and a
dozen little shining white ones all
round 1t. We had never seen such
things before and did not know how
to set q name to them but they told
us afterward at Berwick that the big
one was an emerald and that the
others were diamonds and that they
were worth more than all the lambs
we had that spring. My dear old
mother has been gone now this many
a year but that bonny brooch sparkles
at the neck of my eldest daughter
when she goes out into company, and
I never look at II that l do not see