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I V ,
lIlOIlI'l]iIlQ‘ l1i111 as lr1st,a111l he was ro-l
eeire1l witl1 great 1 j11i1:i11;:.
“lhit I tell y1>11,N:1111-e,“l111 1i1l tel
us 'st1-1' '-l'1l 111-Ver a-gut l): ll’ it
l1ad11't I11-1-11 l'1>1‘tl111s1) s 'ates.'' ‘‘
- -4. ,-
THE ADVENTURES
OFA 1
3-GUINEA WATCH. -
(‘llAl"‘l-llt XI.
111i11-1- 31,1111-1' 11x1-1
.1.x11 1-111-:1-11111-211 -11:
111111’ T1111
l1lPXI)()N,
.-11 l
'l‘l1e two 1n1)11tl1s that followed i11y1le- ,
]1:u‘t11re t'r11m lt:1i1L1l0l111rv were 111elan-
ehely and tediuiis. It wa hard for me,
alter the l111iste1-eiis s111'1'u11ii1lings11t' a 1
public selmol, to settle down to the hcavv I
11i1n111t1>11y0t'11 d11ll letlgiiig in aha (l
street of L11nd1111 ; and it x1asl1ar1le1'still,
alter ll('1lll;;‘ the pride and t'11v11rite-et 11
hey like (,‘l1arlie Neweeiiie, to ti111l my- ‘
St-lt the p1'1>111-rty of ’l‘111n Drift. l
Xnt that Tom used 1111-. l1a1llyat tirst. ‘
llo wound 111e 11111-1-;.;11l:11'l,1',and. fer the ,
sake of liisahsent l'1'ie111l, li111i111-1-,1l me ‘
with a coiisiilei-able sl1:1r1-et‘ his atl‘e13-
ti11n. l111l1-ed, fer the lii-st week or st),
lu-was quite gusliiii-,:, ,.r1-lv I1-tti11,1;
111e111itet'l1i. '-,:l1t, and s11111et111ies 1-v1-n
1lr1>ppi11-ga t1-ar over 1110.
And 1, re1111-111heri11<,-,1 (‘I11-1rlie'. last
words, “ lie 11111111 tn ’I‘11111 l>riI't," felt
glad to heal1let1>re111i111l niyiiew mas-
U)!‘ 0t’ 1111] ti111es,:1111l keep tie.-eh the
I111111.-s and 1'1 1)luti1111s with whi1-1h (‘har-
lie l1a1l d11ne.11 111111-h 111 inspire him. 1
lint 'I‘1)11i Drift, I eeuld n11tl11-lp feel-
in<v, was not a .-1i1l‘e man. 'l‘l1e1-e was
s11111etl1i11-,5 lacking in him, and that seine-
tl1i11-.: wasI):1lI:1st. V
N11 11111‘, pt-rliaps, ever had :1 greatei‘
tl1e111'etie:1l tlesire, 111 l11- all that wa.-11'4l1t
and g11111I, l1i1t that was net i11 i .
1-111111-.1l1. l
in quiet, easy ti1111-s, and with ag11id-
ing l‘1'i1-11d tn help l1im,’l‘11111]t1'iI't 1li1l
well 1-,111>111:,l1: 11111, l1-l't 111 l1i111seIt', :1111id
1-1111'1'1-111s 1111l . 111'111s, he rwultl liardly
fail 1111-11111et11<,,r1-it-t‘, as we shall prese1it- I
s'1'.111'1' IN
MARI-I 1
1 1
l1 -1-.
‘l-‘er the t'11"t twe 11i1111tl1s,lm sti
11111-11111 his 11-111-1;; he was r1-;:11lar:1t1 I1-1-- 1
1111-1-s. and 11111-111i1'1- when tl11-re: he ‘
spent his s11:11'e-liI111' w1-ll i11st111l
i111v 11111111 tl1e 11r11'1- '
- 111-1-1 1-i11;.-: he w1'11t1-1tII1l 1111111-111111111-, l
1- 1 11111 (‘l1:11'lle: l11- kept 1-lear 111' l
tl11- 111111'1-1 -k1-Ly 111‘ l1ist'1-llew ‘
l11-<111-11tl1 N'1llltl:t1'S:ll M1’. h
l11111s1-, and l11- t.1111k ]Ilt'lll)'4Ifl]U:Ill1ll)’ ex-
1-1-11i<1-, I111tlI t‘111‘ l1111l.1‘ and mint .
With 1111111)’ 1- .1l11111ll1i11111t'i11- 1
111--1 1l1-tr-r111in1-11 111
1
1,111-
make the I1111sl 1t'l1is 1i1111- as 1st111l1-nt,
a111l sp11l<1-, n!" the 1111- :1111l s11l11-1'1-, 111‘ 11
the 1-11tl11I.si:1s11111I'11111‘ whese 1
itli
11-111-1;. l
inq-11
heart is i11 his
‘”[‘he Illt)l'L‘ I think 11t'1t,"l10.11111-e
wi-1111-, 111 his 111111111-1', 11 11111 s re.-111li11,: l
aI11'11a1l l'11rl11-1'l1ealtl1, “ tl11- 1111-1’ l tal1'1-
i A med 1l111-t11r is the lmst-lil<1-1l
man in his parish. l-l1'1-1‘yI1111l‘1-1
him i11 their l.l‘Ulll)lU. ll
best s11ei1-tv, a111l yet llltllit ‘
ed hythe 1111111-est. I11 l‘111i1-or tire ye ,
atl , l1111j.:lI[t11L(1.-I1 tlimiigli iiiycunirse
here, and then there is nothing to pre-
vent my Stittllllg 1I11w11 at11n1-,e. lly that
time I hope you'll he well en01i;;l1 t11
0111110 111111 keep lioiis fer me, for all
eoiiiitr 1l11eters,y111i l1n11w, are l1aelie-
., 11Is11e11.
All this was very “'(‘ll, and, as 111111111’ 1
'l'11n1'st'1 eiids, I rej11ie1-,1t t11.<1‘1) him thus
S1-tting l1i1nselt' in ear111-st tn the duties ‘
at‘ his ealling. lhit 1 r1-jeiet-1l with
tn-.111I)li11g.:.
Altl111u;,vl1 he kept el1-ar, fer the ninst
part, 111' his ‘1- ' ‘ ‘ 11:.-; . -
frieiids (-,l1arilya111l ‘ , I 11l1l yet ‘
see that he 111111 1111 11bjeeti1111t<1 e11nte111-
plate -1111i:11lista111-e tho ln111111r.-<1 and ‘
111' his 111111'el1i;.;l1-spirited1111m-
c
L
festivitit
panien
He 1
11nt1)11e11f tliuse inipnlsive fel-
l11wswh11 shut the eyes am take a
liea1ler into tl1emi1lst11la new 1,:11111l-
fellewsliip, m1lyt.111lise11v1-r ton late their
error, and repent their r:1xl111e:<1:<1s at
l1-,i1-1111-1-1
N11, 'l:111n had his eyes 11111111. lle saw
the evil as l : p;11111l, 111111,.-ilas ,
t'11r hi111, l1aving1 111-1.,1,1;1111 311111
The st1i1lm1ts11t‘ St. I<lli7..-ilmtli‘ 11
pital were not, on the whole, 11 bad 51
tn
11111111 pieture them in
011 ’l'm11‘.-1 arrix 11 iii l111n1l1>11, l111u‘t'V0r,
ie lia1l the tirm i111pi'1-ssi1111 in his 111i111l
that all iiieilieal st111l1-iits wei-e I1111l
1'1111ters, and this f1111lisl1 1111ti1111<li1l him ,
11111el1l1a1-11:.
‘ Il't1v1111r three til‘ them w1-re t11g1>11tl"
spree, his i11ia<,:i1111ti1111 w1111l1l
'1:e11es and pl:11- -
.[,
e11t11l1
to fret uent; wh ['(’.’lH, i
t the tr11tl1111-r1-
k1i11w1i,tl1es1z111 11 ,1-111111;: 1111-11 had
1111111111itt1-d t111;z1'e:1t1, cr 111-tl.111tha111t'
taking :1 boat 11p tl1e river, or a drive i11
11 11111,;-eart.
It‘ 11 gr111ip1>t' tl1e111sl1o1il1l he s1-1-11 I1)‘
him li1111,-;l1i1i-,:a11<l talki1i1,>;,l1e 1'11sti111-t-
ivelv11111111111111-1i their topic must be ri-
haldry or blaspliciiiy, wliereas tl11 '
would perhaps he oi1lyj11ki115.: at the
111-111s1'>111' SOl]l0 cc-ee11tri1 '
ling one of their own 1111111111-,r. And
so it l1appei1e1l that ’l‘r1111 failed in time
to 1l‘ i11;:uish l11-tw(-,1-11 the really bad
a1i1l 51 1'h he 1111lyi1111r4i11e1l
to be had, and t'r11111 l1is l1:1l1it
11fl1111ki1i1.r on at tl11-111211111 their
1l11i11gst‘r11i11 a st111li1-d1lista111-1-,
their presriiee in-3.11111 ;zra1l11:1lly
and lll34Ol)Sll.Vl)
ve ry 1-1111 1leral)le
11ve1'l1is111i1i1l.
. - a
iiitllieiiee
“.U‘terall," he would s-11111-tiin(-s say
tn himst-ll", -‘tlu-s1-1'1-llews get 1111. 'l‘h1-y
1111s-s their 1-x'a111s, they pa)'1l1eir hills,
[I11 "grain tl11- 1-,e11t'11l1-111-1-11t' their [>1'1)f'es-
s11 ‘Hill at the 11111‘ time they 11111111141-
t11 1-11'i11‘v tl1e1 lVt
t'1111l I11 take so 111111-.l1
tl11'1-1-111' the.‘-, thi .
s1-lt'Il11-t'e1irtl1. I’erl1a ,
t'elt11ws:1re net s11 had as l have t‘a1i1-i1-1l,
11r111-,rI1:1ps I am pr111Ii. 1.“ ‘
And then the silly l'1-llew l11iv111ge111-.1-
ine '11e,1l t11a1l111it there 11 s111111-tl1i111,:t11
1-, I101 me
I11Iera11t all r111i1i1l, mere partie1ilarly11f
the r A
to eiijey tlieinselvt-s the mes .
As his eeiupat1i1111s I11-(1.-une more at-
tractive to him, his wnrk l11-1-ani1- less 111-
terestiiig. H
" ‘Vhy slimild I 1zri1i1l 11nd pied here
he said, “while every one else is e11.111y-
111a11 w1111l1l like i
1 prott-ss0r,11r else ‘
llv had set, wl111app1-art-d t11 him ‘ ’,
1 in; hi111.s1>lt".’ .
‘ liere, l‘111p1'ett)'s11r1-h1-'1ll1ei11I111-s11111e
111‘ their .s]Il’I-1-s,
we:11'i11Lz 111)'1-1'1
A111l ll1e11 he I
11-1l
11111111[ were 1111111-,r.
1l11ws11t' the Star 1111111
1i:l11i11;,r1h1-,11111-get-s11111l11-1-11'
t111' 1:11hair-iii-l1:1111l1l1':1u111r1li 11111" 11-.’
1 the res i11 s111111- s111-h g1-111111 and
truly l<I11,1:lisl1 111:n111e . And as ’l'11111 H
1 1-1,111.31-1:t111'1-11 11ptl11- pi1-lure, he halt’ (-11- 1: 1- 11111: 11 1
1'11-d tl1e111tl1eir ‘per . fl '1' 1
s11 111- f.:ra1l11:1lly 111-1-1111111 r1-stle 111111 1 ----t '11
1li.s1-11nt1-1111-1l. 'I'l1e1[:1ys 111-1'1 w1 iy-1111 l :;‘..‘.‘1I1l1llld1lm>iilhi.H“ “II:
the eve11i11<,-gs i11t11leraI>ly1l11ll. 'l'l11-vis’ s 1., , " "
1 11 Mr. $ew1-n111e
ai1te1111u1;l1, but it 11
1111-.
1 I11-,1111111i11y.: stupid.
It" v111111Lr t‘I1:11’li1- 111-,re
and laugh at 1111-
-1111tasl'1111l11i11:.‘
i11his1-l1:1i1'
1111111111111 111 11-1111111-1'i11<,: what the s '
lews wl111.sta1'1e1l that i1t'te1-11111111 l'11i'lli1-l1-
' .<111:1sl1i11g.r tl1eui11-
111'rl1:I]1<
l1;11-1k
l1t1‘lel'
11-1-1-1- 111' 1-11111-.-1-, 1111-11,-.
l1>w,l1ei111,:1-1111p-1
ed up a wl111le .N'11111lay 1 tl1tw1111l1lpe11- l .1
(hi tl1ewhul1-, lile 111
l111111le11 was
. 1111:1111
the -.':11111-. X 1111
I11
111- 1-
-I
1-1-11Ii11-,5 11111111
1 111111-111111111.-11111
rii111:i,11-:‘s I.m"1'1:11.
0111-nftlietirsrs)-111pt11111s11t' l1is alter-
ed fra1111- 11t' 111i111l was the 111-1-asi11n:1l 111--
re riilarlett1-r1114'h:1rl11-. l
itl1f1ily111111g:i11:
'l'hat ever-t
]111111't11.'1lly -is 1'l111-kw11rl1'.
day 11111r11i11;:11l1-tter I:1y1>11'l'1>n1'spI:1t1-
:11 l1r1-:1kt':1st-H1111-, atltlresst-1l i111I11-w1-Il-
k1111wn h11i11l,a111l liearinu the lt:1111lle-
And jelly. liv1‘.l.1’let- 1 duties in the 1 1r1ls with interest and
he
Iairy p11.-1,111ark.
t11rstl11-‘V were.
I 1'1-1111-111l1er 11111-
p;ii't,a111I ran thus:
1-11i'1'1-.s1111111l wt 1'1
11 hill
I1
. '1
I ;:l1-1-t11t'l1is
l
1
l . 111.111,
1
L’
1uI1-xeuse tnl
he1u'tl1 s lIl1lIlIII‘l'1
.V11l
of them
1‘a111r- alter twe w(-1-ks'11111issi1>1i1111'l‘11111‘s
1 is 11111‘ as 1
l1Ix'1-1')‘ 'l'h111’s-
well.
11111 1 1111111 11.
11.1111-111111111111-1111g111.111111 11"1 L11-15 11 “'
,1-11111111-111111-,‘
- 11111-11 1.11-111111
I111 nluhl. 111111
111-1 111111 1.1111. - ,,,,,1,m
1111-.1-111111 -
111,11-1111-1;.-111111 111-111
- 1-11111111; y11111-.- 11-111
11111-1111”.
In
letle
in
11111r11i1m.
lle w11rk1-11 hard, and tl11n;: the tr: hy
l1is 11l1I
lt-
p 1111 1
1-xaia
:1111la111-
Hil-
1.1111111;111,1-111-.11111
' 111111111111-1111111111-1-1.11.-1 111
l1I111u11l1lll11111- H'- -
1'111111i11-.: 111111111.-1.111111111111-111111121.111.
- -11.111111- 11
- -.11-11111111 , 1 11-11
1111i11u1-1-1-1111-1-1-11.111111. 1111- 11111-,-1111111
1
him
1
111111s111.1111111‘11111'11 11-1-11111
111 sa 1-
his
impnls
1' -1. 1111-1‘ whieh lie
his t1111e the day l1et'11re,
111-111111l't11t1-1-111r
' 1-1121-1-111
(11 spend that eveiiiiig at Mr.
11111-1-11t1r1-lytn t‘l1arlie'sl1-ttnr.
him it s1-1-1111-d like :1 sp1111ta11e11us re-
:1 s'1‘l‘ll11Il 111' its n:u11r:1l '
111-r I‘11r sneh '1-ll‘
‘1-1i11n, that it
1", the11111ltit,111l1-et11asI1111iissi1111s. I111l1-ed,
mi, 1 't'1>111 felt very virtuous as he returned
1- 111 l that 11l'11-1-11111111 to his letlgiugs.
, 1111--1111111-11p 1111111 11111111 111111 1-111111
.1- 11111111111111 1 1 -11111:111.11-:1 11-1.,
1;”, 'l'I11-11- 11 ;11111111.1111111111 11111 s:1111r-
, ,11111.111111.11111:11111111111-11111. 11111-11.111111
,l1:1x1- s1 11 1111- 11111: -11111 1 Is. :1111I
11
111-1111-11-111111 -'-111111111111,
2' 11,11
1111- 111.111- 111111-,r1-11 111111
1111- 111111111 I1:1111,1:111111
l1111l1iI1u 1'1-1-1' 11.1111-11 111
111
:11'Il1:1111I111:1I11-
t11111- was 1111111
I11-11l
11]11111111111111-1111-1.
11-111111111111: 1111 11111.1.
11 111-1111111: ..111.111-
1111 1- 111- .-111111
like 11
lh1-l1:11
t 1
"k 111 :1
1. >11 l
111111 11’1I11111t-11111
1- ;111111;111'11-1111111111
lllitlslllllll
‘ttltv -'
7
1 d 111111-11111
1111-1-11'1-1-1-1-111111-111111.
' 1 ers in llls
11-111-ts.
11-11111111-111-11
1-1
. 1111111-11.1.,
1111 111,1 ,
1111111-1 -
111.111-13 1111-
1-1-1-1 111t1I11i1.vh1 1
"I L111 11 l-
11- 11 1
1l1':Il'11l1l
11Iet1Ii't1 II11liI1L:
you 11111 11 l1-1-I
1 l1 1' -
.' 1 1I1111‘1 1>1’1-1-1111rk
‘ -1,111111111111'11111.
1l11-1' In 4111
Ie 1111l1-.
lelit are In
Your a1‘t1-1-111111111-
('hII11i, (I X."
Of ceiirso ’['11111s1-it
11111111 and aiisxu-re1l
this letter at 11111-1-1,
11111 11 11 rt-pr11a1'l1i11g
himself for his past
“'ith
V1 1111101’ ('h:1rlie l11--
fere his eyes. ai11l
withtli1-s1111n1l11l'l1is
rs, all his 11111 reso-
-s returned that
l1:11l I11-en “t ling
1t11tl11-ti1'1-: l111
-s 11 ith s1IIlM‘llIllI).' like
and 1lis1-l1;11'.1:1-11 his
rettised to allow
'1-,we111111-‘s.
, , 'l‘11111 D1-iti would 11r11l>1II>l)'ll:lY0l:Hl2l1-
-111:.111 11111; .1 1‘1r1-t1v 11-11-1111 .1011 :m- 11- ‘ 1-11 -11 1111- 1111-1 111-11 1111-1 -1111111-11 1-11-11’11;1-
1111 11- - ‘ . ' ‘ ' ‘
'l‘11
1-11 11.1-111.-11111111,
5-‘W