| Show THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS e eD D T I BY GEORGE DOUGLASS 0 I Copyright Y ii McClure I Phillips Co o CHAPTER Continued The spell lasted but hut a n moment one of oC those tholo moments searching a n mans man's nature to Its depths yet et flitting like a n lonely shadow on the autumn wheat But Airel Aird was already Hurry Hur ry up Jack he cried well need to pelt pell If Jr we mean to get the train Gourlay started In a moment he hud hail slipped from Crom self sel to another and was sas the blusterer once more nl Right flight ht he splurged hover ho a l blink till I light my cigar He lie was as not In the habit of or smoking cigars but he had bOJ bought boight ht a packet on purpose that ho might light one be before before before be- be fore his lila admiring onlookers ere he went away avay Nothing Nothing- like cutting cutting- a adash dash Ho lIe was seen pulling for a n with Indrawn cheeks hla his head on on onside one side the flame name of or the flickering vesta lighting lighting- up his face race his hat pushed back boel till It r rested on his collar his fair hair hanging down his brow Then Thenh h he sprang to the driving seat scat and gathered gathered gathered gath gath- ered up the reins Talta Deacon see lee and behave yourself he ho nun flung acrO across his shoulder and they were oft off with a n abou bou bound n 1 Im said tho the outraged Den Deacon con Through all his troubles his ono one consolation con- con was the fact that he lie had sent cent John to the University That was waR something saved from Crom rota the wreck at nt an any rate More and more as his other supports sup SUII ports fell Cell auay away Gourlay Courlay attached himself him hirn self to the future of oC his son It became the sheet anchor of oC his hopes If H he had remained a n prosperous man Johns John's success would have been merely Incidental Inci mci- dental something to consider in speech at l least however pleased he might have been at heart But Bul now nos' It was the whole life liCe of or him For one thing thinS the theon's sons son's success would Justify the fathers father's past and ond prevent pre I It being quite useless useless useless use use- less It would mald have hn produced a mInister minister minis mInis- ter a successful man one of oC an nn esteemed esteemed esteemed es es- teemed profession proCessIon Again that f success would be a n. salve salvo to Gourlays Gourlay's wounded pride the Gourlays Gourlas would show Barbie Barbie Bar Dar bie ble they could flourish yet in spite of ot their present Thus In the collapse of oC his fortunes the son non n grew rew Important all In the fathers father's e eyes es Nor did hl his o on n poverty Crt seem to him a n Just bar to his sons son's prosperity I I 1 have put him through his Arts thought thour-ht Gourlay Courlay surely sureh he can do the rest Lots of or young chaps when they through their Arts teach the sons EOns of oC swells to get gel a n little money to gang through h My boy boycan boycan boycan can surely do 10 the like lice Again and again a as Gourlay Courlay felt Celt himself slipping I under In the world of oC Barbie his hopes hopes' turned to John In Edinburgh If IC that i iho ho boy would only hurry hurn up nn and 1 get through h. h to make malce a 11 hame for tor the lassIe lassie lassie las las- sie and the auld wIfe CHAPTER Young Gourlay spent nt that winter Inter In pretty prett much as he had spent the last Last winter however it was simply simp a weak need for companionship that drew him to the This winter winter win win- ter It was more It was the he need of ot a formed habit that must have Its wont wonted d satisfaction H He lie had a further Impulse to conviviality con now It had become a habit that compelled him The diversions of or some men are arc merely mere mere- ly h sub subsidiary to their lives externals easy to be dropped dropp with others th they usurp a life liCe when it i Is never ne happy happ awa away from Crom them when hen In the midst of other occupations absent pleasures rise vivid to the mind with an Irr Irresistible call Young Youns Gourlays Gourlay's too ImagInation Imagination imagination im Im- Im- Im always visioning abs nt delights delights delights de de- de- de lights combined tI with Ith his weakness of DC will Ill never neer gripping to the work woric before him to make him hate hat his lonel lonely studIes studies stud stud- ies les and long IonS for Cor the JOIl Jolly company of ur his friends lie He never ne opened his books of or an nn evening hut but he thought to him p lf Ir I r wonder r what they're doln doing at nt the II tonight A At t t once he ht vl visualized vis vis- the scene Imagined every detail saw them In their Jovial lal eurs And seeing seeing- them so 80 happy happ h h longed to be be- V. V Hh them On that night lon long ago apo IC when ben his hiE father rather ordered him to to tc colle college e. e his cowardly and anti too vivid Id mint mind thought of oC the plo ploys s the fellows would be having ha along wons the Barbie roads while he was mewed up In Edinburgh lIe He saw MoW the Barbie In his minds mind's eye ee and the student In his lone lonely rooms antI and contrasted them mournfully So now every night ho saw the cosy cony companions com corn In their and shi shivered at ot athis hl his own Isola Isolation lion H Ho Ire felt Celt a fI t u at athi athis 1 t hl hi his heart to be 10 off orr and Join them And hi hl hk will was so weak that 11 nine iline tim T Tout out of oC ten he made no resistance to tho the Impulse Ho lie had always ns a feeling of or depression when h n he must sit down to hi books It was s the start that craved him He lie wO i look leek round his hip room and hate It It mutter Damn It St St. I 1 wt nuat w rland rk rl- rl and then with a heavy S' S sich sh li wo-ild wo sent seat himself IC before beCore nn ou ou t 1 MI n the table tugging the hair on a puckered puck puck- ered forehead Sometimes th the depression depres depres- son sion left letl him when he buckled to his work as his mind became came occupied with other things the vision of or the Hower wn was WIlS expelled Usually however er tho the stiffness of oC his hlo brains made the rAdIng readIng read read- Ing dra drag II heavily and he rarely attained the sU sufficing happiness of or a 0 student eger ea eager ea e ger and engrossed At the end of oC ten minutes he would be gaping across the tue table and wondering what the they were doln doing at the Will Logan he singing Tim Tam Glen 7 Or is Gillespie fiddling Highland tunes b by Jing with hl his goIng It H merrily Lord I would like to hear Miss Drummond o o Perth or Gra Gray Cray they they ml might ht buck me ne up a n bit Ill I'll Just slip lIp out for forten forten forten ten minutes to see sec what shat they're there doing and anti be back directly lIe He came back lack at 2 In the morning staggering On a n. bleak spring evening c near the end nd of or February young young- Gourlay had Gone cone to the to escape the dering misery cry of oC the streets It was ns that treacherous spring weather which blights Only two da days s 's ago the air had hall been sluggish slug and balmy now an nn easterly wind nipped the gray city ly naked and bare hare There was light enough with the lengthening days lays to toFee tofe fe Fee plain plainly the rawness ness of oC the world There were cold yellow gleams In wIndows win wIn- dows fronting a lonely west rest UncertaIn tam tain little puffs of or wind ind came swirling round lound corners and ond made dust and pieces of oC dirt dirty white paper gyrate te on the toads roads Prosperous old gentlemen pacing home rotu rotund d In their hutton buttoned buttoned- dup d- d up coats coat had clear drops at the end of their noses nose Sometimes the they stopped stopped- their trouser-legs trouser Happing behind them and and trumpeted loudly Into red silk handkerchiefs Young Youns Gourlay had fled fied the streets streeta It won was the kind of ot night that made him cower n By S 8 o'clock how hower er h he was WiS merry with the barley bree and making a butt buttof buttof of oC himself to amuse the company He was not witted quick enough to banter a l comrade readily nor hardy enough nou h to essay It unprovoked on the th other hand his swaggering lo e of ot notice Impelled him to s some ome me form of talk tolk that would at attract attract attract at- at tract attention So he made mad a n. point of or always com coming In with deft daft stories of ot things 8 comic that befell him hIm hIm-at at lea least t he said they did But if his efforts rore greeted with too loud a roar Implying not only appreciation of ot the thc stories but bUl also a n contempt for the man who ho could tell them of or himself his sensitive vanIty vanity van van- ity tan waa Immediately wounded and he swelled lIell with sulky anger unger And the moment moment mo mo- ment after acter he would splurge o and bluster bluster blus blus- ter to rea reassert hIs hla dignity I remember when I 1 was sas a n boy boy he I had hul a pet goose at h home me There Thero was va a n. titter at ut the queer begin begin- iii ning n gI g. g I was to get the price of it for myself my my- self and so when shen hen Christmas drew near I went vent to old MacFarlane l the In Will SWill you buy a n goose said laId I. I Are ye yo for tor sale my man was hl his answer Armstrong Armstrong- flung back his head and anti roared prolonging the loud ho-ho ho through his hiI big nose and open mouth long after the Impulse to honest laughter laugh laugh- ter was exhausted He lIe always laughed laus-helt with false loudness to Indicate hIs hla own superiority when ht n h he thought a man manhat hat had been guilty of or a public silliness II The laugh laush was meant met to show the compan company com corn pan pany how far above such folly was Mr 1 Armstrong Gourlay scowled Damn Armstrong he thought what did he yell like that for Does he think I didn't see ee the point of oC the Joke against myself Would I 1 have told It Jf JC I hadn't This Is what comes of oC being sensitive en Im I'm always nh too sensitive I 1 felt teU there here was 39 an nn awkward awkward awk awk- ward silence and I told a story against myself to dispel It In fun Cun tin anti and this is what I get fort Cort Curse the big birr brute he thinks I have given m myself away Du But t Ill I'll show him He lIe was waR already mellow but hut he took another swig to hearten him as was his hl habit Theres a damned sight too much yell ell about your laugh Armstrong he said paid trul truly enough getting a courage from rom his anger and the drink No gentleman laughs like that RIsu res nulla nulia est eat paid said who was on one of oC his rare visits to the He lie was waR too bus busy and too wise vise a man to frequent It grM greatly tI Armstrong blushed and Gourlay grew big and brave bra In the te hacking of or the great lIe He took another swig swIg- on the strength h of or It But his resentment resentment resentment resent resent- ment was still surging When hen lan tan went and the three thre students were sere left b by Gourlay continued continue to nag nab and bluster for Cor that blatant laugh laush of or Armstrongs Armstrong's rankled In his mindI mind I 11 1 saw Hepburn In the tho street today said paid Gillespie by way of or a diversion ho Hepburn snapped Gourlay Oh dont don't yell remember lies He's the zhe big Border chip chap who sot got Into a row rew with v auld Tarn Tam on nn the dav da you Won Avon YO r prize efM essay essay That Th should hould surely appease ap at pease the fool thought Gillespie It was only for lor th the fun of the thing H Hepburn Hep Hep- p- p burn was at college colleg for tor he has lots oi of oC money monCy and here he never ec to Tam He lie said he would go down firs first t.- t. lIe He was WiS damned d right spluttered Gourlay Some Som of these Profs Prats think too much of or them themselves They wouldn't bully mt me Theres There's good stuff shiff In the Gourlays he went on with a meaning look at nt Armstrong thore not to be he scoffed at nt I 1 would stand Insolence from no man Aye ye man said Armstrong would you OU face lace UI up to a ct professor or I said s the tipsy youth and to you ou too If It you ou went too far He te be became me so EO quarrelsome as the night went on that his comrades filled him up with drink In Sn the hope of ot deadening deadening dead dead- ening his ruffled sensibilities It was sas Y Yes s yes es Jack but never mind about that Have e another nother drink Just to show theres there's no Ce feeling lInS' lInS among friends Peter RIney fliney was quite proud to have havethe havethe havethe the honor of oC driving two such bucks to the station It lent him a 11 consequence consequence consequence conse conse- quence he lie would be able to EOa say fay when lie he came back that he had been awn aw a wI wT the young youn mf for for ter for Peter sale said anti and was u Il laughed hed at by the Barbie wits who knew that moIster was the proper English The splurging twain rallied him and drew him ou out out In talk passed him their Haske at nt the Brownies Brownie's Brae had him tee a at their nonsense It was a n full-blooded full nl night ht to the withered little man mann That was as how young oun Gourlay left lef Barbie for or what was as to prove his last las session at al the University All Gourlays Gourlay's s chaps had h gone with the going of oC his trade only onh Peter nIne fliney th the queer little oddity re re- re There waa waH as a loyal loal simplicity In Peter which never allowed c him to question the Gourlays lie He had been too long long- longIn In their service el to be of at use to an any other while t there ere was a hands hand's turn to be done about the House with the Green Shutters he was glad Iad to have havethe havethe havethe the chance of ot doing It His ills respect for lor his surly Burly tyrant was as as os great as ever he ho took his pittance of ot wage and was thankful Above all h he worshIped worshiped wor wor- or young Gourlay to be In touch with a n. Colle College bred e man was a re reflected re- re glory even the escapades noised about the town to his hll gleeful Igno rance ranee were the signs of oC a n man of th the world Peter chuckled when he heard them talked of oC clever clover fallow fallow Cal fal fal- fal low the young the time bowed littIe little little lit lit- tle tIe man would sa say suckIng Bucking his pipe of oC an e evening ten ble clever fallow tallow the ho young me and ter and hardy too In Infernal infernal In- In fernal Cernal hard hardy Loyal Peter belle believed tl It tint nut ere four Cour months had gone on Peter was discharged It was as on the da day after after arter af ar- af- af ter sold mid Black Sail Sally the marc mare to get gel a n little mane money to lo go o on with It was as on a bright spring day of or en enervating en- en softness a n to fozie lc day a day when the he pores pors of oC e seemed opened opened- Peoples People's brains seemed pulpy pUlp and thc they sniffed as with winters winter's colds Peter RIney fliney was opening a pit of oC potato's potatoes potatoes pota pota- toes tos In the bl big garden g shovelling aside the Coot d foot deep ep mold and tearing tearing- oft otT the tho Inner covering co of oC yellow straw whIch straw which seemed strange ant and unnatural some some- how when shen suddenly revealed re In Its glistening dryness beneath the moist dark earth carth Little crumbs of ot mold trickled down n In among the flattened shining sliming straws stra In a tree near Peter Petel two pl pigeons con were sere gurgling and ty- ty cooing mating for or the coming year lie He fell to sorting ng ou out t the pota potatoes tos to's throw throwing Ing the lie ba bad ones on n a heap aside tatie as nJ they called It Inthe in inthe inthe the north The enervating softness was as at work on Peters Peter's head too anti and from time to time |
