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J f roon t f of a house in m Ira Irai i fair faI Violet Tta Raymond 1 a pretty thoughtful thoughtful- i 4 u 1 looking g Sill girl 1 of oC c on O e f tw two twenty nt two years ears wasi was wa 4 i l. sitting a anxiously JJ Iou s 1 V f awaiting the arrival t of or an expected ll visitor Pr Presently those there was a aa a tap at the dool dOj dOjan an and a servant ant entered Captain Walter Gronville Grenville Miss The girl ro rose c as a n. tall bronzed tuna man or of about thirty five carne came into the roomI room I hope ou will for foi you forgive c me mc a ask ask- kIng k- k ing you to call IJ Ht she ho Hll wild Faid with a t grave glave e Smile I heard yo you OU were hack back in Ion London on and I felt fell that under tho the circumstances you rOIl would woul not think It H a liberty My Iy aunt Lad Lady Shenley has retired with wilh a hall had headache headache headache head head- ache else elso she would also be here hero t to you Im only too glad lad to be bt of oC an any serI ser ser- vige I o he responded res n ns as he sat sal downIn downIn down In fact If IC you had not written I should haw have ventured to lo call Of She sat t down own opposite him Th only onh previous loul occasion VII tin which tile had met hail had leer Jeen at Liverpool three your years cars ago 00 when he had al set sail saUto to take u tip f- f a his command in Ve West l Africa With Wit him ha had been her ter brother young DIck Die Raymond Haymond then starting starling his militar military fc i. i career care as a subaltern and she sho and her he aunt Runt had journeyed down to see seo th the I la last t of him He lie remembered every overy detail of th the short time lime he had lind spent In her com corn parry jinny mn now as aR he ho met her again aln after after 0 tho the t terrible thing that had happened r his heart went vent out to her hel In pity You know lenow what 1 want to lo know quickly j sho she said quiel quickly Ir I- I r v I r only saw your our official dispatch published in the thC pal papers ls God Cod knows it Il was as hard harrl enough noush to lo write he broke out rj It was kind of or you ou to say what you rou did A did A gallant and promising onI- onI em she exclaimed But tell me all plen please she pleadingly Wo 11 In la Sierra I Leone e were cone when whon th the t rising in the district broke out ho he bl began goll speaking ln In III a low disjointed dis- dis Jointed voice I was W Immediately dispatched ills dis patched with an nit expedition to tu quell It 1 your solo bother came unc along with Inc me 10 the only other r while officer who could coull b be f spared Wo We W gi goj g t up tic near r und and f I 1 u A An n tW ct Jv olt o Ep U t ou u t 1 l Ji U t Inthe m morning rn n a v W vii t were prepared P t tto to cross crocs tho the natt natives s wo wo- understood ul were ambushed about two miles malice away Wa on th the other side lIe He 1 paused Suddenly nl as we began to cross we WC were attacked by th them m In th the I rear rem The They were in full force Coree we e were I surprised and th the fighting was wac desper desper- I ate ute Numbers umbers of or our m men n fell and it looked looke as if we wo were lC in a tight corner r corner when Sher Sherston ton and his relief party came carne up on the just h In tone time We Ye dropped flat Hat ou our faces aces ant and amI they tired over our heads hearl the heads the the situation situation situa situa- tion lion was saved Sa And Dick sho she inquired tremulously lethal lOllI llIe Grenville shifted hl his hib foot uneasily Tho The last time I saw him was some minutes before Sher Sherston ton came cune came up he said ald speaking g with difficulty He lie t r. r threw up his arms sudden suddenly and staggered stag stag- i gored backward on the bank bonk Into the river rhel she whispered He lie no nodded ded There was a moments moment's silence then I tho the girl rose to her feet Ceet The tears were ivero glistening in her eyes but she the I was smiling If It had to be thank be-thank thank God he lie died led as he did fighting did fighting at his post she sho hr t cried rh It Ii s something for fOI me to Lo b br proud of lie looked at her hr steadily 1 es es Its It's good good to 10 think that thai h he e said Raid slowly She S-Je stood before him shining eyes for th the moment full of enthusiasm Ia m. m Then Ihen it died lied a way and she sank down n and covered co her hr face fuce with wilh her ler hands A little later he left with a promise to come to lunch sr sonic some ala day with La Lady Shenley He went straight ht jo the rooms which his hIg man had engaged for him in Duke Duko street Pic Sinking into an arm chair he lie burled himself in thought Yes T I did right he said at last with wilh a sigh h About a w week ck after he i recel re- re e cel ed cel ed an Invitation to lunch at the h ho hou house in Mayfair and he lie went wit wita with witha a cut curIous Ions feeling of or eager er anticipation Violet Haymond treated him in III th the Ii light ht of an au old friend and he found foum the couple of hours spent in her so society society society so- so more enjoyable than anything h he had yet et experienced Present Presently when who he r rose roje e to depart Lady Shenley wh who was about aholt to take lak her afternoon noon drive offered to puS pu him down in ill I anti and he accepted gratefully Ho lio sat opposite ite Violet Violot t an and Lad Shenley in tho jIten pen victoria ink 3 i to the latter's hitters and ga gay h Inc Irre rc- rc chatter H Ho lie formed the Impression Im- Im that thal while Lad Lady Shenley was wa kind in her way to Violet the two hadnot had hadnot not much In common and In this h he was correct cornet The girl irl was built of or fa famore far moro morn r reliable lIable stuff than her lighthearted light light- hearted plea pleasure loving aunt The carriage turned into lute Bond strop street N nil and rolled down dow y t toward rd at nood n p good pace As A- Ait it swept luo ln mound around l the th corner l there was a sharp cr cry of wanting warnIng warn want Ing InS from th the pavement nt Walter alter n- n villo Illo sprang up and saw v a child running running run run- ning across the thc road a few yards ar s ahead tot of f th the horses homes Sh She lost her f footing oj on th the greasy rem woo wood pavement pa and fell Cell sp sprawling In ay right in front of oC the horses The coachman pull pulled lI frantically at his reins but the they were going at full speed sped There Thele was another yell Veil from the thc bystanders b then a sudden sud sud- den elen silence Th The carriage swayed too I and fro fro another second and the horses would l have havo trampled on the child had hadnot hadnot not riot a t figure figuie ule darting darting- madly from Crom the I curb pulled her from under the horses horses' hoofs and thrown her out of or harms mrm's va way Tho Iho next moment his lIs oot not Upped supped on un the thc slimy surface Mir and the s Ot th struck t mint im and j J 0 WI trampled lcd cd on Tl arr lS' lS n n. n ii standstill l f u ith u. u 3 elk JcU Slid mind G ln II ille lc leaped 1 out Already r a 1 a n little crowd 1 11 hail had gathered round the prostrate figure gule he was carried carried car car- ried to the thin pa pavement Grenville ille pushed his way through 1 and leaned over the tho man Ho lIe wa apparently nUy a tram tramp I his clothes clothe were wel in rags raG his face was thin and gaunt with some tomo weeks weeks' growth of straggling black beard on his chin From a wound in his forehead hea the blood was streaming and he hc was moaning As Grenville dropped on one knee farce beside him he slowly opened his eyes cye The Thc officer gave a n. sudden start then peered eagerly into tho the mans man's face He lie rose roso to his feet quickly My ry rooms are aro just Duke street he hc said thickly to the policeman who had just appeared appealed Take c him there and I will get gel a tl doctor doctor doctor doc doc- tor at once lie IIo hurried back baek to tho the carrIage where Violet was waiting pale palo and trembling Its r rather a bad accident he said ald swiftly Im having ha him taken to my m rooms looms You go back now and I will wll let you OU know lwow later how things thing's areA are arc A terrible ml misfortune exclaimed Lady Shenley y piteously piU I Everyone E i Is f. f r or ort I t i. i L II y I y t I I A ff N Nr I. I r l I 1 1 I i x I I II I I II r 1 h 1 tl- tl 7 I b f t tI r f r l t I f I I I 1 1 I p I ti r r I h I i i 1 t l h r I I 1 r t r rI rt I I t Iv n 1 I 1 I r r rr r r 1 l q r fiat V J V 9 I looking at us U- Tell John home homo a at nl t once Violet VIolot Cant I J help you said the latter anxiously to He lie shook hook hi his s head I I will twill let It you ou know he repeated then gave dh directions to the cO coachman tho rite carriage turned and moved swiftly away lie He approached th the tho knot o of people e again Already a 1 shutter had been n obtained ob oh- tamed and the tho man laid upon It They raised him carefully and carried carried car- car ried him across the road the crowd of ot b bystanders following curious curiously Grenville le led the wa way v.-ay to the house and opened lh the tho door dool with a latch ke key Scrivener he called out to hisser hisser- hi his servant ser ser- vant ant who vho had appeared are in the tho hall thoro hero has been an accident fetch the thc doctor nearest quick doctor quick Scrivener ran out without his hat lint The man now unconscious was brought in in earned carried slowly upstairs and depo deposited on n a bed A few seconds afterward afterward af af- a doctor arrived and Cren- Cren was busily employed d in giving him hini assistance Then Thun retiring to a corner corner corner cor cor- ner of oC th the room he lie wafted until the doctor had finished his examination At last ho he rose from his task He lie turned turned turn turn- ed Cil and walked over O to Grenville Nothing can canve save ve him ho he raid ild in a n alow low lets voice oree Ho HoC has received internal Injuries s which make maJe It Jt impossible for to tn live vo moro more than a day at the tho nest Ho Ito will regain consciousness ss gain again but if we ve attempt to move Snore him his himo hiso o a it ho hospital he would die on tl th-o th way 1 Xo ho he must stop top 1 lO j al it l' l n hl his teeth teeth- I rIh The uG l h iv ir You y 1 ott will gill nut not t bo hu troubled hO long toni h lie he said iad picking up tip his hat and gloves ln eC You ou can do absolutely nothing beyond beyond be e yond onel following the directions I hn have given Riven you ou they will but hut make male the hours he ha has to live more comfortable Good he I will look in again in ht the e evening Grenville accompanied the doctor to the tho door then lien went back bacle to the thc room At the entrance to It ho he was met h by Scrivener who ho had been In and was just coming coming- out There was was a scared look on his fac face Good God sit sir its it's its it's ho i pored I Grenville nOll nodded I I I 1 know Imo ho said with clenched teeth Mind not lIot a word of this to any lllY one I Hu lIe ont Into Inlo the room roost again aln and sat by hy the bedside ill gazing at th the while pinched pinched fac face Suddenly tic the eyes yoS of the theman titan man opened and anti centered themselves on om hi his face ocr ho hp murmured at feverishly feverish fC I ly Of or course who wino who should It 11 bo be II Its It's far In a a. few w not no now noOh Oh m my head ho he finished with a groan Scrivener brought tho the medicine that the tho doctor had hall sent The They avo him a adose adose ao dose o e and mul pre presently he ho dropped into a ah h llIe Grenville b his heavy n sleep cp watching by bedside Later tho the doctor came in again lIe He may last through the nl night ht but not much longer ho said ald after atter another another another an an- other examination I 1 have ordered a a- nurse to com como come round The next found the patient still ali alive C r but tho the doctor gave him hint but buta a fc few fow w hours About 11 o'clock lie he hadj roada had road a j pell spell of consciousness I and anti Grenville Grenville Gren Gren- ville sat t beside him talking to him Then he grew half halt delirious again as Tho Th doo door opened rind and Scrivener ap- ap ap appeared he b O J-O C Grenville llIe aside Lady IR r Shenley Sh and Miss s Raymond Haymond lH have o called hu h. whispered h l Lady LUdy Lt dy Shenley IK is In her carriage but th the tho young ounh woman insisted on seeing peeing you so gO 1 I have ha shown her Into your sitting sitting- room Stop here herc- said ald Grenville with a whitE whiteface face then he strode to the door and opened It lIe He st stepped out and shut It quickly for the roan man In his hla delirium wa was talking loudly Ho lie crossed the other side of tho the landing and opened the Ithe door o of his silting As he ho did dill so tho mani man voice voice- voice suddenly suddenly raised Itself to 10 a shout he cried He lIe stepped hastily into nto tho the room and shut the door The fhe girl had risen from rom her hel seat and stood before him her face faco white whito and terror stricken That voice olce sho she cried It was Dicks She was gazing Into Into his oyes fearfully fear fear- fully Grenville clenched his hands the veins stood out in his forehead ol It was Dicks she repeal repealed Oh Oil for the love of heaven tell teU me Yes Yes Dicks Dicks Dick's he said Mid hoa hoarsely ely If te you are strong enough enough come como with me But Bui its it's almost death heath he added lookIng lookIng look- look Ing InS at her In anguish She nerved herself herself her her- self with an effort erfort I am strong enough she fhe said laId between between be he- tween her shut lip lips Without a u word h he led lerI her hr across the landing rind and opened tho lino door Scrivener started wh when n ho saw her then slipped out of or orthe the room nol noiselessly ele sly The girl Irl ap rip- approached approached preached and gazed at tho bandaged head Then slip she h dropped on her knees kneeR be beside lle the tho bed and took tool his hand be- be Items heis She pressed r rl it Il to her hel lips Dick Dick she said with a hob sob The wild delirious look seemed to pass palls from his hi eyes yes With a painful effort ef- ef ef effort fort rort he ho raised raided his head henrI My VI ho groaned roane the thre Clears Mears starting to his eyes yes Oh tn my God that I should have o brought ht this upon you ou Ho lie paused rl to recover his str strength Y Yes s Its It's a lie that told toM In his dispatch I didn't die like a man at m my post I bolted like lIJe a coward lIe He paused again I was in charge of the right wing when the surprise rush h came Instead of ot hold holding Ins their ground g my m men nten est West In Indians lan curse em broke em broke and ran ra for their lives To 10 this da day I dont don't know knots the tho reason on 1 I simply ply seemed to 10 go gray with fear I lost nl my nerve nene lost my manhood God knows how I did It It-I It I fled with them Grenville sa saw w r me mc do it he finished panting for breath Dont Dick dear that's enough implored th the tho girl You must hear me through he lie went on wealthy weakly Half a mile further I drew up For the first time I realized what I had done If It I had hall had my mr re revolver revolver re- re volver olver I should have shot m myself lf but butI I had dropped that I I. could have havo died tiled with shame I knew I could not not- go goback back never back never look a It bra bravo 0 man man In the theace face ace again He lIe paused and drew ina Ina in ina a tortuous breath Somehow or other I mana managed ed to get ct down the coast to Waru I Waru-I I had a mono money with me I r got ot a pa passage s go in a |