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touch,-anything short of arson and assassination!

"Bates," I said, as he stood forth where I could see

hily well Where did you learn

the business?"

"Your grandfather grew very captious, Mr Glenarm

I had to learn to satisfy him, and I believe I did it, sir,

if you'll pardon the conceit"

"He didn't die of gout, did he? I can readily iine

it"

"No, Mr Glenar of it"

"Ah, yes; to be sure The heart or the stomach,-one

may as well fail as the other I believe I prefer to keep

rilled

sweet potatoes again, if you please, Bates"

The galy It was altogether worth while, and as I ate

guava jelly with cheese and toasted crackers, and then

lighted one of

coffee, my spirit was livelier than at any ti on which Larry and I had

escaped froier with our lives and the curses of

the police It is a melancholy coh the storeat library, with

its rich store of books and its eternal candles, I sprawled

upon a divan before the fire and sed

in pleasant speculations The day had offered much

material for fireside reflection, and I reviewed its history

calmly