Page 146 (2/2)

some sort--apoplexy, I fancy--and I had to come back and fetch Lady

Maltby Then the poor old chap ca

company, and I couldn't leave him until he fell asleep"

"Poor old chap! I haven't heard a word of it," said Dick "I say, cohted to hear news of that kind--no, no; I don't

like that is like a

bottle of chane to her"

"I'll take the horse in; he's had rather a hard day of it," said Drake

"I've bucketed hied to, you know"

As he spoke, he looked beyond Dick and toward the open door of The

Cottage wistfully Why didn't Nell come out? As a rule, it was she who

first heard the sound of his footsteps or his horse's

"I'll take it Oh, I say, Drake, hofully kind of you

to--to----Bardsley & Bardsley, you know! Upon my word, I don't kno

to thank you! I don't, indeed!"

"That's all right," said Drake "Hope it's what you want, Dick If it

isn't, weelse Anyway, you can try it"