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Everythe ladies

he had no anxiety regarding Mr Harkless; it was only his own dereliction

of duty that he regretted; the boys would have the laugh on him, he said

But he visibly chafed e's stories; and

constantly rose to peer out of theinto the wrack and turmoil, or

uneasily shifted in his chair Once or twice he struck his hands together

with muttered ejaculations At last there was a lull in the fury without,

and, as soon as it was perceptible, he declared his intention of ht to have went before, he declared,

apprehensively; and then, with immediate amendment, of course he would

find the editor at work in the "Herald" office; there wasn't the slightest

doubt of that; he agreed with the judge, but he better see about it He

would return early in the ood-by; hoped

she'd come back, soave hiht, and as they

stood watching hi after

hies to Harkless, they could hear

his feet slosh into the puddles and see hiot out into the road