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And Plank, looking hian to fail Then he went up-stairs

It was a bad night outside, and it was a bad night for Siward Thethe ar, extended in front of hilared at him

Hour after hour the two e, but helpless; the other, stolid, inert, deaf to des for a compromise He refused to interfere with the butler, and Siward insulted hio and find the decanters himself, and Siward deliberately cursed hiht Inside that house Plank faced a more awful tempest There was a sedative on the mantel and he offered it to Siward, who struck it froned sleep, and Plank, heavy head on his breast, feigned it, too Then Siward bent over stealthily and opened a drawer in his desk; and Plank was on his feet like a flash, jerking the ht, responding to Plank's summons by telephone, and Plank went aith thein the side-pockets of his dinner coat

He did not coain for a week A short note from Siward started him toward lower Fifth Avenue

There was little said when he came into the room: "Hello, Plank! Glad to see you"

"Hello! Are you all right?"

"All right … Much obliged for pulling amated Electric knot-hole, too--so red with delight

"Mean it? Indeed I do--if you do Sit here; ring for whatever you want--or perhaps you'd better go down to the sideboard I'm not to be trusted with the odour in the roo," said Plank

"Whenever you please, then You know the house, and you don'tunceremonious, do you?"

"No," said Plank

"Good!" rejoined Siward, laughing "I expect the same friendly lack of ceremony from you"

But that, for Plank, was impossible All he could do was to care thethe border line so suddenlyand unrolling his gloves into ith his clu in the rooestion, they talked over Siward's business affairs for the first time After that day, and for many days, the subject became the key-note to their intercourse; and Siward at last understood that this man desired to do hi for hi Also he was unexpectedly acity