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"I don't and can't explain But here are the facts, and what are you going to do with theoin' to do nothin' with 'em except cuss 'eot beyond my depth"

The sorely tempted youth could obtain but little aid and comfort, therefore, from his quaint old friend, and, equally perplexed and unable to understand hiht to obtain such rest as his disquieted condition permitted

As a result of wakefulness in the early part of the night, he slept late the following , and hastened to his ith scarcely a mouthful of breakfast He was thus disqualified, physically as well as mentally, for the ordeal of the day

He was a few minutes behind time, and a sharp repri nerves But he doggedly set his teeth and resolved to see and hear nothing save that which pertained to his work

Hemore to contend with than the ordinary verbal persecution But late in the afternoon, when he had groeary from the strain of the day, his special tor, to push hiirl, who also was foreue of petty annoyance She acted as if the contact of Haldane's person was a purposed insult, and resented it by a sharp slap of his face

Her stinging stroke was like a spark to a hing ally with fierce oaths upon his lips, and by a single blow sent hi to the floor The machinery was stopped sharply, as far as possible, by the ht was a boon above price, and with shrill and cla , like a wounded anionist was speedily upon his feet, and at once made a rush for the youth who had so unexpectedly turned upon hih he received another heavy blow, his onset was so strong that he was able to close with Haldane, and thus made the conflict a mere trial of brute force

As Haldane afterward recalled the scene, he was conscious that at the tie, and a th they were quite evenly le both fell heavily, and Haldane was able to disengage hiht, he struck him so tremendous a blow on the temple that the man went to the floor as if pierced by a bullet, and lay there stunned and still