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It was about half past two in the ed froly cold, and the storm was nearly past

The clouds which had hovered over the city all the preceding day and

night were still in evidence, however, so that the streets between the

widely separated lao

was so more than a mile, and I had traverseda corner when directly beside me, and

quite near, I saw a flash, was conscious of a loud report, and felt

that I had received a sharp and telling blow on s I was in my own rooms,

while beside the couch upon which I had been placed were my valet, a

physician, and my faithful coadjutor, Tom Coyle

"Hello, Tom; what's up?" I asked, feebly

"Faith, you'd have been up higher than you care to go just yet, Dannie,

if I hadn't been drivin' wan av ht, owin' to the

sudden death av wan av me min," he replied "The doctor says the bullet

didn't hurt ye much, but ye'd have been froze stiff if I hadn't found

ye whin I did"

"Tell me about it," I commanded

"Divil a bit there is to tell, oin'

to the princess' afther me fare, whin I heard a shot I here I

heard the sound and found you That's all I know"

"Where did the bullet strike me?"

"Foreninst yer head, Dannie Ye'll have a bald spot there, I'm

thinkin' But it only broke the skin an' hit ye a welt that oin' Maybe I'll have a report for

you whin I coht to have