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CHAPTER II.
shall neither of us by the waras for a good Captain's.alp."
James stolo furtivly sway, making himself as small as possible, and the Goaoral's oye followed him to the dvor,
* Jerva83," said tho Omoral, with a suspicion of astira in his volos. "your rusia soms to takes this ridionlons mattor rathy sɔriously! There was what seemed like a long silence,
"I don't know why h› shoall, sir,” Jorvisa } | though in ronlity' it endured only for a for
answered. "He's bil na honast roputation all ceconds, whilst General Boswell searched for his life. Now what is there in this," he woet bis gold-rimmed reading-glasses, and balanced on, taking up the scrap of writing the General them on the bridgs of that high: Quixoto nose.and la'd upon the table,What is thorn in By and bye, ho began to read with great slow-this to frighten anybody? Who's William ness and deliberation, pausing at every other Ford. of Ontario, for instancs? William justant to direct a look of calm inspection from Duscle, USA.-who's he? And what's this Johu to James, and back again. • Willia.n
other fallow's nams—Gorgs Lightfoot, la' of Fort," to read, "Ninth Avonus, Fraeming
Melbourne, nor in England—” |Town, Ontario." He parsed uftor the name of the man-bo paused aftor the name of this -street-ke paused after the name of the town,
"FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE." THE WORLD-FAMED BLOOD PERIFIER AND RESTORER
"Way!” cried Polson, suddenly, "that's, the sory blackguard 1-"
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He prased suddenly, and turasd with and he paused again when he had completed gesture of dismay. He had given himself vo the rowling of the aditress. The last pause time to cloulsto the significance of the words was longer than the others had been, and hehe hat used, and they were no sooner spɔkan resumed his reading like a mazi of ice. thau ho kanw intuitively that he had at least in "Wikium Buckle, Lafayetteville, Pennsylvania, part betrayed his father. A lad of a more U.S.A. George Lightfoot, Inte of Melbouras, honest impales and conduct could not hava bɔcu now in England."
found in all England; but eson if his father were a rogue-and the belief that he was noth- ing short of that had already shooked him to the hoart-It was not a sen's-business to betray him. It was the son's concern to suffer his own share of shamo, if shame should come, and to presarvo a front of haken confilenco, Polson was frozen at his own indiscretion.
flo laid the paper down upon the table with firm hand, and with a light shake of the head threw the glasses from their place."Do you know these men?" bo wakot, directing his
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Ho addressed his question to John Jurvase, who
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and at the offter that I should have the reius leechiel Shipchandier, Sailmakers, Riggers and tied an. You any guess my feelings, therefore, to Cismissiou Agent and General find myself now aut by taking, Clarke's Blood Storekeepers; SolaTM Acont for Misture and npplying Charice's Miraculnak Salvo, Shipeners Composition (free especially as I have a family of oighs childern. My Hound Brandnud Blund. Is stredisin. round rain in the frant part of my work 1 have done ou my knoes. The mat. Spence & Co's Compositioj for coming from my leg was on black as soot, but it
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"No," John answered. “I never hoard of one of them. It's a conspiracy," he cried sud dealy, "that's what it is! It's a conspiracy Quit shaking, you wretched coward Stand up and fight this infernal libel like a man. Ain't there two of us? If this wicked elacy is brought against James Knock Jervoye. ain't it brought as well against Jack Jorvus, his cousin and his partner? Look at me! You don't so mo shivering and shaking like a frightened rabbit with a weasel after him."
"Ah!" eriod Janes, in a weak exasperation, "it's all very well for you. It might meas loss of money to you at the worst; but I'm the han they're going for."
"Oh," mid John, ." you are, are you? Aud why's that "
That is the blackguard," said the General, with a certain silky gniet which had in his time grown to be very torrible to people who had come tu understand ita mugaging, "that is the black- gaard, Folson? Be good enough to enlighten as a little further. You have some acquaintance with Lightfoot. Iste of Melbourne, nów in Englandi, though your father has no knowledgə
of him."
"What do you know about any fellow of that' Damo?" Jervase asked wrathfully. “ What ben base you get in your boaust ?"
"Let us are the bea, Polvɔa, lot ng age the bio.** "Why, sir," said Polson, turning with out- spread hands of appeal, it comes to nothing. It happened a week or two ago that I found a halking fellow with a digger's board and a red shirt-one of those chip; wa've men lately back from Ballsarat and Geloag-skalking about outside the gate. I asked him what he wanted, and he was decok and abusive, nud—well, I had to give him a hiling,“
"Yes," sail the Gзneral, "you had to give hi a hiding. Why?"
"I've told you, sir,” Polson stammered. "Tho. fallow was drunk, ant-when I ordered him away, he got so boastly chooky that I had to go
Stubbs told me this afternoon," said James, “that he could sniach me daad, but so farɣhe (for bins.” has uo partiels of eckionoa against you.
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Before this happened,' said the ✪ va erai
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General looked aft him with a face from the Sphinx, felt a pang of pity in his heart, for which all sternnosa disappeared for a mommt.
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"Be said," Polson returned. desperately.. "that he wanted to 30 Mr. Jorviss, and that he meant to me hita. He said my father would with anybody in hell who tried to hide bim. That's all, sir."
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"Never in my lif+" Jorvase answered blackmail. Stubbs is a decent fellow --for a bluntly. "The world's gone wad. I fawoy. lawyer. I don't think Stalba would have a Everybody's making a fuss about a thing that']} finger in that sort of pie, any more than his bo forgotten in a week's time. Why didn't master. But Stabls bas been got at; that's yon," he continued. turning sternly upon how it'd turn out, you but. Kemp your pecker Polson, “ why didn't you tell me about this?” up. James," he added, in a tone which the "A man won't make a shindy about it every patron and the bully spoko at once. "We'll time he has a tara-ap with a tramp, Poison Loke care of you. Just you trust to old Jack auswored. "I didn't think it worth while to Jervase that's your game, my bad. He'll fight talk about it." the battle for the pair of us."
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"Polson," said the General,'" I've known gon sines you were no higher than my knee, and I've never had a ehadow of a reason to doubt your word I don't want you to turn informer and I ha't ask you another question. You bad better louve your father and myself to talk this ant together.”
"No, sir," said Polson, there's trouble in the house, and I'm going to stay here, unless I gat my father's orders to go away,"
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