Mr. Why did the beggar hang on down there, when he could have enjoyed all that civilization had to offer? Yes, he would be mighty glad to see McClintock; and the sooner he came the better. Where was the expected message from this captain, who had promised to send her word at the instant Gerald returned to town. Men usually do. His only warning was a gleam of silver in the faint spill of light from the house above. The young rascal had learnt from some of the women-servants that Lady Trafford was from home, and was in the very act of making off when I got down stairs. His first reaction had been explosive as the hurts of the past rose up to taunt him. " "Stick the spike into him, then," returned Sheppard, coolly, "while I unbar the outlet. “I heard nothing,” he declared, “and my ears are good. The entrance was barred against them; and they had the additional mortification of hearing Sheppard's loud laughter at their discomfiture. When I have traversed the streets a houseless wanderer, driven with curses from every door where I have solicited alms, and with blows from every gateway where I have sought shelter,—when I have crept into some deserted building, and stretched my wearied limbs upon a bulk, in the vain hope of repose,—or, worse than all, when, frenzied with want, I have yielded to horrible temptation, and earned a meal in the only way I could earn one,—when I have felt, at times like these, my heart sink within me, I have drank of this drink, and have at once forgotten my cares, my poverty, my guilt. He staggered back a few paces; and, before he could recover himself, Thames tripped up his heels, and, placing the point of the spike at his throat, threatened to stab him if he attempted to stir, or cry out.
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