*'  You  are  a  coward,"  said  L

"  No,  I  am  not,"  he  answered
quickly.  **  I  fought  a  man  on  For'
leer's  Piece  double  my  weig^ht,  and
licked  him  too.  This  doesn't  feel  like
being  frightened.  It's  an  awfnl  feeL
Did  you  ever  see  any  one  die,  sir  ?"

<<  Tell  me — how  did  Simmonds
get  here  ?  Does  he  know  of  my  com-
ing?**

**  Oh  yes  I  he  sent  me  after  yoa»  sir;
but  I  didn't  like  to  leave  the  plaee
any  more  than  I  liked  to  stop  in  i^^
so  I  gave  the  boy  threepence  to  ran
to  your  inn.  By  the  by,  he  owes  me
threepence— for  I  gave  him  aixpenee^
and  asked  him  to  get  change."

''  Who  told  him  that  I  was  in  Hunt-
ingdon?"

**  I  did,  sir.  I  was  sitting  at  the
window  in  the  ward,  by  his  bedside^
whenyou  and  another  gentleman  went
out  at  the  street-door.  I  thought,
somehow,  it  was  you,  and  yet  you
looked  older  a  good  deal  than  when
you  was  up  at  college.  Bnt  when  you
began  to  walk,  I  was  satisfied  at  onee ;
for  you  know  you  always  used  to  stoop
and  swing  your  arms,  and  so  yon  did
directly ;  and  then  I  called  out  togrand-
father  that  I  was  quite  sure  Mr  Stuke-
ly  had  just  left  the  house.  The  bed-
maker  told  me  that  you  had  just  been
to  the  matron,  and  then  grandfather
made  me  run  to  her  to  get  yonr  ad-
dress ;  and,  when  I  got  it,  he  told  me
to  fly  to  you  as  fast  as  I  eonld«  or  be
should  be  dead  before  I  got  back;
and  I  really  thought  he  woi^d,  and  so
I  sent  the  boy."

**  How  came  he  here?  Is  he  vary
poor?*'

**  Oh,  not  at  all  poorl  He  has  saved
up  a  pretty  bit  of  money,  we  all  know ;
but  he  has  been  very  stingy  of  late,
and  wouldn't  spend  a  penny  on  bini«


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Caleb  Stulitly.     Part  IX.
