The Blue Lagoon: A Romance

headache-and Rafferty, summoned to the library, had to stand whilst Pinckney, seated at the ta

nd selling birds and ground game to a dealer in Arranakilty, receiving illicit commissions and so forth, had on the death of his master shaken off all restraint and prepared for a campaign

ct as guardian to Miss Berknowles, so I just want to see how things stand. Now, to begin with the horses. I want to know

ulkner of Arranakilty, sor, and

any horse food

grow no

hay and

traw, sor, widou

about hay-surely yo

e the gr

let the

some of the horses out to grass, ourselves, and we lets poor folk have a bit of grazin' n

ipted bills for the fodder

lways sent me wid the m

got the

which

lls rec

the money's paid. I b'lave they're somewhere in an ould cr

ch them for me to-morrow morning, a

er and so being unable to lie with confidence, h

He would never have bothered about little details had Rafferty been an ordinary servant. He recognised in Rafferty, not a servant to be dismissed or corrected, but an antagonist to be fought. It was the case of th

iven away" some of the stuff from the garden and sold "a bit," sen

kney. "I suppose you handed

money I might draa from anything I planted extra for m

ng you could make by selling any extra a

s,

t me those receipted bills to-morrow morning. Come

feeling more comf

e terrible people who say nothing yet see everything; for the last year and a half she had been watching Rafferty; knowing it to be quite useless to report what she knew to her easy-going master, she had, none the le

he has took, for me eyes can't be everyw

u not tell

Sellin' it,' says I. 'Nonsense,' says she. You see, sir, Rafferty and she has always been hand in glove,

called Rafferty

ssing the stable yard with some sugar for

s the matter, Raffer

ferty, "after all me years of service,

harged!" she cried. "

callin' a p'leeceman to put you,' says he. Flung it in me face that I'd stolen a laan mower. Me that's ben on

essey were seated in the library when the door burst open an

he servants," said she. "Rafferty

not gauging the mad disturbance of the other, "an

to fire the mine. Pinckney stood for a

athe you-master of us all, are you? Dare to touch any one h

reath, her chest heaving

nckney

s are still able to speak, and it was old Roderick Pinckney-"Pepper Pinckney" was his

who you want-be robbed if you like it-I'm off-" He caught up all the

!" cri

s like a mad creature. The bang of h

" said Hennessey. "You've b

the next train and you'd better come and finish the business there. You'd better have her to

"My wife will look after her till she's r

e doesn't," re

in by the two-ten train with Hennessey, the latter p