CHAPTEE XXSIV.

Northern Advocate, 7 January 1888, Page 3

CHAPTEE XXSIV.

THE VACANT SEAT! [H In less than five xnicutes from that time Dr Vivian appeared. He warmly H returned the patient's cry of pleasure at ■ seeing him, and then proposed that he ■ should come out from' his berth and stand ■ upon the floor. / " Let's see what /your physical force really is, dear boy. You may find the effort moae than you think." T^e 'ifod-hearted, sympathizing sur- ' vrii=i\^jxiost agreeably surprised, Philip BaUgot out from his berth j^^^Bri taken a turn u>— tmd fro across the with, his head thrown back, and expanded, he felt bright and and he declared that he had' the of a cannibal. appetite — the willingness of the the patient's stomach to take food, the ability to retain it, was to the leech a marveL He could conchlde two things: First:— had been an abnormal condition of the stomach, at the time when the poison taken, which had, in a measure, it impervious to the arsenic's toxicological action. And, second.— extremely large quantity of the drug had acted as its own eliAt any rate, the youth might join his mess at breakfast, and eat and drink what he pleased, avoiding HH only irritating and stimulating beverages But these, thank Heaven, he had no inclination to touch. Bright, happy faces assembled around breakfast table in the frigate's cabin that beautiful morning. Dr. Vivian been caught by the captain, and was J^H of the number. "Who jcould have foreseen one short H^nreek ago, that the presence of Philip then the ', black beast of the — could have ever given such pure heartfelt delight. Bat so it was. he was looking splendidly, too. His had removed the last vestige of coarse, disspated look from his feature from his features ; and he was really As ws said before, he had bis brow, and his mother's lower | Yes, he was handsome. They had taken their seats around the — all save one. Captain Fairfax handed his Service-Book to Bosalind Psalm XXIII. marked for her to HB read ; and then waited. "Ogden!"— to his steward—" Will |H you c;\ll Sir Jeffrey ? " Bl The man went the door of the baronet's room and knocked. Then he knocked, and called the occupant by name. After repeatiug this thrice, he put hisjear to the k' y~L >le. and listened. There was no so i: ~ from within. H - Lall I go in, sir r " H " Certainly. If the man is asleep. V arouse him, and learn if anything is the B TChe steward opened the door, and B disappeared. Presently he returned, with B a -^rhite, scared face, trembling at every H^^Ogden ! What is the matter f " ■■ "He's—He's dead, sir ! "