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K shook his head He had had that gift of the bigthe loyalty of his followers He would have

trusted every one of the to do it, of course"

"Take up your work?"

"Yes"

He stirred restlessly To stay on, to be near Sidney, perhaps to stand by

as Wilson's best man when he was married--it turned him cold But he did

not give a decided negative The sickfretful;

it would not do to irritate him

"Give me another day on it," he said at last And so the ood, in one way It had brought the

two brothers closer together In the s Max was restless until Dr

Ed arrived When he ca--his beloved

Burns, although he needed no book for that, the "Pickwick Papers," Renan's

"Lives of the Disciples" Very often Max world doze off; at the cessation

of Dr Ed's sonorous voice the sick man would stir fretfully and de without discrimination, the

older man came to the conclusion that it was the companionship that

counted It pleased him vastly It reht For once in the last dozen years, he needed him

"Go on, Ed What in blazes makes you stop every five minutes?" Max