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Nor would he have got them for double the time, had not Robert haunted the tailor, as well as the soutar, like an evil conscience, till they had finished them. Thus grievous was Shargar's introduction to the comforts of respectability.
'Shargar! pronounced in a tone full of a thousand memories, was all the greeting he returned; but his great manly hand pressed Shargar's delicate long-fingered one with a grasp which must have satisfied his friend that everything was as it had been between them, and that their friendship from henceforth would take a new start.
Falconer, sharply, turning round to see what the cause of Betty's ejaculation might be. I have said that she was dim-sighted. The candle they had was little better than a penny dip. The bed was darker than the rest of the room. Shargar's face had none of the more distinctive characteristics of manhood upon it. 'Gude preserve 's! exclaimed Mrs. Falconer in her turn: 'it's a wumman.
'Shargar's as fine a crater as ever God made, said Robert warmly. 'Ye'll alloo 'at God made him, doctor; though his father an' mither thochtna muckle aboot him or God either whan they got him atween them? An' Shargar couldna help it. It micht ha' been you or me for that maitter, doctor. 'I beg your pardon, Robert, said Dr.
But although ere long she came to love the boy very truly, and although Shargar's life was bound up in the favour of Robert, yet neither stooping angel nor foot-following dog ever loved the lad with the love of that old grandmother, who would for him have given herself to the fire to which she had doomed his greatest delight.
He allowed them to work on, sending only the wine that was necessary from his own cellar. The moment the supplies should begin to fail, or the boys to look troubled, he was ready to do more. About Robert's perseverance he had no doubt: Shargar's faithfulness he wanted to prove. Robert wrote to his grandmother to tell her that Shargar was with him, working hard.
Ericson came to himself, and seeing Shargar by his bedside, tried to sit up, asking feebly, 'Where am I? 'In yer ain bed, Mr. Ericson, answered Shargar. 'And who are you? asked Ericson again, bewildered. Shargar's pale face no doubt looked strange under his crown of red hair. 'Ow! I'm naebody. 'You must be somebody, or else my brain's in a bad state, returned Ericson. 'Na, na, I'm naebody.
'For ae thing, resumed Robert, after a pause, during which he had been pondering upon the possibilities of Shargar's future 'for ae thing, I doobt whether Dr. Anderson wad hae ta'en ony fash aboot ye, gin he hadna thocht ye had the makin' o' a gentleman i' ye. 'Eh, man! said Shargar. He stood up again, sat down again, and was finally silent. Next day Robert went to see Dr.
Shargar's mother breathed her last holding his hand. They were alone. He kneeled by the bed, and prayed to God, saying, 'Father, this woman is in thy hands. Take thou care of her, as thou hast taken care of her hitherto. Let the light go up in her soul, that she may love and trust thee, O light, O gladness. I thank thee that thou hast blessed me with this ministration. Now lead me to my father.
The power of enjoying the present without anticipation of the future or regard of the past, is the especial privilege of the animal nature, and of the human nature in proportion as it has not been developed beyond the animal. Herein lies the happiness of cab horses and of tramps: to them the gift of forgetfulness is of worth inestimable. Shargar's heaven was for the present gained.
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