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He told the servant that he was going to shoot buck in the morning. Naturally he fumbled with the trigger, and shot himself through the head accidentally. The apothecary sent in a report to my chief, and Jevins is buried somewhere out there. I'd have wired to you, Spurstow, if you could have done anything. 'You're a queer chap, said Mottram.
'If you'd killed the man yourself you couldn't have been more quiet about the business. 'Good Lord! what does it matter? said Hummil calmly. 'I've got to do a lot of his overseeing work in addition to my own. I'm the only person that suffers. Jevins is out of it, by pure accident, of course, but out of it. The apothecary was going to write a long screed on suicide.
You aren't half indignant enough over it. 'Not I, said Mottram. 'Poor devil! Did you ever know old Hummy behave like that before or within a hundred miles of it? 'That's no excuse. Spurstow was hacking my shin all the time, so I kept a hand on myself. Else I should have 'No, you wouldn't. You'd have done as Hummy did about Jevins; judge no man this weather.
He has books, pictures, -they were torn from the Graphic, 'and the society of the excellent sub-contractor Jevins, besides the pleasure of receiving us weekly. Hummil smiled grimly. 'Yes, I'm the lucky man, I suppose. Jevins is luckier. 'How? Not 'Yes. Went out. Last Monday. 'By his own hand? said Spurstow quickly, hinting the suspicion that was in everybody's mind.
'I got the apothecary in to look at him, and we tried to make him lie down. After an hour or two he rubbed his eyes and said he believed he had had a fit, hoped he hadn't said anything rude. Jevins had a great idea of bettering himself socially. He was very like Chucks in his language. 'Well? 'Then he went to his own bungalow and began cleaning a rifle.
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