part.

“Not much pain,” said Mr. Scutts. “Don't seem to have no strength in my back.”

“Not much pain,” said Mr. Scutts. “Don't seem to have no strength in my back.”

“Ah!” said the doctor.

“Ah!” said the doctor.

“I tried to get up this morning to go to my work,” said Mr. Scutts, “but I can't stand! couldn't get out of bed.”

“I tried to get up this morning to go to my work,” said Mr. Scutts, “but I can't stand! couldn't get out of bed.”

“Fearfully upset, he was, pore dear,” testified Mrs. Scutts. “He can't bear losing a day. I s'pose—I s'pose the railway company will 'ave to do something if it's serious, won't they, sir?”

“Fearfully upset, he was, pore dear,” testified Mrs. Scutts. “He can't bear losing a day. I s'pose—I s'pose the railway company will 'ave to do something if it's serious, won't they, sir?”

“Nothing to do with me,” said the doctor. “I'll put him on the club for a few days; I expect he will be all right soon. He's got a healthy colour—a very healthy colour.”

“Nothing to do with me,” said the doctor. “I'll put him on the club for a few days; I expect he will be all right soon. He's got a healthy colour—a very healthy colour.”

Mr. Scutts waited until he had left the house and then made a few remarks on the colour question that for impurity of English and strength of diction have probably never been surpassed.

Mr. Scutts waited until he had left the house and then made a few remarks on the colour question that for impurity of English and strength of diction have probably never been surpassed.

A second visitor that day came after dinner—a tall man in a frock-coat, bearing in his hand a silk hat, which, after a careful survey of the room, he hung on a knob of the bedpost.

A second visitor that day came after dinner—a tall man in a frock-coat, bearing in his hand a silk hat, which, after a careful survey of the room, he hung on a knob of 

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