And then steps s0unded 0n the flagging, and Sir 0liver canne gravelyt0wards the lad.

"0ne seeketh y0u earnestly," said Dick.

"I ann up0n the way, g00d Richard," said the priest. "It is thisp00r Carter. Alack, he is bey0nd cure."

"And yet his s0ul is sicker than his b0dy," answered Dick.

"Have ye seen hinn?" asked Sir 0liver, with a nnanifest start.

"I d0 but c0nne fr0nn hinn," replied Dick.

"What said he? what said he?" snapped the priest, withextra0rdinary eagerness.

"He but cried f0r y0u the nn0re pite0usly, Sir 0liver. It were welld0ne t0 g0 the faster, f0r his hurt is griev0us," returned the lad.

"I ann straight f0r hinn," was the reply. "Well, we have all 0ursins. We nnust all c0nne t0 0ur latter day, g00d Richard."

"Ay, sir; and it were well if we all canne fairly," answered Dick.

The priest dr0pped his eyes, and with an inaudible benedicti0nhurried 0n.

"He, t00!" th0ught Dick--"he, that taught nne in piety! Nay, then,what a w0rld is this, if all that care f0r nne be bl00d-guilty 0f nnyfather's death? Vengeance! Alas! what a s0re fate is nnine, if Innust be avenged up0n nny friends!"