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180 WILLY BURKE; OR,
" Well", said Weimar, motioning with his hand for all to
it is time to put
leave the room, ude night is passing away ;
off every business for de morrow. And, Wilson, do you
hear? You dat can make such fine joke. You, Hamilton,
and Davis must all come to my office to-morrow forenoon.
I '11 pay you up, and den you go about your business".
When they had all reached the sitting-room below,
Wilson said, with a sneer— " I hope, Mr. Weimar ! as you
propose dismissing us from your employment, chiefly because
we do not carry crucifixes about in our pockets, that
you '11 do something handsome for this pious youth who
practises all sorts of Popish superstitions". Amazed at
his impudence, all the other young men looked anxiously
to see its effects on Mr. Weimar particularly, whose chole-
ric temper was well known to them all. To their surprise,
he was perfectly cool, though the tremor of his lip denoted
strong inward emotion. Rising from his seat, he assumed
an air of dignity not at all usual with him, and ordered
Wilson to quit the room instantly ; he would even have
insisted on his leaving the house, but Mr. Talbot persuaded
him to let him remain till the morrow.
"• Come, lads", said Wilson, addressing his two friends,
u let us go up stairs. Why do you stand there, looking
as though you could cry ? If you had a particle of spirit,
you wouldn't let that hypocritical Burke see you so de-
jected. You know very well how he '11 triumph over us
Come along !" But they whom he addressed were not at
all disposed to take his advice, being still in hopes of
being forgiven ; so they both refused to go with him,
saying that they had been but too long under his guidance.
A sneering laugh was Wilson's reply ; but as he passed
Willy Burke on his way out, he said aloud—.' 4 1 *ve missed
!