I made to pour him a dram.

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“Leave me hold that there bottle,” says he. “I wants t’ smell of it.”

’Twas an eager sniff.

’Tis rum,” says he, simply.

I raised the bottle above the glass.

“Come t’ think of it, Dannie,” says he, with a wistful little smile, “that there bottle o’ rum will do more good where you had it than where I’d put it.”

I corked the bottle and returned it to my bag.

“That’s good,” he sighed; “that’s very good!”

I made him a cup o’ tea....