The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-10-09


anxiously.
at can and 1ciH be ~ was the decisive
answer.
80, uncle, 1 wish had your faith,
but you have no idea how much evil
denee has been accumulated against that
girl"
''Do you know all about it ?"
81 do"
'TThen you should employ a lawyer
for her, and acquaint him with every
particular"
81 should have done SO long ago, but
it would have only made the matter
worse"
"Who has told you of all this ?''
Robert Green"
whats his particular charge against
her?p
'It's a long story, sir. For a long
time he tried 10 think well of her, and
used to take her part when other men
would cast aspersions upon her chastity
At least, he was often telling me of
these conversations with fast young
men, wherein he figured as the only
philanthropist in the lot. Bob's a
deuced good fellow or he never would
have taken her part, after she had eu-
chered him out of hundred dollars
once. She needed the money, poor
girl, but she ought to have paid it long
ago and stopped the scandal"
"Henry, hold you're going it blind,
sir The proprietor of the Walk In and
Welcome paid that hundred to Bob
Green according TO contract. Annie
doesn't owe Green the money and never
did. 1t was loaned to her upon condi-
tion that she should enter the walk In, ,
where Bob, the william, expected to
make her his mistress. The girl
/ proved a Spartan, sirI was there
and / know all about it. She
obeyed the rules of the saloon and sold
us wine, and you ought TO have heard
the speech she gave US. l tell you
Henry, Annie Lee saved me! The pro-
prietor discharged her from his service,
and by the act forfeited the hundred
dollars, which he paid TO Robert Green
before my own eyes. Annie went home
from the walk In under my protec-
ton that night, and I repeat, sir, her
lecture and example and warning saved
me.n
"And you were the .fello1c-that-
they-said-O, uncle Ainslee is it pos
sible that Annie has been slandered dur
ing all these years ?"
"Not only possible, but true. And
now, sir, as L said awhile ago, if
you were not my sainted sisters
son, I'd beat the ground with you.
You have allowed villainous adyis-
ers TO come between you and your
highest duty. You have proved your
self craven, who dares not protect his
own flesh and blood, and yet you make
windy declamations over foaming pota-
tions, in which you boast of your love
for woman, and magnify the glories OF
her protector, man."
'I may deserve your reproaches in
part, uncle, but you do not yet know
all or half. Annie is now in Jail upon q
serious accusation. Nothing positive is
known against her yet, but very COM
plicated chain of circumstances has
been wound about her that will be hard
indeed to break"
"Who is the complaining witness ~
ave do not know"
'HOw does that happen ?n
"a bill was found against her by the
Grand Jury at its last session, and sht
was arrested at somebody's instigation
and placed in confinement to await hel
trial. It was alleged that she nigh
learn of the indictment and escape, i
permitted to remain unmolested till th,
Court meets"
"If they had known her as well as
do they needn't have taken that precau
ton"
"Oh, they know that well enough now
but they've got her on their hands, anC
she's determined to brave it out. rv'
been led to think her obstinacy wa
caused by her hardened criminality.
hope / have been deceived" and tht
righteous brother drew deepand prope
= sigh of resignation.
"Are you not suspicious of yoar frienC
e Mr.. Green ?"
D ".SuspiciOUs-how ?n
''Do you not imagine that il was h,
who complained to the Grand Jury an,
4 procured your sisters arrest? ?"
e 81 never thought OF that"
T "Then you're a consummate block
head"
T so, uncle, you don't know Bob. He
the very soul of honor. He has alway
r been my fast friend"
s 'The spider is a splendid friend to th
fly, you know"
"Uncle, you wrong my friend"
'You're the biggest BOBBY ever me
I now believe the old pioneer told til
e truth, who wrote home that mighty bi
D fools got big positions in this country
! That fellow has been struggling a
r along to get Annie into his tolls. Fai
| ing in his Vaccinations, he has resolve
: to blast her reputation in revenge, an
r you, like an egregious donkey, hav
: been his silent abettor."
: 'I don't see how.p
''Let US examine this matter a LITTLE
e According TO your own story, that vi
: lain has lied to you about some bol
u roMed mnner Nnrrr Il L. we'll knnu