The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-03-01
From Harper's Ba.ar.l
When the Ship Comes Home.
BY WALTER BEsANT AND JAMES
RICE.
ArTHons OF READY MONEY NcRrIBoy, "TuR
doLpxN BUTTERFLY" ETC. KTc.
CHAPTER IN.
FULL CONFESSION

Mr. Baldwin's words were csnveye'
to the outer Office, and, being curiou
and inexplicable words, We're repeate'
among the clerks. To them the story
of George Warneford was an old ant
almost forgotten thing, SO that the.
did not connect ii with Mr. Baldwin
expression. One OF them, however
when he heard them, trembled ant
shook. He was so nervous and agita
ted that he could do no work tha
morning. His hands could not holS
the pen. His mind would not take In
the meaning of the words which b,
had to read, the figures danced be
fore his eyes, and amid the buzz 0
those who came and went he heard
nothing but the voice of Mr.. Baldwin
which repeated, "Innoeent? Then Goo
forgive us alln'
Forgive whom? Samuel pringle's
cheeks were whine when Heller
asked him for news Of his brother but
his very lips were white when he
thought of what those words might
mean to himself
Might mean? Did most certainly
mean. There was no doubt in his
mind at all that young lady was come
to Mr.. Baldwin's about that old
business Of George Warneford's-
business which had ruined his own
life and destroyed his peace. If the
innocent man had suffered, much
more hai he, the guilty, endured
tortures of repentance and helpless
remorsc. There was no way out of it
now, except to confess and take the
consequences.
lie sat out the dreadful hours, full
of unspeakable terror, from ten till one
and then, taking his hat, went out
when his turn came to take his dinner.
One thought always comes to the
guilty the thought of flight. As he
emerged from the office where he had
expected all the morning TO feel the
hand of arrest, it occurred to him that
he might escape. He looked up and
down the crowded thoroughfare; no
one, he thought, was watching: he
would hasten to his lodgings, pack up
few things, and be of, somewhere
any where-out of danger.
Excellent thought. He was thrifty
young man, who did not spend the
whole of his small salary, and had a
little money with which he would
pay his fare to America. lie would
write to the office and say that he was
called away Oh urgent business, but
would be back in week; then lie
would not be missed. Once in Amer
lea, once on the way 10 the West, he
would be safe from pursuit, and they
might prove whatever they liked
about him and George Warneford.
Excellent thought! He lived at Is
lie took cab, and drove to
his rooms in hot haste, mad to be away
from this dreadful fear which stung
him like q hornet. And not only 10
DC rid of this fear Of detection and
arrest, but also of the SOW devouring
fire of remorse, which had never let
him mforonemoment since the day when
George Warneford was sentenced for a
crime which he never committud.
SO good and wise a plrn did it seem
20 him, so practical and SO original,
Of shaking OH the inconvenience of
and anxiety, that when he
stepped out of his bedroom. portman-
eau in hand, and saw who were
waiting there tofiu trate his mar.
eavre, he fell tainting OH the floor.
His visitors were John Wybrow and
the young lady he had seen in the
,ificc. For Helen lost no time. She
lroye from Mr.. Baldwin's straight
10 John Wybrow's chamber, and, in a
few words as she could, told him VIII It
was necessary for him to know.
Said John Wybrow, promptly, II
know that man Pringle. He is cur
md a sneak. always thought he
was capable of villainly, and now I
<n ow it. He is the man who did it;
not his brother at all. Now Miss
the first thing he will do is
10 run away
run away.h
Just that. They always do it, fcl-
lows like Pringle. He hasn't got the
pluck to stay and brazen il out. The
of his brothers name will
make him suspect that the worthy
Tom has let it all out. He will run
away, and we must stop him"
John wasted no time in going to the
office of Batteric & Baldwin but drove
straight to Pringle's address, rightly
Judging that if he was going to escape
he would probably take the very first
of getting away from the
City. SO it came to pass that when
had finished his packing, and
was joyously bringing his portman-
eau from his bedroom, he found this
pair of conspirators ready to receive
him, and the shock was SO great that
he fairly swooned away.
When he recovered he found HIM
self lying on the horse hair safe which
decorated his apartment. His head
was dizzy and heavy, and it was
some minutes before he remembered
what had happened and where he was.
rhen he sat up and realized the posi-
tion;
Innocent? Then God forgive us
alln
The words rang in his brain. Who
were those who chiefly needed,,for-
sivcness' And by what suffering was
that forgiveness to be arrived at? He
clutchcd the head of the sofa and
groaned in his misery.
Before him stood John Wybrow.
hard, stern, and pitiless, and
at the table sat the young lady he had
seen in Mr. Baldwin's, private room,
and her eyes too meant punishment
"Sow, Pringlc' said Wybrow, "you
have had fright ut the office; YOU
have come with the intention of run
ming away to escape arrest; we have
caught YOU in the act of packing y0ur
and we do not intend