Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-12
CHAPTER XVI.
HIIN II.ICNpH~.

room a; :hc TOP Of the house. Thither
he had lied during a consultation with
h. brother and his brothers wife
While in the midst Of tbs consulta-
tlon he rose suddenly AID left the
room.
Neither Horace Rcningto: nor Ms.
Remington were at all surprised. Mr.
Remington merely shook his head.
while NJ Remington sighed.
"Ah, Horace she said. sadly.
"llick Martin is a fearfully changed
man
YES" answered her husband, he
is changed indeed. The light heart
has met recoil which it will take
long time to outwear.
And I am the cause of all the
trouble
Mr.. Remington was silent. and it
was silence which spoke volumes to
the repentant woman.
You blame me, Horace" She added.
land yet. l have suffered too-suf-
fered-N
1--WE will not speak of that inter-
rupted Mr. Remington. The past is
dead-let it remain 30.
The two were sitting in the drawing
room of modestly furnished house on
one CT the side streets of Boston,
where they had taken up their abode
Immediately after the arrest of their
daughters husband, Nellie accompany
ing them.
Mr.. Remington sat where he could
command full view of the street.
AS he looked out upon the drcary
spring tide scene, with saddcned.
gentleman mount the steps leading
to the house. Then a light ring at
the door bell was heard.
''Who can it be 7" asked Mrs. Re.n-
ington.
''Some leech Of lawyer, presume"
responded Mr.. Remington.
His wife answered the summons
Mrs. Mason, madam said grutf
voice. SIS she in?''
Mr.. Remington retired to an adjoin-
ing room upon hearing the inquiry,
and when the new conner entered the
drawing-roOm it was empty.
81 will call her." said Mrs. Reming-
ton, bowling.
"Tell her not to delay, for | am in a
hurry" was the rather ungracious re-
spouse.
He was man of about sixty, some
what inclined to robustness, and OF
medium height.
His features were, when in repose,
evidently pleasing, but now they wore
severe look, and the mouth was
firmly set.
He had not long to wait. Mrs. Rem
lngtOn was scarcely from the room be-
fore Mrs. Mason entered it.
She was dressed in plain black, with
white frill at the throat, and locke :,
with her pale face, almost like n nun.
"You are Henry Mason's wife," salt!
the stranger. abruptly.
81 am, sir"
The gentleman eyed her keenly and
cleared his throat.
WELL, ! am his father" he said,
his father is dead.''
81 would that gould say am hap
Ply to see you, sir"
The old gentleman still kept his eye
on his sons victim.
Don't tell a lie on my account,
madam. You wish me a Thousand
miles away"
at is immaterial to me-" was the
calm, careless answer.
MIR Mason, senior, flushed.
at is, eli? Well, madam, | came
here to find out, if could, what YOU
had to do with helping Henry to com
init the crime he has committed, not
only against me, but against his God.
cannot think he did it alone, and -
Sir" exclaimed Nellie Mason ,stunS
by the accusation, the hot blood
rushing to her teraples in a Hood"
how dare you come here with such a
petty charge? Iguilty of assisting ar
other to do sucha base act! Fit were
not that | respect your gray hairs,
would have you elected from the
house."
She looked superb in her anger. Her
eyes flashed, her bosom heaved and,
as she paced the room before the old
man, her hair, becoming loosencd, fell
down her back in jet black waves, and
produced an effect similar to the effect
her fair face had made upon the hap
less Junior partner of the firm of Ma
son x Son.
Nv hat right have you to come here,
SIR, with such words on your lips?"
she asked.
''No wonder Henry was infatuated
muttered Mr.. Mason. because |
think | may have been too severe
he said. in softened tone. ether.
may have been extenuating circum-
stances. Perhaps he was unwittingly
ied to alter the books and appropriate
the funds because of some sudden
temptation, and, if such is the case,
perhaps l DO wrong in bounding
Henry has been terribly ungratefui.
and more than once, and vet begin
to think could forgive him, if he did
not premeditate robbing me-"
Nellie caught her breath. She had
never looked at it in this light.
The temptation she had though. of
and wondered if her husband was
weaker than other men would have
peen II placed IN the position he had
held. But she did not once think OF
the suddenness of such a temptation
Leading him on to do what he NAV have
regretted when too late.
DO you think he has repented of
ms wlckedness9" she asked, quickly.
ana there was an awful calm upon her
race as she spoke.
e.o cannot say, l have kept away
nay. the fourth day of his incarcera.
ton. But you, madam. / came ~ sao
from a sudden notion that Won micbt
nave lured him into it. perceive Pm.
Wedlately that l am utterly mistaken.
Tour lace denotes innocence itself.
peg your pardon for uttering such dis
graceful insinuations," 0" "''
mere the old mans voice broke and a
shower OF tears coursed down his fur
-, IN, Heaven" he groaned, "that
Inc boy who was my pride should
prIng such shame upon met
ms grief moved the heart of the
young wife, and for the first time since
mat terrible night when she had fallen
struck by this sudden shock of her dis.
grace, she wept.
All, SIR she murmured, "you do
not feel the blow more keenly than N.Y.
self; | am doomed to 60 through the
world 1a bearing the brand Of a criminals
wiie: Yet, though suffer, can SYM
pathize with you. My heart has been
steeled against everything for the past
, own d aSbae en9eP Ito the nggsng of my
IN. me old man looked up.
want to see him." he said, twill
you 60 with me to the prison?''
Nellie started.
Go to the prison!,,
eS, as soon &C noce;b,,