The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-06-09


that the man who gave him such a
pumme!lng In the dark must be Mr..
Mason.
How he came to think Mr.. Mason
was In Woodstock at the time of the
midnight assault he could not himself
have told.
But the ugly old man had the crudee
iald up and had determined to max e.
some one pay the penalty. .Conse-
quently on coming IT, the conclu sion
that the letter which he stole from the
table or Mr.. Boyd WAS likely written
~ Nellie Rcmingtoi he set out to find
her and discover his enemy.
BY accident-meeti ting Richard Mar.
tin-ln the street, whom he instantly
recognized, he dogsed him and Henry
Mason into the hotel and there heard
al! that passed between the two.
The wild idea siezed him that Henry
Mason was his asSailant, in spite Of
tn> tact that h. mad never seen the
man in the village.
eff he didn't do it, don't believe
ever shall find out who did" he grum.
bled to himself, ''and 80 I'll make sure
somebody gets in trouble for it.''
lie followed Henry Mason to BEL
mont, tracked him to the factory, and
hung about oil day.
He did not dare venture into the
office, and thus by giving his suspected
enemy latitude, he lost track Of him.
The junior Mason had been gone
some time when, hanging about outside
the office, Judson saw the senior Ma
son enter it.
He put his ear to the door and list
cned to hear the voice of his presumed
enemy.
But he could distinguish two voices
only, neither Of which seemed to be
that Of young Henry Mason.
He did, however, hear high words.
Eager to hear them distinctly. he
| turned the knob, and opened the door
tritle, without attracting attention.
"He is rascally thief, Mr.. Valen-
tine" was the first utterancc he
heard. "Were | not aware of his
former strange proceedings, | should,
possibly, ha*- suspected that you had
been tampering with the books, but
Snch know is not the case. | recog-
nize Henry's hand in the whole trans
actlen. He has tricked me before, and
do neither. He shall be punished. Oh,
that only had some one here to direct
me to his present abode, I'd soon have
him brought up with round turn.
Do you not know where ne lives?"
aaf Af5 tha ls.a4 al9 Il 9aakskssaar
''1'd give S.5 for the information"
exclaimed the head of the firm.
Then. Ugly Jud. had pushed open the
door and boldly entered.
| IL can show you just where to find
Mr.. Mason any time you want him, }"
he said:
And by midnight the unhappy young
partner of the Belmont factory firm
was in the clutches of the law.
The first day of his imprisonment
passed slowly away, and not soul
visited him, but, on the second day,
while he was plunged in the depths of
despair, the door. Of his cell opened and
the jailer entered accompanied by a
had in sober black, whose face was
concealed by heavy veil.
A lady to see you. SIR" said the
Ijailcr, and Immediately retired.
AS soon as the jailer was gone, the
|lady raised Ter veil and disclosed the
|pale features Of Mrs. Henry Mason,
Jr. u. -.,.. H.
"Netlie!" exclaimed the bowed man
huskily, II did not expect to sec
Iyou:" ..aI
"No," replied the worse than Wild
owed woman, IL Judge that you have
scarcely anticipated visit from me.
But have come alone to see you that
l might ask you few questions which
demand that you answer truthfully,
Ior shall never look upon your face
\ again." a
"Don't speak like that, Nellie-don't
lspeak like that" moaned the man. 3'a
But she paid no atten tion to his grief,
and went on, in a cold, pitiless tone.
"Henry Mason, desire to know if
lyou stole the money from the man who
adopted you-who took You from the
uttcr-1 desire to know ii you stole
that money for the sake of putting on
an appearance of wealth, which you
did not possess, that you might gain
my consent to marry you. Did You
think me so base as to sell myself to
lyou for few doliars?" s,{*.,....
t.On my soul, did not!" exclaimed
fHenry Mason, vehemently, raising
himself on his low cot and seeking her
face.
Why, then, did you steal your fa-
ther's money!. -
'Because-because / had gamhled
away my own and was hard pressed
'If You loved me, IS you claim you
do, why did you mot wait until you
} could retrieve your fortune by honest
toil?" .HCs.<.4a.- .4 80 ia,
"Because feared-I feared' Che al.
most hissed the words) you might
get away from me, and that would have
ldriven me mad.n sn8 .asttA.
"Pshaw-follyl Henry Mason il
you really loved, you would rather
have died than bring shame and dis
,lgraee upon me, both Of which you have
1done. You saw that craved money
and, while you dared not offer me IN.
suit because of the high recommends.
tions l received Prom one we'll known