The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-03

law. 10 think that ANY one could have
believed YOU "uiltv of Il torpcryr
She put her haui over her lips with 4
terrified mir.
..HuSh.'
Il miIh., Daisy. il | were not pre-
pared fully Ia prove your innocence.
Bui the truth is lirryrv blanchard died
some two months since. and made a full
confession That it was he who committed
the forgery
"Hcly,y Blanchard! But why should
he have forced that added cipher To nv
grandfather : viii, which changed into
twenty thousand pounds the two thous-
ami which my %raaifa;hrr had bcqucatl-
rd la me? what good would that nave
done Hrryry Biaurhard"
"lsr,"nae i GOOD To some natures,
Daisy. li'rvcy blanchard never for
say" you for rricr'.n: him fo" nc. II"
came up Ia Ia" r"u-c Ia - onc Il your
hrolhcrs-n-law before t:,e viii was read:
be was passing the opsr>-lro' Of the
library where YOU hall asleep from
the utter w"arinr'S Of lon@ ,i@ht-waich-
ingS n the old mans ,lrai NJ.
"ion had fallen as!c"nt N"r the pa
pcrS your grandfather had oI.nrci that
YOU were I" be the first g., .ooE over.
and Hervcy blanchard hai >iip'.d noise
lcsSly in;o the room ani added that
nonghi To the will as It ial on the table
beside You.
''llc made it look a palpabic forgery,
and he managed Ia leave 'hc house. I'M
seen III lis coming and "uin~.
This WAS his c1ntnSS'"i. You know
the rest. How the viii was known To
have been n.vcr from under our charme
and your sisters and brothers all be-
lievrd you ruiltv. 1t was arranged that
YOU should not he prosecuted. but sup
pose You stole away because You could
not bear their mercy and contempt.
Daisy. how was it you could not trust
me? Did you not know would know
you We're innocrnt?'
"Ahi' she said, iii is easy TO know,
now that IIervcv Blanchard has con
fcSsed. Ii my own sisters did not be-
'icyc in me, how could / think You
would?
And dared not stay Ia meet Your
scorn when YOU should come back from
your travels. | wished to lose myself to
every one before then"
You foolish child. Dia YOU fancy |
waited 10 believe in you rall ! heard
Hcrvey Blanchard's confession? | tell
you, | have been six months searching
for YOU. and il is only two months since
Blanchard's confession. And You had
hidden yourself so securely, no wonder
| failed tn look for my English Daisy
under French %ovcrncss's cloak"
She flushed Il little uncasily.
"iou do not think it was any harm,
Philip? 'Mcunicr' is Miller. YOU know;
and Wen; To school in Paris so many
years that French is like mother
tongue to me.
Il never said anything when | was
asked about my accent bu! that | was
educated nj Paris. and Iay French was
all that kept me from starvation after
the first months, when lad used up all
my money. DO you think have done
wron"?'
My darling! when did | ever think
YOU had done wrong? At present ! can
think of but one thing wronr. and that
is II sin, not OF commission but of omis-
SION
What is that. Phi:ip?" she said
anxiously.
You have omiitca t, pat your hand
in mine so and To sa,' T.. me: Phillip,
here is your English Dai3y. - he worn
at your wedding.
Phillip she said. blushin@ and
trembling, Phillip, here is your English
Daisy-'
The rest of the sentence was brcathcd
out upon his shoulder. as he cau~ht her
to him.