New-York tribune., 1884-11-02
THE STORY OF MARY
CHAPTER xix.

NJ
n Wbepa ia be Janst Mar asked "a she s'anee"
.,aund sesFeh,pgly, ana not bellelhs Jahe' "s""
ton, -, .,oryis ,ror,s and
, Where is ha " Janet repeated Ma'f ""' I'm sha
thsu SAID 10 herself, Now e"aes 'h' ""a n
cle,rsd her throat, giving heFsel, ,'"'' !" p'
swav as a delusion Captain tiii'oNs p'e''
sWhsre is Who my Mary" For not '"os q, y"
vsntion. she could think OF no otho' "ns"o' ,"a'
',;. question. which would giyo her time 10 'o'N'
the lie. .,.o h,cL IN her lace
.u,.aw and then there crept a something IKE
- AZ there spraug into her mind the fear lha'
.rs sbe vould have died to save had been
s.rried away 40 Janet have you not seen Ill"
lie WAS here in this room. The convict 'ho "oB''
Lazarus whom God sent to me-"
q Guae God. save my BARN! Hers minds gangcn'
her minds ganged. She's mad. shes mad ''he'
tried to soothe the girl who with her manu- p,os'o"
to her head was trying to remember wi'a' "'u mp
pe"1Ia Janet poor. unhappy black man came through
that window tried to save nim i-qu'ch' q"''"
aoTS Hder ,,ui the bed! OBJ my bairn barns daft
Relieving Mary mad, Janet TO soothe icr dlu ;d as
desired She started back III honor as SIG i"''e"
'ie I"ri save usw she screamed. springing to the
thar side of the room naiger. naigeri Ihsn
oaamahcrinr Mary she ran 10 the bed to take the
r;r in her arms and her from the room tan,cd
6y thai black thing But her sh9pasL that sred dwo no
stir the girl or IT might bleed afresh. ,;,;, rrdor
INV BARN my BARN: there's mon hian ,asnirad mmaJr
the BED y rreSt masS aTbank God bewildercd the
wary MaaS Her amazement and horror increased as
NJ. hnrriedly tnld her that while praying 200 10
pa srS her be of comfort the needy she heard TIE
,o window raised. and. turning saw ay uHe hesio' "
w a a convict Janet hut he is innocent.
An who told We that Mary ut, ,.
lie did" she answered solcnnly. while Janet
shaking her head and wrnging her bands cried
oa' on Ctude God. protect my innocent barn"
aAh Janet. If father will only come tonight ne
will take this innocent man ana Keep MIN sale anu
"si, "syonr feyther" Janet started to her feet as
there flashed through her mind the scene IN IN me me
bali Mary in saving the negro had rushed INTO the
;"Ws of death. and Hilton had killed the dog.
Again Janet heard his words to the gnard with
tn"g u in this roomf" aGnle God an ma a the time
That black mon under her bed Ihe w2nians
teeth fairly eha,tere as ss .h ip"us tp",h Ta n w xiii
her, must save my BARN" -
Her strong scotch prejudice against the negro was
fc,a,,t,eu in fpar Mary. Janet knew hiltnn
pccuration and in her yearly, visits to the citv.
where she went to make purchases LOT Mary. & sne
sn,eti,rrs se had been tuld tales of the crnelties
practiced op the ccnvicts But having no parti,m,
,sa,,ng an anti,aihy for thr erro, she had dis,
missed the subject with It's name o my matt.is
aud had ni ended to the business IN hand Now tiat
ssiatr had taken into the house one Of thnso
Hr,iprts nov that she had prrillrl et lie iot MN,
aud ihns nttayed hetspli ~ battle AGAINST lrf
'",te, '",We,u, r""l, ale NV Whefe conld she hide bin
How ronli se e,i lip 10 the door the tniseu ,hs
whiia ruiiain and ionhnn ~ the hrsit s,e snW ini
i,p vas ohe, ~ ., dtunh, insrte"I l,'In,l,s
she dli not ihiht him drunk tlit rnt we nnn ~
gge meet on b." sa quickly shd wnnRRwH W., ~ ,R" sHo
,ouph the man moanud openni eieA lbh' helh ~"
vision and ler" oaa % G. "Yg1 sa'9 anr, ,S" ..A ,e,
GENTLY Hat eyuu his dead body must nol he ionn'l
endo, Mnry's hel, Perhaps Captain Hilton m'ght
take fancy TO ' aeS' n,sp'GS G =, n"e ss "~ on p ,oo 'e
,a,6er than harm should eome 10 Mary hg! how
rould eho gel hrm to 'ng 'o"n ~" wv" -""'S
Mis- Nary A, her nage tho girl uncoscd hor
eyes The pain In he, shouldc was s,en, ,, nnd nor
vince body was throbbins, Yet now thht thr No'
,i", MAS safc shc ielt only thnkhllncss, Don't
worry. Janet DEAR" aud 'he tried TO smile ON the
onxions lace, an soon lc well. And oh iccl ~
blrssod now the Negro N all wight
a.. roc,r Janet gr"aned, YES yes, heil oS rha a
rect An ye'll lsea TO me, the ihonh shlc' iho
law a the Ian wud max us gle him back cen tho
u. "Gy" g. hl.a back Never. Janet" Mary had
snruug up IN bed her eyes wide opened III horror ;
Int turning FAINT with pain she foll back whilc az
her pillows Janet wrung her hands. She Thought
Na,v had swooned Iut after a few moments the
rir spoke again aud though the voice was low there
WI WI viii never give mp the innocent. Cruelty may
be the law of the land, but there Is hiehcr law
'Warv's face was flushing with fever, although
Janet felt the utmost repugnance to the negro ana
in her own mind as fully convinced of his guilt
she would have bitten oil her tongue rather than
God knows I'd Almost let in the dell il it wud
serve MARY" she said to herself and added aloud :
"Weel my bairn. to please We Will ma glG up ine In
naigcr I'll TAX him in my min room. nurse nm tll
hes weel, an gle him bit o siier 10 heip HIN
God bless YOU Janet" Mary murmured
But Gods blessing wndna do ony gude' an ye
'e A. Janet' You forget how true and kind my
father is He wonld not shut the door to tho home
les, nor give mp the innocent 10 punishment
aWcol weel, BARN. he may be a that; bnt he's a
mon An "A man maun obey the law q the Ian cen II
we women dinna. An We fell your leyther He nae
taken in convict that for his lite We hae held your
ain life nought. sure as God Ives your ieyther II
gle up the mon TO the law. lc see my bairn ne
mann do n else the law makes convcI o him. Ye
wudna like that. Mary An ye keep it frae HIM
the mon'll I've a rect the law shall ma KNOW. an yer
fevther is the fair guide man he always was. Can
ye for Gods love- can We keep the secret T.
Full of terror lest Hilton should return before the
negro Was bidden Janet couid not give Nary time
for thought And Mary would not answer at once
For tho first tire IN her pure ilie ihert came Two
diyergue paths Winch was right 7 MnSi she 0c-
ceive her fa:herf Must she bctray tho convict 7
The delicate brows III their trembling frowD. the
earnest eyes full of doubt looked at Janets offered
But Janet" she said. with the puzzled look still
on her face. when the dog sprang upon me- and
the horrible fear that ne would rush into my room
and find the negro. made me III. IT was my father
who pulled him Oh. my father VINO smiled at me
His face was full of love and seemed to say well
done ms child"
Yes yes. Mary but nae feyther o thine wud do
it, Or any feyiher for that matter Bnt it was only
fancy that We saw your feyther face for Janet
Suddenly remembered liltons orders. An mand
me MARY sure as your teyther knows the mon ~
hero ne will gie him back o his prison. Keep the
secret Mary. Keep the secret my hairn. le
medina lee Yc wrang nae person lonr icyther
will never ask We. Keep the secret aud the mon is
safe Tell it, an the naiger ye believe innocent
mann gang back TO prison
stiil Mary hesita,ed. To bind herself to a secret
from her father seemed n wrong done to him.
Promise quick my hairn. an I'll TAX the mon to
my room an max him easy. lie IL sick-lke to dee.
Promise quick An snrc as God hears me III he
good To HIM n. 10 NV AIN brther'
groan from O'Neal in support of Janets words
hurried MarvS decision. aud still with her trein-
bling irown and unsatisied eyes she said.