The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-06-04


why. has he any money!" she
asked IN surprise.
Yes. some" answered, indefinite
".
Then he must Be- % saving dis
position" she said. musingly. Per
haps he i better man than Thought
Tell me something about him. Frank y
why. what do you want 70 know.
dear. l replied. feebiy.
Where does he live?'s
HE has : room af-ar-20 Ssaunton
place: No II. believe" Icho<e Staun-
ton place upon the inspiration Of the
moment because IL wAs long distance
from where We lived and consisted Of
only two short blocks. 80 I wAs quite
SURE Mabel would never find or pene-
trate them To my great relief she
did not pursue her Investigations fur
Their. bur thre~ me into CONSERVATION
- the table next day BY looking ~ me
vistfully : d saying:
Prank. 4 am quite curious about
your friend. Mr.. Bancroft Does be
look like YOU"
No I szid. giving my imagin alton
rein. he i shorter and Of light com
plexion-"
Docs he wear : bezrds'
Yea = full beard. cropped close. "
What color are MS eyess"
Some foul TEND prompted me to say
he was cross-eyed. and that one organ
Vas blue and one gray.
How very singular" said Mabes
with growing interest II should like
| 10 see him. Tell me about this real e.
| tate scheme"
felt that If l hesitated Twas lost.
and. laying down nv knife and fork.
entered into detailed account Of . -
| ries Of fictitious investments concem-
plated by Bancroft and myself / did
not originally intend 70 20 % deep. but
her questions drew me out. and each
successive step Wa Necessary for pres
eryation- As walked out OF the from:
| gate felt Ike convicted felon-
| However. the mythical Bancroft was
convenient parsonage. and con-
Guided thai now that l had invented
him and pu, nv foot il H. % 10 speak
! might as well use him to al possible
advantage Consequently Bancroft.
was pleaded night after night with
| great success. although the continued
questioning Of my wife involved me in
tissue Of fzlsehood 50 monstrou= ina;
wzs afraid 70 contemplate il Ban
croft became = piece Of exquisite char
Acter painting As the exigencies OF
| the case demanded I endowed him with
| tastes. habits. prejudiccs and some few
| principles All the details Of hi< con-
stirurion were given the night he wzs
sick and had 70 accompany him 10
his room and stay until two o'clock
Then j, Vas that Mabel learned be was
subject 70 sudden and violent cramps.
epileptc fts. and partial paralysis
The night Re took me TO . poor widow .
Ezrrrt and rescued her from the verge
Of starvation Mabel wept over hi< good
ness 81 heart bat made some suspicious
inquiries ~ ;, the widows personal
Appearance Next night she abused
him sxyAgely because he got drunk and
| had 70 STAY with him aud see. - :
I friend. that be did not get into trouble
About this time ! became alarmed le<>
! she should visit his supposed place OF
business 20 rad him . lecture upon his
habits. and told her be had left Reed
and gone 20 an uptown store. This
neces<itated going into al the details
- 20 why he left. watch / gave shame.
le~<ly. Nv conscience WIS in such 4
condition by THAI time thAf / was les
I troubled over nv fabrication Of com
| plie2ted lies thzn ~as that should
cross myself in some Of them How
| Intricate how manifold and multiplied
they were can D imagined when say
that at the end Of two years M2bel ~.
still unsu<piciouS She nd however,
conceived . violent dislike. growing
| into an utter zbh0rrence. OF the man.
This was engineered bv . peculiar turn
which the nction happened 70 take
| One night the mrs. pencilings Of
dawn were showing in the skies when
returned home had not intended
| 70 stay % late realized with sudden
and humiliaring force that ! was :
brute to leave young girl alone. IN
protected anxious and afraid through
I the long night Ifelt ashamed. morti-
| fed. and above al alarmed for I Wa
well aware that . scene awaited me
With beating heart entered the house
MABEL Vas in bed and turned her head
slightly without looking q me or
| speaking / felt intuitively thai she
Was crying. At that instant any plan.
| any lie. no matter how black. that
would have relieved the poor girls dis
! tres would have seemed noble 20 me
| 50 il Wa with no pAng Of conscience
that | sank into : CHAIR and exclaimed
| ia hollow voice: 20. Mabel. il Won
hsd seen What ] have seen you would
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