Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-01

since my marriage You must have often
wondered what / did with my money
Allan, how | contriycd to get rid ga that
handsome income which your love had
settled on me. You know now. 1t was
not spent ON private charities ~ you fan
cied. II was not from motives of beneNo-
lem that stiuted myself Of those luXu-
res women love 1t was my worthless
son who drained my purse and squandered
your money in gambling clubs and ON
race courses
"Nour SOM
ayes. my son, Stuart Mackenzie's son,
who, God help him, has inherited all stu
art MaCkenzie's vices including the ca
pacity for murder My son, who may before
long be standing in the criminal dock to
be tried for the crime of that fatal night,
and to bring disgrace upon you through
your wretched wife. He was not
drowned. as we thought, in the Fri
King" He wrote to me from san Fran
cisco within two months of my marriage.
He had seen the announcement in an En-
glish paper. and he congratulated me on
my good fortune and my power to help
him. From that time to this his letters
have been one long series of demands. |
have complied, weakly, hopelessly, ready
to grant anything rather than to let you
know my trouble, rather than that you
ST. aid feel ashamed of your wifes son
lie is mine, you know, my very own, my
| flesh and blood. No diShOnor can touch
him that does not cast its shadow upon
me ! could not bring myself to confess
how low he has fallen. If | had told you
anything | must have told you all. pre-
ferrcd to keep my secret, and in this one
matter to be "A hYpOcrite.'
poor Glare, poor misguided Clare As
| if should fail you, love. Why would
have stood by you and helped you if you
had been the mother of half a dozen
scampish sons
"Ah, you are so good But wanted to
spare you all trouble and worry"
And so worried yourself out of health
and spirits All wrong, Glare, said Sir
Allan, gently.
al tried. under these conditions, to do my
duty to my wretched boy, tried to be his
adviser and guide to put him in an honor
bly, way of life. gave him the means of
! living like a gentleman; the leisure 90 cul-
| tivate the profession of his choice. re
| fused no request he made me. lent a
willing ear To his promises of amendmen.
All in vain. He was II drunkard and Il
| Camblcr-hS vices were ingrained in him
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self off -, Frcncbman VA, darjnp
nuouph tn talk obout CLAIMING The fultill-
mcnt of her promise directly she came of
are. He asked me for large sum Of
money, which refused; and. while was
absent from the room. he opened the
Japanese cabinet where YOU had put the
the notes.-the must have seen Won from
the balcouy-and was in the act of making
off with them when you entered"
81 understand muttered Sir Allan ar
was the money that made him dr.oerate
had FORGOTTEN nil ohout that money"
"Other people did not FORGET Miss
Darnel brought a detective from London.
and he nut the whole story together"
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without NV permission" exclaimed Sir
/ Allan she brourht the police into the
house while was living unconscious here
That was rather a wide stretch of he,
authority as NV sister"
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