Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-27

ant. race oawred melting tenderness
which bewiidered and maddened him.
Altheai do you mean that might have
had the love that / would have given my
lite for, and now have lost forever
Not might have had, LYMAN You
have it; il you care for the gift, You shall
have it forever
It was the penalty Of his sin that that mo-
ment, which should have held for him the
greatest bliss of life, was fraught quite as
much with pain and shame.
Oh, queen of my heart 70 he murmured
with tears in his eyes. "Can you then for
give met Can you believe in me againa''
Certainly she could give him no greater
proof than she had already done, for had she
not put aside pride and maidenly reserve to
oher, with her own white hand, the priceless
boon which he in his disgrace would never
have asked for!
Presently cloud came over his face
"Have you thought what the future will
hold for me, Althea.-public disgrace, even
imprisonment, if those I have wronged
choose to bestow that punishment upon me. I"
You have done the right thing in con-
Tossing your error; let what will come OF it,
it car. make no difference between US. -
But at that very moment Mr.. Everleigh
was summing up the case against him in
these words:
He has done wrong, undoubtedly, Mr..
Starr; and yet the wrong seems to me to be
more against himself than either of US. He
has not.defrauded me of one penny; he has
restored every thing, and, besides, has given
all his energies to the business, and put il
on basis where I could not have placed il
in this time. trust you are disposed to be
lenient with him. For my part, though
confess that was shocked and disappointed
shall give him every chance to redeem this
one false STEP"
"Whatl even to retaining him in posi-
ton of trusts"
"Most assuredly. have not lost my
confidence in Lyman"
"Well, if you take that stand, I car
scarcely do less. The fact that he only
robbed us of his own property, presumably
leaves me free to say, give the young maj
| his chance. By the way. this young mar
| declines to let US do as much for him
| though in his case the fault lay with u.s."
at is enough that am fully indicated
/ said Norris, quietly.
| (which you are, and the company ha.
| lost a valuable hand, to your gain, sir" a.
| he turned back to Mr.. Everleigh. 6
would be different in Childer's case had hi
belonged to that other lot.''
sYou have secured them all except In
got:"
| ayes, and between Stones confession
/ and Red Toms statements. will make shor
work of them. You have been unfortunat
In your employees, Mr.. Everleigh; that eg
bool-keeper is a bad lott
"As the street urchins say, you have m
there Yet / don't think Ingot will do nue.
harm of himself. 1t is the pernicious influ
| ence he would have upon such men as Ed
| son that makes him dangerous. Well,
don't ask you to spare him if you cate
him"
But catch Mr.. Ingot they did not. H
faded out of their knowledge and was hear
from no more, but atter-explanatlon
brought out the fact that he had been tn
author of the anonymous note which Althe
| had received.
"Iam ashamed now to confess that cree
tied it to you, Lyman she acknowledged
"But you know you were jealous of Norri
about that time. l thought you wanted
undermine him as rival, though the ide
was absurd HIS preference was apparen
enough from the first"
THAT note was the product of Jealousy
nevertheless. 1 have no doubt but lingo
wanted to get Bergman out of the way q
his rival"
"I lam glad that you have overcome you
| dislike to Norris"
| Will never get 10 the emu oi my Col
LESSONS, fear. 1t was not so much di:
like, as that could not help comparing m.
self with him to my great disfavor. Their
Is no one to whom could give my darlin
sister so willingly"
"They are very happy; think, almost O
happy as we are"
"Happler, my Althea, for they hay
nothing to regret But even Norris ca
| never be so blessed as / am"
To which assertion Norris would, yer
probably, have taken exception had b
opinion been asked.