The Irish standard., 1888-05-19

that the restless spirit confined in that
wa11o frame could find its best relief in
giving up the strife. He pifietl him, and
tried to speak q few words Of encourage
mant.
MIR Eyerleigt never passed a harsh judy
nent upon you. l myself heard him say
that he believed you were at the worst only
a tool in the hands Of some bolder villain
who had benefited more by his loss than
you did"
Shadows Of remorse and self-accusatiors
da,kened The haggara countenance.
emo, Twas not q tool, though was meant
to he one. ii is no excuse that the te1npter
came to me. No one is responsible tor what
did put nlyself-myself alone, have not
forgotten that have something to be CRATE
fui for to you, young man. Will 1t be any
return for your kindness to lay bare the
mistakes Of my life, that they may sorve as
a warning when your hour of temptation
comes ?-as it, does come, believe. to every
man,
sThere is but one thing want to know.
Wait, let me tell you. There is q marriage
arranged to take place tomorrow, when one
Of the sweetest and loyeliest of girls IS to
be sacrificed to q MAN whose coarse nature
and low breeding make him totally u1l~
worthy Of her, If there is nothing WORSE
And have strongly suspected that there
was worse Of Hiram Ingot"
"Ingot!' The man in the chair started
visibly. and The a1roldering fires in his great
hollow eyes sprung to 8 fame. s. 1t WIS he
who tempted me, who showed me how easy
it would be to get away Nltt1 enough money
to live in luxury all my lifebut I was
sharp enough to divine chat he
meant to make me the csts-paw
and share the proceeds. ] cheated him by
making eff before he thought me PINNED to
the sticking point. He is not the man fos
such & girl as you describe, but if it &C.
ponds upon showing him guilty OF conf
plicity in the act-~he was not. [ was alone
in that"
".Alone? Then what was the hold he had
upon Lyman Childer? by the way, had
better tell you III has come out that you
were hidden in The bank that night. Did
you DO for Lyman? You may be suspected
OF it. unless You can prove conclnsiyely
that another man fired that shot,
"Anothcr man did fire it, J. swear; de-
clared Edison, huskily, his features working
and frame qusvering with some overnas-
tering emotion. Before he could conquer
it, or say more, steps came at the door, and
Norris opened it to admit his uncle, accom-
panied by MIR. Everleigh At sight OF the
latter, Edson trembled still more He rose,
lettering, to his feet, took Il step forward
and fell on his knees before the employer
he he'd wrouged.
::Oh, sir; forgive-f forgiven
It was the bitter cry of a repentant sinner,
and the stern face Of the banker softened
somewhat us. with touch and word, be
commando! the man to rise.
"Before we talk of forgiveness, you
must tell NE what this is you are charging
10 Lyman. and take care how you in,pli,
cate one whom [ trust You declare that
you sent back those funds to hing
81 did, sir. l dared not address you CT.
rect. I was ILL., at Deaths door, but / did
not want to die. Iwanted to live and earn
pardon fo, the wrong I had done. did moi
tell HIM that when wrote to him about the
trust Lmeant to put in his hands He believed.
as others did. that was in my grave when
the package was SENT but 1t was another
man who dled and was buried in my name.
With the weight of that i'll gotten money Oh
my mind. grew better at once, and came
back to find that another crime had followed
nine that the money had never been
returned to your hands,
Norris, listening, made an involuntary
movement.
uHow did YOU send this package you speak
of-by express?"
"By express, with its contents disguised
for feared giving clesY to the detectives
who were watching for me-
"Then. Mr.. Everleigh, your money was
stolen. as you will readily remember, be-
fore it ever reached Lynlanis hand"
Uncle Amos laid restraining touch on
the young mans arm.
"Hush! Wait You don't know all"
s;Mr. Bergman has told you how his
nephew found NELL, penniless, despair.
ing, and how he fatho1ned my secret
through my delirious rawlings. I realized
something Of this when my head came
right, but was cunning and would not lei
them see how fast I was recovering.
81 watched my chance to escape and came
here. I had heard the two talking When
they supposed me unconscious. knew that
Lyman Childer had core into money and
bought an interest in the firm, but there
was something vyrong . He was too thick THO
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