The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-12

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f-,-r-et sse<S it don't make
JtsFfssh much difference
6.EssFsx y where. But am
Z efx7a4 going. and I'm.
ESaMWhxsSs going 10 morrow.
y - .Ss9 And l want you
q v 10 come with me
Percy
And jump my bailf'
"AnI Jump your bail"
II can't do that. Judge hetelle Is
liable"
Haven't | told you that | will settle |
40 your liabilities? Half an hour before
$50 leave New York, l will post a check
ro him for the amount Your friend
Henry Cotton will receive his dues tins
evening. everything shall be paid. And
nc viii be OIL together and make fort
me. 1T you like
eff went OFF in that way, said Percy,
lftora little thought, everybody would
como 10 the conclusion that was guilty
ana feared conviction
"Nou are not guilty, are you1
80"
But Won DO fear conviction, and all
tine moro if you're not guilty than II you
uc That stands 10 reason
.Of course hope not to be convicted
out
Exactly; and now do you know what
think, think there Is a strong proba'
biIiiy-a deuced strong one-that you
Niil be convicted. You can see for your
iclf that Your defense doesn't amount to
.ow of pins. And if once you get into
ril. my boy. YOU arc done for. limo
TENT or guilty makes no difference; you
0.ll have stigma on you that all the
.ear, of your life will never Oblterate
liI were in your place, wouldn't risk
You have an opportunity to escape
..,a and you had better take advantage
.|i
But if / escape judgment will 60
.am-t me by default, and shall nave
hc stigma just the same"
Listen to reason, Percy. To have the
n-ma of being adjudged guilty IS bad
nauah. but what is it compared to being
.dmd,ed guilty and sent to jail into
.hc hargains Ii you were actually guilty
.rf thought you were, the situation
would bee different; but you are limo
.nt. though you can't provo 1t; and
..ins innocent, why should you spenC
.o.or three years in Sing Sing just t'
raiily the spite of Cuthbert Iunstal
l.l li. wifes 10 would be more sensible
,.t... that razor and cut your throat
Vnu are innocent, and you have per
.ect r.sht to avoid being imprisoned j
..u cam. No one will suffer by 1t, am
here Is no telling how much you ma.
ain The robbery Of which you are &C
us.l was committed by somebody, am
,raluhlv by a professional thief. Pro
.osional thicves-pickpockets especial.
are always practicing their trade; AM
sooner or later they are certain to sc
a aucht When tho thief who stol
$ ,irs. mnstalls money Is caught II
ID nore than likely that the truth about tn
robbery may come out; you Will be VII
ne1tcl. and then you may come HON
e. with nving colOrs. But If your vindici
tien came after you had served your tim
h I'm iau it wouldn't do you much good
e not to mention tho positive harm tina
q ia1 life might have done you in I'll
j. meanwhile; people would never torg'
d that YOU had worn the stripes, thong
!. tbev might easily forget whether OF NJ
.r CON had deserved 10 wear them. 81
s- como back with fortune-come oac
d after having made a respectable nan
m for yourself in another part OF the worl
e. or after having simply lived in FIRE
IS dom instead of in bondage and IN u
ID society Of thieyes-and, trust me, yC
Z. will never regret itl This Is not ma
10 ter 10 be treated on sentimental ground
OF it's serious thing-quite as serious as
a ouestion of life and death TO YOU x
o. are innocent. and you have a right
nj vour freedom; that's the case IN u NJ
e. shell. Don't throw away your who
II, career for a figure Of speech!
or ann. ,l- ID ifl .4lul al in-Ai' anu i' '
notbinr by Martins delivery. Ii pr
10 duced an evident impression on Percy.
a "IfI were certain that should be- GO
20 victed." ho muttcrcd. half 10 himself.
ms "vou mas fairly take th,t Tor gran
ai" said Martin. when thereli.5 oe
.or a crime. there must he provided a cnl
he inal. that is the legal maxim. and ID
ON fault of better you will have to.n'
lot the brunt"
nm .It f. not myself, only, that Is TO
all considered Val. my mother and sis
m. are quite %, important
itb IL don't deny BE-: lisa part OF my ars
zen ment You said this afternoon that y
be did not intend 10 see them again ui
,er after YOU were eindicated. Did YOU me
what yoA -aidf
ly. Certainly did
ter 81 thinks YOU were right ia your
. ei-iou. for more reasons than one.
NO if YOU remain in New York You VIII
be- able To- keep your resolution. II
,.h. don't 20 to them obey Will cOmP To )
ron Biu If Won are a thousand or two In
her sand miles away You vii nave no 81
10 embarrassment Ana that isn't all
do bow. Ii YOU were pm, in jail II would
her bad thing Tor Nou, nut u "v"'" 9'"'
: If kill your mother outright and ruin y
sisters prospects as eiIectnally a. y
roy own. Whereas. if you go oil with
elsa YOU and can keep upa corresponds
,ich with them and explain exactly now
.nat case stands. They can watch your ca
rs" step by step. and the knowledge
they are doing So will give YOU the sire
Nv est stimulus To succeed that you CO
IS a have. Meanwhile they viii be water
her. the progress OF affairs here, and a.
,uld a. ANYTHING turns up in your favor
n a can let YOU know and you can act
n 10 cordingly. If there were no other re-
and for jumping your bail. consideration
way your mother and sister would be enou
ge.~ This suggestion practically dec
I Ia Percy Il bsiicve You are right.
ugh he. "hut don't see What right hay
and let you pay all my liabilities. You
,wn. have been friends. Val. but haven