Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-01

far as Is necessary to blind your father.
she sill be to you as she Vas before. but
no further That If you at any time DO
tbs sr1alles; thing that she disapprovss.
she vi. r. 70 -a-- father az cree and tell
him s-vv.-yt Rig. @-1 s,se told TIE to re
r1ind yog liz; SIZE Is bot-nd by 10 promise
to shield III end has 70 reason foe con
eealnelt
For some tine Tommy sat staring into
the Ere place t.ankly, trying hard to re-
cover from the blow which Beautiful
Jin's words had dealt hirs. but =, last be
looked Up
Ar, to spend the rest OF INV life In
purga,ory under Sancys thumb DO
asked. huarseiy
I'm afraid that's about it. returned
jim. stoliGly
"Bu, tell you it was an accident. .
pure accident he persisted. miserably
oh res. Of course. most murders
are - replied jim. quietly III couldn't
be your fault for pitching . seven pound
dumb bell a. Owen wien his back VAS
turned. but poor eea7 Owens fsnlt for
getting in the WY Of /. believe that's
generally tie way with murders. but. IN
fortunately. jurypeu srs such Internal
blockht.a-s that they can't often b. got
to look Ut the matter in the right light
It's devil Of . nuisance. Of course. but
there the lgries are. and their decision Il
law
'Hte won't b, -th having Tommy
groaued. G5Jectly
Neither woa!d s, Portland. even II
you rot let on so c., J., As that. returned
jim. with villa, Tomzay designated in his
F.fi
you should have thought Of that, you
know before you took 10 shying dumb
bells about
And then all at once. and lithout warn
ing Tommy burst out CRYING. and sobbed
eopytilsiyely for some minutes
Z. too hard he burst out. that ny
whole lie should be ruined like this
tell you Id 10 idea, no notion. not the
smallest. OF killing the fellow. He always
was contrary. crossgrained brute
Take care take care. muttered Jim
between his teeth
lie was-perhaps not to you, but TO me
from the very frs, and always. Tommy
cried passionate.y And that day. after
spying ard busying himself about my pri-
vate Affairs, which had and could have had
nothing 10 do with him. he goaded me
almost almost" fercely-'nay. alto
EeiLcr to madness By his cold. lev super
cllious darnnable airs | was mad when
did that. but mad IS was. had never q
thought Of killing him, | swear | never
had
AT the same time said jim fricidly,
'you would find it uncommonly difficult
to persuade a jury to look at it in that
light
/ know ii. Tommy rejoined. wretch
eddy, but do you think ever forget 1t?
Night and day. alike. have that horrible
thud in my ears. and Owen dead face as
| saw it in the morning, before my eyes
good heavens, man! don't you think that
have suffered very hell Of regret and that
ldont suffer it still every day every hour.
ay. every moment of my life?''
no. ! don't" returned Jim. no more
moved by this outburst Of passion against
self wrought fate than he would have
been by blue bottle fy buzzing up and
own winGow pane. II saw you in the
Winter Garden an hour ago. and pom my
soul. even knowing you as well as do, l
was fstoi.i9hed at your powers of enjoy
nent-l was indeed"
You told mo yourself" cried Tommy,
ecrcrl,. that was to look as usual. that
| was not to 90 about looking hang dog
ari wretched,"
80 did but never expected to see
you take up your little ilir,ations again
with quite the zest you displayed this at
teruoon However. it 5 no use going over
the old ground again and again in this
way have given YOU your sisters mes
sage, and. for the present. you appear to
be safe tlou h. OF course, one can never
tell what may or may not turn up. |
don't think you need imagine that she is
going to make your life burden to you.
for really don't believe she will ever
want to see you. or be in any way mixed
up with YOU again think what she
means by yoIr doug ANYTHING that she
disapproves is the chance that you might
want to rlarry-the girl At the Ducks
Tail, for instance
On. that is altogether out Of the ques
ton said Tommy in a relieved tone and
with last of the I.ar.cs" air about him
Yes, I'm sure it is, said Jim. for
Miss Meeking simply would not look At
you now All the same. don't think
your sister would stand you marrying any
body, she wouldn't think it right to lot
any lady go blindly into such mine As .
marriage with you would be Least Of
all would she allow your marrying one Of
the Leslies, 80 you had better let your at
tsntions cool off in that quarter
"lcant see what difference Tommy
began. when Jim cut him short.
do you think you are ct 10 marry any
good woman lie asked Why. you
know as well as 60, that II any ono Of
the Leslie family had the least idea Of the
truth. they would shun you Is they would
shun = leper You know it; so Ike warned
in time and be sure that your sister
would never allow a marriage with one OF
them to take place without fully acquairt-
ing Mr. Leslie of your past. dare say it
is hard On you-ulCkedness and crime do
fall heavily on those who commit them,
and very properly too And Ill tell you.
Earle. the very first thing you We got to
do to make your life better than ii is now.
and your mind easier-that is, get rid Of
tho false idea you ve cajoled yourself into
believing OF Owens death being IN acct
dent; it was no more al accident than my
asking your sister to marry nc was an nc
eidcut So the sooner you acknowledge the
truth to Yourself ana tiy 10 conquer that
eoward!y temper of yours. the better
and with these words Jim got up and IN
locked i.e door. as All intimation to
Tommy that tine interview was at m end.