Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-09
THE OCT0ROON|
4 s70HY cs sLA VERY DAYS.

she poin ed { o Silas Craig as she spoke. ami the lawyer quaiied beneath her flashing glance. For moment he ahran!1 back abashed and powerless to reply to the Spanish girls disda;nsul words, then recovering himself with an effort, he said, with an assumed air oe meekness:
 Donna Camilla is pleased to be severe. We lawyers are certainly not over-trusting in our fellowmen-wc are too often deceived; but 1 thought might safely trust the protege of Don Juan Moraquitos. I did not think to find him a thief"
 .Liar!" cried Paul Lisimon. "Das- tard You know that I am no thief. You know the base plot which has been planned by you-from what motive l know not-for my destruction. Now that all is past, l can see the base scheme from the very first. Your pre- tended confidence; your desire that l should remain alone in your office to re- ceiye sum of money which you might have as we'll received yourself; your trusting me with the key--of which, you say, you have no duplicate; your simu- lated friendship, and your affected sur prise this morning upon missing the caSket containing the money; all these are so many links in the chain of infalny which you have woven around me; but through all defy you. The money was taken from the office by no common rob- Der; it was removed either by you, or by an agent ill your employ
 1.-The inner office has but one door,, answered Silas Craig, you possessed the 1. only key of that doOr-nay. more, the muiatto boy, Marcus, slopt in the clerk 8 office and must have heard anybody, who attempted to enter the inner cham Der. Heaven knows,' eJaculated Sllas, sanctimoniously, "how much grief feel at the discovery of such baseness ill the adopted son of my most respected client i; bat guilt such as yours must not Tor the benefit of society, go unpunished. Paul Lisimon turned from him with a gesture of loathing, and addressed him. self to Don Juan.
 "You hear this man." he said, "you hear him, yet you surely do not believe one word he utters. Look in his face, on which liar Is branded in unmistak- able characters, by the hand of Heaven and then believe him if you can. My patron, my benefactor, friend and pro- tector of my otherwise friendless youth. has any one action of my life, since l have shared the shelter of your roof, and eaten your bread-has any one action of my life given you reason to believe me l the base and guilty wretch this man | woa!d have you think me? Speak, i'm | nlore you"
 The !cuug Mexican waited with 1 clasped hniids for Don Juans reply. The 1 Spaniard eoldly avcrted his face. II | seemed as if he, too, shrank from meet | ing that noble countenance. | circumstances speak too plainly, MT | Lisimon," he said; "facts are incontro- | vcrtible-they are stronger than words, ! f, boil .'Thay force you to believe that the | man, wAo has been reared beneath youl l own protection, has been guilty of an act l worthy of one of lhe swel!-rno bsiaen, oI l experienced burglars of New Orleans l One word more, Don Juan Moraquitos- 1 it IS the last with which shall troubls you"
 l .'I listen," replied the Spaniard. 1 "I appeal to you by the memory of the l dcaI--by the memory of him who wa; 1 more than a father to ine-by the mem ] ory of the last nour Of Don Tomast 1 Ciivelli"
 1 It seemed as if the sound of this nam l struck upon tho most sensitive chord i, .he nature of the naughty Spaniard. Ht l started as if he had been shot. and drop l ping into q chair that stood near hin l buried his face in his hands. sllas Craig
 lifted his eyes With a glance of piou l horror.
 This is horrible v' he exclaimed; ''th l guilty wretch daras to call upon the nam 1 of the dead, dares to wound his nobl | benefacto:'S ecn>i i've heart. Why dela,
 any longer to reason with this hypocGite
 the officers of justice are without, lei l them at once to their duty
 .5ilas Craig opened tue door of th'
 apartment as he i.oke and beckoned t
 three men who were waiting on the stair l ga Q.
 l The police .' exclaimed Paul. 1 "1eS; they have warrant for you
 arrest replied Siias Craig. ''You hav'
 carried it with very high hand. MT
 Paul Lisimon, but you will sleep in jai
 tonight"
 II The young Mexican did not condescen,
 to answer this speech, but, turning t , Don Juan, he said with quiet dignity ''Since this mans accusation appear | to you stronger than my declaration o
 innocence, I cannot blame you, sir. i l believing him. I freely own that tn
 chain of evidence forged against me is
 damning one, but sooner or later tn
 day will come when 1 will shatter tha
 chain, link by link, and prove yonde
 wretch the basest of his kind. In tn | meantime, l would but ask one favor ( you. I have papers and letters Tn m [ own room. which are of priceless valuo t ,ne, suffer me to gather those togeshe before they convey ne to prison.'
 Don Juan had not once lifted his hea
 since the mention of his brother-in- law
 namc. He replied to Pauls request. i l a broken voice.
 Let him take the papers he speak : of," he answered, Il will be responsibl
 for him."
 The principal police officer bowed. q
 will accompany you to your rooms. NJ
 Lisimon," he said, ''and remain with yo
 while you collect those papers" 'Father, father!' exclaimed Camilla
 "can you suffer this-can you allow tn
 companion of my youth to be sent to jn
 as a common felon?'
 ''He merits no other fate, replied Dc
 Juan; ''he has proved himself unworth = the name of an honest man."
 "He has not done so," cried CamiIli,
 "he is innocent!'
 ''What leads you to believe in his inn
 cence?"
 My own instinct" replied the fearle'
 girl.
 Again the brow of Don Juan graw dal
 with fury.
 .Your own instinct!' he exxclaimet
 "beware. girl, do not force mo to , lieve you have another reason for tn,
 defending this man. Do not compel II
 to despise you v