, 1889-05-02

spying ana DuSSIuL IIIuIoUi.
vatc affairs, which had and could have had
nothing to do with him, lie goadcd me
aImost-almost," fierccly-'uay, alto
SctEcr to madness by lis cold, icy, super
cIl!ous, damnable airs. was mad when
did that, but mad as | was, had never
thought Of killing him; | swear / never
had"
AT the same time" said jim, frigidly,
you would find it UnCommOnly difficult
TO persuade jury to look at 1t IN that
light"
Il know it," Tommy rejoined, wretch.
edlv, "but.do you think l ever forget 1t!
Night and day, alike, | have that horrible
thud in my ears, and Owens dead face, as
! saw il in the morning. before my eyes
coed heavens, man! don't you think that
have SUiicrcda very he'll Of regret and that
IGont suffer it 5. IL every day, every hour,
ay, every moment Of my life!"
No, don't" returned Jim, no more
moved by this OUtbUrst of passion against
a self wrought fate than he would have
been by blue bottle ty buzZing up and
down a window pane. i saw you in the
Winter Garden an hour ago, and pom my
soul, even knowing you as well as do l
was astonished at your powers OF ENJOY
ment-I was indeed"
You told NE yourself" cried Tommy,
| fercely, that ! was to look as usual, that
WIS not TO 60 about looking hang dog
| and wretched."
SO did; but never expected to see
you take up your little flirtations again
| with quite the Zest you displayed this al
| ternoon. However, it's no use going over
| the old ground again and again IN this
| way. l have given you your sisters mes
sage. and, for the present. you appear to
| be safe, though, of course, one can never
| tell what may or may not turn up, i
| don't think you need imagine that she IS
| going to make your life 4 burden TO youI
| 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 your doing anything that she
disapprovcs' is the chance that you might
want to marry-the girl at the Duck Z
! Tail for instance
| ''UnI that Is altogether out of the ques-
| tion," said Tommy, in 4 relieved tone and
with Il last of the Earles" air about him.
Yes, I'm sure it is" said Jim, ''foI
Miss Mcelling 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 LEI
any lady go blindly into such mine as q
marriage with you would be. Least oi
4 y
the Lcslies. so you had better let your at
tentions cool off in that quarter"
Il can't see what difference"-Tommy
| began when Jim cut him short.
DO you think you are fit to marry any
| good womanI" ho asked. "Why, you
know as well as do, that if any one OF
the Leslie family had the least idea of the
truth, they would shun you as they would
| shun leper. You know it; so be warned
in time, and be sure that your sister
would never allow q marriage with one oi
| them to take place without fully acquaint.
ing Mr.. Leslie of your past. dare say il
| is hard on you-wickedness and crime dc
fall heavily on those who commit them
and very properly too. And I'll tell YOU
Earle. the very first thing you've got te
do to make your life better than it is now
| and your mind easier-that is, get rid OF
| the false idea you've cajoled yourself into
believing of Ovens death being an acci
| dent: it was no more an accident than my
asking your sister to marry me was an ac
cident, so the sooner you acknowledge the
truth to yourself and try to conquer that
cowardlyj temper of yours, the better
and with these words Jim got up and un
| locked the door, as an intimation tc
Tommy that the interview was at an end