Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-05-17

les. said Tommy, breathing more
freely. And it was
About this business | had to tell
her, yon know. said Jim, looking straight
at him.
All the fear came back into the lads
eyes again. lyon told her-Nancy!" he
gasped Good God You must have been
mad
Il don't think So" said Jim, icily
And would leave that name out of the
| question IL were you-it doesn't sound
well. Well. as to telling your sister, os
q matter Of fact, did not tell her-shs
found it out"
"HowT' Tommy hardly spoke above q
whisper, and his heart began to beat 30
fast that he was nearly suffocated.
We'll, naturally told her that was
not the man who murdered Owen"
"Well:'
And then she expressed great anxiety
lest might fall under suspicion again
| So, in order TO reaSsure her. and rot IN
any way TO let light in uIon you. | told
| her that could safely establish my limo
ecnoc ci Any time. Naturally she pressed
me to do so ut once. particularly as your
father although he believes In me him
| self, will not consent to our marriage
until all fear Of my Danger Is at al end
and then | had to tell her that. for the
! sake of this mans relatives. I was bound
| to keep silence She did not SEQ tt
An. girls are SO bcastly selfish
| Tommy broke III ITS the way they're
brought up
Perhaps So. said Jim. dryiy How
! ever. sic did not see il, and even wont 60
far as to say that she should tell your
father and get tho mystery cleared up
somehow; and then | had to say that l
would not have your father know 1t for
eny consideration. and she guessed"
There wGs long ard death like silence
but at last Tommy looked up. "And
what is sue going TO dor he asked
Nothing" returned Jim She Is go
ing to wait But she charged me to tell
you that she forbears only for your
fathers sake; that she has neither pity
nor mercy for you; that. but for him. she
would willingly deliver you up to justice
tomorrow. And she says that. Just go
far as Is necessary to blind your father
10 further That II you at any time d.
the smallest thing that she disspproves
she will 20 TO your father at onco and tell
him everything; and sho told me to re-
min., you that she Is bound by no promise
| u Sui0to you, h1lo LIE uO teoSOu IoC Cou-
cealment."
For some time Tommy sat staring into
| the FIRE place blankly. trying hard to re-
cover from the blow which Beautiful
Jims words had dealt him; but at last he
looked up.
Am [ to spend the rest Of my life In
purgatory under Nancys thumb" he
I'm afraid that. about IT," returned
jim. stolldly.
But tell you It was an accident. a
pure accident. he persisted. miserably.
''Ohi yes. Of course; most murders
are" replied Jim. quietly. 1T couldn't
be your fault for pitching Q seven. pound
dumb bell at Owen when his back was
turned. but poor dear Owens fault for
getting In the way Of It. believe that's
generally the way with murders; but, un.
fortunately. turymen are such internal
blockheads that they can't often be got
to look at the matter In the right light.
It's devil Of . nuisance, Of course, but
there the juries are. and their decision is
law"
Life wont be worth having" Tommy
groaned. abjectly.
Neither would It at Portland. even If
you got let Of 70 easily as that" returned
Jim. with what Tommy designated In his
own mind a. unfeellng brutality. "And
you should have thought Of that. you
know. before you took to sbying dumb
bells about"
| And then all at once, and without warn.
sonvulsiveiy for some minutes.
| Its too hard, {" he burst out, that nv
whole life should b ruined like this. /
tell you I'd no idea, no notion, not the
smallest. Of killing the fellow. He always
was . contrary. cfossgrained brute
Take care, take care" muttered Jim
between his teeth.
He was-perhAps not to you, but to me
from the very first and always" Tommy
cried. passionately. "And that day, after
spying and busying himself about my pri
vGte affairs, which had and could have had
nothing to do with him, he goaded me
almost-almost," 6ercely-"nay, alto
gether to madness by his cold, icy, super.
cilious. damnahle airs. ! was mad when
did that. but mad % I was, had never
thought Of killing him; ! sweer never
had" g.4
"At the same time" said Jim, frisidly.
you would find 1t uncommonly difficult
70 persuade jury to look at It in that
~ know it," Tommy rejoined, wretch.
edly, ''butsdo you think ever forget 1T
Night and day. alike, have that horrible
thud In my ears, and Owens dead face, as
saw it In the morning. before my eyes
good heavens. mani don't you think that
Idont suffer It still every DAY, every hour,
~, every moment Of my iifef
"No. don't. returned Jim, no more
moved by this outburst Of passion against
. self wrought fatc than he would have
been by blue bottle fly buxzing up and
down window pane Il saw you In tho
Winter Garden an hour ago. and pom my
soul. even knowing you as well as do,
was astonished at your powers Of enjoy.
ment-I was indeed"
| You told me yourself" cried Tommy.
6ercely. THAT was to look Is usual. that
iwas mot to So about looking hang dog
$50 ! did; but never expected to see
you take up your little Alrtations again
with quite the xest you displayed this af-
ternoon. However, it's 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
b sate, though, Of course, one can never
tell what may or may not turn up,
don't think You need imagine that she Is
going TO mako your life . burden to you,
tor really don't believe ahe will ever
want to sec you. or be in any way mixed
up with you again. / think what she
means BY your doing anything that she
disapproveo' u the chance that you might
want to maTy-the girl at the Ducks
Tall, for instance"
"Ohl that IL altogether out Of the ques-
mn{A Sv, a
with last Of the Earles" air about him.
Eyes, I'm sure It Is" said Jim. 'for
Miss Meeking simply would not look at
you now. All tho same, I don't think
your sister would stand you marrying any.
body: she wouldn't think It right to let
any lady 60 blindly into such mine rs o
marriage with you would be. Least OF
All would aha ALLOW. your marrying one of
saS % . aaa eSstSsss lse your at
"Icsn't go what diference"-Tommy
began. when Jim cut him short.
DO You think yeu are 1T to marry any
good woman he asked "Why, you
know IS well - I do. that II any one of
the Leslie family had the least idea Of the
truth, they would shun you as they would
shun leper. You know 1t; so DO warned
IN time. and b sure that your sister
would ncver allow . marriage with ono Of
them to take place without fully acquaint-
ing Mr.. Leslie Of your pest. Idare saw it
Is hard on you-wiekedness and crime do
fall heavily On those who commit them,
and very properly too. And Ill tell you,
carlo. the very first thing you've rot to
do to make your life better than Il Is now.
aud your mind easier-that IL, get rid OF
The false idea you've cajoled yourself into
h0li0Vfn0 Of 0wunya doath ho;ur a., aoc;