Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-04-28

| cuuldnt uuc,t Nuii this evening. l la,
thi, engagement. lii, since Ne hay,
met. let ~ exchange our confidence
now. Mf Parker
What in thr name of all fhc fcnd
Jo you mean 10y thi. outng,T cried th'
old man. throughly cnngrd "lsslcas.
mc."
40. .ail Ton. I'VE cant do that
We're top glal g. soc you. wcarc afrai,
yOu would have "a lloys. ~ mAkcsu
~ his siay ius anil Spending the cvcnin,
With ~. pot pair ~ handcuf. on him.
Tiis Wa done at once.
"Now. sail Tom with ,n,fiahlc sweet
nss-. shall we nave cur exchange oI
coaddcncc., Give tlc gentleman a chair
boy. Take lat. Mr. Parker"
The old man fhirly func,l With rage.
'Sii dowu. aid Tom The old man
refused.
Tom pushed him down. sayingi
"Whrn u.I,r courtcsics to q gentle
man intend hr shall arcrpi them. anl
~orry Mis. Annie rsmplelon could no,
await your coming. Shc hal pressing
sn.ag,neuts elsewhere. She las gOnc
with Mr liUiuupos Had ,hc only known
ins tender soliciiude yuu manifested
toward Der. / ana not quite esTiain buI
shs would nave remained"
The oil man vas sp---chisss withrag
"Youf other fnenl j. here. however
NJ. Scar Ton johnny. hat lust now he
!. viih two of NV friends IN an adloin'
ins r,om. They ar cngagoiin an argu'
m,nt on il- value q silence. The argu'
nicnt i ,niorr,l b, my friends. AMI hr
Scar.Top Johnny - Ius, nov living "a.
f.,nsnt u its truth. AM al-n there H
Ne Fountin Ia. u hrrr t0o.-
fountain at TN. saI th- 81 man.
complrtsiy thfUsn 20 his guard
u know. kn1v All rom. sith
slal.r,te f.,Iiirnrss. "NpuwrIts eleven.
hut "a .hauiI write nlur, plainly. lie
fs.I u ten Tho eruf un be Iaft sAs
ra,uaIlt
u. oli man sas D. bal ulaals q fatal
a.iui..i1n. lls rr,eng-d him-slf by ssy.
INK
.Cur-. yui 90 an iuirlisnt dog
'Oh. thank $50. ihank 80, returned
Tum. iuslnE
n.n. drorp,ns he. lanisrng ious. 10
AL nfurIr
ulros CAP , oar hsnl, you shiie haired
n-.l INV yuur shsle zane
Noasc "a q deal o. answer Co.. bui
you,e rui tbis consolation. that youf
pan .hmfut &C. the rr,aiFf crime viil
make that &C. tlio rrsi imps=-ibls
.Oh. inir-si'- che OIL man AZ lat
fuuni yuicy O. ssy "Noaug ~, s,il
yu1 trll ms why you maitrrat ms thusf
"T,ll youl -. " va siil tsll ms
why va maliucaici Annie Tcmplsion
by abiuciing hcT
"Oh. I think yuu vill have o. prove
that Thee gsntismsn De- n0t sc.m 10
l.. oiIicsf. - the law Pcfhap. you viii
.hos me your warrant Tor thc-e proceed
tngs ana afraid, young sif. you vii
nnd Il difficult II prof that have alb
ducte,l ans young lady.
Tom was staggered by the coolncss oi
the ull scamp IL was true that the last
man be- exTsctci % scc there was Parker.
ONLY that morning be had proved 10 his
own satisfacti0n that Parker was not
oonccrn,, ia the plot. and had won Ilol'
brook a. his way of thinking. lie had
leap-.l to the conclusion he now enter
tainsd on socing Parker enter While
be- vas certain he was night, still the
thought flashed acro,s his brain that the
Willy old man had procured the abduc-
tion while covering his own tracks.
lie rallied. however. In a moment, and
all the morc quickly a. be saw from the
snc,r and the look oi triumph In the
wicked old eyes that Parker had real
iked what was passing through his mind.
"My old man. returned Tom. "rm not
at los for reasons for taking you To the
police II not for the abduction, why
then for falsely personating a clergyman
and marrying an assumed Mr. Fountaini
II not for that. then for falsely person
ating a clergyman again and marrying
the assumed Mr. Fountain under ths
name of simpson 10 another woman.
I'm the name of all the dends. how do
you know all this. boyf' screamed ths
old man.
"And then continued Tom. there |,
the blaekmailing Of Mr. Pierson foi
years"
The oil man glared at him.
"And then there IL the fraudulent ALL
,lavit aud subOrnation Of perjury In the
claim of Preston against the Pierson
estate"
The oil man auailed before Tom. The
accumulation Of charges was beginning
To tell
Then there Is the abduction Of Mrs
Templeton."
"slop. stop cried the old man. have
you got her tooy'
lit was as easy to find her," replied
Tom unblushingly. "as 10 find th'
daughter. And then"--
'.slop. stop" cried the oil man, over
whclnc,l. "Ilave pity on a poor mis-
guided old man"
"Therc Is just one thing more J shoulC
Ike to mention"--
"stop. stop" moancd the old man.
-"And that u the murder of Temple
ton
The OH man looked up.
II never dill that. Heaven knows
that l. the truth. ! never did that.
confess the rest. confess the abduc
ton Of Annie Tcmpleton and her mother
but blood has never stained thes'
hands No. Il was not until after The
death % Templeton. not until after
had bearJ Of it. ani knew what its effec
was. that conceived the idea OF seixins
and conccaling these women and press
ing Prcston's claim. No. I'm not guilty
Of that"
"you old rascal. don't lie 10 me,
cried Tom angrily. II know the who'll
plot. Why. you hoary headed villain
if we could 20 hack TO the dark days O
English vengeance. and not only ham
but draw and quarter you, you woul'
not get half the punishment you Dc
s<rvs'"