The sun., 1891-11-08

spirit In the demoniac among the e0mbs HeWao
in such misery with his longing for his children.
that he thought It must show In his face: and
he made feint Of having to rise and arrange
his overcoat SO that he could catch sight OF
himself in the mirror at the end OF the car. His
face betrayed nothing: 1t looked. as Il always
did. like the face Of o kindly. respectable man.
a afnancially reliable face. the face OF o leading
citizen. He gathered courage and strength
from It to put away the remorse that was de-
vouring him. II that was the way he looked
that was the way he must be: and he could
only be leaving those so dear to him for some
good purpose. He recalled that his purpose
was to clear the name they bore from the
cloud that must foil upon It; to rehabilitats
himself: to secure his creditors from final
loss This was q good purpose. the best pur-
pose that man In his place could have: ho
recollected that he was to be careful Of his
life and health. because he had dedicated
himself to this purpose.
Undetermined to keep this purpose steadily
in mind. not to lose thought Of II for An instant:
1t was his only refuge. Then new anguish
seized him: doubt that swiftly became cer-
tainty: and he knew he had signed thnt de-
spatch Northwick and not Warwick: he saw
Just how his signature looked on the yellow
MANILA paper Of the telegraph blank. Nowh
saw what fool he had been to think Of send
ing any despatch. He cursed himself under
his breath. and in the same breath he humbly
prayed to God for some way Of escape His
terror made 1t certain to him that he would be
arrested as soon as he reached Wellwater.
That would 10 the next stop. the con-
ductor told him. when he halted him with tho
question on his way through the cara The
conductor said they were behind time. and
Northwick knew by the frantic pull Of the
train that they were running to mako up tho
loss. 1t twould simply be death to Jump from tho
car. and he must not die. he must run tho risk.
In his prayer he bargained with God that II
He would let him escape. he would give every
thought. every breath to making up the loss OF
his creditora He half promised to return tho
money he was carrying away. and trust to his
own powers. his business talent in new aeld.
to retrieve himself. He resolved to hide HIM
self as soon as he reached Wellwater. Il would
be dark. and he hoped that by this UNDER
standing with Providence he could elude the
officer in getting out Of the car But II thers
were two. one at each end Of the carp
There was none. and Northwick walked away
from the station with the other passengers.
who were going to the hotel near the station
for supper. In the dim light Of the failing day
and the village lamps, he saw with kind Of
surprise the deep snow. and felt the strong.
still cold OF the winter land he had been
journeyinG into. The white drifts were every
where: the vague level OF the frozen lake
stretched away from the hotel like sea Of
snow: on It's edge lay tho excursion steamer
in which Northwick had one summer made the
tour Of the lake with his family. long ago.
He was only few miles from the Canadian
frontier: with rebound from his anxiety. no
now exulted in the safety he had already ex-
perienced. He remained TRANQUILITY eating
after the departure of the Montreal train was
L. 1,Ak al
head waiter came to him and said. Your
trains Just going. sir"
"Thank you," he answered. I'm going out
on the Quebec line" He wanted to laugh. in
thinking how he had baffied fate Now II any
inquiry were made for him 1t would be ct the
Montreal train before it sta tod. or at the next
station. which was still within the American
border on that line. But on the train for Que
bee. which would reach Stanstead In half On
hour. he would be safe from conjecture. even.
thanks to that despatch asking for chair on
the Montreal Pullman. The Quebec train
was slow in starting. but he did not care:
he walked up and down the platform and watt
cd patiently. He no longer thought with anx-
iety of the long all-night ride before him. II
he did not choose to keep straight on to Que
bec. he could stop ut Lenoxville or Shsrbrooke
and take up his journey again the next day.
At Stanstead he ceased altogether to deal with
the past in his thoughts. He was now safe
from 1t beyond any possible peradvonture. and
he began to plan for the future. He had pre-
pared himself for the all-night ride. II he
should decide to take 1t. with cup Of strong
coffee at Wellwater. and no was alert In every
faculty. His mind worked nimbly and dooilely
now. with none OF that peryersity which had
troubled him during the day with the fear that
he was going wrong in It His thought was
clear and quick. and 1t obeyed his will like
part Of it: that sense Of duality In himself NO
longer agonized him. He took . calm and
prudent survey Of the work before him; and
he saw how essential 1t was that he should
make no false step. but should act at every
moment with the sense that he was merely
the agent Of others In tho effort to retrieve his
losses.
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