The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-25

| VOW in his heart 20 be careful IN futur:
! not 70 overrun bis due allowances Of port.
| And what about the ring, sir" ass ed 3
q, very grateful to the barOuet for MS cold
! comfort.
Tho words. ut was given to Mr. For
roster by my daughter" were almost upon
/ sir Lewreace's lips, but Iustlnc rather than
actual reasoning made him VISA To Keep Tue
! fact Of that daughters engagement sec ct
/ for the present. So he IbsJllu ell Instead g,
1 called at one or two jewelers. on my way
| to the station"-the had, indeed, done So, 20
/ order some trinkets for Nellie and was
! lucky enough TO ind the very ung my h.tIe
| girl bad lost. 1t must Lave ueel stolen
/ from her and sold, as l sl-m SOD. 1 H.
| trusted it to Mr.. Forester O. bri 20 uer'
| And wondering little Nellie iet the ring
! pressed upon her finger.
! The tale was plausible enough, Tor IL en-
| tirely agreed with Lees protest th@t IL was
not his at all.
Even Nellie felt that, for had they not de-
! cided that the rug must BE- sa'Fu4cei lor
the sake OF her love aud her Io'er' "hon,
as she had not spoken, sac dlu not recognizes
in Ar. Forester.
Already. III her delight in having 1t re-
stored 20 her, she did not forget TO rel ice
! that IN her new position the difficulties
y hich had before divided chem seemed to
have passed away.
inns satisfied that he Lad fully repaired
! all the evil he had uninte .tiJnaliy brought
about. Sir Lawrence felt his heart once
] more iight within him-even the fears that
| ia defeating Royals plans for the lads dis
| DOssl be might be causing fresh difficult
| ties vanishing before the thought that he
had rescued entirely from shame ard dis
grace bis child's lover.
But the happiness was short-lived.
Royal seemed to have read his thoughts
n
cred strength Of will enough TO try and
make his escape before The denouement
which must come when protege and bene-
factor stood face to face, as in a moment
they must do.
~ am glad the affair has ended so
pleasantly" he said, with poor attempt a
a smile, land as have already overstayed
my time, l think I'll be getting on my way
to my chambers
With a shake of the hand to Mr. Havi-
land and a word apart with Sir Lawrence, he
departed, followed by B 81. That word
apart froze the Rats blood In his veins,
turned his heart to lead, aud kept him
spell bound.
You tool you don't know what you
have douel When toe lad sees you, you are
ruined. 1t is Leonard FerretW
1t was the tricksJer's turn to be trapped :;
flight, the only safety open to hun, was i'm
Indeed, there was no time, for almost as
Royal left the room, Leo. treasured by the
departure Of his enemy, lifted his head.
Words of wonder and thanks we're on his
lips but he did not utter them. His eyes
fell upon the crippled, detormsd figure
standing not many feet away from him,
and like it, he seemed turned to stone, e
low, agonized My God!" falling from mis-
lips.
Nellie's listening ears caught the sound of
his voice.
Leo" she cried. letting 20 her fathers
arm to hold out her hands with a cry Of Joy,
are you therei Come to mel All, come to
meln
He did not obey. He could not. But the
sound of her voice broke the spell upon
him, the spell of horror, whom, as in a
dream, but one ten times more real, more
terrible than any before, he stood face to
face with-his victim or victims ghost.
for moment his heart bounded up in his
breast with one great bound of agony as if
it would leap out of his body entirely, and
then as if a lightning flasn had struck him
he flung up his hands aud fell headlong to
the ground