The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-02-03

there came 10 him the sound OF the
night bell, and, going TO the door, he
found on the step an urchin scarcely
tall enough TO reach the bell. Would
he come to see dad!
".'nO was dad?
"Mr. BY, what lived in Green's Alley
and he was awful sick, and would
the doctor be sharp" And so pres
emily the doctor came out, and fol-
lowed his guide to the slums. Up IA
rickety stair he passed TO find a man
tossing on II miserable bed, and be-
side him a woman, whose rags bctok-
ened her poverty.
The patient complained Of intense
pain, and by the light Of n tiny can
die the doctor came across traces Of IA
wound just above the hip.
"How did you get this?"
The mans answer came readily
enough.
He had been handling an old pistol,
and it had gone of and wounded him,
and, although he lost II deal Of blood
at first, the wound had healed and he
was able to get about. Soon, how
ever, he felt intense pain whenever he
tried TO move, and now was mortal
bad.
The Doctors practised fingers soon
found II swelling on the mans back,
and putting together what he had
heard and what he learnt from his
manipulation, he came 10 the con
clusion that under that swelling lay
the charge that the pistol had con
tanned.
He hurried home, and bringing
back Il pocket cas- and chlorofOrm,
explained TO the wife that he could
soon relieve her husband.
II was, however, II longer task than
he had anticipated, and when at
length his forccps closed on the for
cign body, he found it Of such size
that he had TO enlarge the primary
opening. Then when he had drawn
il out. and laid il on the table, he
found TO his surprise that at the bot
tom Of the wound lay another hard
substance. This time he had little
difficulty i'm the extraction. Taking
up what he supposed TO be the fiat
tened bullets, he dipped them into
some water, but when he took them
out they were still red.
He dipped them again, and rubbing
them well, brought them close to the
candle. The blaze OF light that
flashed at him almost took away his
senses. They were Jewels, and, even
TO his inexperienced eye, very valu-
able. He almost reeled as the truth
suddenly came TO him! With trem-
bling fingers he dressed the wound,
and telling the woman he would call
again, hurried home.
Long he sat and stared at the gilt
tering stones.
They were rubies, and from the de-
scription given by the elder Carlton
were the very Jewels that had disap-
peared on the night of the 30 Of Nov
ember.
How had they come where he had
found them?
Was Jack Cartons story of the
man i'm tlre room true?
Did he hold the clue that, if fol-
lowed up, might prove his rival inno-
cent?
Should he follow il up?
Then began the i~icrccst fight with
his conscience that Frank had ever
fought.
Let him hold his peace, and Carlton
would be lost to society for years,
perhaps. Then, as time went by,
might not his devotion be rewarded?
Would that proud girl unite herself
to II man who had been publicly
branded as n thief, and would she
take to herself II dishonored name?
Little by little the tempter's whis-
pers grew louder, until they swelled
into tones that were likely to drown
for ever the ''still, small voice OF con-
science
And so the struggle swayed ON all
through the long night, until at last
nobility OF soul triumphed, and in
humble imitation Of Him who had
once been SO sorely tempted and had
SO gloriously conquered, Frank Cas-
tell east Satan behind him. And the
first rays Of Gods sun shone athwart
the room and rested tenderly on his
bent head, while from each OF the
jewels that lay ON the table there
flashed up an answering ray ms il
were of triumph!
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