The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-28
A RESCUE.

For long time had he been In love with
her and had she been manifestly very
fond of him. He had deferred asking her
to be his wife until be should be admitted
to the bar. But ieAeemed tacitly under
stood that they were eventually to be unit
cd.
Judge, then, his feelings when a dark
and dreamy looking youth, Just returned
from some years CT leisurely life In Paris,
was observed to cast hisglances admiring-
by on her and to elicit A'om her such blush
es and droppings Of the eyes and evidences
Of pleasurable perturbation as she had
never shown before. Her only near Yela-
tive, an aunt, with whom she shared her
home, was not averse to the handsome
stranger, and as tho girl had as unmistak-
ably as speedily fallen in love with him
there WAS nothing for the law student to
do but to abandon the hope Of ever MAX
ing her his. He continued to visit her.
Nothing was said between them on the
subject, save what was spoken by the eyes
and thoroughly understood. Her look
plainly ssid:' 81 am sorry for you. You are
always my good friend, but Hove the 9th
err" And his eoantenanoe answered, 81
have no right to complain" He and the
successful stranger treated each other cool
1y, but politely. 1t was in due time ar
ranged that the stranger should marry
her.
Imagine the emotions of the law stu
dent when, by some course of oircum-
stance, he learned that the stranger was
no other than n defaulter who had fed
from New York years before, and had
while In Paris changed both his name and
his appearance The evidence of the stran-
gers identity came to the law student by
accident 1t was such evidence as he could
not rely on for use against the stranger,
and it was known to no one In New York
save the law student, the stranger and one
other person whose interest it would DO to
conceal It.
What would you do II you found out,
but could not prove, that the man who
was about to marry the girl you loved was
a scoundrel2
He wrestled with the question day and
night. He knew it would be useless to tell
the girl herself. She would ask for evil
dence. which he could not produce. She
would then consider him the prosecutor OF
her lover, and to prove her confidence in
that lover she might even precipitate the
marriage.
At last tho law student bsthought him
self to seek the counsel of his friend, the
philosopher.
To the philosopher the law student made
known his predicament.
The philosopher smiled.
"But how can the evidence be satisfac
tory to you and yet you be unable to make
use of it'" he asked.
because it is vested in woman who
alone, besides myself and him, knows the
secret, and who is paid by him to keep it
have neither the money to outbid hin
nor any willingness to buy evidence"
'Has he money enough to keep on for
ever buying her silencef"
az think not, but he can keep buying i
until the marriage is accomplished. +"
"Then IL he is not rich, il he lives ex
pensively and il this woman who know
his secret keeps raising her price, after tn
fashion of blackmailers, the case in cas-,
enough. You take u vacation. Visit some
where. Stay away for six months. Blu
first put me In way to make the mani
acquaintance and leave the rest to me-"
J The law student mt first refused to leav
the field and vainly sought to know NOR
of the philosophers plan, but eventual.
he yielded. He caused the philosopher T.
be introduced to the girls aunt, and thei
he took a trip to Cuba.
He returned in six months. In reply I,
! questions that he Immediately put to som
| of his acquaintance, he heard piece o
| news that sent him in amazement to TIL
| philosopher.
allow is thisf" cried the law studen
eNcitedly. "Instead of showing up tina
scoundrel as you promised to do, hen
/ you have actually made him your agent
1t can't be true
"Oh. veal Fortunately he was LOOKING
arouEd for q business opening when l frs
met him. wanted some one to look afte
my little real estate investments, by whic
! live, and he gladly accepted the posi-
! ton" -..-
"But you have given him the yer
means of keeping that woman silent. NJ
! only hope of her ever betrayinR him lay il
his becoming unable to put up the husl
money"
my dear boy, pause moment. Sc
how have managed the affair You an,
knew the man to be a thief. We needle,
evidence TO convince others that he was
! thief. Now, long ago arrived at tho gen
ernl rule that 2 man who is once THE
will he a thief gain, given the temptation
| All we had to do in this case was to sup
| ply the temptation. l supplied tempta
ton. l gave him my affairs to manage.
swell, and what has come of itf"
"This little document.
| And the philosopher handed the law stu
dent warrant for the arrest of the stran
| ger.
"As anticipated, continued the phi
losopher, ''he began his populations befor,
he had been my agent two months. o
course he expected to conceal them b,
making good the amounts after his mar
/ riage, for his f1ancee has money. Tha
document ought to be served at once"
"But, great heavensl the shock to her.
"Would better come now than when i
would be too late. She'll recover. Peopl
| get over these things. We can move open
| ly now. The thing to do, since we coult
| not prove our man guilty Of an old crime
| was to show that he was capable of new
ones. And this time we occasioned on
own evidence"
The law student never married the girl
| but he had the felicity of seeing her save,
| from the chagrin that would have been in
evitable had she united her life to that o
a nun who doubtless really loved her, bu
! who was a villain none the less. r.
DESERTED GLOUCESTER