The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-11-23
Look here, Bob he said, hoarsely,
II know what is IN your thoughts.
You think did it, and yon are making

Look here, Bob" he said, hoarsely,
II know what is IN your thoughts.
You think Ibid it, and yon are making
excuses for me-
no, no, Aft"
But you are You know how ieal-
GUS and mean I was last night-what
a brute was-a selfish, unmanly
brute. And you think did it. 1t is
only natural that you should But, on
my word of honor, / did not do i'll
did not do it!'' cried Maiden, eagerly,
and with tears in his eyes.
81 know you didn't d 10 it," said Bob,
| positively.
How can you know? Who should
you suspect but me, after all said last
night? I-who should have been the
very first to have congratulated you.
to be glad with you and proud of you
to meet you with nothing but miser-
able envy and unfriendly, selfish re-
grets. Oh. Bob, lay awake last night
thinking about IT, couldn't sleep, l
was so ashamed of myself. Believe
me, old fellow, all my envy was only a
passing feeling, springing out of my
bad luck. l didn't really in my heart
feel what l said. 1t was only that
your good luck, by contrast, made me
more fully aware of my own bad
luck"
81 knew it! i felt sure of it!' cried
Bob
"And l got up this morning, only
anxious to apologize for my miserable
t-tlI ~
glad was that you had made lucky
hit at last; and here-when [ get to
the studio-the first thing | see is the
Hero shattered to fragments" said
Maiden. "And yet you don't seem to
feel it half so much as l do"
''Well," said Bob, sit is relief to
me to think that there is no longer
anything to separate us, to make me
too proud to be your friend, or to hui
initiate you"
"Ah! you haven't forgotten my
wordsr' cried Maiden. you think l
broke it; but l didn't. And l shall
never rest until l have found out the
villain who did it, so that l may re-
move from your mind every shadow OF
suspicion against me-"
my dear fellow. know you did not
who did," said Bob, shrewdly.
"You do? Who did it? shall never
feel comfortable till 1 find OUT"
Don't say any more about it. 1
know perfectly who did it."
"How do you know? Who was 1t?
You won't tell me? No; because you
think am the man, though you won't
own It'll"
Nothing of the sort. tell You
know who did it." cried Bob. The
fact is, as walked home last night I
felt the injustice of what you had been
saying, and what brute was to take
pride in what SO Inundated you.
After all these years our old friend
ship was breaking up, and all through
me, as you may say. Hadn't you and
l been happy together all our lives?
Should ever be so happy in any cir
cumstances without your friendship?
With the knowledge, tso, that had
Inundated you and estranged you
from me! Well, that's how l thought
it all over as 1 came home, and
couldn't stand it. l was pain
ing you and myself, too. Success
wasn't worth such price. l felt it SO
strongly that 1 suddenly made up my
mind toto show you that l wasn't
such selfish, cold -hearted, ambitious
wretch as l seemed. / turned and
went straight back TO the studio,
and"
What! You don't mean to say"
"Yes. do" said Bob, cheerfully. II
fell upon the Hero with couple of
hammers and smote him hip and thigh,
and smashed him up myself. Fargo
Argus.