Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-11-14


~ am ruined, mothers.rulnedF' We
stood gazing wildly in front OF him
while the sheet OF paper futtered down
to the carpet, Then he dropped back
into the chair, and sank his face into his
ha~ds. His mother had her arms round
kin On an instant, while the admiral,
with khakl..s fingers, picked up the let
ter from the floor and adjusted his
glasses to read It.
my Dear Denver" It ran. "By the
time that this reaches you shall be out
Of the reach OF yourself or Of any one
else who may desire an interview. You
need not search for me, for assure
you that this letter is posted by a
friend, and that you will have your
trouble in vain IL you try to find me-
I am sorry to leave you in such a tight
place, but one or other Of us must be
squeezed, and on the whole l prefer
that 1t should be you. You'll find moth
Ing in the bank, and about $4,000 nl$
accounted for. I'm not sure that tn
best thing you can do is not to realize
what you can and initiate your SEN
ior's example. II you act at once you
may get clean away. II not, It's only
that YOU must put up your shutters,
but I am afraid that this missing money
could hardly be included as an ordinary
debt, and Of course you are legally re-
sponslble for It Just as much as l am.
Take friends advice and set to
America. A young man with brains can
always do something out there, and you
can live down this little mischance. II
will be a cheap lesson II It teaches you
to take nothing upon trust In business,
and to insist upon knowing exactly
what your partner is doing, however
senior he may be to you. yours faith
fully. JEREMIAH PEARSON"
Great heavensl" groaned the admir-
al, 'he has absconded."
"And left me both bankrupt and a
thief"
mo, no, Harold" sobbed his mother.
IAN will be right. What matter about
money!
Money, mother! 1t ~ honor"
"The boy is right IT Is his honor,
and my honor, for his is mine. This Is
sore trouble, mother, when we thought
our llfe's troubles were all behind us,
but we will bear 1t as we have borne
others" He held out his strlngy hand
and the two old folk sat with bowel
grey heads, their fingers intertwlned,
strong In each others love and SYM
pathy.
1--WE were too happy" she sighed.
but 1t Is Gods will, mother"
Eyes John, 1t Is Gods WILL"
"And yet 1t IL bitter to bear / could
have lost ALL the house, money, rank
could have horne 1t, But at my age-'
my honor-the honor Of an admiral OF
the fleet"
mo honor can be lost, John, where
no dlshonor has been done. What have
you done? What has Harold doneT
There Is no question Of honor"
The old man shook his head, but Har-
old had already called together his clear
practical sense, which for an instant In
the presence Of this frightful blow had
deserted him.
1.-THE mater is right, dad" said he.
ut Is bad enough, heaven knows, but
we must not take too dark view OF
It. After all. this insolei letter is in
Itself evidence that had nj thing to do
with the schemes Of the base villain
who wrote It,"
"They may think 1t prearranged."
"They could not. My whole life cries
out against the thought. They could
not look me In the face and entertain
It,"
mo, boy, not II tEsT laTR CYes n
their heads" cried the admiral, pluck
Ing up courage at the sight Of the fash
ing eyes and brave, defiant face. 1--WE
have the letter and we have your char
acter. Wen weather 1t yet between
them, It's my fault from the begin
ming for choosing such landsharle for
your consort. God help me, l thought
was finding such an opening for you.
Dear dad! How could you possibly
know? AS he says in his letter, 1t has
given me lesson. But he was so much
older and so much more experienced,
that 1t was hard for me to ask to OK
anime his books But we must waste
no time. / must go to the city,"
what will you do?"