New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-21

He looked down again. adding presently IN
low voice: aud e
''Kncck me down. you know, if you can, anu IL IL
YOU like / won't do anything 10 prevent -
How did You get in?" asked l.
"Py the usual way" he returned asaa,n l.on
| ing M with that CLEAN Of humor IN MS eyes.
| II rang the door-h"ll. and the servant ope"eu IT,
and was shown in here"
II heard nothing" said !. feehhg just ''e least
| bit i'm the world absurd.
! "No" said he the wind was blowing in over
vorr head from the open window. ana you were
| very much cngrossed.'
! What have YOU come for!
We'll" he said. Ito have little talk with you,
| If you will be good as To permit H. ana 70
| show YOU these papers. ,,
! ..Viil YOU sit down said ], very stifliy.
And at last We got upon two chairs opposite TO
/ one another. ! was still treinh1nS' anu sun III
a blaze Of mingled anger ana rear. rs IiS'
action was 10 take out thu old registered enVe-
! lone from his pocket. and to lay it on his knee
and to look at 1t with an OPPRESSION something
between rucfulrcss and uckled humor.
| There Is n good deal that wants cNPIahation'
said he.
assented with a movement Of the hand.
| II most sincerely ask your pardon tor my r,ide-
ness lust now | trust did not hurt YOU, Miss
K,ith" he continued win some conjunction Of
| tone.
''' Certainly" he returned ruefully: Il want
first to prove to yor who I am VIII you read
| this?'
read throught tho document, and as soon
| AZ | had finished that, b" presented me
| with another. TIL" papers consisted of
written and printed proofs that ,n N" nin
! Of Oxbridgc that he had taken his dogree--an
| !, nor degree for which h must have read hard
| that he had won a fellowship; mat ne had ever
! sirco been engaged IN tuition at his college In
| short | found myself in possession Of proofs that
! ne had lived an ariuous and v.rtuous life for
the last seven ycars-from the moment mar 49,
when h. appeared on my horizon as a thief, to
| he present hour.
ad the last paper aside with a more 'om-
nI.,n sense of bewildc~m"nt than ever. But
/ was no longer frightened Of him. mere don
| from Il university could make shift to grappie
with. .,.. 49,.
returned him the last paper.
| reflected for Il moment
NO" said /. lit is not"
"Not satisfactory" ne repeated with evident
disappointment
Anything but" returned.
4 thoYght You wcul have believed those
papers" sail h.. II lid not see how You could
help it, But You ar" detcrmin 81 To hang mill
stone about ms n"ck"'
ION dear. no." said l. dryly: nothing Of the
lird"
conndinr air. "of course am In your power.
3ut don't believe you are a lnty rs You pr
| t,nd No I do not. Miss Keith, shall ever pre-
serve in memory the impression your count"-
| uauc. first made upon M. / shall. IN spite of
Your avortod face IN this moment. no IN sptr
| of the atrocicusly harI-helrtrd ana persistent
wy en- which YOU ran m L. oarth J shall al
ways connect You wiki hope. pity and salvation
after O. great -spair.
\ zone oi very dep feeling qnivorci through
to last words | kept my head turned abso-
lutcly aside ~ | would MT Doe duped'
viii YOU not say something? VIII You not.
20 least Doe generous enough - make Some re-
mark" he asked with an impatient sign
"Of course" I answered. reSoiut"ly discharging
from mN tones anything bur IN" mos, m"tahc
hardness. "thcse papers prov" to me that You
have spent the last seven years or 50 In genuine
/ work ~ tho t'ulVcrsitv. They prove nothing