San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-10

urcrs MN nom ner very souI n mute
Fare thee well, dear lover'
But she will wait no longer, fearing
her courage may give way, and the next
minute she is out in the night, softly
drawing the door to that separates these
two forever.
For some time we spoke never a word,
Dawson and /, he with his head lying
ON his arm, seated in chair with my
hands hanging down by my side, quite
stunned by the blow that had fallen
upon us. At length, raising his head,
his eyes pulled and his face bedaubed
with tears, he says:
liant you word of comfort, Kit,
for broken hearted MANI"
/ stammered a few words that had
more sound than sense, but indeed ]
needed consolation myself, seeing my
own responsibility for bringing this mis-
fortune upon Moll, and being more
heartily ashamed of my roguery now
twas discovered
"You don't think he'll be too hard on
poor Moll, tell me that, Kit?''
faye, he'll forgive her." says 1,
sooner than us, or we ourselves. "
And you don t think he'll be forever
a-casting it in her teeth that her fathers
IA drunken vagabond, eh?'
NAY. I believe he is too good man
for that
Then, says he, standing up, "Ill
go and tell him the whole story, and
you shall come with me to bear me out. /"
Tomorrow will be time enough"
says i, fiinching from this Office " IT'S
late now"
No matter for that Time enough to
sleep when we've settled this business.
Well not leave poor Mol to bear all the
punishment of our getting Mr.. Goodwin
shall know what an innocent, simple
child she was when we pushed her into
this lnavery, and how we dared not tell
her of our purpose lest she should draw
back. He shall know how she was ever
an obedient, docile, artless girl, yield
ing always to my guidance, and you can
stretch point, Kit, to say you have
ever known me for headstrong, mas
terful sort of fellow, who would take
denial from none, but must have my
own way in all things. I'll take all the
blame on my own shoulders, as I should
have done at first, but ] was so stagger-
ed by this fall !"
"Well," says /, "if you will have it
so''-
II will, says he stoutly. "And now
give 1Ge bucket of water that may
souse my head and wear brave look. 1
would have him think the worst of me
that he may feel the kinder TO poor Moll
And I'll make what atonement can, +"
adds he as led him into my bedcham-
ber IF he desire it, will promise
never to see Moll again. Nay, will
offer to take the kings bounty and go
a-sailoring, and so, betwixt sickness and
the Dutch, there'n be an end of Jack
Dawson in a very short space.
When he had ducked his head in a
the room below, we went to the door,
and there, to my dismay, found the
lock fast and the key which had left
IN its socket gone
What's amiss, Kit?" asks Dawson,
perceiving my CONSERVATION.
1.-The key, the keyl' says 1, holding
the candle here and there to seek it on
the floor, then giving up my search as
it struck me that Mr.. Goodwin and Moll
could not have left the house had the
door been locked ON the inside. II do
believe we are locked in and made pris-
oQers. ("
''Why, sure, this is not Mr.. Godwin's
doing" cries he.
'''Tis Simon, says /, with convic-
tion, seeing him again in my mind,
standing behind Mr.. Goodwin, with
wicked triumph in his face.
SIS there no other door but this one?"
asks Dawson.
There is one at the back, but have
never yet opened that for lack of key. "
And now settiug one thing against an
other and recalling how had before
found the door open, when / felt sure
had locked it fast, the truth appeared to