The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-11-29

have no right TO question %c". ir@N'
don't misiudgc my motive. ! know that
YOU are not to blame for the change IN
your fortunes know that YOU are i'll
capable OF wrong act.
He gave her 4 sharp look, as II he
Wculd read her thoughts.
"rhat is a remarkable statement, ne
said, slowly. Can il be that you have
forgotten why ran away from nome
five years ago.
Il have not forgotten the miserab'e
story that WAS told at that time. she re-
piled. firmly; "but have heard differ
rut story since. Mr.. Cranky. my unhap- |
py brother has told NE everything
The man started.
He ,as told me" continued the wom-
III, her face white with suppressed en-
element, that it Was he and not you
who forged the check for $4,000
He told YOU that" dood heavens.
does yonr father know
"My father and mother have 'o'"
gone to another world, Mr.. CRANKY.
Robert and have been orphans Tor
three wears. 1t was not until after 1her
death that he made his confession TO
y me. lie told me Of his youthful IN
fatuation for gambling and horse races; F;
II how he became so deeply involved that
a I'm a moment OF desperation, to avert
the disgrace he saw staring him IN the
" face. he forged the signature OF de
:" positor in fathers bank, hoping thus &c
L. retrieve his losses andreplace The none!
. before its Withdrawal was discovered
II. You. as teller of the bank, cashed the
n, check without suspicion. Afterward
~ when the meney was squandered, nn'
r. Robert realized tha, he could not hop
o 40 conceal his crime. he contided in yo'
as and begged YOU to help him out OF III
IS. trouble. He said that his eXposur
would kin his mother bring disgrac
Il upon his family. and cause his fathe
10 forever disown him. Then II wa
i'd that YOU sacrificed yourself to say
N him and his family. You told him yo
would diye,a suspicion from him II
bis would keep his own counsel and promi'
nd on his oath Ia never gamble again. lo
he ,,ept your word by suddenly disal
ne, bearing, thus bringing Suspicion ope
Yourself. so aha, when the forgery WI
re- discovered nobody could doubt that r'
she were the criminal. and that you III
len aed to escape the consequences OF yo'
led crime Oh. il was noble thihg 10 u
,pe Not one man in million could ha
,au n,,Ie snch a sacrifice" Miss King
she Ier's voice betrayed her agitation no
apd there were tears in her eyes. "B
me wa, do not know what shock II y"
to-to-father and the rest oil is 10
hat for.ed TO believe you guilty. we Il
to suesl faith in yOa Thank heaven, l
to story never got into the papers hoh'
he and I have tried hard for two years
find some trace of you, that we mig
he make such reparation as lay III Q
hat no,ver And Robert SAYS that in sol
he mysterious way the bank has rec'
,oe ered the amount that was lost on
-, " forged check including the interest
,i, Maurice CRANKY. by this time, "
me smiling with the air OF Il man VINO
,de had a great burden lifted from his mll
II am glad you know the TRUTH
Iiss said. with an expression of profound
- lief. when left New York We
cod west and enlisted in the regular ar
,t under an assumed name. served
Won wears. But ! was in commitment
be- with an lhtlit'n'e '0''' -
,trd yer-nnd when my aunt in VERNE
died last spring. making me her
bcr heir, had my friend convert the pr
erty into cash and turn it over TO
.r hank There was ius, enough. W