The Red Cloud chief., 1896-02-21

not 10 We cNnrCtcU. GU Vlu not know
| was coming. II has been twenty
years since you saw me. am prob
ably changed. Twenty wears does
change Il nan some II has worked
miracles in YOU. Look at me. my bov.
don't you recognize something familiar
about me? Amt there something in
my general appearance that YOU have
seen before Think.
The easy, quiet iupudcnt words of
the man cause II feeling of s~ickCning
horror to creep into the young mans
heart. Twenty years, Much has hap
| pcncd III that time. Ills mind uncJn-
sciously goes back over all those years.
n fearful thought comes to him. a
thought that causes his brain to reel.
The man i watching him. a cold,
hard smile concs To- his bearded lips.
II see You are thinking" he says
calmly. ARE beginning to thiuk
about right. Well, I'll help you,
| don't mind giving your memory u
lift. Don't you remember a man who,
Il little over twenty years ngo was
| taken from YOU TO hc buried alive in
n dungeon. "a man who was ,cntcnccd
10 twenty years hard work in the East
ern pcuitcntiary? All, | sec YOU do:
well. | am that am your
father
With Il cry of horror and anguish
the son falls back in his chair. His
father! This coarse. brutal wretch
the author of his being. the parent
whom he feared in those DAYS of child.
hood: crcpt to his miserable pallet to
escape. when he had heard his rccling
footsteps on the walk, the hcartlcss
criminal, who in a tit of drunken an
| ger had struck down his mother. his
! whitc.faccd, Woodworking mother,
He has forgotten his existence, has
never dreamed he would return. and
now he sits m~ockinglv before him.
claims him a. his son. comes To claim
the shelter of his roof. Horrible. hor.
riblc,
You don't seem glad To see me even
now, rather expected YOU would
throw yourself on my breast and say.
Welcome home, father hustle out
and trot in the fattcd calf and 80 on.
But instead of that you seem to shrink
from me, YOU seem paralyzed with
horror. Not "A very agreeable home
coming. | must say. Not II very tilial
greeting after all these years"
The knocking words of the man
arouse him: he RECEIVERS himself with
an effort. and says.
Ibu uuNt never btfu ~ 1ltntE W
me. have never lone aught to arouse
any feeling but horror and loathing in
my breast"
1--WE never had chance. I've been
in Jail nearly all your life. Iou
have never learned ny good quail
tiles"
The young man shuddcrs.
You were sent to prison for the
murder of my mother. you deserved
it,"
Perhaps you look on it like every
one els does. You don't know what
] had to put up with-hcr scoIding
tongue, her abuse. will admit the
devil got the upper hand Of me. II |
had not been loaded | wouldn't have
struck her didn't intend To hit her
: u hard. anyhow. l:y tod. I've paid
Tor it all. Twenty wears of hard labor
has made il square"
The son feels his hear, growing
hard. as he hears the words of his
brutal parent. lie must get rid Of
him. II" must be bribcd to keep away
from him. lie determines To act
AUTOMATICALLY. ConQucrinS his re
pugnancc, he says: =.
Without doubt You have suffered.
We will not recall the years that have
'''~N WI wv III lb''h 'nlN at tIl' tUllTt
J Why did YOU come hercn'
Chats better Now you spcaR
more like a son. Well. III tell you,
Henri, | never would have come near
You Il ! had not beer forced to. got
on: Of quay nearly three mon,hs
ago. | got "A little job of work in the
city, mighty hard work, too-long'
| SlIorcman. but | lost ii ovcr a week
ago. and YOU know ] amt much of
saver, = - had no money. knew you
were here. | found il mi by looking in
the state directory. so ! came to
YOU tn help mr ont. Let me stay here
tonight. fix me in the morning send
me- u little dust oncc IN u while and
Ill never trouble you. | found Won
had tururd out a 'Saw-bOncS. and was
prettr we'll thought of, and | know |
am ! much of q father 10 bc proud OF.
-" III keep away from you.
The Young physician rises to his
feet. II will be easier than he has
thought. He has dreaded that this
man would insist on living with him,
or in some way disgracing him. Yes.
u" VIII give him COMMUNICATING IN
reason H. long aS he docs not intrudc
his unwclcomc presence upon him.
1t shall be- ~ you wish,' he says.
''' 49, ''i Nolil NJ, III
tn" morning | will give you Money and
you will return to Philadelphia upon
the first train"
"All rig Int. Now as I'm sure you'll
TAX" me in, | guess III remove my
coat"
He rises and prepares to do ~ he
has said, As the coat falls back, tho
glitter of II WATCH chain catches the
sons eye, Il heavy chain OF solid work.
manship. OF peculiar design. lie
spring, toward his father, in another
moment he has dragged the watch, to
which the chain il attached, from the
pocket Of the vest. one look at the
case, and then he turns iicrccly, saw
agely, upon the man who stands cow
cring before him.
where did yOu get this watch and
chain he hoar,cly demands.
cant u man have u 'super?'"
Whore did You get it? Come, tell
me. No evasion Answer me plainly"
=, bong IT it from Il man in the city.
lie brought il from England.
You lie. This watch was the
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