The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-01-29

night Lampson actually fhei traFs.
ITO graapol my hand aud wrung q.
Hs said 10 was tho greatest proof 81
I honesty ho had over seen. lio talked
With mo for an hour. aud before ho
left me ho had put his own namo on
the paper. aud ! was saved. Indeed.
tho very next day nay affairs began 90
look up, and have never had any
I trouble since.
"Aud yon turned the mouoy over TO
MH. BiIlingsloyf" asked tho girl
frhat very night OF course, Lamp.
son had promised not 10 speak Of nay
/ temptation aud that sort of thing, YOU
/ know, 30 / merely inumatod that the
money had just turned up IN looking
over my boat, aud that IL must have
been poor Johns, because 10 had his
name on the packet Mrs Billingsley
was very happy over getting %, and
has never asked any questions.
Tho girl sighed whom he had finished
speaking.
'l am 20 sorry about it all, she
said, without looking at him. 81
don't see how you could have kept
from telling Mrs. Billiugsley the
whole truth. Surely You owed her
| some"
"What good could an explanation
have done her? / never intended to
be tempted again, and j did not see
the necessity OF going into details that
might DO made public and be miscon-
strued. Lampson agreed"
81 did not mean simply an explana-
ton, interrupted the girl; "but per-
haps / misunderstood you. How much
money did You say you gave Mrs. Bill
lingsleY?"
"Why. the exact amount, Of course
$4,000 10 was never taken from
its original packets-four packets OF
$4,000 each"
"Aud you paid her no money!"
''No, of course not; what do you
meanW
81 have been making a little caleu-
lation." The girl leaned back in her
chair, as If she felt uncomfortable to
have him bending so near. "You see,
my father has told me that money
ought not to lie idle, as he expresses
it, and that it IS worth FIVE per cent.
That would make the interest on $50, =
600 for three months exactly $3.50.
Surely that would belong to Mrs. Bill.
Kingsley, since you withheld the money
without her consent. But we need not
90 into that, that is a matter for your
own conscience to decide for you. The
truth is, no one but God could tell
how much you owe Mrs. Billingsley.
At her sons death, If she had had the
use of his money Immediately, she
might have invested it in something
which would have caused it to double
or treble itself. You can't tell. You
thought you were honest because you
I did finally turn over the $4,000 to
, her but you could not be really hon
! est so long as you deprived her of one
cents worth of her rights as a human
being. Besides, You have robbed her
Of something that, were in her place,
! no price could buy, but that you can
yet give her"
"What can you mean?" The face
Of the young man had grown pale,
and he was trembling from head to
t, foot.
"You robbed her OF the knowledge
: that her son had intended to give that
, money to her as a surprise. Accord
ing to your own story she does moi
, yet know that. You must tell her
everything; it is all yo1 can do"
, "What you intimate that 1 an
. dishonorable. Twill, of course
: tell Mrs. BillingsleY oil about it and
> pay her anything she asks. You are
all care for in the world. Without
your approval"
The girl rose suddenly, and moved
: toward the fire.
= 81 must not encourage you Il
= think of marrying me-" she said
! ave are not yet engaged, but have
: encouraged Mr.. Hemingway to hope
= that"
"What you would not throw your
q self away on q fellow like that
= Surely"
+ Tie girl bowed, and then drew her
self up coldly.
= "He has faults, but he has promisej
q not to drink any more; aud 1 believe
2 he will keep his word. l must leave
. you. cannot hear you spenk against
= him. He is the very soul of honor
and believe that love him "-NeV
York Independent.
a An Ant Fifteen Years OLD.