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girl. Hewas sentenced to a long term
of imprisonment. What I have to tell

you now directly concerns you.
Mechanically the young man did as
he was told. A change was slowly
passing over his face. His head was
no longer bent upon his chest. He
looked into his faiher's eyes eagerly.
s'My friend at Glasgow; in whose
Office + placed you some time back, re.
Gently wrote to me to the effect that
you were making On ass Of yourself
over some obscure girl at Paisley.
Mr.. Redfern had seen you with her at
Glasgow: and it had come to his
knowledge that you had taken house;
and it was pretty evident that you in.
tended marrying her almost i'm
mediately. Since you had not thought
it worth while to consult me upon the
subject, I determined to see for myself
the woman you contemplated giving
your name to, I wrote to you asking
you to come here, and I iourneyed to
Glasgow. Mr.. Redfern accompanied
me to Paisley. Twas saved the trouble
of calling upon Mrs. Chambers, for in
the street we met the young lady to
whom you were engaged. To my
amazement I recognized her. She was
Mrs. Morris, the convict's wife"
"I was afraid that was coming" said
Frank, in low, rerveless tone.
''I had always sympathized with the
girls unhappy lot, but my sympathy
was not sufficiently strong to close my
eyes to the fecs that the bigamous
marriage she proposed would irretriev-
ably ruin my son: I had more than
one interview with her, and ut these
interviews + urged her to abandon
you. She said that she could never
look you in the face if she Tilted you.
I advised her to leave Paisley. pro-
vided her with the necessary funds. I
had, / tho1ght, at least saved my son
much pain end suffering"
"You must forgive me my violence.
Frank pleaded in a scarcely audible
tone. II am sorry FOR the words I
used to you just now. Still-still,"
he went on wistfully, perhaps I would
rather have been left in ignorance.
:Wait until you have heard all I
have to say" he smiled ut Frank as he
spoke. "When T saw Mrs. Morris at
Paisley I had no idea that her wicked
husband was dead"
"Dead," cried Frank, ioyfully,
"dead?"
sYes, dead. The foolish girl did.
not tell me so. She imagined that T
objected to her marriage with my son
because her husband had been con-
vict, and not because I thought he was
still alive. It appears that he died in
his CELL
"Thank God for that" Frenk mur-
INJURED, forgetting how indecent his
gratitude was.
''Now that the grill is free," Mr.. Gill
mour went on, "I confess I am indif-
ferent whether you marry the young
lady or not. Imay, however, mention
that within the past few days Rosa's
father has also died and has left her
large sum of money, nearly s15, 900,
aud that Rosa herself is in this house
ut this present moment. .
Frank started from his chair and
ran to the door. Suddenly lie paused.
Turning to his father he said:
"On Rosa's table I found photo.
graph"
"Possibly," Mr.. Gilmour returned,
dryly. 'It seems that at one of our
interviews I dropped it-pulled it out
with my handkerchief, OF something OF
that kind. and she carried ithome with
ber, intending to give 1t back to me.
In d few days you'll know who it was
intended for. I am tired. of being |
bachelor. There, you mercenary
young rascal, go and comfort your
s15. 900. -
Ere his father had finished speaking
Frank had left the room. In another |
moment Rosa was nesting in his arms. |
"When I went to Paisley" he
whispered. '"I thought that you were
a Lying Love"
"And so I was," she said, dropping
her swimming eyes; "but I could not
-" She said no more. His pas
sionate kisses smothercd her words
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