The border vidette., 1899-12-23
HIS SCARLET
 SHAME /! --Ox-- A Chapter from tbe Life of a Living MepfistopheIes.
(Continued from last weekly

One instance I will relate. A man named Parker borrowed S250 from me, giving chattel mortgage on some live stock, ........ attending to the business. Time passed and I received no interest, ........-... always telling me that Parker was hard up and to give him time. One day ........
 asked me for the Parker papers. I gave them to him. The next day I asked him how he came out with Park CT; he sa that Parker had nothing now that I could get, but that he was going up in the northern part of the state to locate and that he ...-...) had fixed things so that if Parker made any thing would get my money. l asked ''where are the papers I gave you?'
 --.-...... answered q put them in the safe deposit box for safe keeping, for this house might burn up" I did not think of doubtirg all this. About a year afterwards, l asked -. Did you ever get anything from Parker?'' He looked at me with reproachful gaze and said: Why, little one, what ' tion. do you mean to accuse ma Of stealing, l never got dollar of Parker He really looked as if he would cry about 1t, and 1 was very sorry indeed, that I mentioned the subject. Years after when ....... =. and 1 had sep arated, I wrote to Parker asking him to send me so re money as 1 needed it ID me, surprised beyond measure, that I should want money, saying he had paid every dollar he owed me, with interest, tO........... before he left Sacra- mento suppOslng that as... ~ had the note and mortgage it was all right. Parker took me to the office of Kendall, money broker and notary where the money was paid and he cor roborated Parker's statement. On sev- eral occasions. got money from me 10 pay the expenses of the law suIr.
 Hart afterwards told me that he had never received but SiU0, although I had given ...... at least S500 for that purpose. Do not think me al together d fool. Remember I loved Lhls man with my whule heart and soul believing i'll his love for me, for during thIs time 1 Was treated with great con sideration and kindness, althoua as 1 afterwards learned, he was at the same time taking my money spending it on other women und dIssipating in various ways. aud 1 would not talk about
 to any one or listen to anything against him. 1 was so loyal to him that I hated anybody who would say ought to his discredit. Once he wanted some money to get hold of a mine in Placer county, California, Say ing if furnished the money the property would belong to me, 1 let him have Sl,00J and insisted on having the deed made out to me- He had one half deedcd to me and tho other half to himself, saying he could manage it better if one half was in his own name. That was all right. afterwards let him have Sl, 50O to open up the mine, when he had not dollar to do any thing with. He pretended to be 50 grateful, aud said that no matter what hap pened he would never forget me. Soon after this he wanted tn borrow some more money, and as had no more left out of the S7, ,5UU that I got from my home, . sad that Hart would loan him some if we would deed the mine for security. I consent ed, deeding my half to Hart, did the same. About this time, .... .... who was at the mine, was taken very Ill with appendicitis. l went to nurse hlm. The doctor despaired of his getting well. I never left him day or nighta and the doctors all said that to my untiring efforts he owed his life. Not one-of his own people came near him, although his mother and brothers were"in Sacramento while he was sick, and be thought himself that he was to die. l spoke to him about our affairs, asking him what l should do ill case of his death, as he had every ything of mine in his hands, his reply was, Don't 1 worry. little one, I have everything fixed to protect you, all you have to do is to go to Hart and he will give you
 my papers, as have instructed him to