The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-02-01

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manship.
Miss Phoebe Dillingham;, who had teak
| wood. and rosewood. and japanese inlayinl
in her new house. and who knew . work o
art when she saw it, came to purchase.
This particular chair is intended as ,
gift said the town reprobate pleasantly
but shall be happy to make another on,
for you. Miss Dillingham; either from pla1
Of my own or after any design you may car.
| to submit.
You remember those illustrations Of an.
tique furniture have had so long. Mr. Nc
| Knight. Don't you think we might find
something good there? Won't you call THU
evening and look them over with me?"
| Mcknight called quite as a matter Of
course, and was as self possessed as IL al
untoward event had not broken OF those
| Visits for several long years. But it wa.
! decided that the chair was to be made from
| an original design after all.
| As for the first work of Meningitis lathe
that was seen by the whole village in the
dainty sitting room Of Miss Mary Lester
People got into the way of asking Nc
Knight out, and to their surprise he accept
ed. He wore his cheap and unconventional
garments with as much grace as he had his
elegant attire in the old days His CONVEX
sation, as OF old, was as broad and general
| In its character. And, to cap the climax
after he had accepted the hospitality Of q
number OF persons, he babe them all to his
shop, where they sat on the chairs the ex-
convict had carved, and ate on a freshly
| scrubbed deal table.
When all his guests were seated comfort
ably before his fire Lucius Mcknight spread
his hands to the blaze and said in a con-
versational, everyday tone:
when I was serving my term in the
states prison I worked next a man named
"-and then he told tale whose alter
mating humor and pathos held the listeners
In thra1l. He went on with other stories
grim stories, in which the souls Of the
men who had been found out were laid
bare; and the talker discovered to his lis
teners many thing Of which they had been
ignorant, not the least of which was that
Just punishment brought peace to the
soul which immunity never could give to
one VINO had been an offender against HIM
self and the law. He seemed to give the key
to the town reprobate's placidtty. The
guests learned great deal that night. and
they were vastly entertained as WE'LL
Il think he was endeavOring to explain
himself" confded Mary Lester to Phoebe
Dillingham;.
lit was more absorbing to me than any
play l ever saw said Miss Dillingham.
The man has a most striking personality,
He has always been the most remarkable
person in this community"
1t was Miss Dillingham; who had made
proposition to the ex-convict,
Il have some money 1 want to invest :"
said she. And I'd like to invest It in
some manner that would bring an interest
into my life. What do you say to setting IN
a factory for handmade. artistic chairs
from original designs, the firm to be Dill
bingham & Mcknight"
Il think / should be doing an ini,stice tn
you' said Mcknight and 1t was the first
word OF self-depreciation that any one had
heard him speak.
YOU are mistaken" said Miss Dilling-
man, firmly. You will only assist in add
ing to my reputation for eccentricity. Be-
sides' II VIII give you money which YOU
neeo 1or-for restitution and rehabilitation.
never mind about the rehabilitation.
SAID me- But II you can make the restitu-
ton possible 1 shall be at your service. no
matter what you ask, till the day OF INV
DEATH
"nen, i've years later, that restitution
was completed, the firm Of Dillingham g.
Mcknight was celebrated and prosennous
IL mad a reputation owing to it's romantic
history no less than to the distinctive and
beautiful character of it's wares.
NOW what shall do?" asked the VILLAGE
reproDate humorously the day he returned
from the payment of his last cent Of con-
science money
lou might marry the woman you love
said Miss Dillingham;, sharply.
am always at your service" he 70.
pied. Il shall never marry. serve vou ,,
nonsense! Don't know you love Mary
Lester? Don't 1 know she loves you?"
VIII put no interests in NV life save
yours" saw
Don't be fool. Lucius. Well all he
getting old soon, and we've had sorrow
enough Marry Mary, and let me be god
motner to your first-born. You must marry.
about 'A
So since he was hers to command. he did
as she babe him. On his wedding dav Miss
Dillingham; uttered a pronunciamento
1T takes brains to live down crime ;,
said she. "A stupid man thinks he Is
everiastingly condemned. He can't get rid
OF the superstitions. Now, 1 don't believe
anybody is lost who has a chance tn re-
trieve the past"
1T is impossible to retrieve some pasts''
objected one who listened
1T is never impossible to save the sou1
alive insisted Miss Dililngham. "Rut =
takes brains to make the courage and tho
hope"
Brains won't save a woman who hae
sinned," urged the other
20. yes. they will!' cried Miss DILLINGHAM;
with enthusiastic dogmatism. There ia a
chance even for the sinful woman who has
sense enough to see that she can redeem
herself. know! I've seen it done. Cour-
age, courage! That will save any one at
last"
Il think Miss Dillingham; needs a little
courage herself just now," thought the lis
tener, but she did not ATTEMPT to exn,ain
why.
Miss Dillingham; drove to the station with |
he wedding couple and waved them off
She has the courage all right enough
,hought the observer with admiration for |
the guessed, and rightly, that Phoebe Dill |
ingham had deliberately set aside her
hearts JOY Chicago Tribune.
SAID 1T WAS THE NAvY,s TrnN