The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-06-09
sMAYBURG,S REPENTANCE.
lcontinued from First Page.)
Il don't know when shall be back,
he said. Wearily "And Nfartha.,,

y don't know when I shall be back"
he said, YEARLY. s.And Martha:''
Sir
"Oblige me by witnessing my sigma
do the same. I have just been making
my WILL
He Endorsed the document .sWill and
Testament OF "a hur lMaybury,,s and
placed it in corner Of the desk. He
WeEtEa gain to LOOK at lnnselfs in the mir.
ror, and felt gratifed to- find thimselfslook-
Ing sane ard normal; a tinge of color had
returned to his face. He took the photo
graph Of Margaret Tearle from an ex-
oensive frame and placed it carefully in
his pocket Then he looked through the
square revolving bookcase for a volume
which it seemed was not there, for he had
to ring end thus disturb Marths, in her
work " packing his portrnanteau
"a Common Prayer Book" echoed
thai s.sye::ished T,on..an. Certainly, sir,
Cal, ;+".f you one
lie found the service that lie desired to
read at the end Of tie collection. It cc-
Cured to him that it was piece Of care
full editing to begin with the public bap-.
tis.n Of infants, and to place the service
for burial Of the dead toward the end.
He read the latter softly to himself and
tears came very near to his eyes now and
again, for the words gave him memories.
He had heard them read several times;
it seemed queer that he had never till
now thought Of the occasion when they
would be read over him.
=. ''Your bag, sir,' said Martha, bringing
in. the portmanteau, land dcn's think
I've forgotten anything" 4 .=-.s -.-- T..
Martha he said. 49,, ...@
q "Ies, sir - o.. ,.rs. .r.-...E f.. . Oh.
The middle-aged woman helped him
with his coat. '.s.. 49,.
II ara not very well. and I'm going
away >to-gcing away for the benefit of
my health =ss.. @"... ...
Master Arthur!.It's nothing serious, I
hcpe:" a-r Liza .5-.a. ID j..
I'm afraid I've been rather-rather a
selfish master during the last few years
If at any time I :. have been harsh in
speaking to you, if I have seemed to
forget that you were All old servant of
my dear mothers, want to ask your
pardC ~ -.a..-.@-. IT,
'f>o, no, Master Arthur" said the
woman. fearful, mot that You mustn't
ask my pardon" @s~ - -
81 should like you to think of me-" he
said, ''as l was when was a boy, and"
He stopped, for there was choking in.
his threat. "Ring for hansom,' he
said. -. s;E
II can tell, SIR said Martha quantity
''that you arc not. 'alf we'll"
He looked around when the servant had
gone and said farewell to the room. Open.
ing his pcrtman-eau, he found room for
some letter paper and envelopes; there
would te time, he hoped out in the south
Of France to take further stops to right
the wrongs that he had committed. For
tie ilrst time lie recognized the amazing
change that the Harley street mans an
nourcement had made in him; the quiet,
thoughtful man, with great affection In
his heart for the world, seemed to have
no relationship with; the assertive. buoy
ant man who had left Cor the city that
morning. ,Es -a
Cabs waiting, SIR. said Martha.
SAID hess q telegram " -: 5<s..<. -
II won't trouble to open it," he re-
marked, TITS from my partner, expect
Iican't botser. saaloht busin ass any more
3t'It might he psssafe, si sly ..5s...s - =
!. Only TIE thoughl snat1siit might be
fron. Nasgaretf Tear.e fhduced, bin, as he
stood in the passage waitiassIoT the lift.
to {opensthe envelope. It Was not from
her. s.5%S .s@
"Can see you atfyour rooms now?
~ ~.@ - .t~Ns ~ -"Jeyeson.'
He scrubbed hurriedly reply on the
back: 81 ... ..@.:
, ''Nc. I'm leaving Charing Cross to-
nights mail. II -.s Z -Maybury -
"Please send that, Martha he said
'Good-by'' 49,. @- 49,. .
''Good-by, Master Arthur" said the
woman. 'And I do 'ope you'll be back
socn.' -. .. T..
''Good-by." @z-.. ~ r.
He repeated these two words many times
as the cab took hin. past the Abbey and
up Parliament street. At Cha ring Cross
there was time to spare, and feeling
hungry he. went into the hotel Some
thing to his surprise he found himself able
to eat with admirable Appetite small
bottle Of white vine added to his con-
tent. He felt half inclined to speak to
the people who were eating at the mex,
table, and to tell them that he had but
six days to live in this world; to tell
them that he, was facing the certain
thing with self-possession. One of the
party commenced to sbrag solemnly about
an attack Of the toothache, and May
bury smiled at the want of proportion.
He had taken his ticket, and was at
the wooden barriers leading to the Con-
tinental platform Ewhen he saw a clean
shaver, anxious Old gentleman scanning
the faces of the passengers. He touched
the shoulder OF the man who was going
through in front Of Maybury.
Excuse me-" he said, sis your name
Maybury?" ~
"Ccmment?'' said the man .'vous
dites?"
My name is Maybury.'
"Glad to have found you declared the
anxious old man. '.Iy name is Jeyeson,
of Harley street, s'.@" -
Il think not" said Maybury IT saw
that gentleman late this afternoon, and
you are certainly not he"
My dear SIR cried the old man sharp
ly. do you think, I don't know who
am ?" 1900 -
Apparently you do not''
Il beg your PARDON" he said apologet-
ically, Il had forgotten. Very natural
consequence of very annoying circurn.
stance Tell me! You called at Harley
street about 4 O'clock found your. card
there. You had an interview and you
paid fee. How much did you payo:''
Maybury with some interest gave the ir1-
formation. Hes a scoundrel!' declared
the old man.
who? 2"
M new man. I was out when you
called; il you had gone into the waiting
room the pageboy would have told you
50. l hope he did not give you a pre-
scription.'' s.s
He only told me-" stammered May