Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-06-26
CHAPTER TX.

The guests and family at Carnlelgh
usually came down to breakfast irregu-
larly, but this morning by eight O'Clock
they were all at the table, including
Evelyn. The colonel, who had been gu,
for an early business walk with one Of
his overseers, was the last to sit down
And us he took his place at the head
of the table he had the air of "a man
anxious to be questioned. He had
picked up piece of news.
WELL" he began, with twinkling
eyes, "it seems that Ronald Fanshaw
was not spending his breath and>rid
ing his horse to death for nothing"
$50 he reached the Jail all right, die
hep" inquired Mr.. Hardy, as he put q
spoonful of whipped cream into his cof-
fee.
'".Oh, yes, he made that trip all right,
but the news has just come from Wilkin
Station, on the other side of the noun.
tain, that a negro has been arrested
who has already confessed to the crime
of killing the old woman"
$50 the boy was innocent, after all!''
cried Hardy.
Yes; the sheriff nabbed the wrong
bird at the start, and if it had not been
for Fanshaw his body would have been
swinging at the sport of the wind this
morning"
"And widowed mother would have
been without her son." put in Mrs. Ian
caster, with telling effect.
"Fanshaw did only what my man
would have done who believed in the
prisoners innocence" said Capt. Win
kle, with an Icy smile at no one in par
ticular.
But Mrs. Lancaster was more than u
match for him. TITS only what one
man did do" she retorted. Thereupon
Wrinkle stirred his coffee in moody ST.
lence.
Il am sorry it was Ronald Fanshaw
who is to get all the credit" remarked
Caroline Hasbroolle, coldly. "Since he
has taken up the study Of law it looks as
If he has pretty good idea of his i'm.
portance. Things are coming to pref
ty pass when such people as the Fan
shaws get into the professions usually
held by gentlemen"
Don't kick against the pricks" Ut
was favorite expression of her ia
ther's), the common people have been
rising into prominence since the birth
of creation"
And the better class has been degen-
Grating" remarked Mr.. Hardy, with
slow smile. "As far as am concerned,
I'd rather employ a man like Fanshaw
to defend me, If / were on trial for my
life, than some man with more ancestry
and less individual force.''
"Bravot bien dit" applauded Mrs.
Lancaster, and she rose to accompany
Evelyn out on the lawn
The dew lay as heavy as raindrops on
the grass and hung like scintillating
gems from the gorgeous hollyhocks; the
indian chieftains, and the roses Jared
like pillows of red on the silvery green
sward of the sloping terraces. Mrs.
Lancaster was first to break the silence.
Il need not tell you I'm glad that boy
was innocent" she began. II am espe-
cially glad because it emphasizes the
nobility of Mr.. Fanshaw's act. am go
ing " o11Nc oNei " Ais mousse III tue pony
cart this morning. Ihave something to
say to him."
Evelyn raised her great eyes in aston
ishment, but she uttered no comment.
Mrs. Lancaster's voice shook per
ceptibly as she went on:
Nothing has ever affected me SO
powerfully as all this has. Last
night the imprisoned fervor of his
voice while he was speaking down
there brought back some Of the ten.