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had made. visited hia at his p,.cs =,
business, and with much basi,o,fa.. ~
'ne iacts petore him. 4 had cxpcetnd ,
start OF horror. ana PERTAINS n wall ~
despair, at tho frlghtful predlcamen, or
being forced 10 prosecute his ,vrp s,,.
but' though he appeared startled euougb
MS FEELING appeared 70 be more one ~
concentrated fury and passion than OF
grief.
The blasted renegadcl 10 turn on hi,
ain father, and rob him like a stranger
ne exclaimed. Hell maybe think that
III not let the law ta' it's course"
That is scarcely In your power now.
but l was about TO suggest that. when
he is brought up. you might absent your
self, and thus perhaps have the lad SET
at liberty. Even that course might fail
to save him; but"
But I'm no gaun to try it." he sharplv
returned. You gang through and catch
him, and pit him In Duke Street az sune
as you like I'm ready for him, the
deevil! A hale hunder pounds. hope
they'll give him year for each pound.''
You wish him TO be punished, then?"
punished? Az! and what's mair, If I
had only thought IL was him, wud have
punished him weel at the time. The
scoondrel 1 wish had beetled the life
oot o. him"
This was enough for me; and the same
afternoon, after making n few Inquiries.
ltook train for Edinburgh. i'm company
with Farrell. with the intention Of trap
ping the robber I'm the rull zenith of sue
cess. j expected to find him In soma
hashy lodging, or strutting the streets,
and parading the public house bars in
full feather, scattering the stolen money
I'm handfuls. as became dashing medical
student. 1t was with something like sur
prise. therefore. that found him lodged
/ In miserable garret I'm College street.
| a closet would be a filter word-which
could not have cost him above a couple
| OF shillings n week. The rather untidy
landady said. "Yes, he was mat his
dinner. Would we gang IN, or would she
take in oor names?"
We decided TO gang In," and were
shown into the low-roored den. to find
| him hard at work with book i'm one
hand, and a potato I'm the other. This
| dinner of the medical student was, as
| he himself expressed It, "a sodger' (red
| herring) and some five or six potatoesi
1 stared and stared, wondering where the
stolen hundred pounds had gone, or how
| he came to be so frugal as not to use IL,
after risking so much 20 get it; and then.
noting my puzzled expression. he cheer
| lily remarked
Welcome. gentlemen, 10 my study. par
lor. bedroom. and dining room; small
perhaps, but very convenient: everything
| within arms length wherever You cfruuse
10 seat yourself No matter, am work
ing for better. May L inquirer" and
his look changed little as I took out
my stan.
''You may; we have Just come from
| Glasgow to arrest you on charge OF
| robbing your father
| 'Hem-that's awkward, as II viii inter-
fere with my studies" he meditatively
remarked. after cooily tapping his fore
head I'm dubiety, and without showing the
| slightest concern or alarm You couldn't
| put 1t off for week. I suppose?'
Scarcely and 1 smiled slightly, won
dering II he were not mad.
MY respected parent, suppose, knows
that I was the one who relieved him of
the superfuous money! he inquiringly
pursued.
CONTINUED tomorrow) =