Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-14

from that dsy to ibis he's. had his
eye on me-
But it was he who was accused of
that murder. not you," L said
What"
ale has told this same story TO YOUR
sister, 1 would swearr' L exclaimedI
hotly- ut is for this reason that she
mas been persuaded into promising TO
marry him. Believing that he knows,
Your whereabouts, and holds 1t in Ids
power ut any moment to have you pun
lshed- as n murderer--believing, too
no doubt that you did commit the
murder-she has been ready TO save
your life by the sacrifice. OF all that has
made her dear"
Curse himl I'd take my oath you're
rlghtF he asseverated. Hes sly en-
nough and vile enough for anytlIing."t
Did you ever see, Harvey Farm
ham1>I questioned.
Yes, years ago L knew we'll ana
hked him immenSely--as he didsme. 1
thiIns 1t was in Tuolumne CouRty,
CaHi ornia, where he had a goldmme--
the Miss Cunningham. IL was who
nar ed that, oddly enough it may seem
10 You, after my sister, of course He
wasn't aware of that, but thought it
wa just whiRr of mine, that proba-
! ny admired some girl called Miss
I cunningham, and wanted to pay her
compliment You see, no one knew me
Dy my right name even then.
1T was before that hatefuS time
1 before got in with Collins, or Will
| dred,- whichever you like to call him
| ana not long after I'd run away from
nome and England under the assumed
name of Hartly-it was NV mothers
maIeen name. l was only seventeen
or eighteen, but was pretty sharp for
my, years, Fns afraid, for I'd been
anphS a queer lot already, and one
night l should have got into n row
with soma older man over cards n
raw that might have ended badly If
Ia hstdn L been for Mr.. Faraham who
Hau dropped into the place 70 look on
aAc who stood by me for all he was
worth was
IL seemed he noticed me the mo-
iLaent he entered the room. thinking that
n looked enough like him II he his
own SON Afterward he took me nm.
. hiaking lot of me, wanting to find
NJ Sueie come from and all that
ne 1nouSht my resemblance to him
!, (Which everyone who saw ma togatba,.
, ihVariSbly remar&e6D n wonderful Joke
| hh1 uSed To eau me his boy and SON
\ n.y. getting 1T into his head that I Was
d SORT Oh Mascot, who brought luck To
hfA In whatever he undertook THAT
WAS the principal reason, of course
, u'at ne WEES so keen on having mn
, name Ills Wfne for him think. If 7
: had sown all my wild oats and been
: Wiling To. settle down a bit into a re-
= Specialize member of society. there was
time when he wouldn't have minded
adopting me, for some old unhapnv
rove aUafr or other had kept him ont Of
the marriage market, eligible as he
was and he swore that he never
meant to marry, even for the hope of
having an heir to all his money. Yes
u | Wfght have been that heir it / hadn't
been fool, for Farnham certainly
thought the world and all OF me In
those days. AS it was he did me many
: a Kindness"
y And now, by the way of repavino
1 that affection and those kindnesses .
could not help exclaiming. with n
& returning touch of the bitter old CON
8 tempt "yo've undertaken 20 helm his
murderer to get of scot free. You've
J. been masquerading I'm the very clothes
t the poor fellow wore, you've been MS.
o Ing his luggage, trading on the likeness
!, 10 him Which once won for xou his re-