The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-25


Take my yoke upon you, and learn of
me: for | am meek and lowly Of heart:
and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For my yoke is easy. and my burden
is light
1--WE investigated and found that his
name was entered in the records as Rob
ert Kent, and that he was serving a
two years sentence for homicide under
very extenuating circumstances. My UNI
Gle headed n movement for getting him
a pardon All the influential planters in
the neighborhood Joined heartily with
him. and they had but little trouble In
securing it After he was pardoned my
uncle received a short note of thanks
from him. At the time | supposed that
closed the incident.
"A few years later wnen met the ris-
ing young lawyer, Robert Stapleton, i
had no reason TO connect him with the
convict, Robert Kent l met him fire.
auently, and the more / saw of him the
better / liked him.
II used To wonder that I could never
persuade him TO visit at our house. OF
a sudden his hesitation disappeared and
| he came 10 be a frequent visitor In course
| Of time he became engaged To my sister.
"one evening told the story OF Robert
| Kent at dinner party, mentioning the
fact that We had never heard from him
| but the once since his release from pris-
ON Many wild guesses were made as 10
| what had become OF him. but none were
] so Wild as the truth Miss Harmswnrth' =
| convict, as they called him, was the sub
| iect OF "A good many witty remarks.
| Something In Stapleton's face startled
| me- Ii was gray and tense with repres-
| sion. Ny sister very white and troubled,
] sat beside her fiance. She leaned for
| ward To take a bunch OF Violets from the
] a fnfs a
his. Their eyes met then 1 Snew the
| truth and knew that she had known =
| many months.
THAT night Stapleton came TO me and
| told hts story, much as 1 have told ~
10 You. lie said that Alice and he had
| agreed that N the story over became
| known they would make no EFFORT ia
suppress It, hut would speak the simple
| truth From that day 10 this Robert
| Stapleton's life has been an open page
| that any man might read,
The door opened 10 let I'm q woman, She
was wrapped IN heavy furs and had evi.
| IDENTIFY just returned from some function
1 There are women who radiate beauty and
others style, but Mrs. Stapieton's pres.
ence spoke eloqucntly of the charm o'
love and truth. Size was cs that class OF
women in whose presence vilencss OF q
hC canrOt live
/ II was eNlutNt lntA Nne 0an eNnffff0
| 10 find her brother alone, but she me
the journalists with genuine pleasure
II have wanted to meet YOU for IONS
| time. Mr peyton. "a tell YOU how siac
We are 10 nave a paper In tho city whici
| always stands for right like the Times
| Herald Nv husband and | are yer,
! proud ~ g. We hope you may always
do what YOU think right. whether you ar,
on our side or against as.
Peyton thought 90 himself that h'
| would see the public n iong way befor'
be would give them this brave little wo
| mans happiness 10 tear 10 pieces. ~
! handed to llarmsworth the original cop,
4 Of Pierre Dospards statement
~ don't think We shall he able 90 us
! this in The campaign. You had better "a
! with ~ What YOU think bcst Mr Harms
worth ~ does not seem to me 60 b'
quite pertinent"
The governors wife thought her broth
| er rather eNtrayagant and incoherent "
! Ills thanks since ne was usually rathe
q reserved young man this struck her y,
| strange Perhaps N she had known nj
"a. facts I'M the case she might have
changed her fpind VIM. Mcleod Rain,
I in the National Aasasiue.