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Hall for q little while. then turned ao.
ruptly and walked at o great rate
down the road which led towards
Bury st. Edmund's.
This spectacle, In itself pathetic. and
symbolizing as 1t did. the collapse OF
my fervent hope, enraged me. Beng
weak from loss Of blood and other
consequences Of my recent accident
! think my reason must have sue.
cumbed beneath my accumulated LOAD
Of disappointments and anxieties. ioi
In q sudden burst of artificial strength
l rushed at my father. laid my HANDS
upon his shoulders. and forced him
into an upright position. while
screamed out
1T IL false! 1t is false! ! will 90 to
my uncle and beg him to pardon you"
NV father started to his feet. and
eraspIng me by the wrists. held me a.
arms length. Il would to Heaven u
were false" he exclaimed, but II e
true-too true. Shall l show you the
proofs:"
You cannot" shouted; you have
no proofs"
Then for the first and last time 10
his life did my father burst out ID
anger against me. rs everybody ID
conspiracy to madden meF he asked
excitedly. Il tell you. your uncle has
stolen those sequins, and that recent
". Still, would not have told him
SO, or complained to anyone. II he had
not sought to extort contrary declar,
ation from me. Do you think would
denounce my own brother on doubtful
or slender evidence? II you can think
20 badly Of me. where then shall J
turn for sympathy in my trouble'
Must l publish what l would fain
conceal In order to induce you to be-
lieve your own father? Look at that.'
and he took from his pocket q large
thin gold coin and placed 1t In my
hand; that is one Of the seGuins you
went into the crypt to fetch-one OF
the two hundred and fifty thousand
sequins you ought to have found there.
Where the others are I donh know;
but what / do know Is that yoCr uncle
found means to convey them away
from here about q week ago. Will
tell you the details, II you want to
know them, when you come to your
senses and remember that ! am your
father"
I sat down on a couch and burst into
an agony Of tears. In q moment my
father was ut my side, holding my
hands in his, and earnestly endeavor-
ing to comfort me. Presently / grew
calmer and got up-that unnatural and
piteous product Of adverse clrcum.
stances, q youth without hope.
The kindness of my father was such
as none but the parent Of an only child
can understand. In endeavoring to al.
leviate my distress he appeared to
forget his own. This Is great mis-
fortune" he said, 1.-The greatest which
has befallen me since your dear mother
died; but We must try to forget 1t. l
care nothing for the loss Of the money
Il would 1t had been S; Ii In the sea
or that the Turks had it-but l
deplore my brothers co oct, more
especially as he has won ur good
will, and l had hoped and believed that
good would come Of it."
After a space my father resumed:
when you feel disposed to hear the
story l will relate all the circum'
stances of your uncle's recent" he
paused, as II unable to lind the pre-
else word he wanted-"act. or Adams
shall, II he RECEIVERS sufficiently to %
SO; he was an eyewitness Of the-the
act. But l have grave fears the old
man will die. and even DR. Thuriow
admits such an event is not improba-
BILE; he is an old man, and these trou
bles are more than he can bear 1t
panied him keenly to show what ne
did against my brother. for he was
much attached to Sam as q boy. and
often inquired Of him after he had gone
away to America"
II don't want to know any more
about 1t now, and perhaps l never
SHALL" I replied, as I rose from the
couch, picked up my letter. and read
1t. 1t was from Constance Marsh and
ran as follows:
No. -, De We're Gardens.
Kensington. W.. April q, 1S-.
Dear Mr.. Trueman:-Many thankS
for your kind letter. Pray accept my
apology for having allowed 1t to re-
main unanswered for two days; but
news Of your having met with IN &C.
c!dent followed SO closely upon your
departure that have been In doubt
whether to write or not, for letters are
troublesome things to any one whe
Is Ill. i am so glad to learn from your
fathers kilograms that your accident
was only slight. and shall be pleased
to see you back In London again-for.
Of course, you will return with your
uncle.
To be continued.