The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02

'oihHs' mn" hhln 'aiN ie"s ~ ~, I'LL
inunicate concerning MI. Mortimer linen
he sent the note OF with "A man IN the buggy
Next he despatched MESSENGER ioi
David ass. ne pulled out ms "atch ano
looked at u. II Was o'clock.
lihlnk . VIII 40, ne Ihut'ereo' Nshouio
DE all over by that TINE.
Another note addressed 70 Mortimer
asking him TO call at the hotel at O'Clock
Went form
The village hotel throbbed with The pres
sure OF Uwoitcd business; The pro:
prle,oT surih,seI lna' iniahoisl mater s 81
wa being mortgag"d most likely; more
money Tor hngwocd proIapIV, ior had not
q buggy, gene OUT here 20 .rE,y some one
III 70 ms great hLMcler' mos race
h"rses were The deF!l 10 put a man III 'hs
| noe
David as, came reading IN ,he heels
OF much hskered hos'ler VINO mad sum
moned HIM
You s.ht for me- SIR he asded OF
'raile.
| ~ may nave 'eel 'ne STAIRS -ior ne had
| come up hlrTledly-that Put "aVer IN
nH Vote .r may nave peeai uo pre-
| iH.ni'ioh Oh u"unf' 49, ,
lake seJN Nlr. avs, .rane ais"sreN'
arranging CHAR - may strong hsht from
the one "hdoW zen a'h"art inc ''si'or
fac.
| -, n" hos'Pr VINO ruu sh1NI Ass 10 where
| IA" nis may; a"dteu hi,il III sered,a Jaeesu
| Wonble OF huinainN' "ahhs aRaiHt mo
doorHnp. ne eSpecl.u ah oruer Ior
REQ eis' as ne r,u '",r n;a si0HS *, n'I IN
SUI II had grown i"iiihafF "ilo h's
ueny ,-,, o. .,,,.
! :, oh exclaimed 'rhne' Forgotten
ner"s quarter Nhuoh ophseo' iha'
AL
| In' hos.'er un!.nl,eu iess. "staplg
nncause "l rscurreit ueuauchery, carried
| i.lm dscuis 'iafly 10 i1wef ieves. me
TANKER hurl DE sure Oh nus Duhuess' iiuSt
nave wen IA lalu Tnen ne lshreu ihe
uslaI ollI9n,h,N hollIiy's preparation
u =, =" 'e.'i'a' ulIih o., l..
me hos'nr hau ger, u,e sl.,uiH roofn oo1r
suing WIN ms bacK 10 inc WINDOW said
/" ~" "u. n '','tk
Nr. ,"ns, i aii sonIs 70 pe Wy T'tuio
WIN vow an srnlR 10 yen you nay nave
| Gis1pvers,i ,hat you S3ie the thousahd
uTlia'r "o''iine' h"s oech a'cuSeo vi
takn.2
Nas9 Iaoe plaIcheu n piuish wshte, nus
"a" uIoPI'eu ''ooei, Hno 'Ie ia" w iah
who SudnrhIy mao been struck a savage
piow' ms weak "a,ery pi9e eyes Opened
essaveu 70 speak, 20 even give CRY
OF ram, pun the muscles oi ms tongue were
NlraiyHcu. hts ilgh hanu mao p'eh Iestin 3
on the arm OF me chair IN which ne salt
ana as trane ceased SPEAKING. ms arm ieli
nopen'ssiy pv ms sue where IL dahgleo
IKE the cioth arm OF dummy.
crane saw All ms WIN nerce Satisfaction.
ne mao Panneu tnis suIueh accusatioh
WIN suntie iorethought. ~ even gave MN
rehei 20 iee' ms untrhg shited 70 another;
ne was no longer the assailed OF evi for
tune; he was the assailant.
Already the sustaining force OF night was
on ms side; what dreadful thing II was TO
| squlrlh ana SHRINK IN the tolls OF or,me' 4
thouRht mat ne might nave been IKE TINS
had he allowed Mortimer to stand accused
| nASneu through ms mind.
| lie waited for his victim 20 speak. AT
iast tass louha Strength TO say;
| MIR Crane, this Is terrible accusation;
there Is some dreadful mis'ake-I did
no.
| crane interrupted him. The mans de-
fence must be so aoJectly hopeless such
cowardly, weak string OF lies, that out Of
| pity. as he might have ceased to beat a
| hound. Crane continued, speaking rapidly,
holding the guilty man tight In the grasp
OF his fierce denunciatlon.
| You stole that note, You sent It, with
a special delivery stamp to your brother
billy Cass' In New York, and he bet on 1t for
you on my horse, The Dutchman. on the
| that Aian Porter had taken the money. re-
placed II, and you committed a greater
crime than the crime OF stealing when you
| allowed nm 10 De dishonored. allowed
him TO he accused, and all but convicted
OF your foolish sin.
IT Is useless 70 deny "; all tins can he
proven IN court nave weighed the matter
carcluilV. ani' YOU confess YOU VIII not
DE- pfosecuted' II you 90 not YOU VIII De
sent TO the penuentiary just AZ sure as you
are hFing man
| 'd-s' HtflGkti htyond the nope OF de-
renee rose from his chair steadying HIM
sen WIN hls hshds on the tible leaning
| 'arpVrr II a. though ne wero drawn physi-
calIN by the terce magnetism of his ac-
| than tho treble Of 81 clilI's.