Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-07

stained. Few of us ever th1nkWhat olack pages of ancestry most people have h1d- den away--tlle hideous skeletons in their closets. And the blood will tell, sooner or later bad blood as wei as good That is why-yol see, with MT. Stedman. His brother has already developed weak trait. It may be only matter of time wben he too, succumbs to some vice equally despicable." @
 They were both silent a few moments, busy with their thoughts. Then, as 8 neighboring clock tolled the hour, Jaynes rose to go. You don't know how glad l am, sweetheart, that my family record l is clear"
 s'I could never have loved you if, 1t 1 hadn't been," Gertrude Elliot answered, seriously.
 The next day was Sunday and they had planned a long drive together. 1t
 was day. of perfect happiness for them
 both. The conversation of the evening before had been forgotten-the pleasure of the present shut out all serious thoughts. As they drove home in the 1 lengthening shadows, that silence which I is the sweetest communion of two united l souls Sell upon them. A white object . suddenly huttered in the grass at the roadside. The horse shied, then quieted down at the sound of his masters voice. What is it, dear?" asked Gertrude, I "Only a newspaper, think"
 "There! That reminds me of what
 wanted to tell you. I Tread such strange I story after you left last night-not a
 book, story in the evening paper. And
 the queer thing about it is that the man l has your name. Walter Stanton Jaypes
 ST"
 Jaynes laughed That is certainly
 peculiar never come across anyone
 of that name outside our family. The
 oldest sons have borne it for genera tions back. What about the man2"
 "He has just died in the states prisor
 at Jackson. It seems he was sent III
 from Detroit for emhezziement Hi
 crime was such a fragrant breach of trus that the full extent of the law was givel
 him. lie was president of the Wayn,
 County bank and was so highly regarde.
 that hundreds of poor people, widow and orphans, loaned him their all H
 intended to replace what he had stolel } in time, but the Eank examiner cam unexpectedly and discovered the situa tion."
 'I suppose mother would remembe the case. We lived in Detroit until wa five years old" said Jaynes. "But asid l from the coincidence of names it is rathe common story" ' 3 But haven't come to the stranges r part The prison was crowded when thi ] man was sent up and he was put into tn
 cell with another convict, With his fac n elean-shaven and his hair cropped shor II fr happened that he and his cell-mat a who was common murderer, bore d 4.-. resemblance to each other. Iht |, 5fcame very good friends in spite
 th fact that they had come from ditfe I l ent environments In the course or 3 month, Jaynes' partner, Number 3l 1t was seized with diphtheria in the nfgf Il Jaynes did not summon the guard un :" morning, and when the sick man |? removed to the hospital he had IS Jaynes' clothes and number. which lg 845 He died the same day and of cour i'd Jaynes' friends were notified, but
 account of the contagion they were T q allowed to claim the body. The cha a l lain suspected the trick, but Jaynes n- fused to acknowledge it all these yes