The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-29
7BY MARRY CHOLDIONDELEYS. 4

Y lHS lnLO5 q low chalr4 py the 1lro, ana 6nad RAJ
Ing his face with his hand: mot Cart &
after ALI" VI n n
But my Indignation could not DO re.
strained o moment longer. I had only
boon! kept silent by repeated algns from
Marston. and now broke out.
'S.ss'' And 80, sir, you suspect my friend, AZ
Il 7 said. "and insult him III your father.l
house by turning tho key on him. YOU
I.endeavor to thrown suspicion on mar
who never Injured you in the slightest
lSdcgree You insult mo in insulting my Il
friend, sir. Suspicion Is not always such
arr easy thing to shake off MS It has been
In this instance. on my slde might
the passages in your cocks at = clock
| this morning? In your socks, s sir, still +
In your evening Clothes @
s CHAPTER XIV 4. i$3l 3
II had spoken In anger. not thinlinA
much what 1 was saying and stopped q
short, alarmed at the effect OF my own II
Words. # III is a x ff{yta
!..'..I knew It'll Il knew it!'' gasped Sir
George. in his hoarsc. suffocated voice.
I{snd he fell back. painting. among his pill
flows. " NJ 81
VI Charles took his hand from hts face 4
and looked hard at mo with strange
]5k!nd OF smile. 8 5s tia
".At any rate. We are quits. Middleton
he said. 3 You have done It now, and no
mistake sis s$S;l ~ ~ ri $E
did not quite SEQ what I had done
but It soon became apparent. $
81 knew itl,'$ gasped out tho sick man
| again, 81 knew 1t from the first moment
that he tried to throw suspicion on
Cart 839ss3 si3. n rs
$"sir George said Msrston. gravolY
i"Charles made a mistake Just now. Do
not you on your side make another.
Come. Charles" turning to the tier, VINO
was now sitting erect, with flashing eyes.
tell US about 1t. What wore you doing +
when Midd!ston saw you ~ ~, sE5
III was coming up stairs. a sald Charles,
halghtly. -. s3
From tho library y asked Sir George.
Charles bit mis- lip ard remained silent,
J would not have spoken o him for a
good deal at that moment He looked
positively dangerous, &. Al
From the library, OF course, ? he said
at last. controlling himself and speaking
with something OF his old careless gman-55
1 ner, laden with the spells OF my mid
night depredations Parental fondness
Will supply MI minor details, no doubt,
80 as the SUBJECTS a delicate one for
me. Il will withdraw. that It may be dis
5cussed moro fully in my absence"
"Stop. Charles!" said Marston; tho 4
| 3ldnd. My dear boy" he added, kindly,
| II am glad to SEQ you angry. but, never
| thelcss, you must condescend to explain.
l The longer you allow suspicion to rest
I on yourself. the longer It will be before
{it falls on the right person. Come, what
were you doing in the passage at that
time Of night? @
Charles was touched. could 500. "A
very little Kindness was too much lot him.
| LIT Is no good, y Marston." no said, In
quite different voice; II am not believed
| In this house. :" t5 3 8
He turned away and leaned against tha
4 mnntel-piece, looking into the fire. Ralph
| cleared his throat once or twice, and then
suddenly went up to him and lald MS
hand affectionately on his shoulder :, 9
j "Fire away. old boy" he said IN
j constrained tone. and he choked again,
i III Charles turned around and faced his
4 brother with the saddest smile s. ever
, saw.
.eWell, Ralph" no said 'I will tell
i you everything and then you can believe
me or not, as you like. ! have never told
you a lie, have r. 6gl
&"Not often" replied Ralph. unwtll!ngly.
..You, at least, are truth ITSELF" said
Charles, reddenng, "and II you are biased
i In your opinion Of me, perhaps It Is more
i tho fault of that exemplary Christian
/ Aunt Mary, than your own. Accordlng
to her, have told lies enoush to foa!
a company or carry an election, ana
/ never ike 10 LulStppollt IAS. -.
4 OF me In that respect; but you ! nave
i mover, to my knowledge, deceived, ana
nm not going to begin now,
i 5''You will be a Clergyman yell Wits.
i pered the sick parent. There IS gooa
i living in the family, charlea. shall .l'ye
to sec the Rev, Charles panyers IN g
4 surplice, preaching his hist sermon on lns S
4 ninth commandment
I i@.At any rate, no Is practicing the NTH
i under difflcultles at this moment I" said
\ Marston. 4 as Charles WINGED and turned
4 his back on the parental sick bed. come.
my boy we are losing time,
1itW1lI somebody have the goodness ta
restrain Middleton u ne gets exc,te g., IN
4 said Charles, IT am afraid he won't lks
mart Of what 7 have got TO say,
y ~ snNonsense, slr!" replied, with warmth,
A ar hone can restrain myself as we'll a
LAW man eyen5 under such proyocatl lon
3ag, I have lately received. You may dc.
\ pend on me, sir tina -
Il 5l,fWe lose time said Alarston, seatlna
4 .h.maelf by mo and cutting short what
4 / Was saying in an exceedingly brusaus
manner manner "come, Charles, you should no,
be interrupted,
q whole time, in spite OF continual efforts
on the part OF Marston to make me keep
silence, am not the man calmly ~ les
pass black insnuations against the char
u acter Of a friend, No; ! stood UP for him,
\ / am glad to think how ! stood IN fos
d lin, not only ,metapherically but In the
l lJ;nost literal sense Of the term, for found
/ myself continually getting UP and Mars
/ ton as often pulling me down again lRtc
L my chair, N \.
nA1n I TO speak, or is Middleton ~ said
a Charles at ,ast,sin despair. II will 90 q
q solo, or I Will keep silence; but really, ]
Z am unequal to a Duet
i. "slr George said Niarston, "w!ll you !
have the goodness to desire Colonel MID
Il dleton to be silent or to leave, the room
4 Until Charles has finished his storK39 IA N