The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-07-24


'rss vuyi my boyr'
Il am ruined. mother-riinedr Ho
stood gazing Wildly ln front " him.
while the shoet OF paper nuttered down
10 the carpet Then he dropped back
into the chair and sank his face into his
hanCs His mother had her arms round
him In an instant while the admiral.
with shaking fingers picked w the let
ter from the floor and adjusted his
gl"sses TO read o.
My Dear Denver" 10 ran ny tho
time that this reaches you ! shall be out
of the reach of yourself or n any one
else who may desire an Interview. You
need not search Tor me. Tor l assure
You that this letter is posted by a
friend, and that you will have your
trouble In vain n you try 20 fnd me.
! am sorry to leave you In such a tignt
place hut one or other N ua must be
squeezed. and on the whole I prefer
that It should be- you Youll and moth
Ing In the bank. and about 900 un-
accounted for I'm not sure that the
best thing you can do e. not TO reelize
what you can and initiate your sem
Tors example. n you act az once you
may get clean away. II not. ita only
that you must put up your shutters.
but am afraid that this missing money
could hardly Doe included aa an ordinary
debt. and ~ course you are legally re-
sponslble for II Just a. much as ! am.
Take friends advice and get to
America. young man with brains can
always do something out there. and you
can live down this little mischance. IL
viii BE- cheap lesson n II teaches you
20 take nothing upon trust In business.
and TO insist upon knowing exactly
what your partner IN doing. however
senior he may be 10 you. Yours faith
fully. JEREMIAH PEARSON"
Great heavens" groancd the admir-
al, "he has absconded"
And left me both a bankrupt and a
thief"
mo. no. Harold" sobbed his mother.
IAN viii be right what matter about
money!
Money motherl II Is my honor"
The boy II right II Ia hia honor.
and my honor FOR his II mine. This u
a sore trouble. mother when we thought
our lifc's troubles were all behind US.
but we win bear It a. We have borne
others" lie held out his strinEy hand.
ana the two old folk sat with bow 4
grey heads. their fingers INTERVIEWED,
strong In each others love and SYM
PATTY
I'VE wcr, too happy" she sighed.
But Il In Gods Will. mother"
Yes. John. II II Gods will"
And yet Il In bitter TO bear. could
have lost ALL the house. money, rank
could have borne H. But at my age
my honor-the honor OF an admiral OF
the fleet"
mo honor can be lost. John. where
no dishonor has been done. what havo
you donel What has Harold done7
There IL no question ~ honor"
The old man shook his head. but Har-
old had already called together his clear
practical sense. which Tor an instant In
the presence Of this frightful blow had
deserted him
"rhe mater II right. dad" said he.
III H. bad enough. heaven knows. hut
We must not take too dark a view OF
H. After all. this inaolent letter II In
Itself evidence that ! had nothing 10 do
with the schemes OF the base villain
who wrote &c."
They may think II prearranged."
They could not My whole life cries
out against the thorRht They could
not look me In The ta-s ana entertain
! a."
mo, boy, not u ,n,y I>ve eyes In
their heads cried admiral. pluck
Ing up courage at thu sight OF the flash
ing eyes and brave. defiant face. I'VE
have the letter and we have your char
acter. Wen weather II yet between
them. IT'S my fault from the begin
ming for choosing such landshark for
your consort God help me. thought
I was finding such an opening FOR you"
Dear dad How could you possibly
known As he says In his letter. II has
given me a lesson. hut he was 80 much
older and 40 much more experienced.
that II was hard for me TO ask TO cx-
anime his books But we must waste
no time. must 20 10 the city"
What will you dor"