The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-01-14
BY FREDERIC REDDALE
Copyright. 1872, by j. p Lipplnco,t Company.

Sir Arthur came OF age, was the re-
ply. Master Richard, he walks In as
cool and cam as if he'd only been away
a month. But he have groWed! And
that rich. My! N.Y. shaking his
to the subject.
Il judge Master Richard, as you call
him, is an old favorite of yours" said
Kane with a smile.
The man chuckled proudly.
1T was me as taught i'm 'ow to sit
'orse and old gun and cast a fly
afOre e was twelve, sir. Twas a sorry
day when e went away, and there's
many'll be happier for is 'ome-com-
ing"
Il have no doubt of that" was
I[anc's reply. Then he set himself to
answer Stclla's appeal. Those few
minutes pause while old Carthew was
speaking had sufliccd for Kane to de-
eide upon his answer, and this is what
he wrote:
My dearest: Your happiness is mine.
aud | do rejoice with You and yours. I
shall reserve my congratulations for your
brother until our introduction tonight
for. OF course. he will be welcome. Pray
explain to him why | send no formal in
vltatiuu; nevertheless. the best robe and
the highest seat at the feast shall be his
"Devotcdly yours,
"ROSSITER KANE"
When Caithcw was dismissed with
his answer, Kane found himself alone
once more, and proceeded to confront
this new dilemma.
Was there ever a more grotesque and
pulling or terrifying situation! The
man whom he had shot, robbed, and
lett for dead at the other end of the
world had returned to life and was
that very night coming to dance I'M
dor the roof of his assalant!
Kane laughed aloud at the bitter
irony of the thing OF course, he stood
TO be denounced on sight before all
his guests as an assassin and a thief,
A pretty ending to all his social
striyngs after honesty and respecta-
bisity!
( And Stella, What would she think
of It all? How She would despise him.
N III " HAT StbI IL NOUltl oHt lash lilC
man who had dared to approach her
with w0Id is Of love upon his lips, while
| her brothers blood was upon his hands
ana her brothers property in his
pockets!
4 weaker man than Kane, physical
IN. mentally and morally, would have
turned tail and fed; a coward would
have ended it all with a bullet. It
was characteristic OF him that he did
neither; no thought of taking either
course entered his mind. He would
see ii thTOugh-not in callOus bravado
or because he could not realize the full
weight Of his impending punishment,
int from a sort of heroic determine
ton 70 take his medicine" like man,
nnd from half-recogniZed feeling that
;horcin might consist part of his ex-
piation.
There was hut one possible loophole
for Cscapc-thOuGh even that could be
only = temporary putting off of the
day Of reckoning. It might be that
Richard Dysart had not caught Il
Glimpse of his features on that memoir
abIc night; and if SO, there was lit
tie dancer of recognition or detection
from any other source.
It was q bare chance, yet, the more
he Thought of it, the more probable it
appeared.
However, a few hours would settle
IT one way or the other. So, with the
cool foItitudc which had stood him
in gcCi stead in more than one tight
rlaca hitherto, Rossiter Kane proceeded
10 devote himself TO his guests for the
rest Of the day, and at dinner that
nisAo he presided with more than his
accustomed polished brilliancy and
Erhanity.