New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-06
II Debt Repaid.
BY FRED. j. cox.

o You're about the biggest contradiction
On tearth; Mark When We were boys together
until GfrTow IA penny from you but you worried
comes To to 100 and more let the matter slip
Mark looked artfully across at his brother and
th !R compressed his brows in deep thought
taI DT9 you ,remem6er? asked Leonard. impa-11
II III De that your heart has warmed toward after
you lent me only represented my portion OF the
snare IN TINS farm OF our father'sT
here ,rvI5 nae a. no sort or right TO anything
that kind of talk I told YOU pretty stroNgiv wbat
l ihoqght ABOUT that question before left Eng
thing and I've come to give You BIT more I've.
S b. ho 20 Pay a back your money for wouldn't be-
va s6trahSe glitter came into the others eyes He
was as beginning to understand. =
Here, Heere.s the money" shouted Leonard. laying a
bundle of bank notes the table =
Mark seized them with trembling fingers and
SThtee them twice in the feeble light of the lamp
s1 +oeTe only $40 here" he muttered. Twas
- Bah" retorted Leonard. You're the last man 3
honor Here's the OF it." he cried He counted
and Mark placed them carefully on the top Of the
the uS {,r then the click Of latch the back OF
t tHt farm - was heard Both men started Who's
comes t eTie ID Leonard Quick. before any one
IT'S Is' eH hle-What about interest on the money
paro G no le9ding from the farm kitchen
a a imp which 81 once gave a cheerier aspect 10
She was fairly tall apparently little over thirty,
years OF age. and dressed becomingiy in black If
the general paIor of her features. For no linz oy
MrIhkle rnarred their symmetry. Dark brown
as as tney glanced nquiringly at Leonard Cawthorn
NAG rare sweetness of expression
bi re rose quickly as she approached and held out
ms swan R5Rd tt.s "I il, he cried;
9remHlous with excitement. How we'll YOU IooE
tlLu now slad am to you back IN Nethercofa
again" She gazed up into his handsome s1ns
Mar! Mark sat sullen and rnorose, regarding the pair
Yes; Thirza. I'm back again" said Leonard :.r
hans 70 see me oid village again Though per-
much In Nethercote to interest me now'Dhe LOOKED
"bTt thepa "Tr EYES sadly almost reProachfully-
wanted 10 s %4S a MttIe business with Mark
little more Gf Nc Fancy Nsthercote viii very
But what business?" she asked eagerly sh.
sidHced across at Mark. who sat croucbfneS IN bis
Csai, ana as she did so her eye caught the clint
unerringly her womanly intuition ex5Isneg 1 1ba
80, "A business which don't concern no one bur NJ,
Why be 50 secret about it? said Leonard con-
hHsband-he noticed that she started vioIeHtIy az
me when went away IVe now " rHGn,I ne lent
f ina lis, all Where's the need be close about a
% Without I waiting to hear more she walked over.
She a5 ana pointing to the money on the table
st 6nt Why. asked Leonard. thunderstruck at her
1T 1T has been paid already she said in a low
Without looking at either Of them Mark collected
me money anG handed it to Leonard who took 1t
ia almost forgotten" said Marx attsr,ntfry
q Tii plan2ton but now I to think Of
Years 90 ,'-7-'0- Aie money was paid back
Who paid it?" asked Leonard with dazed
,,o mThir - Mark answered sunenIy she said
sent it straight me never quite understood
tqo Prou 1-b 10 waste line on your brother
people have got bad memories besides me, 1t
7 sent IT to Thirza?' said Leonard. eonpleteIv
seem ta guess What hat does i all mean? Thzs
81 She cropped her eyes and the color rushed into
Let Us 90 away, sra
To- 20 the door. and Leonard, after taking last
Wha az tb MS left him to his feelings
oqt II is TO De hoped that little shame mingled
Win the wrath OF his avarciOus at being sud-
denly deprived Of a snug already well within
from Nethercote in the direction he had come only
W. IA ~ WEat IS this about the money, and
Il have not married him" she said QUIETLY I'm,
heart cart beat high with exultation.
Ih ma l God he cried ferventy. But why were
You belonged to the place" U7A
slowly ne gathered from her thas her family
ana heT mother constantly aiIing she was Obliged
not come TO Nethercote Farm in any other ca
eIsT oSsged thai she would at least come in
paid her for this. she said. and was great heb
than his WIFE he cred Rt 6a5r a bTz5 servant
sun IN the dark about the money"
IT'S long time ago. She ssiJ sf las, ..r,,
wanted wants me to marry him and threatened that
lage. and''- - ga VIZ W.
SO you paid the money TO save my good name
uroSe N leonard Darling ThrZRt 'Twasn't
mGCh or name TO save. but YOU have a right to
IL because you saved it VIII you take it for your
own and Its owner with IL into the bargain 49,
Her myers played nervOusly with Nyisp OF straw
mat she had plucked from the hedgerow but at
LsI she gathered courage TO look up into his face
in his arms. So t'lSS'OId'eiy
Ihey were standing under the notice board which
contained Marks unlawful menace against aGI-aD-
tGrous pedestrians. 1t was the crest OF a ridgs
whence cpuli De seen the SlImhrOuS hau
In the hollow e' lying
us peaceful place said Leonard. but there
never seemed any rtshtful corner in IL for ma
Dearest Thirza, its a wilder country vbara r 1,-,-
with none OF the hOmely features that vo1, go
here: but you will come with me there won't Won
darliug?'' $3.50 Won : SOO'
FOR answer she only nestled closer 10 him while
the stars and the round harvest moon smiled
down upon them In Observation-Disclosures Taller. =