The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-01-01
NUMBER L.

tersi We could make a little partner
ship on a liberal arrangement" he add
ed. turning to me. I'm furnish capital.
plan. everything but the time. And
can give all my energies to painting
while you run the little game on the
outside"
/ l IanEhed-
I "Laddic." said Miss Graydon. taking
him by what she would probably have
called the reyers of his evening coat.
I sometimes you discourage me. What
is the matter with you here:"
And she tapped him gently over the
region of bis heart. He shook his head
dolefully.
~'Where your treasure is. there viii
Z your heart be Also" quoted
Il would not tamper with holy writ"
said I-add seriously. yet l sometimes
think the message in those words
would be clearer to men if they read.
Where your heart is. there will your
treasure be- Ii Is the impulse OF the
heart that makes stke value Of the
treasure And-fzR that he added.
pointing upward totSApicture. II love
it and aspire to it. Yet am what
am"
There's some one knocking at the
outer door,. said l.
I-add recovered suddenly from the
reverie into which he had fallen.
You stay here" said he. -Ifs one
of my detectives I'll send him away"
He passed behind the heavy curtains.
and we beard his steps on the polished
1oor of the studio. A murlnur of voices
reached US. broken suddenly by crash
ing fan.
Miss Graydon flashed away from my
side like a startled bird Before had
fairly set foot in the studio heard her
by the door CRYING out: What have
you done: What have you done!"
Ladd lay on the floor mid the ruins
of a chair. Beside him a little gray
Frenchman with face like a rat was
dancing with excitement and trying to
talk in both English and his native
language with one breath. Relapsing
finally into French. he became inteili-
gible.
1T was the good newsr' he yelped.
Listen. He asked me to trace for him
some old pictures. and what do l hndf
a fortune, ! have told him as gently
as | could. but he was unable TO bear
it"
/ caught him by the arm and shook
: him.
Speak out plainly"' exclaimed.
"He is not that poor devil of a paint
: err" he made answer. He Is a rich
American. only son and heir OF a what
you call it:-trust magnate. The ia
: ther is dead some years. This young
I man inherits everything. 1t was he
that found this Warrington Ladd starv-
4 ing in Paris and fed him full to the
u gullet. Three tines day he fed lin,
3 as had not happened to this Ladd since
his BIRTH Then they go Of together.
! walking ard painting. for this young
man is also a painter. but without tai
$ ent. and he studies from the other. No
a one knew where they had gone. War
2 rington Ladd fell into crevasse on
:. Rigi that same day that the lightning
i tried to kill this one and failed
e But why did he think he was
Laddg' / demanded. speaking in Eng
4 lisl. because OF my excitement.
He have the picture" replied the
e Frenchnan., Was not the name sign
v to il IN the corner: So they think they
e know the man. They call him War
< rington I-add in his delirium. They
L drive that name into him. thinking
T. that they question him. He-he know
d nothing III all except what he is told
y "But If Ladd's body was found
1T was found yesterday-what re-
maincd of it, said the Frenchman,
.'but there were clothes and letters to
W identify II. II was IL partner of mine
b who found ii. | have Il telegram from
him. also cable from America"
d "And this mans name:"
lis Duncan Stuart" said the detec-
e. tive
For some strange reason. perhaps un-
le der tie mysterious impulse of sympa-
s thetic thought. | sprang toward Lucy
he and she toward me. We clasped hands
without either being conscious Of it.
he Ladd was sitting up by this time. prop
Is ped against chair.
n That's who you are-' I cried to him.
Id Il remember you perfectly. But. great
in heavens. you have changedw
I'VE met at Lantry's studio" said
n Lucy. 1T was only few minutes.
Yet IL never quite forgot you. When
y you said you were MIR. Ladd. that faint
memory deceived me- | thought that
| must have seen you somewhere. per
e. haps when you were poor and starv-
{. ing"
20 Meanwhile the little Frenchman
~ stood at Stuarts feet. bowling with alb
y surd reverence.
Il congratulate you. felicitate
you"
y please go away" said Stuart wearily
and then 10 Lucy: My poor child.
a did not mean to do this. I thought the
! picture was mine. l am only com
monplace fellow. | never did anything
IA worth while"
n Il love you just as much" she wills
pered. kneeling beside him. You cam
in help it. You Inherited Ii. this money
and the making of money. We will
be bear il together
Stuart slowly got upon his feet. hii
:" hand ciaspcd in hers.
or what shall be in the new year.
er he asked-"in the new year that b .
close TO us? Only my poor SELF
ID. s'Ii Is the same with ALL" said Lucy.
or Perhaps that's the practical view.
ey responded Stuart with something lik
'et return 10 his former manner. -Per
Id haps that's why so many earnest reso
dy lutions fail and so much advice Is val
ueless No man can escape from hi
own individuality: no man can escap
ial from his ancestors. for that mattei
IN Some poor and slight amendment o
dy our faults. some little striving upward
ri is all that is permitted us. yet that
tly duty. I cannot be the new man that
ON ng-Dn. i-pl Won to be hut I can he