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rought her to his bedside by mld

brought her TO his bedside by mId
night.
mo, / am not dying" as hc met th'
stricken fear I'm her fsce. "But ever
men who are doomed to 1.-Two sometimes
have confessions 10 make. Has Mr
Ruble come homer
He had not.
"Send searchers 10 the old mine. II
caved in on lin this afternoon. Let
them make haste, for this storm II
likely TO food the mine, and drown
any living thing there like n rat. !
knew it and left him, Miss Daricy. but
! II wasn't entirely because Of you" an.
/ swering a question he read I'm her face
II may have been 50 mad-I was
| and that added TO an old wrong put
! murder I'm my heart. DO you rPmem.
Der the invention with which hoped
10 make my fortune, years agof He
stole, Just as | was sure Of success
after the long time | spent In perfect
ing il, and he has risen since, while
have been pushed down until he made
n virtue Of giving me work, and
claimed gratitude fOr The meager
wages paid back by the hands that
robbed me. | don't expect you 10 for.
give me for telling you the truth about
him. I might hope for your pity IL
had not such a black sin to lay bare,
but as 1t is"
"As it Is, | am so far from good my.
self that | am grateful 10 you for
setting me an example in fo"saking the
wrong and turning 10 the right"
The old mine had caycd in upon Mr.
Rublc, but a lodgmcnt Of some of the
supporting timbers had saved hin
from being crushed TO death and IL
quarters so narrow that he could no
stand upright, he had ample leisure
during the long night 10 reflect upon
his sins, and fright enough TO resolve
upon atonement when the waters gath
cred about him and rose gradually &C.
his chin; but these varied sensations
fell away from him when his release
was effected in the breaking light.
Miss Darley stood in the doorway
when he arrived. pitiablc figure, at
his own house. She was n little worn
with her slecpless night. more than
naughty way which rcpelled him, yet
Mr.. Rublc forced himself 10 do some.
thing in the sentimental line.
"Oh, my Madeline, I thought would
never see you again"
"YOur Madeline never will be seen,
sir" she replied. II am free to con.
fcss that what You had ana not what
you were attracted me- but the charm
Is broken since know how much came
to You through the mcanest Of thefts."
Her fingers were twisted i'm her
chain, and as Mr.. Ruble's abashed eyes
fell they rested upon the key which
was suspended there. His lips
twitched and turned CHASTITY, and next
moment he fell forward writhing in
n fit
Two or three facts were not long in
themselves in Miss Darley's
mind. and If she changed her intention
about using that key, the result GER
tainly justified her. 1t unlocked n
secretary where Aunt
Murida had kept her private papers,
and brought to light codicl to that
will OF which the old woman had re-
pcnted, which document in her upright
declared:
Whereas, l have just learned that
my l5insmnn, Paul Ruble. has been
guilty of fraud and deception in i'm
posing on me certain improvements
now used in the machinery Of the mills
MS his own invention; and whereas,
being impressed by what | considered
his practical genius | have heretofore
named him MS the heir 10 my estates,
tion of my properties TO thc aforesaid
Paul Rublc; and, furthermore; |, Muir
ilda Rublc Darlcy, being sound in
mind, but feeble IL body, do hereby
devise ana bcQugath Gll the estates
md personal properties Of which may
die possessed TO my beloved grand
niece Madeline Darlcy, on condition
that she shall make such restitution
ms Justice demands 10 thc actual in
ventor of said improvements of which
hc was wickcdly dclraudod-said in
vcntOr | have reason 10 believe, be-
inS young man named Royal March"
That. and more, i'm Aunt Murilda'S
hand and Il rathc: awkward imitation
Of a lawyers phraseology left her last
wishes Enthusiastically clear, and the
choice between Paul Rublc ana pow
crty was lifted away from Madeline.
and Mr.. Ruble himself recovered TO
stink out of her knowledge, and, with
out doubt to curse the weakness
which left that document rndcstroycd.
Did she fulfil the condition iSlposed
upon her? There is crippled joint
owner with her of those mill and min
ing interests who evidently thinks so,
into whose eyes she looks as she says:
"You are the only lord and master |
could ever acknowledge, Royal, my
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