The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-28

ing to my solicitor. instructing him t.
make an alteration in my will. will
not let you starve, villain as you are
but the bulk OF my fortune goes te
Alexis. II you make any appeal to me
l shall excise your name altogether.
--"Aloysius Brangwyn"
Aloysius, re-reading this for the fif
tieth time, recalled the old garre'
studio in Paris in which it came te
him, and felt anew the shame and
rage with which an unjust accusation
Is naturally received by man of hon
or to whose whole nature the action al
legged against him Is peculiarly repel
lent. He had never heard Of Antoin
cite Dupre, and the false charge mad
dened him. He had outrun his finan
cial tether. He had found no market
for his work. His wealthy uncle gave
him but pinched allowance, and II he
took to the mont-de-piete all the things
he possessed he could not realize a
third-class fare to London. He wrote
flaming hot with indignation, and told
the old man, whom he had loved like
a father all his life, to do as he liked
with his money, and never venture to
apologize for the insult he had offered
But he demanded at least to be con
fronted with his accuser, whom he
had never seen, and of whom he had
! never heard.
"My Dear, Dear Aloysius: My dar'
ling boy, forgive ME. I have set you
right On receipt OF your letter sent
a message to Capt. Dupre, your &C.
cuser, demanding his presence. He
came, and translated to him your an
swer to my accusation. He insisted
| upon the truth of his own statement
| His story is that his daughter was In
correspondence with person who
signed himself "A. Brangwyn.' She be.
came criminally entangled with him
and becoming fearful as to her condi
| tion she made search for him, and
though she could not discover his ad'
dress, she learned of the existence In
| Paris of an Englishman named Alloy
sius Brangwyn, who was sculptor,
and who had vainly attempted to sell
| q statuette of his own execution to an
art dealer whose daughter was
| friend OF hers and had pierced her Sc
! cret. When next sic met her lover
| she addressed him as Aloysius, and,
since he made no attempt to repudl-
ate the name, she supposed 1t to be
| his own. There was but one conclu-
sion. sent for Alexis and confronted
| him with the man. He made no at
| tempt to defend himself, but he de-
clares-though I am unwilling to be-
| lieve him-that he had no design to
| injure you in allowing himself to be
addressed by your name. 1t appears
| that he acted like bastard when ne
heard the girls news of her condition,
| and bolted away to me. Had he made
| a clean breast of 1t should have been
bitterly hurt, but I would have helped
him to repair the wrong as far as pos
sible. AS it is have suffered the
grief of a lifetime, and l feel quite
broken. You must come to me, my
boy. You must make up our quarrel
| am too tired to write more now. !
have had a dreadful scene with Alexis,
who has behaved frantically. ! will
give instructions to my bankers in the
morning, and you must come to me.
I am growing frail, and my span Of life
is very nearly over. Forgive, Alloy
sius! Forgive the old man who loves
Won dearly. and whose heart is brok-
en-"
ITO 6e Continued.)