The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-09-12
CHApTER III.-(Continued.)

taInrng q check for a large amount IT
c.oney. Only a few words accompanied
the check. These were to the effect that,
kavirg heard of my indiscretion, my father
desired to put an end to the matter Ut
once. 1t was a very kind letter, and it
took q weight off my heart. l lost no
time In cashing this check and taking The
money to my creditors. There was suffi-
Client to meet all l owed. l wondered, rs
I did this, if / had wronged Gerald o.
Quarreling with him. 1t seemed to me os
az this gift from my father must have
been brought about by his doing. | was
touched when this became a conviction Ii
my mind, and at the same time that |
wrote to Sir Maurice, thanking him N
tho best words l could for his great gen.
srosity, I wrote also to my cousin, telling
him what had happened, and asking him
IL I ought not to express gratitude to
him also. That was the last day, Ben,"
Hubert Tenby said, that l knew what
enc word happiness meant That same
evening l received a hurriedly written
letter from Lady Charlotte Singleton, de-
string me to go and see her the following
day. She mentioned in her letter that
b was very much upset. l was very
little prepared for what awaited me when
I reached her on the following day. l
found her indeed In great trouble. All
her jewels had been stolen, and it was
evident to me before | had gone very far
into the matter that this robbery could
have been done by no outside person, but
emily by one who, like myself, was we'll ac-
Quainted with the way in which they were
Kept. Can you guess the end of my story
now?"
Ben Coop looked into the other mans
face.
surely, they never tried to say you
took these jewels, sirY"
They not only said 1t, they proved it,
Ben" The young man started to his
feet. when l look back l seem to have
been hemmed in on every side. Every
thing was against me even I, myself,
saw how hard it was to disbelieve the
evidence put forward. / had been the
last person to whom Lady Charlotte had
explained the working of the safe in
which her jewels were kept. My need
Tor money was well known. I am afraid
/ had given lots of people the right to
regard me as rather a harebrained fell
low. In any case, the whole world was
against me, especially when, in addition
90 this blow, my father wrote, declaring
chat he had never sent the money I ac-
knowledged, and ~denouncing the check I
had cashed as a forgery! / cannot give
you line for line and word for word all
mat happened. l must let you try and
6u In the picture for yourself. I was
made an outcast from my home. There
was nothing for me to do but to leave
Che country as quickly as I possibly could.
An this sore plight it seemed to me that
the only friend / had in the world was
my cousin Gerald. He not only professed
DO be amazed and bewildered at all that
had happened, but declared himself to be
and grieved that any one know
ang me should believe me guilty of such
Alshonorable conduct! 1t was he who
went with me hat wretched day chat l
sailed from England! l am not one who
doubts easily but the truth of Gerald's
<reachery was revealed most surely a lit
Ttle later on. Not content with driving
me In shame from My fathers home, not
content with having biackened my career,
everything from me in the old
&1uAbi9 NC NOkhCd hS NCuScduCG OuL hllll
further. / had not been a month away
before his vengeance began to reach me.
I fell into the hands of men whom I
know now must have been Gerald's ac-
completes. Friendless and almost penni-
lass, / was an easy dupe to these men,
and almost before / realized what / was
doing / found myself arrested as an &C
complete Of a gang of well-known burg
lars, convicted, and given a heavy SEN
tencc! And I should be now In the pris-
on had II not been for that days work
an your little station yonder! I little ex-
pected to find gratitude from one of my
warders, yet 1t is always the unexpected
that comes In life and when that poor
1sllow was recovered, he left no effort un-
tried to give ne my freedom. The fact
chat I had been a g~ood-conduct man."
Hnbert said. with a bitterness that was
most painful, went, of course, In my
favor. / also, 1t seems, had a friend 1T
court, although l knew nothing of this
aiIl afterward. The Governor of the jail
had taken q sharp interest in me. and he
and the warder together managed to give
me my freedom. That Is why you see me
here tonight"
Ben Coop's hands came down firmly,
yet tenderly, OF the young mans shout
der.
"Ay, but It makes my blood boil to
hear what you have been telling me. It's
O. like what Robert Tenby would have
been. There's work for you to do. ] an
mot a man to preach revenge, but / am a
saan to urge any other to stand up fol
Ais honor, no matter at what a cost and
you must stand up for yours, my dear lad
What are your plans2 You will surely
have something in your mind?"
Hubert Tenby stood and stretched him
self his full height.
II am free" he said. In low, Vibrant
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