The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-28

ing to my solicitor, instructing him to
make an alteration In my will. I will
not let you starve, villain as you are,
but the bulk of my fortune goes to
Alexis. II you make any appeal to me.
I shall excise your name altogether.
-"Aloysius Brangwyn."
Aloysius, re-reading this for the At.
tieth time, recalled the old garnet
studio in Paris III which it came to
him, and felt anew the shame. and
rage with which an unjust accusation
is naturally received by a man of hon
or to whose whole nature the action al
legged against him is peculiarly repel.
lent. He had never heard of Anton.
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 If he
took to the montde-piete all the things
he possessed he could not realize Il
third-class fare to London. He wrote,
flaming hot with indignation, and told
the old man, whom he had loved like
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.
"Niy Dear, Dear Aloysius: My dar.
ling boy. forgive me. have set you
right. On receipt of your letter sent
a message to Capt. Dupre, your ac-
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 lis daughter was in
correspondence with person who
signed himself a. Brangwyn.' She be-
came criminal,y entangled with him,
and becoming fearful as to her condi.
tion she made search for him. and.
though she could not discover his adj
dress. she learned of the existence IN
Paris of an Englishman. named Alloy.
sius Brangwyn. who t'as sculptor,
and who had vainly attempted to sell
a statuette of his own eXecutic-, to an
art dealer whose daughter was q
friend of hers and had pierced her Sc.
cret When next she met her lover
she addressed him as Aloysius, and.
since he made no attempt to repudi.
ate the name she supposed it to be
his own. There was but one conclu'
sion. I sent for Alexis and confronted
him with the man. He made no at
tempt to defend himself, but he de.
clares-though l 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 he
heard the girls news of her condition.
and bolted away to me. Had he made
a clean breast of it l should have been
bitterly hurt, but would have helped
him to repair the wrong as far as pos
sible. AS it is have suffered the
grief of lifetime, and l feel quite
broken. You must come to me, my
boy. You must make up our quarrel
1 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
YOU dearly, and whose heart is brok'
en-" -
ITO Be continued.)