The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-08-17
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| ant &aEpEzSe-ShtS Rel1g the untAKSGtci
arrival OF . letter from my father coa.
tasning . check for q large amount u
noney. 0nly few words accompanied
TIE check. These were 10 the effect that.
having heard Of my indiscretion. my father
desired to pat an end to the matter ~
once. II was a very kind letter. and i
toox weight of nay heart. ] lost 20
fslne in cashing this check and taking he
money TO nv creditors There was snfi-
Gent 10 meet all owed. | wondered. as
did this. IL I had wronged Gerald o.
euarreling with him. Ii seemed TO me as
| IL this gift from my father must nsYe
been brought about By his doing. | was
tourhed when this became a conviction n
| my mind, and at the same time that |
wrote to Sir Maurice. thanking him N
| the best words could for his great gem
crosby, wrote also to my cousin, telling
him what had happened, and asking him
II ] ought not to express gratitude 10
| him also That was the last day. Ben. y
| Hubert Tenhy SKID, that I knew what
the word happiness meant. That same
evening I received hurriedly written
letter from Lady Charlotte Singleton. de-
siring me to 70 and see her the following
| day. She mentioned in her letter that
| she was very much upset. was yery
| little prepared for what awaited me when
I reached her on the following dag.
found her indeed In great trouble All
her Jewels had been stolen, and It was
evident 10 me before had gone very far
| into the matter that this robbery could
hare been done By no outside person. but
/ only b. one who, like myself. wac well ae-
I f~e 49,
kept Can ron guess the end OF my story
nowYs
Ben Coop looked Into the other mans
face.
..Sarely. they never tried to say you
took these Jewels, sirfs
.They not only said II. they proved ii.
Ben. The young man started to his
fset. swhen I look back seem to have
been hemmed In on every side. Every
thing Was against me even /. myself.
saw hoH hard Ii was 70 disbeIieYe the
erid<nee put forward. had been the
laxf person TO whom Lady Charlotte had
explained the working Of the safe In
which her Jewels we're kept. NJ need
for money was well known. am afraid
/ / bad given lots OF people the right TO
regard me ~ rather q harebrained fell
low. In any case. the whole world was
against me, especially when. In addition
% this blow, my father wrote. declaring
thar be had never sent the money | &C
knowiedged, and announcing the check |
had eashed A. forgery. I cannot give
you line fer line and werd for word all
that happened. ! must Jet yon .ry and
Gil ID The picture for yourself. I was
1 y.
vas nothing for me to do but 70 leave
ths counsry rs quickly ~ possibly could
In this sore plight II SEEMED 10 me that
tbs only frisud | had In the world was
| NJ cousin Gerald. lie NOT only professed
ID b amazed and bewildered NJ all that
Ind ksppened. bat declared himself to b
SHOCKED and gfieved that any one know.
Ing M should believe me guilty of such
dishoaorahls conduct. II was be wha
wsnx with me fArt wresehed day that |
sailed from Englandi am not one waa
doabts easily; bas the truth Of Geraid's
sreAeAery wAs revealed most surely lii.
~ later On. Not eonsent with driving
NJ 10 shame from my fathers home, mol
confenE with having bIacksned my career
taking everything from me la the old
| c0antry, be worked bis vengeance out still
further. I lad NOT been q month away
before his venxeance began 10 reach me
I fell into the hands of men whom
know now must have BEEN Geraid's &C
cpsuplices. FriendieSS and almost penni
iesx. I was IN easy dnpe to these men
and almost before realized what wal
doing l found mgseif ARRESTED a. an &C
compiice of gang Of weli-known burg
lars, convicted. and given q heavy sen
teace. And I should BE- ncw In the pris
on had II mot been for that days wori
a your little station yonderi / Little en-
pecssd 20 find gratitude from one Of m.
warders, yet IL 10 always the unexpecte'
chat come. In life: and vhen that poo
fsllow was recovered. be left no effort an
tried 10 give me my freedom. The fac
that I had been goodconducs man,
Hubert said. with bitterness that wa
most painful, 'swent. Of course. In IA
favor. also, 10 seems. had \ friend 4
csurs, although knew nothing of thi
iii sfterward. The Governor OF the jal
had taken . sharp interest in mr.. and b
snd ths warder together managed 10 civ
ne ny freedom That Is why you zee m
here tonight"
Ben Coop's hands came down firmly
| pet tsndsrly. on She youug mans snou
Or.
.Ay. bat II makes my blood boil /
kear wkat roo have ben telling nae. II
o like whAt Robert Tsnby weuid .hav
he<n. There's work for yoa to de. ! q.
not . man 10 preach revenge, but am
| nan 20 urrr any other 10 stand Mp 70
| Ms honor, no matter At what cost an
yca rnust stand mp FOX yours. my dear La
| What are Jour piansf You wiil sarel
have something In yoaF mind
Huaert Tsnby stood AID stretched bin
self hi. full hight.
II am free he said. 10 iow. vihrar
tones. THAT II the firxt thing | am III
ing to realize. and after that comes Il
nemory Of Dy lost h0uoT. ! have ngsl
Ing 10 20 upcn. yos kpvs. oaiy this hid
oas belief that Gerald has been my snen
I'll throagh. II does noi seem - II
couid die, or III ny father 70. fiil ws ha'
Ioszsa into e.eh others eyes again.
wnus 10 heax him kay that I ma his -
ITO mean. skulkiag thief wEe would Il
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