The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-05-09

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Ogledon; of the body he had assisted
to drag from the river; Of many other
things-foated before him; he decided
to hold his tongue.
Feeling, however, on second thought
that 1t might be possible that this
young and rich lady would be willing
to assist so forlorn an outcast, In need
! of considerable refreshment, he at
length consented to accompany the lad
to her house; and was hurried along,
at a most undignified pace, by Harry,
Immediately his consent had been OBJ
tanned.
Harry stipulated that he should first
see the young lady alone, in order to
prepare her for whatever communities
ton Cripps might have TO make; and
| that gentleman, complying with so
reasonable a request, took a seat in
| the hall, while Harry was shown into
the presence of Madge, who was alone.
| There, his courage and resolution
began to fail him at once-the more
so that she came eagerly toward him,
with flush on her face and with her
! eyes lit up with a faint hope that he
had news for her.
What is it. Harry; what have you
| to tell me? she asked, quickly.
IL want to be fair and just, MISS he
| said; Il want to undo some of the
wrong have done and have so bitter
| ly repented Of"
What wrong?" she asked.
Harry hung his head little lower.
| IL sold Master Dandy, miss; l gave
| him up TO the police, when he might
have escaped; put them on his
| track"
you. But I thought
"Oh. yes. miss" he said, bitterly,
| glancing up at her-"I know what you
| thought; | know what every one
| thought. You believed that | loved
him and was devoted to him. So |
was; would have died for him; |
| would die now to undo what did that
| night. But / was mad, Miss Barn
shaw: I felt that he had done me
wrong. and forgot--forgot all the
rest But now-now l want to put
things right--to help him II can to
prove his innocence"
Eyes, yes, he is innocent, Harry;
there can be no question about that,
she said, firmly. Il believe that Win
all my heart"
"And so do /, Miss Barnshaw, re-
nlied the lad. II feel now that ne
could never have struck down an I'M
protected girl. / know that, whateV-
| er mystery there may be about 1t all
the Master Dandy we knew could new
| er have done the deed. And there Is
| a man here, miss, man | met by ac-
cident, who knows him, and who has
some strange story to tell about him.
I could make nothing Of it myself, so
| I brought him here, in the hope that
you would see him, miss, and try 10
| get the story from him. He has been
babbling about twins, and there being
two OF them-two Dandy Chaters ne
seemed to mean,e miss--and one dead
and the other living
She looked at him in perplexity for
a moment, and then, following the d.
| rection Of his eyes and hasty move
l
/ 1t swiftly and looked into the hall. She
| beckoned to Cripps, who got up some
what difidently and came into the
room.
He had had time to think about the
matter while he sat alone in the hall.
| Having a deadly fear of Ogledon, and
of his own connection with those
shady characters at Woolwich, he had
come to the conclusion that the less he
| said the better would 1t be for him. At
the same time. he wanted money; and,
IL this woman wanted information, she
| must pay for it, no matter now
meager that information might be.
| Putting OH au air OF deep humility, be
faced the girl, hat in hand, and waited
for her to speak.
I II am told" she said at last, In a low
voice, chat you have something to
| tell me concerning Mr.. Dandy Chatter
| something that may help him, per-
haps save him, from the fate which
| seems 60 be sweeping down upon him.
| Will you tell me what you know
Cripps moistened his lips with his
tongue, looked all around the room,
looked into his nat, and finally raised
his eyes to her face. Owing to cir
cumstances cannot explain, my dear
| young lady," he said, in his weak
treble, 81 run a very great risk in tell.
| ing you anything; SO great risk that
hardly know how to put the
matter that it will be necessary
for you--or any one else-tC make 1t
/ worth my while to say anything"
IF you can help him, II you can tell
me anything of service, you shall be
paid literally" she responded, eagerly.
The weak eyes of the little man
twinkled, and he moistened his lips
again. 81 want-say. fifty poundsT
he hazarded.
.It is yous. Tell me what you
know"
II should iike"-he hesitated. and
| turned his hat round and round-I
should like an open check-frst."
She went straight to desk In
corner of the tom, was busy for . mo-
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