The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13

Goodbye. and remember. Leonore. that | you cannot keep Laura from me. I | shall write to her."
 Leonore, still trembling with emotion. did not answer him. and he walked | towards the door. But, before he reached 1t. Mrs. Burton appeared in | the entrance. holding very small man by the arm Pore 'Enry" hung very | Imply in his mothers grasp. and his appearance suggested that he had been having e royal time. His small eyes were bIoodshot and watery. and his ugly little face was smeared with dirt.
 as though he had fallen in tho. mud.
 Otherwise his appearance had much improved since the day he had met William Tankerlane in the Round Plantation, and agreed to accept 100 pounds. a year for his silence. His clothes were tolerably new, and the | gorgeous yellow check of the material | was almost painful to the eye. His tie | was blue as an Italian lake. and e large magenta handkerchief hung out | of his breast pocket His boots were brilliant as narigolds.
 1 That's my one and only" said Mrs. l Burton, thrusting him forward into a
 chair which stood near the door. "E's | got on in tho world, e 'as. Amt e a
 real gentleman? Look up. 'Enry. my I lamb, and speak to the lydy. Els as | Leonore. as she glanced at the mean
 and degraded little object in the chair,
 thought the mothers . words were ut I tered In q spirit of sarcasm, but a | single look at Mrs. Blurton's face un- 1 deceived her on this point. Intoxica- tion was bardfy reckoned as a crime
 In Wtdley Street. but new and glossy
 clothes were scarce, and they made an
 irresistible appeal to the mothers l pride.
 John Shil drowned and would have l left the room, but Mrs. Blurton's body blocked up the doorway.
 IFS tired, poor boy" she said ten l derly; "e' must aye worked ard to
 get On. so considerable. 'Enry, speak l to the lydy."
 Henry Blurton. who had been par tially sobered by the violent contact with the chair. grinned and blinked | his eyes -t. Pleased to meet yer" he mumbled. | Then his eyes wandered to the face l Of John Shil, who was looking, at him | much as man might look at a lump l Of dtft which required immediate re- mova1.
 "Pleashed ter meet Mir, 0shil. too,"
 he continued. with an evil smile. Mos pleashed ter meet Shil."
 | John Shil looked at him in surpries. He had never see the man before, but he noted that the drunken stare had given place to look of intelligence. 1t was clear that the man must know him well te recognize him under the present. conditions. Drink does not l tend to sharpen mans memory. s.A friend of yours?" asked Leonore quietly.
 .Neyer set eyes on him before" John | Shil replied. You will excuse me,
 Mrs. Burton, but I must be going. Goodbye, Leonore."
 Mrs. Burton sniffed audibly. Why don't yer speak to the ladr' she cried angriiy; "ain't e fit to speak to yer? Ain't e got good 'nuff clothes and fine. speech for yer? I know where 'e's met youth Portland Gaol! Ho, ho, I dersay yer were both in Portland together. friends mebbe." John Shii smiled. I'm afraid you
 are mistaken" he replied; but I am
 most interested to learn that your son
 has been in portland. You have rea- son to be proud of him." HMTT He walked straigfit to the door. and
 Mrs. Burton, to avoid collision, rolled
 aside to let him pass. "'Ere, 'ere," cried Henry Burton. trying to rise from his seat. but fall | ing back in heap. "Eere come back, 1 you. Stop i'm; stop thief.
 John Shil paused in the doorway, and then came back with an ugly