The Jasper news., 1907-09-19
CHAPTER VI.--contlnued.

Searcneu MS as tnOugn tney WOuIu
go to his very soul. She was child
in her simple appeal for him to allow
her to see his heart, to see that there
was nothing black there.
AS she gazed her beautiful hands
played through his hair as do moth
er's through that of the child she Is
soothing in sickness.
Bob, speak to me, speak to me"
she begged, tell me there was no dis
honor in the getting of those millions.
Tell me no one was made to suffer as.
my father and l have suffered. Tell
me that the suicides and the convicts,
the daughters dragged to shame and
the mothers driven to the madhouse
as a result of this panic, cannot be
charged to anything unfair or dlshon-
orable that you have done. Bob, oh,
Bob, answer! Answer no, or my
heart will break; or II, Bob, you have
made mistake, IL you have done
that which in your great desire to aid
me and my father seemed justifiable,
but which you now see was wrong,
tell IL to me, Bob, dear, and together
we will try to undo it. We will try
to find way to atone. We will give
the millions to the last, last penny
to those upon whom you have brought
misery. Fathers loss will not mat
ter Together we will go to him and
tell him what we have done, what
we have lived through, tell him Of
our mistake, and in our agony he will
forget his own. For such horror
has my father Of anything dishonor-
able that he will embrace his misery
as happiness when he knows that his
teachings have enabled his daughter
to undo this great wrong. And then.
Bob we will be married, and you and
i and father and mother will be to-
gether and be, oh, SO happy, and we
will begin all over again."
"Beulah, stop; in the name Of God,
in the name Of your love for me,
don't say another word. There Is
limit to the capacity of a man to
suffer, even If he be great, strong
brute like myself, and, Beulah, have
rerached that limit. The day has been
a hard one"
His voice softened and became as
urea cnllQ 3. p
II must go into the hustle of the
street, into the din and sound, and get
down my nerves and get back my
head. Then l shall be able to think
clear and true, and l will come back
to you, and together we will see II
have done anything that makes me
unfit to touch the cheek and the hands
and the lips of the best and most
beautiful woman God ever put upon
earth. Beulah, you know l would not
deceive you to save my body from the
fires of this world, and my soul from
the torture of the damned, and /
promise you that If find that l have
done WRONG, what you call wrong,
what your father would call wrong,
] will do what you say to atone"
He took her hand between his
hands, gently, reverently, and touch.
ing his lips to her glorious golden
hair. he went away.
Beulah Sands turned to me. please
Mr. Randolph, go with him. He is soul
dazed. One can never tell what heart
sorely perplexed will prompt its own
er to do. Often in the night when
have got myself into fever from
thinking of my fathers situation.
have had awful temptations. The
. agents of the devil seek the wretched
when none of those they love are by
have often thought some of tn,
blacklist tragedies of the earth nigh
have been averted II there had beer
true friend to stand at the wrunl
ones elbow at the fatal minute of de
cision and point to the sun behind
Just when the black ahead grew un
endHable. Please follow Mr.. Brown
ley than you may be ready, should hi
awakening to what he has done be
come unbearable. Tell him the dread
ed morrows are never as terrible acl
ually as they seem in anticipation"
overlook Bob just outside the oi
fee. did not speak to him, for
realized that he was In no mood 70
company. dropped in behind, dc
termined that would not lose sigh
OF him. It was almost one o'cleci
Wall street was at Its meridian G
frenzy, every one on a wild rush. TIL
days doings had packed the alway
crowded money lane. The newsboy
were shouting afternoon editions
Terrible panic in Wall street. On
man against millions. Robert Brown
ley broke the street. Made twent
millions In an hour. Bank failet
Wreck and ruin everywhere Pres