The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-17

ing TO my solicitor, i~nstructlng him Il
make an alteration in my will. vii
not let YOU starvs, villain as you are
but the bulk OF my fortune goes te
Alexis. II you make any appeal to me
l shall excise your name altogether.
-"Aloysius Brangwyn."
Aloysius, re-reading this for the III
tieth time, recalled the old garrei
studio in Paris in which It came tt
him, and felt anew the shame anc
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 finaG
| cial tether. He had found no market
| for his work. His wealthy uncle gave
him but a pinched allowance, and II he
| took to the mont-de-piete all the things
he possessed he could not realize
third-class fare 10 London. He wrote
flaming hot with Indignation, and tolt
the old man, whom he had loved like
a 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 hat
never heard.
my Dear, Dear Aloysius: My dar
ling boy, forgive me. I have set you
right. On receipt OF your letter sent
a message to Capt. Dupre, your &C
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 his daughter was in
correspondence with a person who
signed himself A. Brangwyn.' She be.
came criminafly entangled with him
and becoming fearful as TO her condi
tion she made search for him, and
though she could not discover his ad'
dress, she learned of the existence in
Paris Of an Englishman named Alloy.
sius Brangwyn, who was a sculptor
and who had vainly attempted to sell
a statuette Of his own execution to an
art dealer whose daughter was a
friend OF hers and hSd pierced her Sc
cret. Whel next sic met her lover
she addressed him as Aloysius, and,
since he made no attempt to repudl'
ate the name, she supposed 1t TO be
his own. There was but one conclu.
sion. | 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 a bastard lei he
heard the girls news Of her condition,
and bolted away to me. Had he made
a clean breast of II | should have been
bitterly hurt, but would nave helped
him to repair the wrong as far as pos,
sible. AS 1t Is | have suffered the
grief OF a lifetime, and | feel quite
broken. You must come to me, my
boy. You must make up our quarrel.
| am too tired TO write more now. l
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.)