Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-25
CHAPTER XVI.
An Interesting Story.


An Interesting Story.
The maj leaped to his feet. with an in
artiSulate cry. and then sank back to a
."YouEknow-me!" he half sasped. 'Then
= Yes" ssid Blanton; quietly; . " know
less to make any defense-save to tell the
truth and the whole truth regarding this
Harry Blake had stood there. in silence,
f hs + nox 1t ieot ses 1t 1aT slant OF t and r saIG,' ia an q
tone nTh Is T Is gordon sad W s$sas%SS'' He was
This Is Gordon wsatherby, and he was
he .t turned ed. soSa5a the e., man an and said:
dered your win brother"
Again the man started. How did you
kHG" d es Sai Il. But iM,n t eh0' as: tell ne Us ss yoar
m Gordon DO yG %e e SeGS d sas q s,I E9Sd; a few mo.
ments, and then said:
Very well; I will do SO. I did kill my
tS'p the erG same ana a over not asa sHlrS' List wn?'q I
Il am English by birth. Was born and
twin brother. Morton. and while. ! was
sober and studious he was wild and .harum
scarum' and was eon yl,Ha getting into
innamerable, while we were yet boys and
was the same. whenever he got into a
scrapemwhich was OF frequent occurrence
out;
When we were twenty-five, however.
we. both fell in love with the same girl.
Is rh ssf,i Is the to one bart th ahs best of all Of f tninss thas
we gradually grew to dislike Zach other,
though ! think ! am telling the truth when
my brothers. side. l felt that II was a
fair race, and that, whichever won. It
would not be right for the other to harbor
and my brother was wild with rage. HI
from him. / talked to him as Calmly as
; Eas r pSssi and t ana b are sSSu,d that nat i se. was ma a
abuse and .revilings, ending by .uttering
threats to be %revcnged' and l left him
Gordon weatherby was silent ana
thoughtful n few moments, during which
dent that he was going over again in his
mind the scenes he was describing. Blan-
detective had lighted a cigar and was puff
ing away at 1t with a satisfied air. He was
feeling contented and happy, indeed for
impenetrable mysteries that he had ever
been engaged upon.
II did not see my brother for several
presently; then he came to me and Of.
fered to make up. He acknowledged that
he mad r6 been AIN IN the wrong, and that he
friends again he said: we have always
thought a great deal OF each other. and
cannot endure the thought of our being
Well, / thought he was sincere, and
vas s GnnX too SorgS glad an to meet hin half way;
moved along smoothly for four wears,
Then u child was born to my wife and me.
and our happiness was complete. The
f fruae: w she a Is si rSs a I we nova pam tSe h sra Gsa.
sweetest and best daughter that any man
ever had. and 1t Is for her sake that. l
hay have ,b Srisyed nc ovsr ear. this ,n terrible afsair; for
you are mistaken" broke In. Blanton.
the, ceiling: ''she knows that you are alive,
and that you murdered your twin brother
and are hiding from the officers of the
Gordon Weatherby stared In anna ement.
..How can that be possible?" he asked;
course S%s eG IT was sAy You 'H who ht told !n her. f / Wish q
you had not done so. for" -.
"Yoa are mistaken; Mordaunt told her."
:"N Ys.,
'But why did he tell herr"
and then used 1t as a lever with which
to force her to promise to become his
Gordon weatherby stared for a few mo.
msnts', and then exclaimed, fercely: 1.-THE
He is al TINT. and more" quietly; but
Il will do SO. but first I am going to ask
you to promise to foil the scheme OF that
Il will; he shall not force your daughter
into n marriage with him"
THANK you; now ! will go on with my