Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-09

tation of bis hands--evade her watch
fulness.
Wien did you find this out?" she
said very quickly. after you became
administrators"
He struck the back of the chair she
had vacated vicious blow with hs
open hand. "No. you spendthrift! All
there was to your grandfather when
you buried him was basketful OF dis
tillery stock. l tell you. Old paper.
Can't you hear me? Old paper, old
rags
you haze sent me the same in
come" she lifted her voice to interrupt
you have made the same quarterly
payments since his death that you
made before. If you knew, why did
you do thai"
lie had been shouting ut her with the
frantic aI6 incrcdulous evaporation Of
an intoicrant man utterly unused to
opposition. his face empurpled. his fore
head dripping ana his hands ruthlcssly
pounding the back of the chair, but
this straight question stripped him sud
denly OF gesture and left him standing
limp and still before her, pale splotches
beginning to show on his hot cheeks.
"rf you knew. why did you do itY'
she repeated. You wrote Inc that my
Income was from dividends, and |
knew and thought nothing about It, but
lN CT wi. oh "a mo Nv1
worthless how could it pay dividendsT'
at did not" he answered huskily.
That dst!llc"y stock, tell you. isn't
worth the matches TO burn e."
"Rut there has been no difference
in my income" she persisted steadily.
"Why? Can you explain TINT to me-
Eyes; can" he replied. And Il
seemed 10 her TINT lie spoke with n
pallid and bitter desperation. like n
| man driven to the wall. II can IL you
think you want to know"
~ do"
81 sent It,"
"Do you mean from your own
81 mean 1t was my own money
She had not taken her eyes from lis,
which met hers straiehtiy and angrily.
and at this she leaned forward. gazing
at him with profound scrutiny.
"Why did you send IT." she asked.
"Charitv." he answered after palpa-
BILE hesitation.
Her eyes widened, and she leaned
| back against the Intel OF the door
staring at him incredulously. Char.
| ityw she echoed in whisper.
| Perhaps he mistoo.; her ama=ement
at his performance for dismay caused
by the sense of hc- own position, for
as she seemed to weaken before him
the strength Of his own habit Of domi.
nance came back to him. Charity
madam" he broke out, shouting intol
erably. Charity, dye hear? l was O
friend Of the man tha made the money
you and your grandfather squandered
I was a friend Of Jonas Tabor / say
That's why | was willing to support
you for a year and over rather thar
let niece Of his suffer"
| Suffer-" she cried. Support.
You sent me a hundred thousand
francs"
The white splotches which had mot
tied Martin Pixies face disappeared as
If they had been suddenly splashed
with hot red You go back to my
house." he said. What | sent you
only shows the extent of my"
"Effrontery." The word rang througl
the whole house. SO loudly and clearly
did she strike it-rans in his ears til
1t stung like q casti.atlon. IT was ON
nous. portentous OF justice and of dis
aster. There was more than doubt OF
him in it-thcre was conviction.
He fell back from this word. and
when he again advanced Ariel had left
the house She had turned the next
corner before he came ont of the cate
and rs he passed hin own home on his
way downtown Ire saw her white dress
mngling with his daughters near the
horse bloc: beside the frs. where tie
two, with their arms about each other
stood waiting for sam Warden and tho
open summer carriage.
Judge Pike walked on, tho white
splotches reNppcNrng Ike Il pale rash
upon his face. A yellow butterfly rig
Jagged before him. Enee high. across
thn sidawA!i. I!r ",';,7 his foot and
hnie IT,
| (TO Re CONTINCED)