Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-10

money"
AS surely as I had your ring
Much in the same way she said,
with a little sharpness.
But I shall return one with the
other. Trust me. Stand up; look
me in the face. Do I bear the appear
ance of a cheat, a thief, robber? Am
| base, villanous! No. am nothing
but a poor, foolish, prodfgal lad, who
has got into a scrape, but will get out
of it again. You forgive me. Hark!
| | hear someone calling
1t is Barbara. She is looking for
me-.
Then l disappear He put his hand
to his lips, waited her a kiss, whis-
pered, When you look at the ring, re-
member poor-poor Martini and slip
ped away among the bushes.
CHAPTER XxVIII.
Father and Son.
Barbara was mistaken. Jasper had
gone to Buckfastleigh, gone openly to
his fathers house, in the belief that
his father was dying. He knocked at
the blotched and scaled door under
/ the delapidated pOrticO, but received
! no answer. He tried the door. 1t
was locked and barred. Then he
went round to the back, noting how
untidy the garden was, how out of re-
pair was the house; and in the yard
Of the kitchen he found the deaf
shouted into her ear, naturally was
an inquiry after his father. He learned
to his surprise that the old man was
not i'll, but was. then in the factory.
| Thinking that his question had been
misunderstood, he entered the house,
went into his fathers study, then up
to his bedroom, and through the dirty
window panes saw the old man leav-
ing the mill on his way back to the
house
What, then, had Watt meant by
sending him to the old home on false
tidings? The boy was indeed mis-
chievOus, but this was more than com
mon mischief. He must have sent
him on a fools errand for some pur-
pose of his own. That the boy want
ed to hear news of his father was pos
sible, but not probable. The only
other alternative Jasper could sug-
gest to explain Watts conduct was
the disquieting one that he wanted to
be rid of Jasper from MorweIl for
purposes of his own. What could
that purpose be?
Jasper's blood coursed hot through
his veins. He was angry. He was
a fOrbearing man, ready always to
find an excuse for a transgressor, but
this was a transgression too malicious
to be easily forgiven. Jasper deter
mined, now that he was at home, to
see his father, and then to return to
the Jordans as quickly as he could.
He had ridden his own horse, that
horse must have a nights rest, but
tomorrow he would return.
He was thus musing when Mr. Babb
came in.
You hereH said the old man. What
has brought you to Buckfastleigh
again? Want money, OF course,
Then snappishly, You shant get it.
I am come said his son, because
I had received information that you
were i'll, Have you been unwell
father?'
mo! I'm never i'll. No such luck |
for you. If I were i'll and helpless, |
you might take the management, you
think. If I were dead, that would be
nuts to you
My father, you wrong me. left |
you because I would no longer live
this wretched life, and because I hate
your unforgiving temper
'Unforgivingr -sneered the old |
manufacturer. Martin was a thief |
and he deserved his fate. Is not
Brutus applauded because he condem-
ned his own son?>Is not David held to
be weak because he babe Joab spare
quarter Century-Ago in Madison
We will not squeeze old crushed
replied Jasper. The thing was done,
and might have been forgiven. would
not have returned now had not been
told that you were dying
Who told YOU that lie?'
Walter
He, He was ever a liar, a mocker,
a blasphemer! How was he to know?
I thank heaven he has not shown his
iacknapes visage here since he left
I dying! I never was sounder. I am
better in health and spirits since I
am quit of my sons. They vexed my
righteous soul every day with their
ungodly deeds. So you supposed ]
was dying, and came here to see what
meat could be picked off your IA
theirs bones?'
Jasper remembered Watts sheer
1t was clear whence the boy had gath
cred his mean views of mems mo-
ives.
III trouble you to return whence
you came said Ezekiel Babb. No
blessing has rested on me since l
brought the strange blood into the
house. Now that all of you are gone
you, Eve number one, and Eve mum
Der two, Martin and Walter am
we'll. The Son of Peace has returned
TO this house: I can read my Bible
and do my accounts in quiet, without
Tears of what new bit of mischief or
ieviltry my children have been up to,
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