Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-24
When Truth and Love Prevailed
Auhor Of "A Man Of Many Parts" "Ihs Magical Garden
@The Mischief Phyllis Made e1By ceia's Charms Etc

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You mean-that you are going to
marry him?a
Il mean that / hope to marry him
some day Not at once-that, as things
are. would be out of the question |
have set Austin a task. / don't say
that Eve made the task a condition, but
rather asked it as favor. If it is car
RED through successfully we may get
married very soon. But, successful or
not, ! still hope shall marry Austin
| Lynthwaite some day"
"And"-rather sharply-"the task?
What is it ?" ---~~s~>-,--
TO reopen privately the case of the
forged cheque and prove Lanee's inno-
eenee to his father and the world"
| THAT should have been done at first.
What IS the use of belated Justice when
a man has suffered an undeserved PEN
atty for the want of it,"
ut will be better than starting life
again under a cloud 1t VIII be better
than TO have the belief that the penalty
was deserved clinging to him all the rest
of his days. Once give Lance the right
to hold up his head again before men
and these two years may be blotted out
OF his life-ignored as though they had
never been''
"Do you think that can ever be pos
sible? How lightly you take things!"
"Why bring more tragedy into life
than is absolutely necessaryf"
/ "We don't bring it in ourselves. 1t is
forced upon most of us through the
harshness and injustice of others. 1t is
these Lynthwaite people who've brought
it into ours. But for them"
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lit. / know everything you would say.
There's no need to waste words"
Shirley gave low, contemptuous
i laugh.
you shrink from little plain speak.
ing-you can't bear to face the crude
unvarnished truth: and yet you would
marry into the family whose members
Lance must always regard as his bitter
est enemies"
"But not his willfui enemies-thev
didn't wrong him wilfulay. They were
and are-mistaken, grant you; but
that is all 1t was--a most horrible, most
unfortunate mistake
"A mistakel Doesn't the very alac-
rity with which Austin Lynthwaite has
agreed to reinvestigate the matter show
| that he believes his father acted hastily
and that even from their point of view
there may have been reasonable ground
for doubt ~
He did not agree with alacritv. On
the contrary, he told meas tenderly
and alphabetically as man could--that
he was afraid the task must prove a
hopeless one. He-it seems hard to saw
it, and the knowledge hurts me; but al
though he is willing to make every all
4 tzaTr~a Eor~ - z
as leniently as he can, he still in his
heart believes him guilty"
/ . "And yet you would marry hirnfs
IF he, believing Lance guilty, would
still marry me, why should I. believing
both Austin and his father innocent II
all willful injustice and wrong, refuse
TO marry him."
1 Shirley's lips curled in an unpleasant
smile
| 'SophistTy, Nan! Mere sophistrv,
without a vestige of clear reasoning in
1t! One word more-do Mr.. and Mrs.
! Lynthwaite known"
THAT Austin has asked me TO marry
himf They probably do by this time.
| Austin was to tell them this evening"
He was telling them even then; and
up at Lyncroft another side of the cues
4 NAOh woe NtAoH evening PAdcSu uIQeI us
cussion.
A little taken abaek though his father
undoubtedly was by the disclosure
made to him at the dinner table after
Mars. Lynthwaite had gone to the library
there was nothing actually disapprov-
ing IN his attitude beyond the first du-
bious hesitation which perhaps in the
circumstances was only natural
A - l.. r
that sweet-natured, bonnie girl who
somehow or other has crept into all orr
hearts? Well, it's hardly to be wondered
at. I've often thought to myself what
good little wife was waiting there for
the man fortunate enough to win her.
Butt viii seem a bit strange to out.
siders"
4 kidnapping his thumb and fore
/ finger that for outsidersi Why should
the sins of the brother be visited on
the sister? Let us each lead our own
/ life and be responsible only for our own
Shortcomings"
His father nodded slow approval of
4 the sentiment.
AAustin, when should Heriot be free
MAN againF"
Rather less than a year hence in the
would date from the time when he was
| first placed under arrest, and a short re-
mission of time is usually granted in
consideration of good conduct"
I'm sorry for -unfeignedly sorry
and disappointed as we'll / ALWAYS
liked him; took an interest in him. and
meant TO advance him. j hoped 10 see
him occupying leading position in
years to come. But that's all done with
now
Il suppose" said Austin, lingering his
winegass thoughtfully, you've never
had any doubt as to the justice of his
conviction
| Mr.. Lynthwaite shook his head regret
fully.
| "No, it was one of those cases. Austin.
| that are only too clear-even before It
came for trial. Indeed I've sometimes
wished that I'd let the matter drop
simply dismissed Heriot from the Office
and not prosecuted at all. But then, on
the other hand. since be protested his
innocence so strongly, it was his due to