Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-11-19

expected.
"You say you helped herr"
"Yes."
"Did she ask you ior assistance"
"No."
"Then why did you help herr"
Because | loved her." And lower
still he added, Il wanted her to marry
me-"
Good God" Haggleton exclaimed.
That's how she came to tell me
her story" continued Gentle.
What did she tell your
"She said" returned Gentle distinct
ly, chat you were cruel"
"To her?'
ain your dealings consumed with
greed for money. That is why she left
you"
Haggleton Illuminated upon this.
And that is why she left me-
He thrust the thought away from
him.
WAS shp-waS she living alone?' he
asked.
"No; she had with her child
your son"
The mlliol lire leaned back in his
chair. les. this man was no impostor.
Thus far he had told straight story.
His desire t. know the truth which
he had sought for twenty years, and
his accurate judgment of the man be-
IL, io1 hin, {hot If
safe TO proceed with less caution now.
why did she steal my son and hide
him from me-"
ITO save him from your influence.
He was her son too. She wished him
to be an honest man."
"Who says that an not an honest
MANI
"Your wife said So"
Hacgieton became impatient.
81 want IL know about my son." he
commanded i.iperiously. Then, with
break in his voice, us he's he
aliveT'
Living and Well.'
"My son." he added In an eager
whisper. II want to see him row!
He mastered the softened mood and
became his usual strong self again.
"Where he?'
"You will sec him presecHT."
Hageletons first suspicion suggest
ed itself again.
"Oh," he said, you want to make
terms! You want money"
"If I wanted money, Mr. Haggleton.
I should have asked for it long ago.
l have known this for twelve years.
1 sent you word of her DEATH"
"Ah, it was you! You covered your
tracks well. II is you who have kept
my son from me for twelve years"
1T was his mothers wish-her COM
mandw
"Her command? Then why have
YOU brought me here? What the devil
do you WANT"
LET me finish. Your wife saw want
and suffering face to face. and it was
her dream that some day your son
should make atonement for his fathers
wrongdoing."
"Atonement?
Both men had risen now, facing each
other with growing excitement
Eyes, atonement with your money
by the right use of it. Some day. when
he was strong enough. Philip WAS to
meet you, to know you as his father
That day has come"
yrntchly jnQYtnOlV.
81 see. He is TO show me my evil
ways, and / am to be converted Rub
Dish! You have made prig OF him.
81 have made a man Of him-such
man as his mother wanted him to be-"
"What does he do? What can ne
earn?'
"He is a skilled workman with the
Atlantic Wrecking company-a mas
ter diver. lie earns from So to S1o
a day. lie stands six feet in his stock
ings, he measures fOrty-eight inches
around the chest, and he has an arm
like an iron bar"
"You don't say" Haggleton was
smiling, his eyes cleaning with pride.
Gentle continued:
"And he has will of his Cwn, and
ideas"
ideas? What sort Of ideas?" There
was a sudden suspicion in the ques-
ton.
"rhe ideas his mother gave him
ideas of justice and kindness. She was
a noble woman. She did not believe
that one man should make slaves OF
thousands and take their earnings.
Neither does Philip"
philip! She kept his name"
eShe kept his Christian name with
the name she assumed. She called
him Philip Ames."
"You pumped socialism into him."
fumed the millionaire. lie added
scornfully, IN soon change that"
what l have taught him is little"
said the diver quietly, and added, with
confidence, but what life and misery
have taught him he can never forget.
l tell you he is man"
''He is my sOn-the son Of John j.
Hagglcton-my only son-with great
things to do in this world"'
Exactly! The destiny his mother
chose for him!'
81 mean he will have great interests
to protect, a great fortune to handle
protested Haggleton, adding con-
temptuously, "He won't care for your
petty theories when he knows who
he. is?' --------------------
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