The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06

my dear guardian, to the interest of
the money that has been stolen from
you; only a small portion of it will
now be necessary for our needs, and
the rest will, of course, be paid you
as we receive it; but, as to the prin-
cipal, [ don't see how it is ever to be
refunded.
"You may make yourself quite
easy upon that score, my dear
Sophy," said the canon, with tender
gravity; "for, as a matter of fact, it
has been refunded"
''What-what-did the person
who wronged you of it repay"
Astonishment and incredulity
checked her utterance.
why, no, my dear" put in the
canon, dryly; cit was not quite that
way. The money came in directly
from your hands. Our friend Nav
ors had, in fact, left you a large sum.
His lawyer tells me 1t had been or
iginally intended for the college, but
that some time ago-hearing that
matters were not going prosperously
with you-he made a new will. Then
quite lately he saw Robert, and for
the first time was made acquainted
with the matters in connection with
my trusteeship-how the money had
to be paid twice over, and so forth. d"
Good heavens! How vile and
base he must have thought met"
groaned Sophy.
Quite otherwise, my dear. he es-
teemed you So highly that he at once
understood the sorrow and remorse
you were suffering, from having been
made the instrument of my ruin. He
felt that if he left you this money
the first use you would put it to
would be to repay me; but that un-
der the circumstances you would not
have the power to do so, that your
husband, in short, would have pre-
vented it. That it would have been
like pouring water into sieve. He
therefore bequeathed the $4,000
that 1 had advanced to you to my
self, taking care, however, to explain
to Aunt Maria why it was done. He
felt as sure as if he had consulted
your own wishes that such a dispo-
sition of his property would be sat
isfactory to you
Heaven bless him!" murmured
Sophy, gratefully. "He has lifted a
burden from me which I should 9TH
erwise have carried to my grave"
''That was the very feeling for
which he gave you credit" put in
Aunt Maria, softly. "He read your
heart, my dear, though he could not
win it,
"It was never worth his winning,
Aunt Maria" she answered, bitterly.
81 was not fit to be the wife of an
honest man.
NAY, nay!" said the canon; eff
it comes to honesty I shall have little
to say for myself. Not only has the
sum been bequeathed to me which
was evidently intended for you, but
Mavors has left money to my boy
Robert. Myself and family have be-
come receivers, as it were of stolen
goods, well knowing them as Fred
would put it, to have been stolen"
':Then Robert will be able to mar
ry the girl of his choice" exclaimed
Sophy, delightedly. "He will no long
er have reason to accuse me of hav-
ing wrecked his happiness"
"If it has been wrecked, it must
have been amply insured smiled the
canon, to Judge by his face when
last saw him. He has telegraphed
for his Alma, who will be at the
Laurels in a weeks time"
But I thought you had left the
Laurels-been driven-elsewhere-
all through me-"
'Tut, tut! let bygones be bygones.
Money that makes the mare go has
the same effect (if judiciously ad.
ministered) upon a tenant We have
gone back to the old house, Sophy,
and to the old ways; only one thing
is wanting. we must have our Sophy
back in her old home"