The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-29
believe going to CONFESS but never killed my husband

might have been happy, but not unless your father
Had oeen rich and his uncles heir. Julia never loved
MN, but she would have tolerated him if he could
nave given her the good things of fe-she did love
ease and afluence."
worlds good thingsthe longing for prosperity that
had been such an allurement the night he bound
as lightning, his thoughts Travelled to his mother,
and he remembered her patient toll how she had
everything.
Il do not remember her as you describe her" he
said.
NO Julia would learn her lesson don't suppose
she found life bed Of roses. but whatever her pri
Yations were it must have been heaven to what my
ne ny, n99 DS0H Su1LeIeu dsoHles between your
fathers conviction and the sentence being committed
I forgot my jealousy and remembered only that
loVeu MN FOR time after my marriage con-
trived to stihe my conscience, then my remOrse
turned. Paul. there have been times when 1 felt
that L must call out the name Of my uncles muir
deter. and let my cousin be restored his old po-
sitiOn. I burnt the VIII that would have given your
Iather the estate was standing at one end Of the
veranda when 1 Tom Jakes come out of the
stolen in. did not notice he had weapon in his
hand, but 1 heard the shot Then, when he had
rushed away. I went to the library and the will
that would nave made your father a rich man.
burned it, so you the Arlington estate is really
yours, not Margarets. Can you forgive the havoc
have made OF your parents lives and what 1 have
cost yOu?"
Paul did not reply at once; he was thinking of
the time when he lived in garnet and didn't know
what it was to have good meal Then he thought
Of his father spending his best years in prison. Of
MS nature soured and twisted in his thirst for re-
venge until he had nearly driven his to be
murderer-and there his mothers lonely life:
but somehow, now that he knew all it was his father
who had his sympathy. At last he said:
Il do forgive you. If you have done much evil
at any rate you the mother Of Margaret, and
she is good"
Mrs. shenstone smiled family.
Margaret born good. You need never fear
her being like me-" she said After moment she
went on:
i've not rebeiied against this imprisonment that
I did not deserve now, because I knew that years
I ought TO have suffered for forgery and with
holding the truth. and want to ask if you think
should make what I have told you public. You are
your father. You must decide"
Paul hesitated, feeling that ii his father who
must decide the questions. Il should like to consult
Mr. Clifford" he said.
YES: he was your fathers friend. Hear what he
says You will get Jarret ThOmpson's money" she
added
any One-at present-to know that I other than
Paul Clelland."
IF you don't get it, Margaret will. My mother
was distantly related to Jarret Thompson"
At that moment the forward. saying
her patient had talked enough. and saying good-by
Mrs ShenstOne departed, the invalid follow
ing him with her eyes. At the door of the ward he
met the doctor and Paul asked him If Mrs. Shen-
stone likely to recover.
The doctor shook his head as he answered.
"She has not shadow OF chance Mrs. Shen-
stone very delicate to begin with. and this trou-
bic has killed her-the hearts weak, and there
other troubles.
Il would rather she died than recover only to
be Then Paul paused; he could not utter the
words in connection with 1Iargarets mother
Il understand I glad when I she was
not likely to but circumstances have altered
since saw her this morning suppose the matter
is not to be talked about at present. but"
Before he could finish his sentence an official came
up, and after asking Paul if he Mr.. Cleliand,
told him the governor wished to see him.
You'll hear" said the doctor with a friendly
smile he entered the ward and Paul followed the
official