The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-17

wipe out all the bitter Hines that n had set there.
 At last after a year. he had saved enough for his fees and examination en there came knock at the door of his poor room. He opened. There stood his mother.
 In a passionate rush of tears and anger she told him that D'Arenton had struck her and that she had come to her son for refuge. Wild with grief and resentment, she also told him for the first time of the 10000 francs, and confessed that the poet had taken the money and spent r on his disastrous review. which had failed soon after ward.
 Jack took her into his arms and comforted her as he would a child. He went out and rented a little house, gladly expending all the money that he had saved. Ke treated her as gently as if he had a wounded bird in his great hands. Long ago he had taken out his loving heart all censure of her, all blame for what had happened to him through her weakness and sin. He saw in her only his mother. his dainty, helpless, still beautiful mother. whom he had loved as a child and loved the same still. Fiercely he swore to keep all the past away from her henceforth. But one night he came home to find nobody in the little house. His mother had gone back to DArgenton. A few days afterward workman helped another to totter into hospi- tai. Did you come on foot?" asked the doctor who examined him. "Ex- traordinaryw
 He called stretcher bearers and had him carried to a ward. A little later when Jack lay in his cot. the doctor. tapped his chest, asked him a few questions and then said, almost sadly: What kind of life can you have led, my poor fellow?" He whispered to the workingmen who had accompanied him and was waiting outside. The latter hurried at once to 'DArgenton,s house and sent message to Charlotte. He saw . glimpse of a drawing room full of ligh ts and of Charlotte in lace and sat- in. Then a servant stepped out. took him by the shoulders and pushed him down stairs. while DArEentori's sneer- ing face looked down st him as he said: "Dying7 That is good trick. but 1t is old. You must try another"
 While the workman, shivering and. weary but faithful to his friend. was hurryinE back to the hospital. a gentle face was bending over Jack and g 1- tie hand was holding his ''I have al- ways, always loved you. Jack. ever since I was a little girl. shall never love any one else."
 "Cecilew whispered Jack. forcing his laboring chest and lungs to obey his will "Cecile! It is not So hard for me to die. now that you are by my side"
 Suddenly he raised himself with a ghastly effort.
 "Hark! She is coming? said he. his eyes opened wide.
 Two women came in. A second mes senger had succeeded where the first had failed. His mother. assisted by the nurse. was approaching the bed with knees that faltered. She saw a bed, a man bending over 1t, and Cecils Rivals standing white as death, pale as the dying man whose head she was supporting.
 "Jack. my childps screamed Char lotte. t- -
 "Hushw said Dr. Rivals.
 There was a faint murmur, a short. plaintive breath, and then a great. tir- ed sigh.
 The mother uttered cry of horror; Dead"
 ''No!" said old pr. Rivals sternly. towering beside the dead man. NO! Releasedv'
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