The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-19
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BARLEY LAfhom began tia IN buulnaas
ina, ct out for N in M, sydney waE>
u1ek story az Tia Honss a Lbas" (OAs-
eel and Compaayl Hs sesalm~A Ma
wife ~ lying. IL was Q no vham N eaad
Richard JArdinS that hs waa snRmeA %
ranon Parrish's lovely dan@hesr MArMoa.
Ma-xct loved Dick ShS had comndanaly
Jss4v'.d that be would com~ around On q
,er,Ain evening and ash her to marry him.
80 hs would have done it II had nss besn
f,r Hartley Lathom' o lie. IL sssEnsd 20 On
,aa' he believed Hartley q littlS too read
r.. lover hearing such nSwa from a
VA ought 20 investigate IL. But Diok
vent away in sorroW without aaking any
4..~stIons and MArgOa married the GAlao
Hartley.
IAihom led again when he VAS q wit
- a court. He said that he had not
stained money duo 20 the late Mrs.
lariine. Richards mother. for whom he
al acted az trustee. In this lis he din
.,ysred on a sudden that he was about TO
t.. found out. Richard. who had brought
-ul, against him. had a paper that was
ur,nf that he had not made over the money
la,hon had torn zap this paper and thrown
= INTO his waste basket. IL had been found
tuara hy fenwick. his clerk. q providsnt
. ,sn. Who had pieced IL together and
sept II There came day when Lathom
discharged Fenwick. He did Il Fudely,
with conIumely. Thersupon Feuwick.
who was Of a revengeful nature. gave the
rap-r to Richard Jardine.
II VAS evening Lathom knew that in
he morning his lie and his pecuIation
would be revealed. He thought anything
would he better than that. He con-
leased ~ his wife-confessed both lies
and the theft. He implored her to 10 TO
Richard and persuade him TO stop the suit
she vent IN what state Of mind Ne need
not saw Richard still loved her He
had already determined that the suit
should he stopped for her sake He
assured her that her husband should he
spared She went home and told the
third Of the lies Indicated IN the title OF
the story She said to her husband
He refuses.
The Cowardly LathoIn turned q shade
zrayer A little groan broke from him
He prepared feverishly TO 20 away by the
lIN train. Margot left him. She eat
UPSTAIRS IN her room. thinking. thinking
should she let him go? No: she would tell
hlfn we tTutn. one went uOWu 20 tBe
smokIng room and discovered q tragedy.
The revengeful Fenwick had come TO gioAt
over his victim. He had tapped on the
french window. LAthom had let him in
and shot him with a rock rife.
I, Vas now indeed necessary that La
,hom should 20 in the II:s0 train.
4 remarkable possibility suggested itself
'lsi here He and fenwick looked very
much alike. He exchanged clothing with
the dead Fenvick. wrote and left on the
able note which would Indicate that he
rad made an end Of himself and vent
away The deception worked Fenwick
vas buried a. I4atho and LAthom made
he Way TO London.
In London he had curious and strong
experiences. He kept himself drunk for
dAvs m order to escape agonies of tear
All az once he became brave He dashed
into burning house ana saved a child
Foo'pads attacked him IN a lonely street
and knocked him senseless When he
came - ne found himself N Father Bramp-
ION house of refuge IN the Westminster
slIms He remained there and did noble
work. Many more s'rang things hap
ren~d o him. hut We shall not relate them
The story "a full Of matters thet ~ ~ hardly
re believed Just Tho same ~ - highly
interesting 10 read about HON