The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-07
THE MAN WHO ROSE AGAIN

real az the time, but it was not. II
you had married me, / should have
fallen again, ami perhaps | should
have cursed you I know it now
and you will see presently why what
/ say is true. But ! was mad with
anger, and l gave way TO my Old
vice You had helped me- to conquer
L for a time, but all the time
was at heart a bad man, all the
time | was a drunkard. II YOU had
saved me really, should not have
given way again I should not have
flown to it the moment YOU cast
me of Yes. ! 'oyel you. all / was
capable of loving; but it was love
of self in the main.
You know what tool, place at
Tavton-the drunkenness, the deg
radiation the disgrace. | was hooted
out Of the town, and l laid the blame
to your doors | went away on the
moOrs and tried to think of what !
should do, yowing vengeance on you
all the time, Yet never seeing how
my vengeance was 10 be wreaked
/ returned 10 London. and stayed
there some time in hiding No one
knew where | was. save an old law
yer who had managed my money af-
fairs. One night | saw at Blackfriars
Bridge the body of a dead man. It
had been washed on the steps, and
left stranded there. 1t was beyond
recognition; evidently it had been
in the water for some time. | put
letter of mine in the pocket Of
the dead mans clothes, and then
waited. Everything turned out as |
expected. No one had any doubts.
had committed suicide. and this was
my body | will not dwell any longer
on that: there is no need. | went
away to the East. did so OF a sci
purpose. ! went away so that the
world might forget me, and on the
whole it did forget me. But | did not
forget One purpose filled my mind
and heart; | will tell you what IT
was presently. / was a bad man
when first saw YOU bad with the
veneer OF responsibility and pride.
Afterwards | became bad without
veneer. Think your worst about me.
you viii not think too badly. save
IN one thing would conquer my
craving for drink. Nothing wal
possible if / did not do that Never
since | left England more than six
Years ago has alcohol ever passed
my lips. | need not describe the hell
IN which | lived save to say that all
the time ] brooded over nv ven
Seance on you. | determined that as
far as you and-Sprague were con.
cerned, there should be an eve for
an eye and a tooth for tooth.
told you years ago. that my faith in
God was but little. During those
years | lived in the East. | learned
to believe in a God but it was a
God of terror, a God that seemed TO
consent TO my dream of revenge.
Sometimes ! have thought | was
mad. Perhaps | was, but it was a
madness which no one SUSPECTED
ana 1t was a madness with pur-
pose. After | had been away two
years, was able to renGer a ser
vice 20 the read IF lie grea, T.ip.
o. omTdaN. | need ,ot Il. scribe
how, but by piece o. good fortune
| saved, not only his life, but his
honor He also said that | saved
the fortunes Of the great company.
lie that as it may, those who were
his enemies never dreamed that I
should be able to help him was
oHiS an ignorant muleteer, who did
not know their language. and who
coud not faihom their designs. But
ana both. and | savei this great
man. Il seems like some far-fetched
me!odrama, doesn't It? But the thing
is true 1t leaked out little by little
suppose. that | was a man of some
education and ability and by and by
! became bound up in the fortunes
OF this great trading concern.
ut all fell in with my plans. 7 had
learned to hate you more and more.
ana | determined that nothing should
oa.k me in my purpose. Only once
nd ! fear that | should fail in thar
which | had sworn to do was
S'Ilcken with plague common TO
rhai part of the world. ana was
given mp for dead. Even in NV nros.
ferity my great desire TO live y,s
'Hat / miTnt express my ha.r,' sor
You. But l got better. and felt a,